Rolling Meadows High School
| Rolling Meadows High School | |
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| Address | |
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2901 Central Rd. , 60008 United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°03′54″N 88°00′57″W / 42.065°N 88.0159°W |
| Information | |
| School type | public secondary |
| Opened | 1971 |
| School district | Twp. HS District 214 |
| Superintendent | Dr. David Schuler[1] |
| Principal | Dr. Charles Johns[2] |
| Faculty | 167[3] |
| Grades | 9—12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 1,929[4] |
| Campus | suburban |
| Colour(s) | purple white gold[5] |
| Fight song | Across the Field[citation needed] |
| Athletics conference | Mid-Suburban League (MSL) |
| Nickname | Mustangs |
| Publication | REBUS[7] |
| Newspaper | The Pacer[7] |
| Yearbook | The Yearling[6] |
| Website | http://rmhs.d214.org/ |
Rolling Meadows High School, or RMHS, is a public four-year high school located in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 214. It is part of the second largest school district in Illinois, under Chicago. The other 5 schools include Buffalo Grove High School, Elk Grove High School, John Hersey High School, Prospect High School, and Wheeling High School
Rolling Meadows High School first opened for the 1971-1972 school year.
Academics
Rolling Meadows High School, like other schools in Township High School District 214, determines GPA's on a 5.0 scale. Students receive an extra point for taking Advanced Placement classes and an extra half-point for taking honors classes. Thus an A in a non-weighted (regular) class is worth 5.0 points, an A in an honors class is worth 5.5 points, and an A in an Advanced Placement class is worth 6.0 points.
The school uses Block Scheduling. There are four classes per day, which alternate between a Gold Day (ex: Math, PE, English, History) and a Purple Day (ex: Info Processing, Seminar, Advanced Literature, Spanish). Each class lasts ninety minutes, with the exception of late start Thursdays, where each class is seventy-eight minutes long. The only exception is a White Day, where all classes meet. White days, however, are not common and the school has gone years at a time without having them. The GPA scale goes up to 5.0.
Athletics
Rolling Meadows competes in the Mid-Suburban League (MSL) East Conference and Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Its mascot is the mustang.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for boys and girls in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo. Boys may also compete in baseball, football, and wrestling. Girls may compete in badminton, bowling, cheerleading, and softball. The athletic department also has a student athletic trainers group.[8]
The following athletic teams placed in the top four of their respective state championship series sponsored by the IHSA.[9]
- Archery (girls): State Champions (1977—78, 79-80); 2nd place (1976—77); 3rd place (1978—79)
- Cross Country (girls): 3rd place (1995—96)
- Gymnastics (boys): 2nd place (1988—89, 90—91); 3rd place (1973—74); 4th place (1972—73, 82—83, 86—87)
- Gymnastics (girls): 3rd place (1993—94)
- Volleyball (boys): 2nd place (1994—95)
- Volleyball (girls): 2nd place (1978—79); 3rd place (1989—90)
Archery was only contested for four years. Rolling Meadows was the only team to win two state titles, and the only school to finish in the top four each year.[10]
Activities
Journalism
The Pacer, the student newspaper, was nominated for a national award, The Pacemaker, and received a runner-up mentioning in 2007. The Pacer comes out nine times during the school year. Class of 2010 alum Jimmy Hibsch was the 2010 Illinois Journalist of the Year. In 2010, Mike McKenna won third place for the Sports Story of the Year at the National Journalism Education Association conference in Kansas City. The Pacer is a recurrent winner of awards such as the NISPA Golden Eagle as well as All-KEMPA ratings. It has been regarded by national judges as "nearly flawless" and "one of the best papers in the country."
Robotics
The WildStang Robotics team from Rolling Meadows and Wheeling High Schools, partnered with Motorola, won the 2006 Championship Chairman's Award at the FIRST Championship Event in Atlanta, Georgia. WildStang has also won the FIRST Championship Event in 2003 with team 469 from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and team 65 from Pontiac, Michigan. WildStang went undefeated and won the 2009 FIRST Championships with team 67 of Milford, Michigan, and team 971 from Mountain View, California. WildStang's mentor Dan Green of Motorola won the 2007 Championship Woodie Flowers Award, the greatest honor for a mentor to receive. The WildStang FTC team, "MiniStang", has won the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Illinois State Championship with an undefeated record.
Music
The school has a very active music department, with its marching band, the Marching Mustangs, participating in several competitions. There are many choirs at RMHS: Concert, Madrigals/Chamber, Beginning, Advanced Women's, and Trebellious(show choir)
Rolling Meadows High School is also host to the state's largest[citation needed] jazz festival, Jazz in the Meadows. Area high school jazz bands from all over the Mid-West come to compete. The event finishes with a concert from a notable artist(s).
Student Congress
Rolling Meadows High School's Student Congress team has had members that have won state championships in 2005 and 2006, as well as the Junior State of America's 2007 Midwest Region Statesmen of the year. During the 2006-2007 season, the Student Congress team placed all five tournaments, won 1st place (small school division) three tournaments, once earning enough points to place 3rd place large school division.
Yearbook
The Yearling, the school's yearbook, is a recurring winner of the Golden Eagle award consisting of outstanding writing and photography. All of the writing in the book is by student staff members and students also pride themselves on taking their own pictures for the book.
Fine arts
Music
The school has a very active music department, with its marching band, the Marching Mustangs, participating in several competitions.
Rolling Meadows High School is also host to the state's largest[citation needed] jazz festival, Jazz in the Meadows. Area high school jazz bands from all over the Mid-West come to compete. The event finishes with a concert from a notable artist(s).
Theatre
Over the past few years, the theatre department has grown, sending a great number of students representing RMHS in the Illinois High School Theatre Festival's all state production from both the acting and technical backgrounds.
The school also has the honor of winning the prestigious Richard W. Calisch Fine Arts Award two years in a row. The award honors excellence in the fine arts within the district, having each school in the district nominate a student for the award. Meadows received the award in 2007 and 2008.
Notable alumni
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (January 2011) |
- Randall Zindler, is CEO of a non-profit organization called Medair. The companies headquarters is in Switzerland where Zindler now resides. Randall studied Human Geography is college and later moved to Switzerland and received employment as President of on of the banks. Later Medair recruited him as CEO. He provides case studies and helps the most vulnerable people on the Earth's surface.
- Jeff Austin,[citation needed] mandolinist virtuoso and vocalist of Yonder Mountain String Band
- Jay Bennett,[citation needed] Singer/Songwriter, formerly of Wilco
- Gary Cole is an actor known for his work in film (In the Line of Fire, The Brady Bunch Movie, Office Space) and television (Fatal Vision, Midnight Caller, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law).[11]
- Sebastian Maniscalco,[citation needed] Comedian, performed in Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show
- Tim McIlrath, Singer/Songwriter, Rise Against
- Brian Schmack (1991) is a former professional baseball player with the Detroit Tigers.[12][13]
- Aaron Williams was a professional basketball player, playing in the NBA (1993–2008).[14]
- John Scallon - A pro on pommel horse
References
- ^ Office of the Superintendent of District 214; accessed 3 June 2009
- ^ Guide to Rolling Meadows HS Administration; accessed 3 June 2009
- ^ RMHS staff directory; accessed 3 June 2009
- ^ a b 2008 Illinois School Report Card; accessed 3 june 2009
- ^ IHSA school profile for Rolling Meadows HS; accessed 22 December 2008
- ^ Yearling yearbook homepage; accessed 3 June 2009
- ^ a b RMHS student activities; accessed 3 June 2009
- ^ Rolling Meadows HS Athletics: list of sports and athletic activities; accessed 22 December 2008
- ^ Rolling Meadows HS State Athletic Records; ihsa.org; accessed 22 December 2008
- ^ IHSA Girls Archery team results, by year
- ^ Mask, Teresa (28 December), "Crossing Centuries: Our Suburbs — Celebrities have roots in local communities", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL, USA), retrieved 23 May 2010,
Most recently Cole portrayed Mike Brady in the "Brady Bunch" movies. Cole was born in Park Ridge in 1956. He graduated from Rolling Meadows High School in 1974 and in 1997 was honored as a distinguished alum.
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - ^ Willingham, Sara (22 July), "Schmack's curve straightens out baseball path", Rolling Meadows Review,
It was the route Schmack took to get where he is today: one of six relievers for the Chicago White Sox's AA club, the Birmingham Barons. Schmack graduated from Rolling Meadows High School in 1991. He was an average two-year varsity member who played first base most often
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - ^ Maciaszek, Marty (29 August), "Schmack's relentless pursuit leads to big-league career", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL, USA),
Persistent. It's the perfect word to sum up Brian Schmack. There aren't many people who would have gone to the lengths Schmack has to continue his baseball career. He went from rarely used as a junior pitcher in high school all the way to a No. 5 starter as a senior at Rolling Meadows in 1991.
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - ^ Aaron Williams stats & bio; basketball-reference.com; accessed 1 January 2009