R-R-R-E-I-I-I-I-T-Z! REITZ! WHO? REITZ! WHAT? VICTORY!
By HANNA MYERS
Panthers have been making memories on the hill since Reitz High School first opened on the west side in 1918. The opening of the school allowed many west side families the opportunity to advance their children’s education further than had ever been possible before. Prior to 1918, the only other high school in Evansville was Evansville High School (old Central High School) in Downtown.
The building students know today would be unrecognizable to the first students of Reitz. In the past century, the school has undergone numerous additions and renovations. Pictured here is the school under construction looking up at the main entrance. Very little of this view is recognizable from the outside today because of the addition of a new gym and classroom wing to the front of the original structure in the 1950s.
