Rock Hill High School (South Carolina)

Rock Hill High School (RHHS) is the first of the three high schools in Rock Hill, South Carolina. A part of Rock Hill Schools, it offers the International Baccalaureate diploma to its senior class students,[2] as well as duel credit and Advanced Placement.[3] As of February 2016, RHHS has approximately 2,000 students in grades 9–12.[4]

Rock Hill High School
Location
Rock Hill High School
Rock Hill High School
320 West Springdale Road
Rock Hill, SC 29730
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Information
TypePublic High School
MottoCarpe Diem Latin for, Take Advantage for the Day
Established1888
School districtRock Hill Schools
PrincipalOzzie Ahl
Staff118.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,992 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.81[1]
CampusSuburbs
Color(s)Garnet and Black
         
MascotBearcat
Websitehttp://rh.rock-hill.k12.sc.us

Athletics

Rock Hill High offers a number of sports, including baseball, women's and men's basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, women's and men's soccer, softball, swimming, women's and men's tennis, track and field, wrestling, and volleyball. Its sports teams are known as the Bearcats and compete in Region 3-AAAAA of the South Carolina High School League. The athletics team has achieved considerable success. The Bearcats wrestling team is recognized as a traditional powerhouse and had a 23-time consecutive streak of finishing 1st or 2nd, along with 19 state championships and a runner-up 14 times.

Football Championships
  • AA Champions: 1945, 1946, 1953
  • AAAA Division 1 Champions: 2002, 2004

Baseball Championships
  • AAA Baseball Champions: 1967

Basketball Championships
  • AAAA (Boy's) Champions : 2006

Cross Country Championships
  • AAAA (Boy's) Champions: 1990

Tennis Championships
  • AAAA (Boy's) Champions: 1971
  • AAAAA (Girl's) State Champions 2017

Wrestling Championships
  • AAAAA Champions: 2018
  • AAAA Champions: 1980,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1989,1990,1991,1994,1995,1996,1997,1999,2000,2009,2014,2015
  • AAAA Runners-up: 1978,1979,1981,1987,1988,1992,1993,1998,2004,2005,2008,2010,2013,2016

Extracurricular activities

Rock Hill High School has award-winning choir, orchestra, and band programs. Its marching band program has, in recent years, attended and placed at the state level competitions, and has attended the Bands Of America regional and National competitions. Rock Hill's concert band has consistently attended Concert Festival for the past several years.

Rock Hill Hill High also has many after school clubs for students to participate in, such as Model United Nations and Japanese club.

Notable alumni

References
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  4. "About us". Rock Hill High School. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
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