Rio Rancho High School

Rio Rancho High School
Location
301 Loma Colorado Rio Rancho, NM 87124
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1997
School district	Rio Rancho Public Schools
Principal Asst Principals	Richard VonAncken Vicky McCarty Rudy Galindo Laura Jeffrey Jacquie Monclova Javier Ramos Peter Vallejo
Staff	278
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,696
Color(s)	Navy Blue, Hunter Green & White
Mascot	Ram
Information	(505) 896-5600
Website	Rio Rancho High School

Rio Rancho High School is a public high school located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Much of the money to build RRHS was appropriated by the Intel Corporation. The school is unique in that there has not been a freshman class since Rio Rancho Mid-High opened up and that the school is organized into 5 academies: Business & Entrepreneurship, Engineering & Design, Fine Arts, Humanities, and SciMatics.

History

Rio Rancho High School opened in the Fall of 1997, obtaining most of its students from nearby Cibola High School and Del Norte High School, both in Albuquerque. The following year, the "First Year Academy" was created in order to better integrate the incoming freshmen into the school. The school rapidly grew to be the state's largest and held that distinction for 3 years, from 1999 through 2002, peaking enrollment at close to 3200 students. The school district then opened the Rio Rancho Mid-High School in the Fall of 2002, which took the incoming 8th grade students from the middle schools and the incoming 9th grade students from the high school leaving the current 10th through 12th grade system that is in place today.

Growth

The city of Rio Rancho is the fastest growing communities in the state. It has become necessary for the Rio Rancho Public Schools to begin the building of a new high school to relieve the overcrowding. To that goal, a new school, V. Sue Cleveland High School, is under construction and is scheduled to open in August 2009. Rio Rancho Mid-High will become a new Middle School (Rio Rancho Middle School) for future elementary school students, while part of it will become a College Career center for future high school students.

Planned changes in 2008

The current 4 block schedule will change to a more traditional 8 period schedule beginning in August 2008. A shift in the graduation requirements will also be implemented, resulting in 28 credits needed to graduate vs. the 29 currently needed. A typical schedule will consist of 8 periods; including one lunch, one advisory class, two electives and four core courses.

Planned changes in 2009

Beginning in August 2009, all incoming 9th through 11th grade students residing south of Northern Blvd will attend Rio Rancho High School and all residing north of Northern Blvd will attend V. Sue Cleveland High School. The class of 2010, the incoming senior class, will continue to attend Rio Rancho High School regardless of where they reside in Rio Rancho.

Opening the new V. Sue Cleveland High School in 2009 depends on getting additional operating funds from the State of New Mexico. During its 2009 session the State Legislature will consider a change in the school funding formula which could produce an additional $10 million per year for Rio Rancho Public Schools.

Class Information

• Class of 2006: 712 graduates, Cosette Wong and Adrianne Cordero were co-Salutatorians and Joshua Barron as Valedictorian. Valedictorians and salutatorians don't matter worth a shit, it is all about the big K-9-kev and Gangsta Ryan, they is the coolest and hardest motha fuckas to ever walk the halls of Rio Rancho High School.
• Class of 2007: Salutatorian was John Pesko; the Valedictorian was Zephra Doerr. The Class of 2007 was the first graduating class to have attended all 13 years at Rio Rancho Public Schools. Alfredo Ramos also graduated in 2007, he's kind of a weird guy, but it's cool.

External links

• Rio Rancho High School
• Rio Rancho City