Riverhead High School is a comprehensive four-year high school with approximately 1450 students in grades 9-12. There is a teaching and professional staff of approximately 130.

The high school is proud to represent the community with a diverse student population. The school promotes excellence in effort among its students and is demanding in its curiculum requirements. Course offerings include 13 Advanced Placement classes as well as other college credit courses. It offers a Classics and Latin program, as well as a full line up of Art, Drama, Music, AP, Honors and College level courses. In addition, the school meets the diverse extracurricular needs of its student body. But Riverhead High School also produces students who have "heart"! Its student body learns to respect diversity and has a strong reputation for community service.

RHS is proud of its athletic teams, and the school's reputation for both sportsmanship and academic and sportsmanship standing among its athletes.

Strengths of the school include:

• A Renaissance Program and Wall of Fame--to reward academic achievement and effort
• Both Latin and Greek, plus a full offering offoreign languages, forensics, and sciences
• Diverse and rigorous courses - A.P., Honors and College level courses
• One of three schools on L.I. that has NJROTC
• The first school in Suffolk County to form a Council for Unity
• Up-to-date technology & computer art offerings
• An outstanding Science Research class (See Solar Research Project)
• WISE Financial Literacy program and a past winner (2007) of Newsday's Stock Market Game
• Opportunities to experience possible career choices
• An active School to Career Program
• Participates in the Partners in Science Program
• Alternative 9-12 School - The STAR Academy
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• Over $100,000 yearly in community scholarships
• RHS graduates are among the finest in the nation
• Approximately 91% attend college after graduation

• The high school has been recognized nationally for its security program and, locally, for its excellent faculty and immaculately clean building environment
  
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  RHS School Profile Brochure
  An overview of the school and its clubs and activities in the form of a brochure (pdf)

  Communicating with Admin. & Teachers at RHS
  Helps answer the question, "How do I contact a teacher or administrator with a comment, question or concern?" (pdf)

Chain of Communication at RHS (with phone #s)