Richard Montgomery High School
| Richard Montgomery High School | |
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Rockville, Maryland USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public (Magnet) Secondary |
| Established | 1892 |
| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Principal | Damon Monteleone |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,196 (2014-15) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| Mascot | Rockets |
| Rival | Rockville High School |
| Website | Richard Montgomery |
Richard Montgomery High School (RMHS) (#201) is a secondary public school located in Rockville, Maryland. Richard Montgomery High School is named after Richard Montgomery, an American General who died while attempting to capture the British-held city of Quebec City, Quebec during the American Revolutionary War. The school is usually referred to by either its full name, or by the acronym "RM." Over the years, Richard Montgomery has won awards for being the number one school in Montgomery County and Maryland state. Intel Science Talent Search finalists, national essay competition winners, and multiple Presidential Scholars have been recent graduates of RM.
The school houses Montgomery County's first International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB). This competitive-entry magnet program draws students from all over Montgomery County and has an IB diploma rate of 99%, the highest in the United States of its kind. The IB Program has a 10% acceptance rate for incoming freshmen and entry to the program is based on an entrance examination, middle school transcripts and teacher recommendations, and personal essays. Incoming freshmen who have been accepted into the IB program are first enrolled in a special two-year "Pre-IB" program consisting of courses designed to prepare them for the more demanding IB courses they will take in their junior and senior years. The entire IB program's coordinator is Ms. Jennifer Hoover. The IB Program at RM sends students every year to some of the nation's top colleges and universities, including Ivy League schools, MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Duke, and the University of Chicago. The average class size is 24.8, although this number has recently been increasing, with a student to staff ratio of 12.8:1.
Richard Montgomery also offers students the Middle Years Programme (MYP) curriculum. This program is mandatory to all students who attend Julius West Middle School, which is the sole Middle School that feeds into the High School. The MYP program stresses "life long learning," "critical thinking," and "responsible global citizenship." It is a five-year program designed for students in grades 6–10. Upon completion, students can apply to enroll in the IB programme. Approximately 25 students are accepted each year through this secondary application process for the IB programme.
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