| John Randolph Tucker High School | |
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| Address | |
| 2910 North Parham Road Richmond, Virginia, 23294 United States |
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| School type | Public, High School |
| Founded | 1962 |
| School district | Henrico County Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Patrick Russo |
| Principal | Dr Gwen Miller |
| Assistant Principals | Sharon M. Payne Richard B. Butler Jr. Dr. Naeemah U. Rodriguez |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,687 (2006-2007) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Orange and Blue |
| Athletics conference | Virginia High School League AAA Central Region AAA Colonial District |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Rival | Deep Run High School Hermitage High School |
John Randolph Tucker High School is a high school in Henrico County, Virginia, United States. It is named after lawyer and Henrico County Judge John Randolph Tucker. Its students and faculty often refer to themselves as "Tucker Tigers". The school had approximately 1700 students and over 145 faculty members during the 2009-10 school year.
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Tucker High School's Specialty Center is the World Language Immersion Center, in which students choose between French or Spanish and then are expected to take a class of one of their Core curriculum per year in that language not in including the normal language class itself . As of the 2011-2012 school year French Immersion is no longer offered to rising students, which makes the class of 2014 the last class of French Immersion.
The school also offers Marine Corps JROTC commanded by LtCol. James O'Dwyer and SgtMajor Clayborne Hartsel and advanced placement courses
Tucker now includes the IB program. The IB program will go full capacity in the school year 2012-2013 with approximately 145 students in the IB program. The two previous classes have had anywhere from 35-50 students accepted. The first IB senior class will be in the school year 2013-2014.
Tucker is now introducing a new program called the Advanced College Academy. When you graduate in the program, you receive 60 credits from J Sarge to be put towards any public school in Virginia. It also guarantees admission to any public school in Virginia if you graduate from the program with a B average or higher. Tucker High School is fully accredited.
As a result of Tucker taking on a new specialty center every year, this has required for the school to spend more money on those specific things, meaning that the school must cut the budget somewhere. This is why the ACA program and the IB program are a main reason that the French Immerion program has been removed from curiculum. It is also true that less and less students were joining French Immerion every year, so these two new specialty centers cannot be the only ones to blame.
In the 2009-10 school year, Building #10 was used as a "Freshman Academy" called Tiger Hall.
The Drama and Chorus departments received new teachers in 2005. Lisa Dyer, who was the Dance coach at Hermitage High School in 2004, is now the head of the Drama department at Tucker. She has directed productions such as Bye Bye Birdie, The Boyfriend, Man of LaMancha, Annie, Once Upon a Mattress, Aida, and Steel Magnolias. Since 2005, Tucker's Chorus department has been headed by Clint Miller. Mr. Miller directs five different choruses:
Tucker offers a variety of sports:
The Tucker Tigers play at Fred W. Wells Stadium on campus. The Tigers have not been as successful at football as in other sports. They have made it to the playoffs only once in their 48-year history, a 39-3 loss to Thomas Dale in the 1992 playoffs.
Colonial District Champions: 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Central Region Champions: 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
States: Top Score in First Round and Runner-Up by just one point after Final Round - 2006