Reading Memorial High School

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Reading Memorial High School
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Address
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62 Oakland Road

Reading
,
Massachusetts
01867

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1954
School districtReading Public Schools
SuperintendentJohn Doherty
Faculty81.90 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Number of students1,235 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.08[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, Lexington High School, Wakefield 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) is a four-year public high school serving the town of Reading, Massachusetts, United States, as its only grade 9-12 school. Reading Memorial is managed by Reading Public Schools. The school has a student body of 1,269 (2016)[5] drawn from Parker Middle School and Coolidge Middle School. A new building renovation and construction project was completed for the 2007-08 academic year. Part of the Middlesex League, the sports teams are called the Rockets. The school's principal is Kevin Tracey and the vice principals are 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 3-1 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. Additionally, 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 by defeating Concord-Carlisle High School, 13-9, at Boston University's Nickerson Field. The title was the first state championship victory in Reading Memorial's Lacrosse Program history.

Notable alumni[]

  • Kim Janey (RMHS '92), first woman Mayor and first Black Mayor of the City of Boston, former Boston City Councilor[7][citation needed]
  • Stephen Goss (RMHS '10), rapper, known as Cousin Stizz
  • Max Brallier (RMHS '01), New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Film Writer/Producer. Creator/Producer "Last Kid's on Earth" Netflix series and Video Game.[8][9][10][11][12]
  • Mark Erelli, folk musician
  • Denise A. Spellberg (RMHS '75), associate professor of history, University of Texas at Austin, author of Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: The Legacy of 'A'isha Bint Abi Bakr (1994) and Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders (2013)
  • Mark Feeney (RMHS '75), Boston Globe arts writer, author of Nixon at the Movies: A Book about Belief (2004), winner Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, 2008
  • Brad Whitford (RMHS '70), best known as guitarist for Aerosmith
  • John Doherty (RMHS '69) first baseman-designated hitter, California Angels
  • Danny McBride (RMHS '63), singer-songwriter, best known as guitarist for 1970s rock and roll group Sha Na Na

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ Buell, Spencer (Jan 1, 2021). "Get to Know Kim Janey, the Next Mayor of Boston". Boston Magazine.
  8. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9894470/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
  9. ^ Alter, Alexandra (May 5, 2015). "Galactic Hot Dogs' Hopes Readers on Funbrain will buy at Bookstores". The New York Times.
  10. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8914012/
  11. ^ https://outrightgames.com/us/games/the-last-kids-on-earth/
  12. ^ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/LKE/the-last-kids-on-earth

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