# Richland Northeast High School

Richland Northeast High School is a public high school in Columbia, South Carolina. Richland Northeast, often abbreviated as RNE, RNH, or RNHS, was founded in 1978 to handle the excessive population of students at Spring Valley High School. Spring Valley is now Richland Northeast's largest rival in sporting events. Richland Northeast is one of five high schools in Richland County School District 2 (R2).

## Magnet programs

Richland Northeast is home to three magnet programs:
* CavPlex Convergence Media (Journalism)
* Horizon (Academic)
* Palmetto Center for the Arts, PCA (Arts)

### CavPlex Convergence Media

CavPlex Convergence Media is an academic elective magnet with focuses on multimedia journalism. CavPlex students participate in the award-winning student media at Northeast: The Archive (yearbook); Psyche (literary magazine); RNE-TV Live (broadcast); and The Saber (online news and social media). Convergence Media in CavPlex offers a way to learn about communication and technology together, while producing real-world products for a genuine audience.

### Horizon

The Horizon magnet program is a rigorous learning community for driven, motivated, and academically talented students. Horizon promotes collaborative learning and leadership building for intellectually motivated students who strive for academic success with a global perspective within a broad and balanced curriculum. Driven by our commitment to Global Awareness and the necessity to make a difference both locally and globally through voice and action, Horizon magnet scholars embrace opportunities (both in and out of the classroom) to broaden their perspective about our world and to showcase skills and talents that are aligned with their interests and values, with the goal of making a difference for the greater good.

### Palmetto Center for the Arts

The Palmetto Center for the Arts (PCA) is the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet At Richland Northeast. PCA offers students an innovative, challenging and comprehensive curriculum in both the arts and academics, along with the competitive edge to enter top-level colleges, universities or conservatories. The program, which includes dance, music, theatre and visual arts, is nationally recognized as a National School of Distinction in Arts Education by the John F. Kennedy Center and is the recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center Creative Ticket Award for outstanding achievement in arts education.

## Activities
### Athletics

Richland Northeast High School is known as the Cavalier. They share a region in SCHSL Class 4A Upper State with South Pointe, Westwood, Ridge View, Lancaster, and York. They participate in many athletic programs, fielding teams in the following sports:
* Football
* Volleyball
* Tennis (Boys' and Girls')
* Cross-country
* Soccer (Boys' and Girls')
* Basketball (Boys' and Girls')
* Wrestling
* Swimming
* Softball
* Baseball
* Track and Field
* Indoor track
* Golf (Girls' and Boys')

### Model UN

Richland Northeast's Model UN team is notable for winning the Award of Distinction (a first-place equivalent) at the National High School Model UN Conference in New York for 30 years.

## Notable alumni

* Beth Bernstein – Democratic state representative, representing the 78th District of South Carolina.
* Pi'erre Bourne – Record producer, rapper, and audio engineer
* JetsonMade – Record producer and songwriter
* T. J. Brunson – an American football linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Carolina.
* Danny! – recording artist for Okayplayer Records and music producer/composer for MTV's Hype Music production library
* Michael Kratsios – Chief Technology Officer of the United States under President Donald Trump
* Joel Lourie – Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 22nd District from 2004 to 2017.
* Leroy Miller – Musician, songwriter, record producer