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°W / 41.5123; -72.2849Coordinates: 41°30′44″N 72°17′06″W / 41.5123°N 72.2849°W / 41.5123; -72.2849
Information
Type	Public school
School district	Vernon School District
Superintendent	Mary Conway
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

↑ US News 2014

External links

Central Connecticut Conference

CCC North	East Catholic East Hartford Glastonbury Manchester South Windsor Weaver Wethersfield Windsor

CCC South	Berlin Bristol Central Bristol Eastern Bulkeley Maloney Middletown Plainville Platt

CCC East	Bloomfield E.O. Smith Fermi Hartford Public RHAM Rockville Rocky Hill Tolland

CCC West	Conard Farmington Hall New Britain Newington Northwest Catholic Simsbury Southington

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