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==Band==
==Band==
The Band in Round Rock High School is the best in its district as well as marching goes and placing in UIL competitions. They have gone to BOA (Bands of America) in San Antonio, which is where the best bands in Texas go to compete, and out of the 50 bands there, they were placed 28 in 2009. They were qualified to go to the BOA nationals competition, but did not go. Their band has also made 3rd place in Westlake in 2008, which consisted of 30 bands in that area. The band has made 1s for the past nine years consecutively in UIL, and has gained the UIL scholarship awards. In the Area competition of 2008, they made it to finals but did not qualify to move onto the state competition.
The Band in Round Rock High School is the best in its district as well as marching goes and placing in UIL competitions. They have gone to BOA (Bands of America) in San Antonio, which is where the best bands in Texas go to compete, and out of the 50 bands there, they were placed 28 in 2009. They were qualified to go to the BOA nationals competition, but did not go. Their band has also made 3rd place in Westlake in 2008, which consisted of 30 bands in that area. The band has made 1s for the past nine years consecutively in UIL, and has gained the UIL scholarship awards. In the Area competition of 2008, they made it to finals but did not qualify to move onto the state competition.

Their head director, Ed Stein, does not allow any persons with learning disabilities in Band, because he has extreme prejudice against these children. Over the 1997-1999 school years, (possibly to present date as well) he was responsible for "weeding out" every student in any of the Concert, Symphonic, or Honors bands who had a learning disability.
"You know that [A.D.D.] is just an excuse for bad behavior," - Ed Stein, to a parent, after that parent informed him that her child had Attention Deficit Disorder.


==Extracurricular activities==
==Extracurricular activities==

Revision as of 01:44, 15 December 2009

Round Rock High School
Location
Map
300 Lake Creek Drive
Round Rock, Texas

 United States
Coordinates30°30′33″N 97°41′44″W / 30.509218°N 97.695553°W / 30.509218; -97.695553
Information
TypePublic
Established1867
School districtRound Rock Independent School District
PrincipalDr. Phil Warrick
Grades9-12
Number of students3,500
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)    Maroon & White
MascotDragon
Websitehttp://www.roundrockisd.org/rrhs

Round Rock High School is a 5A high school within the Round Rock Independent School District in Round Rock, Texas. During the late 1990s, it was the largest high school in Central Texas.[1]

Five middle schools feed into this school:

Campus

Round Rock High School (RRHS) is located in the suburban community of Round Rock, which is north of Austin, Texas. The community is largely composed of business, technical, and professional employees who commute to jobs in and around Austin, Texas.[citation needed]

History

Round Rock High School (originally named Round Rock Institute) was a private school when it opened in 1867. In 1888, the school was made public. The area in which Round Rock High School is located (about 26 miles north of the state capitol) was a rural community, having only one non-agricultural industry. In 1934, there were 16 students in the graduating class. In 1964, 324 students graduated. In 1974, the total enrollment at RRHS rose from 855 to 1000. 1984, 2508 students were enrolled at Round Rock High School. The community, along with students, grew rapidly over the years. Today there are four high schools in the district and around 10,000 high school attendees.

History of RRHS

Round Rock High School, the oldest school in Round Rock ISD, originated as a private school in 1867. It became a public school, Round Rock Institute, in 1888. In 1913, the Round Rock Independent School District was incorporated and Round Rock Institute became Round Rock High School. The school, located 26 miles north of the State Capitol, was, for many years, in a rural agricultural community with one non-agricultural industry, Round Rock White Lime Company, which quarried and milled and processed lime. In 1934 there were 16 members of the graduating class.

There were few changes in the community or the school until the 1960s. New buildings were made few though. In 1964, the enrollment of RRHS was 324, but growth had begun. Hopewell Negro School closed in 1966 and students were integrated into one high school without incident. During 1974, enrollment at RRHS grew from 855 to 1,000. By 1984 there were two high schools in the district, with a total of 5,443 students, 2,508 of them at Round Rock High School.

In 1994, there were three high schools in the district with a total enrollment of 6,234, and of those, 2,641 were at Round Rock High School. During the 1998-1999 school year, before the district's fourth high school was built, RRHS reached an all-time high of 3,600 students and was the largest high school in Central Texas. In 2003-2004 school year, RRISD has four high schools with a high school enrollment of 15,000 students, 3,500 of which are proud Dragons!

Awards and recognition

The school's David Carlin was recognized as "Texas Assistant Principal of Year" in 1995.[2] Brandy Haney was named National High School Coach of the Year in 1993.[3]

Block Schedules

Round Rock High School uses block scheduling, a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day for a longer period of time. There are eight blocks divided into two sets of four, which are attended on alternating days.[4]

Organizations

  • Anime Club
  • Art club
  • Book Club
  • Chinese Club
  • DECA
  • FBLA
  • FCA
  • FCLA
  • Film Club
  • French Club
  • German Club
  • HOSA
  • Interact Club
  • Junior ROTC
  • LEO
  • LULAC
  • Mu Alpha Theta
  • NAHS
  • New Horizons
  • NFL
  • FHS
  • NHS
  • NSHS
  • NTHS
  • Photography Club
  • Robotics
  • Round Rock United
  • SAMOSA
  • Skills USA Drafting
  • Spanish Club
  • Student Council
  • SUP
  • Thespian Society

and more.! For more information go to: http://www.dailydragon.net/Organizations/Organizations.html

Band

The Band in Round Rock High School is the best in its district as well as marching goes and placing in UIL competitions. They have gone to BOA (Bands of America) in San Antonio, which is where the best bands in Texas go to compete, and out of the 50 bands there, they were placed 28 in 2009. They were qualified to go to the BOA nationals competition, but did not go. Their band has also made 3rd place in Westlake in 2008, which consisted of 30 bands in that area. The band has made 1s for the past nine years consecutively in UIL, and has gained the UIL scholarship awards. In the Area competition of 2008, they made it to finals but did not qualify to move onto the state competition.

Extracurricular activities

The band and orchestra program at Round Rock High School often does well in competitions, consistently placing well in UIL competitions.[citation needed]

The forensics program at RRHS has had a history of success in Cross-Examination Debate. Numerous students have reached state and national levels throughout the school's past. Round Rock High School has qualified for TOC, TFA, and UIL many times.[citation needed]

In 1995, sophomore Abbi Fuchs won the Texas slalom skiing championship for her age group.[5] The school's baseball team won a Texas class 5A state championship in 1997.[6]

Round Rock received national[7][8] attention for its 1994-95 yearbook, believed to be the first ever released in CD-ROM format. The yearbook was produced by Electric Tours Group of Round Rock, Texas, and contained 2,000 photographs, 25 minutes of video and 20 minutes of audio material.[9]

The Current Issues and Events team typically does very well in UIL competition and won the 5A state championship in 1991, 1993, 1999, 2005 and 2006.

The Round Rock High School Choir has also done quite well each year at competitions and has sent many of its students to compete for a spot in the All-State choir under the direction of Steve White.


The Round Rock High School Drumline, under the direction of Steve Roeder, has won the statewide Lonestar Drumline Competition two years running, first in 2007 and again in 2008, beating the next best competitor by at least 1.5 points out of 100 each time. They nearly won in 2006, but took Second Place by six hundredths of a point. They also took home a State Championship in the TCGC State Indoor Drumline Competition in the Marching Open Class in March 2009.[10][11][12][13]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Diana Dworin. "Rapid growth tests high schools - Growth tests Round Rock High School". Austin American-Statesman. 1997-06-19.
  2. ^ Daniel J. Vargas. "Round Rock High's Carlin honored as Texas Assistant Principal of Year", Austin American-Statesman, January 5, 1995. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  3. ^ Butch Hart. "Gymnastics instructor named top US coach". Austin American-Statesman. 1993-09-23.
  4. ^ Daniel J. Vargas. "90-minute classes OK'd by Round Rock trustees". Austin American-Statesman. 1994-06-01.
  5. ^ Butch Hart. "Round Rock skier takes state honors". Austin American-Statesman. 1995-12-15.
  6. ^ "A deserving victory". Austin-American Statesman. 1997-06-10.
  7. ^ Matt Schwartz. "High School Annuals Move to Multimedia - CD-ROMs bring readers action of the year". Christian Science Monitor. 1996-01-04.
  8. ^ "High school yearbook goes high-tech". Associated Press. 1995-11-08.
  9. ^ Dwight Silverman. "Yearbook to CD-ROM". The Tampa Tribune. 1995-11-17.
  10. ^ http://www.marcusdrumline.org/documents/lonestar%202008/Lonestar%202008%20Standstill%20Div%20Ipdf.pdf
  11. ^ http://www.marcusdrumline.org/documents/lone%20star%202006/Lonestar_2006_Standstill_Div_I.pdf
  12. ^ http://www.marcusdrumline.org/2007results.html
  13. ^ http://www.texascolorguardcircuit.org/events/event.php?ID=86#
  14. ^ Danny Davis. "Diamonds are for her brothers, but Danks also a gem", Austin American-Statesman, October 30, 2007. "John Danks, who graduated in 2003, just finished his first complete season as a starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox."
  15. ^ Ryan Langerhans, The Baseball Cube. Accessed November 6, 2007.
  16. ^ Dalton Ross and Ken Tucker. "What to Watch". Entertainment Weekly. 2004-03-12.
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