Richard Montgomery High School
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Richard Montgomery High School (#201) is a Montgomery County, Maryland public school located in Rockville, Maryland. It is named for Richard Montgomery, an American General who died while attempting to capture the British-held (now Canadian) city of Quebec. The school is either usually referred to by its full name, the nickname "RichMo," or by the acronym "RM" in everyday parlance by its students and alumni, presumably because shortening it to Montgomery would be too vague, and also perhaps to distinguish it from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring.
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Academics
The school houses Montgomery County's first International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which attracts top students from the entire county. The average class size is 24.7, with a staff to student ratio of 12.8:1. [1] (http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/fy2004/schools/04201.pdf)
Students
Upon graduation, 92.9% of the class of 2003 planned to go through some sort of post-secondary school, 4% plan to go straight into the workforce and .9% into the military. There was a 91.9% attendence rate and a 1.8% drop out rate in 2002-2003.
The student body is 48% White, 21.5% Asian, 15.4% Hispanic, 14.2% African American and 0.2% American Indian. [2] (http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/fy2004/schools/04201.pdf)
History and campus
Rockville High School was established in 1892, when the state Board of Education allocated funds to the local elementary school to educate high school students; the first class graduated in this way in 1897.
A new high school was constructed and opened for use in September 1905 on East Montgomery Avenue and Monroe Street. An addition was built in 1917, expanding the school to 19 classrooms. When the Rockville Colored High School was opened in 1935, the school for white children was renamed Richard Montgomery High School to distinguish between the two.
The current building was completed in 1942, after a fire destroyed the old high school in 1940. Additions to the school were made in the 1950s and in 1963-64. The classrooms were last renovated in 1976, and an auditorium was added in the 1980s. Although the school building is deteriorating, it is slated for replacement starting in 2005. The current campus is 26.2 acres (106,000 m²) in size. [3] (http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/fy2004/schools/04201.pdf) [4] (http://peerlessrockville.org/peerless_places/peerless_places_richard_montgomery_1.htm)
Extracurricular activities
National Forensics League, musicals, plays, and choral singing have helped distinguish Richard Montgomery as noted school for the dramatic arts. Its literary magazine Fine Lines, the "It's Academic" team, and the Citizenship Law Related Education Program (CLREP) mock trial team have won multiple national and statewide championships and honors.
Notable alumni
External links
- Richard Montgomery High School's website (http://www.portalcontrol.com/rmhs/)
- Richard Montgomery High School location (http://www.rockvillemd.gov/parks-facilities/RhmS.htm)
- Review on greatschools.net (http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/md/943/)
- Article on IB & AP exams at Richard Montgomery (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052001471.html) from the Washington Post
- History of Richard Montgomery High School (http://peerlessrockville.org/peerless_places/peerless_places_richard_montgomery_1.htm)