RHAM High School

RHAM High School
Address
85 Wall Street Hebron, Connecticut, 06248 USA
Coordinates	41°39′51″N 72°21′54″W / 41.6643°N 72.3650°WCoordinates: 41°39′51″N 72°21′54″W / 41.6643°N 72.3650°W
Information
Type	Public school
Established	September 1956
School district	Regional School District No. 8
Superintendent	Robert Siminski
Principal	Scott Leslie
Faculty	95
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1175 (2014)[1]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Team name	Sachems
Rivals	Bacon Academy, E. O. Smith High School
Newspaper	The Sachem Scribe [2]
Website	RHAM High School Homepage

RHAM High School (Regional Hebron, Andover, and Marlborough)^[3] is a regional, public high school located in Hebron, Connecticut, United States.

Overview

RHAM's team name, the Sachems, comes from the name of Native American Indian Chiefs of the Algonquin tribe. There is a 1:12 teacher to student ratio.^[4]

History

The Region 8 School District was formed and ground broken for the first school building in 1956. Classes started on September 6, 1957. Since then, the school has undergone several renovations:

• In 1970, an addition was completed which provided a technology education wing, art area, new library, auxiliary gymnasium, and locker room facility.
• In 1984, a second renovation of the high school facility began and was completed in the fall of 1985.
• In July 2000 ground was broken for the current high school, which was opened in February 2003. This new school includes many different facilities, including a clay outdoor track field, three multipurpose fields, tennis courts, two baseball fields, and a softball field. The old high school was completely demolished.

In 2006, RHAM added ice hockey as a varsity sport. The hockey team skates out of Champions Skating Center in Cromwell, CT. In 2010, RHAM also added boys' lacrosse as a varsity sport. A girls' lacrosse team was recently added as well.

Athletics

Soccer

• The girls' soccer team won the 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Central Connecticut Conference titles,^[5][6] and made it to the CT semi-finals in their 2009 season.
• The boys' soccer team won the 2011, 2013, and 2014 Central Connecticut Conference titles.^[7][8]

Cross Country

• Girls' Cross Country won the Class M State Championship title in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2007.^[9]

Volleyball

• Girls' volleyball won the Class L State Championship title in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013.^[10]

Baseball

• Baseball won the Class L State Championship in 2004 behind A.J. Pollock, who was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks^[11] in the 2009 MLB draft.

Notable alumni

• A.J. Pollock, Current MLB player (Arizona Diamondbacks)^[12]
• Marc Gonsalves, Northrop Grumman employee held hostage for 5 years by the FARC in Colombia and author

References

1. US News 2014, Accessed Dec. 31, 2014
2. RHAM High School - Home
3. RHAM High School Webpage "About Us" Archived January 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
4. Rham High School, Public School Review.
5. CCC Girls' Soccer Standings, Accessed Dec. 28, 2014
6. CCC Girls' Soccer Standings, Accessed Dec. 28, 2014
7. CCC Boys' Soccer Standings, Accessed Dec. 28, 2014
8. CCC Boys' Soccer Standings, Accessed Dec. 28, 2014
9. CIAC Tournament Central, Accessed Dec. 28, 2014
10. CIAC Tournament Central, Accessed Dec. 28, 2014
11. A.J Pollock Baseball-reference.com, Accessed Dec. 31, 2014
12. A.J Pollock Stats, Accessed April 25, 2013