James Whitcomb Riley High School
| James Whitcomb Riley High School | |
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| Location | |
| South Bend, Indiana United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | High school |
| Established | 1924 – old Riley 2000 – new Riley |
| Principal | Francois Bayingana |
| Nickname | Riley |
| Faculty | over 100 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 1552 |
| Campus | Urban |
| School color(s) | Blue and gold (original colors are violet and gold) |
| Slogan | Pride of the South Side (created by Ed Bradford) |
| Mascot | Wildcats |
| Website | sjcpl |
James Whitcomb Riley High School is the high school for the south side residents of South Bend, Indiana. The school is named in honor of the "Hoosier Poet", James Whitcomb Riley and its address is 1902 Fellows Street, South Bend, Indiana 46613. The school is operated by the S.B.C.S.C. (South Bend Community School Corporation) and governed by the South Bend Community School Corporation's Board of School Trusties. Riley High School was first on the web in 1994.
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School history
The original Riley High School was built in 1924 and located at 405 East Ewing Avenue, currently this is the location of the Riley High School tennis courts. In the early 1990s, due to the age of the original high school and dwindling student enrollment, it was decided and approved by former Superintendent Dr. Virginia Calvin, that a new Riley High School be built to rejuvenate the area surrounding the school and increase student enrollment. Although student enrollment numbers have increased, due to restructuring within the school corporation, the area surrounding Riley is still blighted with abandoned homes and major pollution of the Bowman Creek.
In the summer of 1999 construction of the new Riley High School was competed and ready for the start of the 1999-00 school year while the original school was demolished. The new school, located on top of the Bowman Creek, is 375,000 square feet (34,800 m2) and sits on a 29.5-acre (119,000 m2) campus. With five floors (including a basement) the school can hold a maximum capacity of 1,800 students per day.
Professional Dress Code
In the 2009-10 school year Riley High School implemented a Professional Dress Code for its students.[1] The Professional Dress Code requires students to wear school color collared shirts with no insignia and kaki, brown, or black skirts or pants. Pants must be equipped with a black, brown, or white belt and appropriate footwear consists of shoes, sneakers and boots (boots are allowed during the winter months only). Students can also wear clothing that has the Riley insignia on it, this includes athletic uniforms, school shirts, school pants, and school clubs or school organizations outfits.
School Song
Wave the flag for dear ol' Riley,
Hold her colors high.
Let the blue and golden banners,
Flaunt against the sky. (hey hey hey)
Cheer the team in every battle,
Til brave men win the game.(riley [hoes])
Wave the flag for dear ol' Riley,
Add a victory to her name.[2]
Girls Basketball
In the early 2000s Riley experienced some great success in girls basketball being the 4-A state runner-up in 2002 and semi state runner-up in 2003. They have accumulated a win loss record of 30-143 from the 2006-2014 seasons [1].
