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Reading Memorial High School
Address
Map
62 Oakland Road

Reading
,
Massachusetts
01867

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1954
School districtReading Public Schools
SuperintendentJohn Doherty
PrincipalJessica Callanan
Faculty88.89 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Number of students1,135 (2021-2022)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.77[1]
LanguageEnglish
Schedule typeRotating
Hours in school day6.5
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Red and black
Athletics conferenceMiddlesex League
MascotRockets
Team nameRockets
RivalStoneham High School, Woburn Memorial High School
AccreditationNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
Massachusetts Department of Education
NewspaperOrbit
Graduation Rate96.9 % (2012)[3]
MCAS Scores, Grade 10English:
97% Proficient or higher
Math:
96% Proficient or higher[4]
WebsiteReading Memorial High School

Reading Memorial High School (RMHS), overseen by the Reading Public School district, is a four-year high school serving the town of Reading, Massachusetts, United States, as its only public grade 9-12 school. The school had a student body of 1,269 as of 2016[5] and draws from Reading's Parker and Coolidge Middle Schools. A major building renovation and construction project was completed prior to the 2007-08 academic year. Competing in the Middlesex League, the school's sports teams are called the Rockets. The school's administration includes principal Kevin Tracey and vice principals Jessica Theriault and Kathleen Buckley.

Athletics

In the Spring of the 1995-96 school year, the Reading Memorial Boys Varsity Baseball team won their first State Championship.

The Reading Memorial High School Girls Basketball program was the 2012 Division II Massachusetts State Champions. Reading Girls basketball capped an undefeated (25-0) 2012 season by defeating Central Champion Tyngsborough at the DCU Center in Worcester on March 17, 2012. This was the first state championship for Reading Memorial High School in the sport of basketball.[6] The following year the team competed for the Eastern Division II Massachusetts State Championship, but fell in overtime to Medfield, 59-51.

On March 16, 2014, the Rockets' boys varsity hockey team won the Division I State Championship over Braintree 4-1 at the TD Garden, their first state championship since winning the Super 8 Championship in 2008.

On March 15, 2015, the Reading girls varsity hockey team won the Division I State Championship over Acton-Boxborough Regional High School 3-0 at the TD Garden, their first in the school's history.

On November 11, 2016, Reading Memorial's varsity football team advanced to their respective playoff division Super Bowl for the second consecutive year after beating Lincoln Sudbury 21-7 in the Division 1A North Final. However, they lost to King Philip High School 21-18 in the Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium, their second consecutive loss in an MIAA Super Bowl. The Rockets' football team has won two of the five Super Bowls they have participated in since 2003, winning in 2009 and 2012. The football team also won Super Bowls in 1993, 1995, 1996, and 1998.

In the fall of 2016 the Reading High School Varsity Girls Swim Team won the Middlesex League Championship and the Division 2 State Championship. The Girls Varsity swim team repeated as League and Division 2 State Champions in 2017 and 2018.

On June 23, 2018, the Rockets' boys varsity lacrosse team won the MIAA Division 2 State Championship, defeating Concord-Carlisle High School, 13-9, at Boston University's Nickerson Field. This was the first state final appearance and championship in the program's history.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Reading Memorial High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - 2019-20 SAT Performance Report - All Students Statewide Report".
  3. ^ "Graduation Report Report (DISTRICT) - Massachusetts Directory Profiles". Profiles.doe.mass.edu. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  4. ^ Profile, profiles.doe.mass.edu; accessed December 9, 2014.
  5. ^ "Student Data". Profiles.doe.mass.edu. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  6. ^ Layman, Tom (March 3, 2012). "Div. 2 Girls Final: Reading 48, Tyngsborough 27". ESPN Boston. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  7. ^ "Get to Know Kim Janey, the Next Mayor of Boston". Boston Magazine. Jan 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "VFW". IMDb.
  9. ^ Alter, Alexandra (May 5, 2015). "Galactic Hot Dogs' Hopes Readers on Funbrain will buy at Bookstores". The New York Times.
  10. ^ "The Last Kids on Earth". IMDb.
  11. ^ "The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom".
  12. ^ "The Last Kids on Earth".

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