Ravenscroft School history

Doctor Watson was deeply committed to the education of Raleigh's youth and his dream was to "fund and employ a teacher of a Parish school for Christ Church Raleigh." It was in 1868 that the parish school envisioned by Doctor Watson opened its doors with 70 students.

In September 1937, it was decided by the vestry of Christ Church to reestablish the parish school, and a new name was chosen "to honor the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina and the first Rector of Christ Church, the Right Reverend John Stark Ravenscroft." On Sept.

Over the next several years, the school expanded by adding both sixth and seventh grades, with eighth grade being added in 1948.

Late in 1968, the Board acquired 115 acres on Falls of the Neuse Road and rechartered Ravenscroft as an independent nonsectarian school the following month.

The last graduation at the Tucker Street campus was held on June 4, 1969, and Ravenscroft opened with 300 students at its north Raleigh location in the fall of 1969.

Construction of the new campus facilities began literally with a "bang" on March 24, 1970, when dynamite replaced the traditional shovel for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Middle School.

Since 1974, when Ravenscroft's boys tennis team won the school's first-ever state championship, our student-athletes have brought home 64 team crowns across 17 different sports.

He won two Super Bowl titles as a member of the Patriots, and forced a fumble by St Louis Rams wide receiver Ricky Proehl in Super Bowl XXXVI. He scored his first career touchdown on a blocked field goal in the 2001 AFC Championship Game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Listed below are the criteria and procedures for induction into the Alumni Association Sports Hall of Fame (revised November, 2002).

Boys basketball and girls lacrosse each won in 2012.