All About the 50th

The Time Of Our Lives

Whether we graduated last year, or in 1973, one thing is true. We had the time of our lives when we were at RHS! It's time to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary! RHS was built in 1969, and began with only a Freshman class that would eventually be the Class of 1973, our first graduating class. Take that all the way to the upcoming graduating Class of 2019 and we have 50 years of producing the greatest Rangers ever! go to gettext

Planning Committee

Want to join in on the planning? We need you! Just send us an email and let us know where you can help - email us at: [email protected] or, better yet, come to the next meeting!

Next Meeting: To be determined, due to COVID-19 Pandemic.

Events

Here are some of the events planned for our 50th Anniversary, including a summary of past events! Have some ideas? Drop us a line at [email protected] and tell us what you want to see. Better yet, come to the next meeting, date shown above.

Next Event: TBA!

We are meeting to plan the next monthly events, but MARK YOUR CALENDARS for our "Fire and Ice" Dinner and Dance Gala to end the 18 months of celebration! Event has been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. We will post updates as we receive them. What we do know is that it will be at Luxor Gold Ballroom, table reservations are still being taken. Reserve yours for your class! See poster below.

New Year's Day Menudo was a success!

Thanks to our food donors, and our menudo "chef" Nelly Yanez and her daughter, who spent all night making it just right for everyone! Thanks also to the Acosta family, Teresa and Charlie De La Rosa, Laura Guzman, John Villa, and Ralph Ortega for all of your help. And thank you to everyone who came to get a delicious bowl or fill up your pots!

Did you see our float at the Parade?

Our float was beautiful! It followed the RHS band in the annual Oscar Leeser's Hyundai Sun Carnival Parade, and was graced by RHS Legends. We won an Honorable Mention with our float titled "Celebrating 50 Years of Academic and Cultural Success." Check out this Facebook link to view the moments we appear in the parade, along with the Rangerettes and Ranger Band.

Homecoming was a blast!

Here are some events we held:

Homecoming Mixer #1 - Celebrate the 80's with the Class of 1980! All classes welcome! Kick off Homecoming week on September 21, 8:00 pm to 1:00 am at Special Edition, 3333 N. Yarbrough Dr. Suite D. Drink specials, and a drink called the Riverside Rager, created to commemorate Riverside's 50th Anniversary.

Anniversary Parade at Homecoming - Wed., September 25 -
Parade Float - On this day, we will unveil the float that will be featured in the EP Sun Carnival parade announcing our 50th to the world. Love to work with art, crafts, paint, paper etc? Join our float committee! Just email us at RangerExes @ gmail.com

Anniversary Honored Ex - September 25, immediately following parade. Be there for roll-call, let's see which class has the most people there, and is the loudest! The Ranger Honored Ex for 2019 will also be presented.

Homecoming Football Game - Friday, September 27, Riverside has a new coach and he's one of us! Ranger grad, from the class of 2000, where he was an standout offensive lineman. Now he's back with great coaching experience, and as he puts it: "I'm excited for the future of this program, I want to be here. This is a special place to be, and we can achieve great things."

Homecoming Mixer for all Exes and Staff - Saturday, September 28, it's time for just the adults to have fun! We'll be at 4th and Goal Wing House, owned by a Ranger grad, who will providing great drink specials!

Speaking of the Parade Float.... Veterans Day Parade and Thanksgiving Day Citywide Parade - What better way to let El Paso know that Riverside is turning 50! We will need MANY Rangers to help with the float, let us know you can help by emailing us at RangerExes @ gmail.com

New Year's Eve Menudo was a success! Follow us on Facebook to see pictures of the event.

Other Events Coming Up (we need your help planning these!)

Anniversary Picnic - TBD
Legacy Parent Reception - TBD

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End of the Year Dinner and Dance Gala!

POSTPONED DUE TO PANDEMIC - Date to be determined

More information

T-Shirts - Of course, we have a shirt to commemorate the event, but you'll need to Pre-order! Check them out here!
Contact Person for Each Class - We need to contact ALL classes as if you were having a class reunion! Want to represent your class so that you can send them info? Email us at: [email protected]
Donations - Of course, a big celebration like this will cost money! Donate now to help make these events the best ever!
Contact Form - Get notified whenever we have events! Sign up HERE.
Short Film - Our current RHS students are planning a video on our anniversary, coming soon!

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Past Events

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Ranger Alumni cheering at the Spring Pep Rally kicking off the 50th Anniversary!

March 15 - You missed a great Mixer at "4th and Goal", owned by a Riverside Ranger who donated proceeds of the sale towards are 50th Anniversary Fund - $200!!

April 27 - Family Night at El Paso Bowl - Rangers past decades had a great time listening to the band (Ranger alum), enjoyed drink specials, and had a great time bowling!

June 10, 8:00 am - Alumni/Senior Class Luncheon, Alumni joined the senior class to induct the newest alumni, where they get their first year of membership for free.

July 27 - Chihuahuas celebrated RHS 50th! What a great time with over 120 Rangers at SouthWest University park. We had door prizes and lots of winners, too!

On January 1, 2019 we kicked off the year and the activities with Menudo for all! The delicious menudo was made by Ranger Alumni, who stayed up all night cooking up the best you ever tasted!

Was that a great concert or what? Band Alumni from various decades gave an outstanding performance! We hope this happens again next year. Contact us if interested!

March 29 - Riversides' Baseball Field is now the Jim Melendez field, renamed in honor of the Texas Hall of Famer coach.

May 16 - Alumni Jazz Band performance - Rangers band members from years past gave a tremendous performance

Mixer at 4th and Goal - June 14 - The legendary Coach Jim Melendez was our guest of honor! Drink specials, door prizes were enjoyed by all, along with a video presentation to Coach. The Class of '81 won a bucket of beer for having the most people there!