Rockville High School (Connecticut)

Rockville High School
Address
70 Loveland Hill Road Vernon, Connecticut, (Tolland County), 06066 USA
Coordinates	41°30′44″N 72°17′06″W / 41.5123°N 72.2849°WCoordinates: 41°30′44″N 72°17′06″W / 41.5123°N 72.2849°W
Information
Type	Public school
School district	Vernon School District
Superintendent	Joseph Macary
Principal	Andrew Rockett
Faculty	96
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1,052 (2014)[1]
Campus	Large Subarb
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Website	RHS Homepage

Rockville High School is a public secondary school located in Vernon, Connecticut. The school also serves as a vocational agriculture school for the region.

Overview

Passing grade at RHS is a 70%. The school's mottos include "Nihil Nisi Optimum" (Nothing but the best), and "We Are the Rock," (instituted by former principal Eric Baim), and its athletic teams are known as the Rams. The school was established in 1870 and moved into its current building in 1959. Clubs at RHS include GSA, Friends Club, Issues, The Pink Sock Crew, Newspaper Club, Hatch Arms Club, and many more.

School information and statistics

Academic

• RHS offers 11 Advanced Placement courses
• SAT Performance (average over 5 years)
  • Participation - 77.6%
  • Average Critical Reading - 526.4
  • Average Mathematics - 517
  • Average Writing - 511
• Post-Graduation Plans (average over 5 years)
  • 4-year College - 54.2%
  • 2-year College - 24.8%
  • Vocational - 1%
  • Military - 2.4%
  • Employment - 12.2%
  • Other - 3.4%

Alumni

• Gene Pitney - 2002 inductee to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame
• Charles Ethan Porter - African American still life painter
• Bill Romanowski - former professional American football player
• Mark Warner - former Governor and current Senator from Virginia
• Paul Irish - developer advocate for Google Chrome

References

1. US News 2014

External links

• RHS Official Site
• RHS Alumni Page
• Vernon Public Schools
• RHS RAM BAND