Rochester Area High School (Pennsylvania)
Rochester Area High School | |
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high school | |
Established | 1890 |
School district | Rochester Area School District |
Principal | Michael Damon |
Teaching staff | 16.17 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 182 (2019-20)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.26[1] |
Color(s) | Navy and White |
Athletics conference | Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League |
Team name | Rams |
Website | www |
Rochester High School is a public
Campus
Rochester High School is housed in a K-12, all-grade academic complex. The elementary school is separated from the middle and high schools by a common area that includes the district library, a little theater and several cafeterias. This design enables faculty, administration and students to interact with one another on a daily basis.
Extracurriculars
Rochester High School offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an interscholastic sports program.
Clubs and activities
Rochester Area High School offers many extracurricular activities to students. The most popular activity is the Cultural Diversity Club, which sponsors an annual Cultural Diversity fair. Other club offerings include "Hometown Hi-Q", Bowling Club, Student Council, Students of Service, Art Club, and National Honor Society.
Music
Rochester Area High School is well known for being the first high school in the United States to show the musical My Fair Lady in 1964. The musical was directed by Chorus and Musical director Mr. Philip Inman. It was reported that the high school auditorium was standing-room only for the musical's opening night.
Athletics
Rochester Area is well known for its success in athletics, particularly
Rochester Area, whose mascot is the Rams, shares a rivalry with another small Beaver County school - South Side Beaver High School. Since both schools use the ram as a mascot, the annual football game is known as the "Battle of the Rams".
The school is known as the home to Olympic track star Lauryn Williams, who set many school and state records in track.
The school also won the 1983 PIAA Class AA Men's Basketball Championship.
Battle of the Bridge
The football team played in one of the most notable rivalries in
The rivalry also led to the two schools meeting in the playoffs on several occasions. In 1998 and 2000, both schools met at Three Rivers Stadium to determine the WPIAL champion, with Rochester winning both times. When the two teams did meet in the postseason, the Rochester-Monaca Bridge was not on the line, as that year's results were already determined.
On occasion, the football rivalry would spill into other sports. In 2001, the two schools met in Rochester for the first of two men's basketball matchups for the season between the two schools. Near the end of the game, a fight erupted in the stands, with several people arrested. To prevent another incident for the second game at Monaca, only school administrators were allowed at that game, as fans, cheerleaders, and even parents of the athletes were not allowed at the game. Fans were allowed at future games after that season.
With the merger of the Monaca School District and Center Area School Districts into the new Central Valley School District, the year 2009 marked the final season that Monaca High School existed. Consequently, 2009 was the last season in with a "Battle of the Bridge" game. This contest took place on Saturday, October 31, 2009 and the Rams won 28-0. The game was given national attention by the Great American Rivalry Series, with Rochester Stadium reportedly having a standing-room only attendance of 11,000 fans witnessing the final game of a great rivalry. Since the end of the 2009-2010 school year, the permanent name of the bridge is "Rochester-Monaca" on the Rochester side and "Monaca-Rochester" on the Monaca side.
Notable alumni
- Arena Football Leaguecoach
- Kris Griffin - 1999 graduate, linebacker of the Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns, member of the undefeated 1998 state championship football team.
- 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
- Penn State2007–2011. Moye was signed to the practice squad of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2012 and made the starting roster in 2013.
References
- ^ a b c "Rochester High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.