Riverview High School is a public high school in

Riverview, Florida Riverview is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is located south of Brandon. The population was 107,396 in the 2020 census, up from 71,050 in the 2010 census. Many of Tampa Bay's radio ...

. It is operated as part of the

Hillsborough County Public Schools Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) is a school district that runs the public school system of Hillsborough County in west central Florida and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is frequently referred to as the School D ...

district.

History

In February 1996, the Hillsborough County School Board purchased two forty-acre plots from two different owners for a total of $2,050,000 on the southeast corner of Boyette Road and Balm Riverview Road, in

, to be the location of a

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

. Ground was broken in January 1997 and construction began in preparation for opening of school in August 1998. On January 20, 1998, Riverview High School's first principal, J. Vince Thompson, was appointed. Mr. Thompson held meetings during the month of February 1998 with students from East Bay High School, Brandon High School, Bloomingdale High School, Progress Village Middle School, Burns Middle School, and McLane Middle School to discuss the implementation of

block scheduling Block scheduling or blocking is a type of academic scheduling used in some schools in the American K-12, K-12 system, in which Student, students have fewer but longer classes per day than in a traditional academic schedule. It is more common in m ...

and the selection of a school mascot and school colors; block scheduling was approved, the colors of black,

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, and silver were selected as school colors, and the Sharks picked as the school mascot. On March 17, 1998, the School Board approved the mascot and the colors.

Notable alumni

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(2008): NFL football player *

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(2005): NFL football player * Andrew Barbosa: professional baseball pitcher *

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: American football tight end and fullback played at Riverview before transferring to Plant *

Jason Harmon Jason Harmon (born January 27, 1987) is a former professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Florida Atlantic. Professional career Jacksonville Jaguars Harmon was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jacksonville Jag ...

(2004): professional football player * Tyrone McKenzie (2004): NFL football player *

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: born Christopher Lindsey, wrestler *

Jacquian Williams Jacquian Williams (born July 20, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Florida Bulls. and was selected by the New York Giant ...

(2006): NFL football player * Freddy Tarnok: MLB pitcher *

Jordan Leasure Jordan Davis Leasure (born August 15, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024. Career Leasure attended Riverview High School in Riverview, Florid ...

(2016): MLB pitcher

References

External links

Riverview High School
High schools in Hillsborough County, Florida Educational institutions established in 1998 Public high schools in Florida 1998 establishments in Florida {{Florida-school-stub