Message from Mr. Ronk

Welcome to the Rochester Community High School web site. As Principal, I
believe you will find our website informative and a useful tool to gather information regarding RHS.

Rochester High School is an outstanding high school where we are committed to the success of each of our students. Strong parental involvement in the education of their children is a vital component to our success. Working together, we are helping the children grow into readers, writers, creative thinkers, and problem solvers, as we prepare them for life in the 21st century.

Many changes are coming to RHS. New courses and dual-credit opportunities are being expanded.  More Project Lead the Way classes are being offered including CIM and Biomedical Sciences.

There are many ways for you to communicate with us. Our address, phone numbers, and email address are listed here on the website. We look forward to hearing from you regarding anything that can help us continue to thrive as an excellent school.

Dan Ronk, Principal

Overview

Rochester High School houses grades 9-12.  The school is located on the southwest side of Rochester, just south of the City Park.  RHS serves about 600 students and has 34 teachers, 2 counselors, a media specialist, nurse, assistant principal, principal, ECA treasurer, and 4 secretaries.

 

 

                                       • 128 graduates
                                       • Average SAT score for Top Ten Students -  1734
                                       • Core 40 Diploma Recipients - 73
                                       • Academic Honors Diploma Recipients - 30
                                       • Future Plans
                                                            4 year college - 48%
                                                             2 year college - 19%
                                                             Vo-Tech college - 5 %
                                                             Work - 13%
                                                             Military - 8%
                                                             Undecided - 7%

New Tech

Zebra New Tech High has expanded to encompass all 9^th and 10^th grade students. Project based instructional units in which students use technology as an instructional tool have expanded into the traditional sophomore courses. Science and technology courses have been expanded to address students increased requests in these areas. Chemistry, Integrated Chemistry/Physics, Physics, and Earth Space Science are now included in the Zebra New Tech curriculum along with Spanish II, and the Integrated English 10/Interactive Media Course. Partnerships with Indiana University, Purdue University, Ball State University, and Ivy Tech have resulted in over 30 dual credit offerings for students. Chinese is offered for the first time at the high school.

Parents may access their student's grades by using the internet address http://gradeportal.nthls.com and using the password that was given to the student.  To look at projects the students are working on and see email for the student use http://portal.nthls.com.  Parents should check grades often and contact a counselor with concerns.

Project Lead the Way (a pre-engineering curriculum that integrates theory and practice as students learn skills to help them excel in high-tech fields) has expanded this year. Introduction to Engineering Design and Civil Engineering now include Computer Integrated Manufacturing and BioMed.