Rocky Hill High School is a four year

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Rocky Hill, Connecticut Rocky Hill is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 20,845 at the 2020 census. It was originally land of the Wangunks (a tribe of Native Americans). Europeans began to settle the area of Rocky Hill in 1650, as ...

Overview

The school was constructed in 1980, and has a rated capacity of 750. The school underwent a $50 million, 3-year renovation from 2014-2017, which expanded the backside of the school and added air conditioning throughout the building.

Curriculum

Rocky Hill High School is accredited by the

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. Several "Early College Experience" classes are offered at RHHS in collaboration with the

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. As of May 2009, Rocky Hill High School was coordinating with the Virtual High School program, to help provide students with extra opportunity to take classes on line. These classes are ones generally not offered to students at RHHS, and will count towards minimum required number of credits (22) needed to graduate from Rocky Hill High School.

Accreditation

In 2011 the

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voted to continue Rocky Hill High School's existing

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, but put the school on warning due to concerns about the curriculum and facilities. The school's leadership noted that a $39 million upgrade, which would have addressed most of these issues, had been part of a school funding referendum rejected by the voters in June 2010. In January 2012, the outgoing school superintendent warned that the school "will be placed on probation and will lose accreditation if no action is taken."

Athletics

Rocky Hill High School has various sports and other extracurricular activities which include soccer, football, baseball, softball, volleyball, swimming and diving, wrestling, tennis, indoor/outdoor track, cross country running, etc. The baseball team won the state championship in 2014. The football team made it to the finals of the state championship in 2016 but was defeated to Ansonia. The Rocky Hill High School Royal Blues Marching Band performs a themed show every year and competes in the New England State Championships hosted by USBands. They also play at school sports games, local parades, and other events. The Royal Blues Marching Band won the New England State Championship Group I A in 2016 and 2017, as well as Group II Open in 2019. The marching band was also a creative class finalist in the 2020 National Championships.

Recoginition

Back when the Rocky Hill public district actually had some decent administration, notable administrators at the district received awards for their work in the education system. *In 2005, then Principal Robert Pitocco was selected as

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State Principal of the Year. *In 2006, then Assistant Principal Donna Hayward was selected as

State Assistant Principal of the Year.

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* {{authority control Schools in Hartford County, Connecticut 1981 establishments in Connecticut Public high schools in Connecticut Rocky Hill, Connecticut