| Round Rock High School | |
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| 300 Lake Creek Drive Round Rock, Texas United States |
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| Information | |
| Established | 1867 |
| School district | Round Rock Independent School District |
| Principal | Natalie Nichols |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 2,620 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Maroon & White |
| Mascot | Dragon |
| Website | http://www.roundrockisd.org/rrhs |
Round Rock High School is a 5A high school within the Round Rock Independent School District in Round Rock, Texas. During the late 1990s, it was the largest high school in Central Texas.[1]
Five middle schools feed into this school:
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Round Rock High School (RRHS) is located in the suburban community of Round Rock, which is north of Austin, Texas. The community is largely composed of business, technical, and professional employees who commute to jobs in and around Austin, Texas.
Round Rock High School (originally named Round Rock Institute) was a private school when it opened in 1867. In 1888, the school was made public. The area in which Round Rock High School is located (about 26 miles north of the state capitol) was a rural community, having only one non-agricultural industry. In 1934, there were 16 students in the graduating class. In 1964, 324 students graduated. In 1974, the total enrollment at RRHS rose from 855 to 1000. 1984, 2508 students were enrolled at Round Rock High School. The community, along with students, grew rapidly over the years. Round Rock High School, the oldest school in Round Rock ISD, originated as a private school in 1867. It became a public school, Round Rock Institute, in 1888. In 1913, the Round Rock Independent School District was incorporated and Round Rock Institute became Round Rock High School. The school, located 26 miles north of the State Capitol, was, for many years, in a rural agricultural community with one non-agricultural industry, Round Rock White Lime Company, which quarried and milled and processed lime. In 1934 there were 16 members of the graduating class.
There were few changes in the community or the school until the 1960s. New buildings were made few though. In 1964, the enrollment of RRHS was 324, but growth had begun. Hopewell Negro School closed in 1966 and students were integrated into one high school without incident. During 1974, enrollment at RRHS grew from 855 to 1,000. By 1984 there were two high schools in the district, with a total of 5,443 students, 2,508 of them at Round Rock High School.
In 1994, there were three high schools in the district with a total enrollment of 6,234, and of those, 2,641 were at Round Rock High School. During the 1998-1999 school year, before the district's fourth high school was built, RRHS reached an all-time high of 3,600 students and was the largest high school in Central Texas. In 2003-2004 school year, RRISD had four high schools with a high school enrollment of 15,000 students, 3,500 of them were enrolled at Round Rock High School.
The school's David Carlin was recognized as "Texas Assistant Principal of Year" in 1995.[6] Brandy Haney was named National High School Coach of the Year in 1993.[7]
Round Rock High School uses block scheduling, a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day for a longer period of time. There are eight blocks divided into two sets of four, which are attended on alternating days.[8]
The Round Rock High School Band, also known as Dragon Band, is renowned for its success within its marching and concert UIL contests. The band regularly receives 1's during their concert season, as well as their marching seasons. In 1980, UIL created Texas' state marching contest, in which Round Rock won in its inaugural year. Several years afterwards, the band placed within the finals competition, and after 1987, the band did not qualify for state until 2010. In 2011, Dragon Band earned seventh place out of 59 at the Bands of America competition in San Antonio, with their show titled, "Acts of Light".
The band and orchestra program at Round Rock High School often does well in competitions, consistently placing well in UIL competitions.
The forensics program at RRHS has had a history of success in Cross-Examination Debate. Numerous students have reached state and national levels throughout the school's past. Round Rock High School has qualified for TOC, TFA, and UIL many times.
In 1995, sophomore Abbi Fuchs won the Texas slalom skiing championship for her age group.[9] The school's baseball team won a Texas class 5A state championship in 1997.[10]
Round Rock received national[11][12] attention for its 1994-95 yearbook, believed to be the first ever released in CD-ROM format. The yearbook was produced by Electric Tours Group of Round Rock, Texas, and contained 2,000 photographs, 25 minutes of video and 20 minutes of audio material.[13]
The Current Issues and Events team typically does very well in UIL competition and won the 5A state championship in 1991, 1993, 1999, 2005 and 2006.
The Round Rock High School Choir has also done quite well each year at competitions and has sent many of its students to compete for a spot in the All-State choir under the direction of Steve White, and now under the direction of Dr. Tod Fish.
The Round Rock High School Drumline, under the direction of Steve Roeder, has won the statewide Lonestar Drumline Competition two years running, first in 2007 and again in 2008, beating the next best competitor by at least 1.5 points out of 100 each time. They nearly won in 2006, but took Second Place by six hundredths of a point. They also took home two State Championships in the TCGC State Indoor Drumline Competition Marching Open Class: once in March 2009 with their show "Relative", and again in March 2010 with their show "Breathe". [14][15][16][17]
The Round Rock High School Chapters for the Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) was established in 2006. They have won several awards in various medical-related competitions in recent years. In 2009, at the state competition, they placed third in Medical Spelling and Physical Therapy, fourth in Forensic Science, and fifth in Personal Care. Two members also advanced to the national competition by doing well on the Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Issues Exam. [18]
The Round Rock Dragon Lacrosse team[19] started up in 2010. Although it started small it quickly grew to have fifty-two players[20] as of September of 2011. The Round Rock Dragon Lacrosse team is split into three different teams; Varsity, Jr. Varsity (white) and Jr. Varsity (Maroon). Because of the fact that Lacrosse is not a UIL sport the Round Rock Dragon Lacrosse team is a club sport. In its first year the Round Rock Dragon Lacrosse team lost its first season however it is still growing quickly in size and capability. The website for Round Rock Dragon Lacrosse is http://roundrocklacrosse.com/
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