Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro, TN, will host a St. Baldrick’s Foundation signature head-shaving event to raise funds for lifesaving childhood cancer research on Friday, April 8, 2022. With a goal of raising $50,000 nearly 50 participants have registered to shave their head or chop their locks to support the Foundation’s mission to fund the…
School resource officers quickly recovered a loaded handgun from a 16-year-old former Riverdale High School student during a basketball game Tuesday at the school, said Sheriff’s SRO Capt. Brad Harrison. Administrators and officers noticed the former student, who was prohibited from Riverdale’s campus, had snuck into the ballgame, the captain said. SRO Dallen Miller removed…
Former president Franklin D. Roosevelt said it was a day that would live in infamy. The day was December 7, and the year was 1941 and now, 80 years later, the choir from Riverdale High School will help to commemorate the anniversary by participating in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade. The route travels down world…
The summer leading into her freshman year of high school, Katelyn Cahill lost her grandmother. Cahill was 14. Despite all the time she had spent with her maternal grandmother, she didn’t know half the people at the funeral home who came to pay their respects. But there was a common theme when it came to…
There was a time when you did not have to listen closely to hear the traffic behind Riverdale High School whisking by on I-24. When the school opened in Fall 1972, not much was found on the westside of the interstate. In fact, seven years later, after the late Edward Elam Carlton hired Hulon Watson…
Kristin Thomason, LPN at NHC Healthcare Murfreesboro, was told by one of her patients that his birthday wish was to see his nephew play baseball. The patient’s nephew plays baseball for Riverdale High School. As a nurse who goes above and beyond, Kristin was able to arrange for her patient, Gary Green, to go to…
Riverdale High School students in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program planted a large garden at Community Care of Rutherford County (CCRC) Friday, May 7. “Our FFA chapter is excited to form this partnership with the Community Care of Rutherford County,” Riverdale teacher and FFA sponsor Chris Martin said from the site of the…
Riverdale High School edged crosstown rival Oakland to win its division, while both Christiana middle and elementary schools captured titles in the 2021 Tennessee National Archery in the Schools Program State Championships. The tournament virtual this year due to the pandemic. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency organized the event, which was held by each of…
Community Care of Rutherford County (CCRC) is excited to finally be replanting on their farm, but even more thrilled that upwards of 30 students from Riverdale High School’s Future Farmers of America club will be assisting with the endeavor! Dignitaries to include Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron and Superintendent of Schools Bill Spurlock, will also…
Sydney Callahan, Colby Davis, and Mara Watson, students at Riverdale High School, have been selected for the 202 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. They will perform on Feb. 2 with the National Honor Concert Choir. Participation in one of the five Honors Ensembles is limited to the highest-rated high school performers from…