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Richard Montgomery High School

Richard Montgomery High School (RMHS) (#201) is a secondary public school located in Rockville, Maryland.

Richard Montgomery High School
Address
250 Richard Montgomery Drive

,
20852

United States
Coordinates39°04′42″N 77°08′45″W / 39.078442°N 77.14583°W / 39.078442; -77.14583Coordinates: 39°04′42″N 77°08′45″W / 39.078442°N 77.14583°W / 39.078442; -77.14583
Information
TypePublic (magnet) secondary
Established1892
School districtMontgomery County Public Schools
NCES School ID240048000902[1]
PrincipalAlicia Deeny
Teaching staff120.10 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,248 [1] (2015–16)
Student to teacher ratio18.68 [1]
Campus typeUrban[2]
Color(s)Black and gold    
NicknameRockets
RivalRockville High School
Websitewww.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/rmhs/
Aerial view in 2005

Academics

The school houses Montgomery County's first International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB). This competitive-entry magnet program draws students from all over Montgomery County and has an IB diploma rate of 97%, the highest of its kind in the United States.[3] The IB program has a 10% acceptance rate for incoming freshmen. Entry is based on an entrance examination, middle school transcripts, teacher recommendations, and personal essays.

Incoming freshmen who have been accepted into the IB program are first enrolled in a special two-year program consisting of courses designed to prepare them for more rigorous IB courses they will take in their junior and senior years.[4] This also serves as a continuation of the final two years of the Middle Years Programme (MYP). The first three years of the MYP program are offered to all students who attend Julius West Middle School, which is the sole middle school that feeds into RM.[5] The MYP curriculum stresses "life long learning," "critical thinking," and "responsible global citizenship." It is a five-year program designed for students in grades 6–10, and all Richard Montgomery students participate regardless of whether they are in the IB program or whether they participated in middle school. Upon completion, non-IB students can apply to enroll in the IB programme. Students are accepted each year through this secondary application process for the IB programme.

The average class size is 24.8, although this number has recently been increasing, and it has a student to staff ratio of 14.5:1.[6]

In 2007, Richard Montgomery was featured in Newsweek magazine as the 27th highest-rated high school in the nation.[7] In June 2002, it won its first award in National Scholastic Championship at George Washington University. Richard Montgomery High School won the 2003 Blue Ribbon in Education Award by the United States Department of Education. RM has been identified as the number one school in the D.C. metropolitan area in the Challenge Index for Rigor. Richard Montgomery has also had multiple Marian Greenblatt Education Fund award winner teachers.[8]

History and campus

 
Class in 1936

Richard Montgomery High School is the oldest public high school in Montgomery County. It was first established in 1892 as "Rockville High School", when the state Board of Education first allocated funds to local school to educate high school students. The first class of twelve seniors graduated in 1897.[9]

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. Rockville Colored High School was opened in 1927.[10] The school for white students was renamed Richard Montgomery High School to distinguish between the two in 1935.[11]

The building was completed in 1942 at 49,167 sq ft (4,567.8 m2), after a fire destroyed the old high school in 1940. Additions to the school were made in 1952 at 39,895 sq ft (3,706.4 m2), 1959 at 37,425 sq ft (3,476.9 m2), in 1964 at 56,703 sq ft (5,267.9 m2), 1969 at 4,000 sq ft (370 m2), 1975 at 35,890 sq ft (3,334 m2), 1976 at 8,300 sq ft (770 m2), and 1988 at 1,938 sq ft (180.0 m2). The current campus is 26.2 acres (106,000 m²) in size.[3][12]

In April 2008 stories appeared in The Washington Post,[13] the Montgomery County Gazette,[14] and the Montgomery Sentinel,[15] alleging that the school principal, Moreno Carrasco, had been running a private business on school time and was using materials that appeared to be plagiarized from a seminar that he had attended at school district expense. Carrasco went on extended sick leave.

During Carrasco's absence, the student newspaper, The Tide, requested that administrators approve publication of an article about the investigation into Carrasco's alleged ethics violations and business endeavors. Assistant Principal Veronica McCall denied permission for publication of the article, but was overridden by Community Superintendent Dr. Sherry Liebes after The Tide editors announced that they would go public with news of the denial.[16] The article was finally published online on April 24, 2008.[17]

On June 10, 2008, Montgomery County Public Schools announced that Carrasco had been named the new director of secondary leadership training. The announcement also stated that the allegations about Carrasco's involvement in private consulting were "thoroughly investigated" and "not substantiated".[18]

On June 23, 2008, Nelson McLeod II was named the new principal of Richard Montgomery High School.[19] He left the position in May 2014 due to a cardiac medical condition,[20] and was replaced by Damon Monteleone in July 2014.[21]

In 2020, a petition was started to rename the school due to its namesake, Richard Montgomery, being a slave owner.[22]

Reconstruction

Richard Montgomery opened a new $71 million building following the end of students' 2007 winter break. The new building features wireless internet for the teachers which has since been opened to student access, LCD projectors in every classroom, dozens of Promethean interactive whiteboards and learner response devices, a modern auditorium, and a recording and TV studio. The new facilities lack the capability to access older forms of media, such as material on VHS and photographic slides; however, teachers sometimes bring in their own video players to rectify the problem.

The school has an artificial turf stadium next to tennis courts and a track.

Athletics

Athletics Director, Jon Freda, is an RM Alum class of 2001. Freda has been at Richard Montgomery HS since 2007 and has been the schools Athletic Director since 2010. The boys' cross country team have won four state championships, in 1975, 1980, 1990 and 1995.[citation needed]

Activities

Richard Montgomery has its own student newspaper, The Tide,[23] and a student literary magazine, Fine Lines. The Tide received First Place with Special Merit from the America Scholastic Press Association in 2013.[24]

Richard Montgomery's quizbowl team (known as It's Academic) won the National Scholastics Championship in 2002.[25] In 2006, they won the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament in Chicago.[26]

Richard Montgomery's International Space Settlement Design Competition team won the 2008 cycle in Houston, Texas.[27]

Music

Ensembles such as the Madrigals, a chamber choir, and the Jazz Band often travel off campus to perform at various venues. The marching band, the Marching Rockets, is also a part of football season.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Richard Montgomery High (240048000902)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Richard Montgomery High".
  3. ^ a b . U.S. News & World Report. December 9, 2009. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009.
  4. ^ "IB Magnet Course of Study at Richard Montgomery High School" (PDF). Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "Richard Montgomery HS - MYP | Richard Montgomery HS". www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  6. ^ Richard Montgomery High School - #201
  7. ^
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  9. ^ "Richard Montgomery HS - HISTORY OF RICHARD MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL | Richard Montgomery HS". www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  10. ^ George Washington Carver High School Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  11. ^ History of Richard Montgomery High School Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 2005-10-17. Retrieved 2005-06-01.
  13. ^ de Vise, Daniel (April 10, 2008). "Principal's Side Business Raises Questions . ". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  14. ^ Melissa J. Brachfeld (April 16, 2008). "MCPS officials investigate possible ethics code violation". Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  15. ^ The Sentinel[dead link]
  16. ^ Melissa J. Brachfeld (April 23, 2008). "Students win right to write". Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  17. ^ The Tide Online- Richard Montgomery's Student Newspaper[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ "MCPS Public Announcements". June 10, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  19. ^ Melissa J. Brachfeld (June 25, 2008). "New principal tapped for Richard Montgomery". Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  20. ^ "Richard Montgomery High School" (PDF). May 28, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  21. ^ "Montgomery County Public Schools" (PDF). July 1, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  22. ^ "Petition started to rename Richard Montgomery High School". 19 June 2020.
  23. ^ The Tide Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  24. ^ American Scholastic Press Association 2008-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  25. ^ 2002 PACE NSC Results Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  26. ^ National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC 2017-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  27. ^ ISSDC: Previous Finalist Teams Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  28. ^ "Will Allen". University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  29. ^ a b c d e "Richard Montgomery School Athletics Hall of Fame". Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  30. ^ Jacobs, Jay S. (2006). Pretty Good Years: A Biography of Tori Amos. Hal Leonard. p. 13.
  31. ^ Harrington, Richard (May 17, 1998). "Tori Amos, Local Legend". The Washington Post.
  32. ^ Forde Fisher, Tina (November 7, 1989). "For Bellingham, It Has Been More Than a Stroke of Luck". Los Angeles Times.
  33. ^ a b Simms, Brandy L. (July 22, 2010). "RM's Mike Curtis should be in the Hall of Fame". Montgomery Sentinel. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  34. ^ a b c Driver, David (May 17, 2011). "Riggleman Remembers a Rockville Like a Rockwell". Rockville Patch.
  35. ^ "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on January 10, 1993 · Page 44". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  36. ^ Grove, Lloyd (February 23, 2000). "The Reliable Source". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  37. ^ Jaggar, Louisa (October 1, 2010). "Teens Coming Out". Bethesda Magazine.
  38. ^ "Local Athlete Scores Upset at Judo Nationals". The Washington Post. April 30, 2000.
  39. ^ "National Merit Scholarship Winners". The Washington Post. July 12, 2001. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  40. ^ Eileen Zhang; Sophia Taur (November 1, 2019). "Richard Montgomery High School RM athletes represent Team USA on national level". The Tide.
  41. ^ Broadway, Donna (November 20, 2014). "Korman finds realization of dream in latest election". The Sentinel.
  42. ^ "How Did I Get Here? - Thuan Pham". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2016.
  43. ^ "B-CC training leaders". Montgomery Gazette. February 19, 1997. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  44. ^ Mendlowitz, Andy (February 21, 1998). "Wreh can play basketball, but now he is on track". The Washington Post.
  45. ^ Meyer, Eugene L. (May–June 2011). "Touching Base with Jim Riggleman". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  46. ^ Steven Pearlstein; John Pomfret (May 27, 2000). "Mightier Than the Sword". The Washington Post. Slain Reuters war correspondent Kurt Schork graduated from Richard Montgomery High in Rockville. A May 26 Style article incorrectly reported what school he attended.
  47. ^ Marino, Melissa (5 April 2004). "Biography of Joseph S. Takahashi". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101 (15): 5336–5338. doi:10.1073/pnas.0401895101. PMC 399313. PMID 15067124.

External links

  • Richard Montgomery High School's website

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N 77 14583 W 39 078442 77 14583 Coordinates 39 04 42 N 77 08 45 W 39 078442 N 77 14583 W 39 078442 77 14583InformationTypePublic magnet secondaryEstablished1892School districtMontgomery County Public SchoolsNCES School ID240048000902 1 PrincipalAlicia DeenyTeaching staff120 10 on an FTE basis 1 Grades9 12Enrollment2 248 1 2015 16 Student to teacher ratio18 68 1 Campus typeUrban 2 Color s Black and gold NicknameRocketsRivalRockville High SchoolWebsitewww wbr montgomeryschoolsmd wbr org wbr schools wbr rmhs wbr Aerial view in 2005 Contents 1 Academics 2 History and campus 3 Reconstruction 4 Athletics 5 Activities 6 Music 7 Notable alumni 8 References 9 External linksAcademics EditThe school houses Montgomery County s first International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme IB This competitive entry magnet program draws students from all over Montgomery County and has an IB diploma rate of 97 the highest of its kind in the United States 3 The IB program has a 10 acceptance rate for incoming freshmen Entry is based on an entrance examination middle school transcripts teacher recommendations and personal essays Incoming freshmen who have been accepted into the IB program are first enrolled in a special two year program consisting of courses designed to prepare them for more rigorous IB courses they will take in their junior and senior years 4 This also serves as a continuation of the final two years of the Middle Years Programme MYP The first three years of the MYP program are offered to all students who attend Julius West Middle School which is the sole middle school that feeds into RM 5 The MYP curriculum stresses life long learning critical thinking and responsible global citizenship It is a five year program designed for students in grades 6 10 and all Richard Montgomery students participate regardless of whether they are in the IB program or whether they participated in middle school Upon completion non IB students can apply to enroll in the IB programme Students are accepted each year through this secondary application process for the IB programme The average class size is 24 8 although this number has recently been increasing and it has a student to staff ratio of 14 5 1 6 In 2007 Richard Montgomery was featured in Newsweek magazine as the 27th highest rated high school in the nation 7 In June 2002 it won its first award in National Scholastic Championship at George Washington University Richard Montgomery High School won the 2003 Blue Ribbon in Education Award by the United States Department of Education RM has been identified as the number one school in the D C metropolitan area in the Challenge Index for Rigor Richard Montgomery has also had multiple Marian Greenblatt Education Fund award winner teachers 8 History and campus Edit Class in 1936 Richard Montgomery High School is the oldest public high school in Montgomery County It was first established in 1892 as Rockville High School when the state Board of Education first allocated funds to local school to educate high school students The first class of twelve seniors graduated in 1897 9 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 Rockville Colored High School was opened in 1927 10 The school for white students was renamed Richard Montgomery High School to distinguish between the two in 1935 11 The building was completed in 1942 at 49 167 sq ft 4 567 8 m2 after a fire destroyed the old high school in 1940 Additions to the school were made in 1952 at 39 895 sq ft 3 706 4 m2 1959 at 37 425 sq ft 3 476 9 m2 in 1964 at 56 703 sq ft 5 267 9 m2 1969 at 4 000 sq ft 370 m2 1975 at 35 890 sq ft 3 334 m2 1976 at 8 300 sq ft 770 m2 and 1988 at 1 938 sq ft 180 0 m2 The current campus is 26 2 acres 106 000 m in size 3 12 In April 2008 stories appeared in The Washington Post 13 the Montgomery County Gazette 14 and the Montgomery Sentinel 15 alleging that the school principal Moreno Carrasco had been running a private business on school time and was using materials that appeared to be plagiarized from a seminar that he had attended at school district expense Carrasco went on extended sick leave During Carrasco s absence the student newspaper The Tide requested that administrators approve publication of an article about the investigation into Carrasco s alleged ethics violations and business endeavors Assistant Principal Veronica McCall denied permission for publication of the article but was overridden by Community Superintendent Dr Sherry Liebes after The Tide editors announced that they would go public with news of the denial 16 The article was finally published online on April 24 2008 17 On June 10 2008 Montgomery County Public Schools announced that Carrasco had been named the new director of secondary leadership training The announcement also stated that the allegations about Carrasco s involvement in private consulting were thoroughly investigated and not substantiated 18 On June 23 2008 Nelson McLeod II was named the new principal of Richard Montgomery High School 19 He left the position in May 2014 due to a cardiac medical condition 20 and was replaced by Damon Monteleone in July 2014 21 In 2020 a petition was started to rename the school due to its namesake Richard Montgomery being a slave owner 22 Reconstruction EditRichard Montgomery opened a new 71 million building following the end of students 2007 winter break The new building features wireless internet for the teachers which has since been opened to student access LCD projectors in every classroom dozens of Promethean interactive whiteboards and learner response devices a modern auditorium and a recording and TV studio The new facilities lack the capability to access older forms of media such as material on VHS and photographic slides however teachers sometimes bring in their own video players to rectify the problem The school has an artificial turf stadium next to tennis courts and a track Athletics EditAthletics Director Jon Freda is an RM Alum class of 2001 Freda has been at Richard Montgomery HS since 2007 and has been the schools Athletic Director since 2010 The boys cross country team have won four state championships in 1975 1980 1990 and 1995 citation needed Activities EditRichard Montgomery has its own student newspaper The Tide 23 and a student literary magazine Fine Lines The Tide received First Place with Special Merit from the America Scholastic Press Association in 2013 24 Richard Montgomery s quizbowl team known as It s Academic won the National Scholastics Championship in 2002 25 In 2006 they won the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament in Chicago 26 Richard Montgomery s International Space Settlement Design Competition team won the 2008 cycle in Houston Texas 27 Music EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ensembles such as the Madrigals a chamber choir and the Jazz Band often travel off campus to perform at various venues The marching band the Marching Rockets is also a part of football season Notable alumni EditWill Allen basketball player and urban farmer MacArthur Award winner 28 29 Tori Amos singer 30 31 Norman Bellingham Olympic athlete 32 Wolfgang Bodison actor 33 Gordy Coleman Major League Baseball MLB first baseman 34 29 Mike Curtis National Football League NFL linebacker 33 34 29 Russell C Davis mayor of Jackson Mississippi from 1969 1977 35 Mahan Esfahani harpsichordist 36 Dan Fishback singer songwriter 37 Rhadi Ferguson judo and MMA athlete 38 Julia Galef writer and philosopher 39 Caroline Green and Gordon Green figure skaters 40 Marc Korman state delegate 41 Thuan Pham former CTO of Uber 42 Zachary Pincus Roth author 43 Tuan Wreh Liberian triple jumper 44 29 Jim Riggleman MLB manager 45 34 29 Kurt Schork journalist 46 Joseph Takahashi neurobiologist member of the National Academy of Sciences 47 Father John Misty alternative rock singer songwriterReferences Edit a b c d Search for Public Schools Richard Montgomery High 240048000902 National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences Retrieved 9 July 2018 Search for Public Schools School Detail for Richard Montgomery High a b America s Best High Schools Top International Baccalaureate Schools U S News amp World Report December 9 2009 Archived from the original on December 13 2009 IB Magnet Course of Study at Richard Montgomery High School PDF Retrieved November 2 2017 Richard Montgomery HS MYP Richard Montgomery HS www2 montgomeryschoolsmd org Retrieved 2020 05 20 Richard Montgomery High School 201 America s Top Public High Schools Newsweek Best High Schools Newsweek com Winners Archived from the original on February 21 2014 Retrieved February 5 2014 Richard Montgomery HS HISTORY OF RICHARD MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL Richard Montgomery HS www2 montgomeryschoolsmd org Retrieved 2020 05 20 George Washington Carver High School Retrieved November 2 2017 History of Richard Montgomery High School Retrieved November 2 2017 Richard Montgomery High School Archived from the original on 2005 10 17 Retrieved 2005 06 01 de Vise Daniel April 10 2008 Principal s Side Business Raises Questions The Washington Post Retrieved November 2 2017 Melissa J Brachfeld April 16 2008 MCPS officials investigate possible ethics code violation Retrieved November 2 2017 The Sentinel dead link Melissa J Brachfeld April 23 2008 Students win right to write Retrieved November 2 2017 The Tide Online Richard Montgomery s Student Newspaper permanent dead link MCPS Public Announcements June 10 2008 Retrieved November 2 2017 Melissa J Brachfeld June 25 2008 New principal tapped for Richard Montgomery Retrieved November 2 2017 Richard Montgomery High School PDF May 28 2014 Retrieved November 2 2017 Montgomery County Public Schools PDF July 1 2014 Retrieved November 2 2017 Petition started to rename Richard Montgomery High School 19 June 2020 The Tide Retrieved November 2 2017 American Scholastic Press Association Archived 2008 01 01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 2 2017 2002 PACE NSC Results Retrieved November 2 2017 National Academic Quiz Tournaments LLC Archived 2017 10 11 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 2 2017 ISSDC Previous Finalist Teams Retrieved November 2 2017 Will Allen University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame Retrieved 13 December 2019 a b c d e Richard Montgomery School Athletics Hall of Fame Retrieved 13 December 2019 Jacobs Jay S 2006 Pretty Good Years A Biography of Tori Amos Hal Leonard p 13 Harrington Richard May 17 1998 Tori Amos Local Legend The Washington Post Forde Fisher Tina November 7 1989 For Bellingham It Has Been More Than a Stroke of Luck Los Angeles Times a b Simms Brandy L July 22 2010 RM s Mike Curtis should be in the Hall of Fame Montgomery Sentinel Retrieved November 2 2017 a b c Driver David May 17 2011 Riggleman Remembers a Rockville Like a Rockwell Rockville Patch Clarion Ledger from Jackson Mississippi on January 10 1993 Page 44 Newspapers com Retrieved 2021 05 24 Grove Lloyd February 23 2000 The Reliable Source The Washington Post Retrieved May 13 2018 Jaggar Louisa October 1 2010 Teens Coming Out Bethesda Magazine Local Athlete Scores Upset at Judo Nationals The Washington Post April 30 2000 National Merit Scholarship Winners The Washington Post July 12 2001 Retrieved May 13 2018 Eileen Zhang Sophia Taur November 1 2019 Richard Montgomery High School RM athletes represent Team USA on national level The Tide Broadway Donna November 20 2014 Korman finds realization of dream in latest election The Sentinel How Did I Get Here Thuan Pham Bloomberg Businessweek 2016 B CC training leaders Montgomery Gazette February 19 1997 Retrieved November 2 2017 Mendlowitz Andy February 21 1998 Wreh can play basketball but now he is on track The Washington Post Meyer Eugene L May June 2011 Touching Base with Jim Riggleman Bethesda Magazine Retrieved November 2 2017 Steven Pearlstein John Pomfret May 27 2000 Mightier Than the Sword The Washington Post Slain Reuters war correspondent Kurt Schork graduated from Richard Montgomery High in Rockville A May 26 Style article incorrectly reported what school he attended Marino Melissa 5 April 2004 Biography of Joseph S Takahashi Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 15 5336 5338 doi 10 1073 pnas 0401895101 PMC 399313 PMID 15067124 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Montgomery High School Richard Montgomery High School s website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Montgomery High School amp oldid 1139118669, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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