Riverdale High School (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
Riverdale High School is a public high school operated by the Rutherford County School system located in the southwestern part of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It is on Warrior Drive which intersects with South Church Street (US 231 South). Riverdale is one of the older high schools in Murfreesboro, along with Oakland High School which was also built in 1972. These schools were constructed to replace the outdated former Murfreesboro Central High School, which was then converted to a junior high school (later middle school) facility. It is home to 12 academic departments, 40 extracurricular clubs, and  19 TSSAA athletic teams. Academics. In 2014, Riverdale High School ranked better than 21.3% of high schools in Tennessee. It also ranked second among high schools in the large Rutherford County School District. Campus. Along with Oakland High School (Tennessee), the sprawling campus includes two main academic buildings containing computer labs, science labs, an auditorium, band room, two cafeterias and many classrooms. The freshmen have a dedicated building known as the Annex. The field house features a full-size basketball court, a wrestling room, workout areas, locker rooms, and coaching offices. The spacious site also has softball, baseball, soccer, football  fields and a swimming pool. Band program. Established in 1972, the Riverdale High School Band has a long tradition of success. Choir. Students can choose General Music, Music Theory or one of our Choirs to earn their Fine Arts Credit. The Women's Chorale and Men's Ensemble just require a love and desire to sing, while the more advanced Riverdale Singers requires an audition with high performance expectations. Key Club. Key Club is a club for students interested in making a difference in the community through volunteer service. It is open to all interested students. Every year at Riverdale  High School, club members carry out two service projects a month. Some of our their popular service projects are: National Art Honors Society. NAHS is a nationally recognized program designed to support and encourage students who demonstrate interest and skills in the visual arts. NAHS provides opportunities for scholarships, national recognition with 48,000 art students worldwide. Students at Riverdale that are active members are working on building character while performing community and school wide service. Projects include: School newspaper and yearbook. The "Smoke Signal" is Riverdale High School's online newspaper. Six staff members provide the writing, photography, and website  updates necessary to keep the newspaper up to date. These writers are part of a larger creative writing class, but are dedicated to journalistic writing only and their focus is the "Smoke Signal". During fall homecoming festival, the newspaper offers a photo booth as a fundraising event to help keep cameras and software updated. The Riverdale High School yearbook, "Lance & Shield", is a 360-page history book published every year by a staff of students who work both in and out of class to create the book. Students provide much of the candid photography used in the book and write  all of the copy and captions. To help offset the price of yearbooks, members of the staff solicit local businesses for ads and offer senior congratulatory ads to parents. The staff organizes and runs both the fall and spring photo days, as well as club picture day in October.