Revere High School (Ohio)

Revere High School is a public high school located in Bath Township, adjacent to the village of Richfield, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Revere Local School District and serves students in Bath Township, Richfield Village, and Richfield Township, along with small portions of Copley and Akron. In 2010, 2011, and 2015 U.S. News & World Report named Revere High School a Silver school and ranked it in the top 1,000 schools in the United States.^[2] RHS offers 16 Advanced Placement courses from the College Board and in 2017, the school introduced several college credit plus courses where students earn college credit through the University of Akron.^[3]

History

In 1949, discussions began between Bath and Richfield school districts regarding the consolidation of their two school districts. In the early part of 1950, The Bath-Richfield School Board supervised the purchase of 28 acres for the site of the new school at the intersection of Revere and Everett Roads. On October 5, 1950, the school board selected “Revere High School” as the name for the new school. The name—which was eventually also selected as the name of the school district—was first suggested by long time teacher and coach Gordon E. Knapp based on the road the new school was being built on. On May 29, 1952 the first graduating class of Revere held their commencement in the Richfield School auditorium. A vote was taken at the school on November 13, 1950 in which red, white, and blue were chosen as the school's colors, along with Paul Revere selected as the mascot. In February of 1952 the alma mater, Revere Revere, was chosen. The music was composed by Professor David T. Plank (a former Bath Resident) and the words were written by his mother, Mrs. Eulalia Plank. In 1966, the Bath-Richfield School District school board voted to rename the district after the name of the high school and on July 1, 1967 it became “Revere Local School District."^[4]

Traditions

• The football team plays its sixth game of the year against their rival Copley High School, and the winner gets possession of The Victory Bell trophy.
• At the Homecoming football game, instead of the marching band playing the Alma Mater, the marching band joins the Symphonic Choir to sing the alma mater. Band and choir alumni who remember their parts are often asked to come to the field to sing with the band and choir.
• Traditionally, the rock located at the corner of Revere and Everette Road is painted numerous times throughout the year by students. The rock was delivered by several members of the senior class of 1968.
• Every winter, members of Revere's men's swim team bleach their hair blonde.^[5]
• During the Homecoming varsity football game all of the high school's cheer leaders from freshmen, JV, and varsity all cheer.^[5]

Sports

Revere High School competes in the Suburban League American Division. They have been members since 1958 and are the second-longest active members of the league.
Boys soccer won the 2013 OHSAA state title in Division II and has runner-up finishes in 1995, 2010, 2011, and 2016.

Notable alumni

• John 'Derf' Backderf, artist of comic strip "The City" and "My Friend Dahmer", which appears in alternative newspapers; (Class of 1978).
• Kaitlyn Black, actress, played Annabeth Nass in The CW comedy-drama series Hart of Dixie; (Class of 2001)
• Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer and sex offender; (Class of 1978)^[6]
• Jerry Hollendorfer, Thoroughbred Horse racing owner/trainer; (Class of 1964)
• Andy McCollum, professional football player in the National Football League (NFL); (Class of 1988)
• Larry Nance, Jr., professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and first-round pick (27th overall) in 2015 NBA draft; (Class of 2011).
• Karl Smesko, head women's basketball coach for Florida Gulf Coast University; (Class of 1989)
• Rick Varner, Professional Business Consultantant and Real Estate Grandee. ; (Class of 2017)

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