| Ramstein High School | |
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| Royals sign near front of school | |
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| Ramstein Airbase Germany |
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| Type | DoDDS Secondary |
| School district | DoDDS Kaiserslautern district |
| Principal | Greg Hatch |
| Faculty | approx. 80 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1057 |
| Color(s) | Red and Blue |
| Mascot | Royals (Lion) |
| Assistant Principal | Barriett Smith |
| Assistant Principal | Patricia Jorgenson |
| Website | www.rams-hs.eu.dodea.edu |
Ramstein American High School (also commonly referred to as RHS) is a Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) high school in the Kaiserslautern district which serves the European portion of DoDDS. Their mascot is the Royale, a lion with a crown.
Ramstein American High School is located on Ramstein Air Base (RAB) which is just outside of Kaiserslautern, Germany. The Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC), which RAB is a part of, has an approximate population of 53,000 Americans, the largest concentration of United States Military outside of the United States.
The school population was at 1,057 students for school year 2007-08. There was an attempt at downsizing the school for the 2008-09 school year to approximately 850 students. However, this attempt failed with the new school population being above that of last years.
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Ramstein HS is fully accredited by the North Central Association for Accreditation. Every five years the school is visited by North Central to assess the success of the school's individual school improvement plan. The professional and auxiliary staff members at school complete an in-depth report which addresses one affective and one cognitive area that the school has chosen to address in an outcomes based school improvement plan. This self-study is submitted to the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for their review and evaluation.
Over the years Ramstein HS has been visited by the North Central Association and as a result has been recommended for outcomes-based accreditation. Ramstein HS has been commended for its efforts to provide its students a quality program of education, and for continuing its quest for excellence. In addition to the accreditation visits, annual reports are submitted to the NCA, which serves as an update for the original self-study. The process of self-evaluation is continuous.
The Athletic program at Ramstein HS always has been a strong one. There is interscholastic competition for boys and girls during these three seasons. All athletes must abide by the Ramstein HS Athletic code. A physical examination each year is required to tryout, practice or play. All students must maintain academic eligibility in order to participate in the athletics program.[1]
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The Men's varsity basketball team won the Div I Championships in 2009 and 2010. They took 2nd place in 2011.
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Ramstein High School offers a various amount of clubs for students to join. Each club elects at least one position (Senator) and may select up too 6 (Secretary, Vice President, President, etc.)
Ramstein High School is also known for their large amount of advanced classes offered.
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History
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The Honors classes are "combined grades" classes where both the Honors History and Literature grades are averaged together and given as one grade.
The AP classes are also weighted grades on a students GPA.
Ramstein High School offers a variety of music classes for students to join. The three main performing bands are: Concert Winds, Varsity Band, and Jazz Band. As of the 2008 school year, the music program has expanded to include such as classes as piano, guitar, and big band.
All students are offered the chance to tryout for the DoDDS Europe Music Festival (a.k.a. Honor Band)and DoDDS All Jazz Music Festival. Students in the Concert Winds and Jazz Bands are required to tryout for their respective festivals.
Although lacking a marching band, the Ramstein Concert Winds do perform as a "Pep" Band during the home games for the Ramstein Royals Football Team.
The Ramstein bands have been acclaimed Europe-wide with almost 50% of the band making the Honors festivals.
Ramstein also offers a large amount of choral classes: Beginning- Advanced Choir and Show Choir- who are also known for their participation in the Honors Choir Festivals.
Oh Ramstein High an inspiration
How our hearts with pride are swelling
Our standards high, our banners waving
All hail the red, the white, the blue
Hold high the red for it is courage
Blue for loyalty and truth
White proclaims the royal’s honor
To you we hail, Ramstein
The following schools feed into Ramstein High School either directly or indirectly: