Richmond Secondary School
| Richmond High School | |
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7171 Minoru Blvd Richmond, British Columbia, V6Y 1Z3 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 49°09′41″N 123°08′34″W / 49.16135°N 123.14268°WCoordinates: 49°09′41″N 123°08′34″W / 49.16135°N 123.14268°W |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1927 |
| School board | School District 38 Richmond |
| Principal | Mr. Jim Allison |
| Staff | 64 |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Enrollment | 1228 (2009/2010) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | White |
| Mascot | Colt |
| Website | rhs |
Richmond Secondary School, (commonly, Richmond High School and RHS) is a public, co-educational secondary school located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, that educates approximately 1200 students from grades 8 to 12. Richmond Secondary is the only school in Richmond that offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and is a magnet school in the region.
Richmond Secondary School has the distinction of being the City of Richmond’s first high school. Originally established in 1927 on Cambie and Sexsmith street as Richmond High School, it would undergo numerous location, name and organizational structure changes throughout its history.
The first major change occurred in 1937 with the addition of grades 8 and 9 to the school. The school was renamed “Richmond Junior-Senior High School” to reflect this change.
In 1952, Richmond Junior-Senior High School was relocated to its current location at the intersection of Minoru Blvd and Granville Avenue. In addition, it was converted to strictly a senior high school, offering programs for grades 11 and 12 students only. Its name was changed accordingly to “Richmond Senior High School” [In 1982, at least, the name was "Richmond Senior Secondary School"]
In 1996, all schools in Richmond, including RHS, were converted to full spectrum grade 8–12 schools. Prior to this, all Richmond schools were either strictly senior or junior high schools. Richmond High was renamed “Richmond Secondary School”.
In the early 2000s, construction of a $16.6 million replacement school building began on what used to be the school's grass field. The new building opened to students in on January 5, 2004. In the same year, the previous building, which had been in use for 50 years, was torn down and replaced with an artificial turf.
Richmond High operates on a ten-month school year cycle divided into three terms. The terms exist for the purpose of grading only; all courses at RHS last for the duration of the school year. RHS uses an alternating day 1/day 2 schedule. Each "day" is further divided into four blocks. 3 blocks with a single lunch break and then 1 more block. The typical student's schedule runs from 8:30am to 2:45pm, although some courses begin at 7:00am or immediately after school.
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