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.
Jason Snyder, Principal
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 575 students and has 35 teachers, 2 counselors, a media specialist, nurse, assistant principal, principal, ECA treasurer, and 4 secretaries.
SAT Scores
| Class of |
Grads |
# Testing |
Avg Critical |
Avg Math |
Avg |
Avg Total |
| |
|
|
Reading |
|
Writing |
Score |
| 2006 |
112 |
64 (57%) |
478 |
501 |
* |
979 |
| 2007 |
123 |
103 (84%) |
483 |
495 |
464 |
1442 |
| 2008 |
121 |
72 (60%) |
476 |
500 |
455 |
1431 |
| 2009 |
128 |
69 (53%) |
482 |
491 |
456 |
1429 |
| 2010 |
158 |
102 (65%) |
488 |
493 |
455 |
1436 |
| 2011 |
132 |
92 (70%) |
457 |
490 |
443 |
1390 |
*Writing test was added to the SAT in Spring 2005, scores not available before 2007
Class of 2011 Statistics
" 132 graduates
" Average SAT score for Top Ten Students - 1729
" Academic Honors Diploma Recipients - 48
" Technical Honors Diploma Recipients - 5
" Core 40 Diploma Recipients - 55
" Future Plans
4 year college - 56%
2 year college - 12%
Vo-Tech college - 8 %
Work - 12%
Military - 4%
Undecided - 8%
Zebra New Tech High now applies to all four grade levels. But more than "new tech", RHS strives to meet student needs. Great opportunities exist for students in all areas:
· Studying Biomedical Science in our science department
· Studying Spanish or Chinese supplemented by Rosetta Stone to improve foreign language speaking and listening skills
· Studying World Languages through the use of Rosetta Stone while also gaining an understanding for the cultural aspect
· Studying engineering in our Project Lead The Way curriculum
· Learning 21st Century Skills in all classes (collaboration, work ethics, oral presentation, written communication, research, technology)
· Vocational courses leading to certification in designated areas
· Microsoft Certification
· Fine arts (art and music) and practical arts (agriculture and family and consumer science)
· Over 30 classes to earn dual credit for high school and college
American students are falling behind the rest of the world. As educators, students and parents we need to rededicate ourselves to excellence. A stronger partnership needs to exist between parents and educators. Please check your student's status using Harmony (report cards and attendance) and Echo. For Echo, the day to day organizational system used by students, use your student's login and password to check assignments, due dates and daily grades.
As educators we need to communicate with parents when students are excelling or struggling. Our focus must be on student success.
