Roanoke Rapids High School

Roanoke Rapids High School is a public high school in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

Building history
Roanoke Rapids High School opened in 1921. It was the brainchild of local industrialist Samuel Paterson and was intended to be the centerpiece of the entire Roanoke Rapids community. The school was designed by Hobart Upjohn and cost ten times the average high school building in the state. It is in the Tudor Revival or Gothic style and draws qualities of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is a $3 1/2$-story, nine-bay, T-shaped building with a combination flat-top and slate gable roof and a projecting, crenellated entrance tower.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Athletics
The school's colors are black and gold. Its mascot is the Yellow Jacket. The school uses a logo similar to that of Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets were the Class B, Baseball State Champions in 1932 and 1935. Roanoke Rapids High School competes in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association in the 2A class. They have football, baseball, softball, swimming, wrestling, volleyball, track and field, cross country, soccer, basketball, tennis, golf, and cheerleading programs.

Notable alumni

 * Brian Barnes, MLB pitcher
 * Nazair Jones, NFL player
 * Meredith Kinleigh, Christian pop musician
 * Kareem Martin, NFL player
 * Tom Topping, college football player, inducted into Duke Sports Hall of Fame