Sage Ridge School

Sage Ridge is the only non-sectarian college preparatory school in the metropolitan area of the U.S. city of Reno, Nevada. It offers a diverse academic environment for grades 3 through 12 through the teaching of various mathematics, science, English, history, Spanish and Latin classes. The curriculum is supplemented with an array of fine arts classes, including various music, art and theater courses. The school is accredited by the NWAIS (Northwest Association of Independent Schools).

Campus and facilities
Sage Ridge School sits on over 40 acres of land about a 1,000 feet above the valley floor of Reno. It has a view of the city, which is directly north of the campus. Two buildings and portable classroom comprise the main campus, along with a multipurpose field behind the school. The three buildings, Crossbow Hall, the Webster Building and the learning cottage.

Webster Hall houses a multipurpose room, called the Great Space, with a non-regulation sized basketball court surrounded by classrooms, the main office and the library. The Great Space is used for everything from middle school physical education to weekly school meetings. The Loft is a space for the Upper School (high school) to eat lunch and socialize with views of Mount Rose.

The AIM (Achieve, Innovate and Magnify) Capital Campaign is a three-phase building project to expand Sage Ridge's campus to better serve the educational and facility needs of the growing community. The first phase is the Student Activity Center with a gymnasium at its core. Future phases include a Knowledge Lab and a Performing Arts Theater. These three new building on Sage Ridge's 40-plus-acre campus will total approximately 37,000 to 47,000 square feet of competition, teaching and learning space.

Athletics
The school competes in the 1A and 2A division of the NIAA of the Northern Region. Sage Ridge's cross country team has ranked top in the Nevada state competition for both boys and girls. The school offers a variety of sports, including volleyball, cross country, swimming, golf, basketball and track and field.

The boys' cross country team won the 2A state championships in 2004, 2006 and 2007. It was runner-up in 2003, 2005 and 2011. The team finished fourth in 2009 and 2010. The girls' cross country team won the 2A state championships in 2007 and 2008. It was runner-up in 2006 and 2009.

Both boys' and girls' track teams have had many individual state titles in events such as 100, 4x100, 400, 4x400, 800, 1600, 3200 and long jump. Three state records were set in 2007 by Nathan Chellman at the Championship meet in the 800, 1600 and 3200 meters.

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships

 * Cross country (boys') - 2004, 2006, 2007
 * Cross country (girls') - 2007, 2008

Theater
In recent years thel drama department has presented a number of plays and musicals such as The Mousetrap, Guys and Dolls, A Streetcar Named Desire, Chekhov's The Boor and The Seagull, Little Shop of Horrors, Macbeth, Oliver!, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, The Taming of the Shrew and Battle Born. Several drama student graduates have gone on to study theater at drama schools and work in drama and theater. The school's theater club attended and performed a play written especially for the experience at the world famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014.

Speech & Debate
Most participants in Speech and Debate would agree that it is one of the most intellectually challenging, fun activities in which to participate. Students prepare for and complete at local tournaments that are hosted by the National Speech and Debate Association. In this process, students put to use all the skills they acquire at Sage Ridge: they research, organize and present arguments for both sides of an important, real-world issue. Students learn quickly how to present themselves with confidence, and they gain the invaluable ability to think on their feet and control their thoughts even as they are being cross-examined. Besides the numerous skills they gain, they also join a unique, cohesive community that values camaraderie and support at the same level it values competition.

Junior Classical League
The National Junior Classical League (NJCL) is a national organization of middle and high school students who are enrolled in a full-year classics course. At Sage Ridge, this includes Latin and Greek for students in grades 7-12. With over 50,000 members and 1,200 chapters, the NJCL is one of the largest academic youth organizations in the world. Sage Ridge is a chapter of the larger Nevada JCL, along with three other schools in Nevada.

The purpose of the National Junior Classical league, and in extension, the Nevada Junior Classical League, is to encourage an interest in and an appreciation of the language, literature and culture of ancient Greece and Rome, and to impart an understanding of the debt of our own culture to that of Classical antiquity.

Clubs
School clubs are a major part of the school. It is mandatory that every student participates in at least one club each year.

Current high school clubs

 * Yearbook
 * Junior Classical League
 * Debate
 * Competitive FIRST Robotics
 * American Mathematics Competitions
 * Bridge
 * Art
 * She's the First
 * Astronomy
 * Military History

Travel

 * Every fall, the school has an outdoor education week for students. Each grade goes to a different destination to spend a week in the outdoors. The trips usually include outdoor activities such as hiking and camping.

Student organizations
Student organizations interact with one another and communicate with Sage Ridge students to create school policies.


 * Prefecture &mdash; a teacher-elected group of students that maintains communication between students and faculty
 * Honor Council &mdash; an organization consisting of a teacher-nominated, student-elected body
 * Student Government &mdash; student-elected representatives

Publications

 * Vestigia &mdash; yearbook