Ramona High School is a

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, United States, part of the

Riverside Unified School District Riverside Unified School District (a.k.a. RUSD) is a school district headquartered in Riverside, California, United States. The district serves a large portion of Riverside as well as unincorporated areas of Highgrove and Woodcrest in Riversid ...

, and the home of the Ramona Rams. Ramona graduated its first class of students in 1958. Ramona has been designated as a "National Demonstration School" for the AVID Program.

Institution

Ramona's feeder middle schools are Chemawa Middle School and Sierra Middle School.

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Ramona Creative and Performing Arts (RCAPA)

Ramona's Creative and Performing Arts magnet program provides visual, creative and performing arts classes to more than 1,200 students on their campus and comprises the largest elective department at Ramona.

Dynasty Band and Color Guard

Ramona's Dynasty Band and Color Guard participated in the 2004 Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago, Illinois, and the 2006 New Year's Day Parade in Paris, France. In December 2014, Dynasty performed in the Hollywood Christmas Parade. RCAPA, as of the 2013-2014 school year, offers the following courses: *Art Design *Band / Color Guard *Ceramics *Culinary *Dance *Drawing *Film/Television/Video Production *Orchestra *Painting *Piano / Music Theory *Technical Theatre Production *Vocal Performance

AVID Program

Ramona High School implemented Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) in 1987 becoming the first site outside of San Diego County to use the program. When Ramona High School started their AVID system, only three percent of the 325 graduating students went to college. Today, ninety-nine percent of the AVID students at Ramona enroll in college. More than 1,200 students have graduated from Ramona's AVID program, receiving more Dell and Gates scholarships than any other high school in the nation.

Sports

*Girls': Swimming, Water Polo, Tennis, Basketball, Soccer, Golf, Cross Country, Track, Softball, Volleyball, Cheerleading *Boys': Football, Baseball, Swimming, Water Polo, Tennis, Basketball, Soccer, Golf, Cross Country, Wrestling, Track The Boys' football team won CIF Titles in 1983 and 1989. The Ramona High school stadium underwent extensive remodeling and was re-opened in 2010.

Notable alumni

* Cheri Jo Bates *

Michael L. Coats Michael Lloyd Coats (born January 16, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Early life a ...

CAPT USN Ret. NASA Astronaut, Director: Johnson Space Center * Paco Craig, gridiron football player *

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, Major League Baseball pitcher * Gary McCord, golfer,

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* Darrell Miller, Major League Baseball catcher * Eric Show, Major League Baseball pitcher *

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, Major League Baseball catcher *

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, Professional MMA fighter * Brett Rossi, model, adult actress *

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* * {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1959 High schools in Riverside, California Public high schools in California 1959 establishments in California