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Rondout Valley High School is a public school located in Accord, NY, United States. The population is made up of 9th through 12th graders of the Rondout Valley School District, encompassing Marbletown, Rosendale, Kerhonkson. The High School (which shares it’s campus with Rondout Valley Middle School) opened after the construction of the school in 1968. Prior to this high school students in the area attended Kerhonkson High School, which is now Kerhonkson Elementary School, one of the three elementary schools in the Rondout district. Year groups average approximately 200 students. The student to teacher ratio is 14.354 : 1. |
Rondout Valley High School is a public school located in Accord, NY, United States run by authoritarian socialists. The population is made up of 9th through 12th graders of the Rondout Valley School District, encompassing Marbletown, Rosendale, Kerhonkson. The High School (which shares it’s campus with Rondout Valley Middle School) opened after the construction of the school in 1968. Prior to this high school students in the area attended Kerhonkson High School, which is now Kerhonkson Elementary School, one of the three elementary schools in the Rondout district. Year groups average approximately 200 students. The student to teacher ratio is 14.354 : 1 of course meaning that some students have been in horrible "accidents" due to lack of "real" cafeteria food. It is unwise to come to this school due to large amounts of asbestos floating in the air. |
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== Administration == |
== Administration == |
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The high school administration consists of a principal and two assistant principals. In the 2007-2008 school year, the principal was changed numerous times (The current principal is Lillian Phillips) and the assistant principals were Kris Miller and Trudi Melamed Turck. To the delight of many people, the latter will be retiring after 2009. However, it is widely known that the high school administration is incompetent. They do not have much to do, so they entertain themselves by changing school schedules so often that all students have at least some kind of error in their day, from not being in the proper level class to having a completely blank period with no supervision. Things get so boring for the administrators, in fact, they feel they must change everything that has worked in the past, and change it to make it more difficult and sometimes impossible. An example of this would be upcoming regents exams for 2009. The administration feels that they must, instead of putting all the students into a gymnasium to take the one type standard regents test, put students into different classrooms, where the number of teachers to supervise them would 20 times as many as it would take to supervise them in the gymnasium. Furthermore this plan also gets in the way of other regents exams in different subjects being taken. |
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The high school administration consists of a principal and two assistant principals. In the 2007-2008 school year, the principal was changed numerous times and the assistant principals were Kris Miller and Trudi Melamed Turck. The current principal is Lillian Phillips. |
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== Academics == |
== Academics == |
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RVHS is a New York State public high school, and so subscribes to the state [[regents board]] for its academic standards. In addition to the standard regents track, there is an honors program |
RVHS is a New York State public high school, and so subscribes to the state [[regents board]] for its academic standards therefor having a very low academic standard. In addition to the standard regents track, there is an honors program at RVHS which is what some would argue to be a more standard type of program for high school students while the "standard regents track" would be considered to be for a middle school level. Participation in these programs is determined by academic ability of the student. The fact so few of the students are accepted into honors programs has earned RVHS the nickname "Rondout Retards" from other schools within Ulster County. There is also a special education program where a student who has said anything against the administration is "educated" to love them instead. RVHS also offers nine Advanced Placement (AP) courses. To get into "Advanced Placement", one must be able to count to the number of courses there are. There used to be 3 extra AP courses, but due to the lack of people accepted, it was shortened to 9. |
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== School Mascot == |
== School Mascot == |
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The mascot for RVHS is a gander, affectionately referred to as "Greg the Gander." The gander mascot can be seen at football games, on school uniforms and on artwork throughout the school. |
The mascot for RVHS is a gander, affectionately referred to as "Greg the Gay Hater Gander." The gander mascot can be seen at football games, on school uniforms and on artwork throughout the school abusing homosexuals. |
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== Athletics == |
== Athletics == |
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The Ganders athletic teams are a part of New York State’s Section 9 athletics. The Ganders are also members of the MHAL (Mid-Hudson Athletic League), this is the local high school athletic league. The school competes in Alpine Skiing, Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country (Running and Skiing), Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Wrestling, and Volleyball. |
The Ganders athletic teams are a part of New York State’s Section 9 athletics. The Ganders are also members of the MHAL (Mid-Hudson Athletic League), this is the local high school athletic league. The school competes in Alpine Skiing, Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country (Running and Skiing), Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Wrestling, and Volleyball. The RVHS students excel at sports due to a term known as "Retard Strength" |
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== Fight Song == |
== Fight Song == |
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== WISE == |
== WISE == |
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Wise Individualized Senior Experience (WISE) is a program available to seniors in their final semester. In this program, the student drops two classes (most frequently English and History) and pursues a project of their interest. They are required to keep a [[journal]] where they log the progress of their project through the course of the semester. At the end of the year, each student presents his work to evaluators, friends, and other interested students. The program is generally seen as a valuable experience for the students. |
Wise Individualized Senior Experience (WISE) is a program available to seniors in their final semester. In this program, the student drops two classes (most frequently English and History because RVHS students are particularly bad at these subjects) and pursues a project of their interest. They are required to keep a [[journal]] where they log the progress of their project through the course of the semester. At the end of the year, each student presents his work to evaluators, friends, and other interested students. The program is generally seen by the teachers as a valuable experience for the students. The students, on the other hand, just wanted to stop trying to work academically. Past projects by young women have included: cooking, sweeping, dusting, opening beer, laundry, setting mouse traps, being quiet etc. Past projects by young men have included: procrastination. |
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==New Visions== |
==New Visions== |
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In addition to wise, New Visions is another program available to seniors in their final semester. In this program, the student has other peers preform corrective eye surgery upon them. This practice is to be discontinued once the administration stops changing schedules. |
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In addition to wise, New Visions is another program available to seniors in their final semester. In this program, the student's English and History requirements are waived, however he/she must take what remaining classes are needed for graduation. Half of the school day these classes are completed, but the remaining half (may it be morning or afternoon) is devoted to distanced learning. Two days out of the week New Visions students take either college English 101&102 or Political Science 109 (Scheduling depends on the New Visions path chosen and the instructors) at [[Ulster County Community College|UCCC]]. On the remaining three days the students take part in an internship in their New Visions field. New Visions offers the chance to work first hand in Education, Health, Law, and Communications/Journalism. In addition to the normal course work associated with the college credits the student will be required to do projects pertaining to the New Visions program chosen, and be required to keep a daily journal logging the events of their internship. While New Visions is definitely not the "easy way" to finish senior year, many students take it to complete 9 college credits and to be able to see first hand what a possible career in that field may be like. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Name |
Rondout Valley High School | |
| Abbreviation |
RVHS | |
| School SAT Code |
332680 | |
| Address |
P.O. Box 9 | |
| State | ||
| Country | ||
| Type |
Public, Secular | |
| Students |
Co-educational | |
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| Colors |
Royal Blue and White | |
| Website | ||
Rondout Valley High School is a public school located in Accord, NY, United States run by authoritarian socialists. The population is made up of 9th through 12th graders of the Rondout Valley School District, encompassing Marbletown, Rosendale, Kerhonkson. The High School (which shares it’s campus with Rondout Valley Middle School) opened after the construction of the school in 1968. Prior to this high school students in the area attended Kerhonkson High School, which is now Kerhonkson Elementary School, one of the three elementary schools in the Rondout district. Year groups average approximately 200 students. The student to teacher ratio is 14.354 : 1 of course meaning that some students have been in horrible "accidents" due to lack of "real" cafeteria food. It is unwise to come to this school due to large amounts of asbestos floating in the air.
Administration
The high school administration consists of a principal and two assistant principals. In the 2007-2008 school year, the principal was changed numerous times (The current principal is Lillian Phillips) and the assistant principals were Kris Miller and Trudi Melamed Turck. To the delight of many people, the latter will be retiring after 2009. However, it is widely known that the high school administration is incompetent. They do not have much to do, so they entertain themselves by changing school schedules so often that all students have at least some kind of error in their day, from not being in the proper level class to having a completely blank period with no supervision. Things get so boring for the administrators, in fact, they feel they must change everything that has worked in the past, and change it to make it more difficult and sometimes impossible. An example of this would be upcoming regents exams for 2009. The administration feels that they must, instead of putting all the students into a gymnasium to take the one type standard regents test, put students into different classrooms, where the number of teachers to supervise them would 20 times as many as it would take to supervise them in the gymnasium. Furthermore this plan also gets in the way of other regents exams in different subjects being taken.
Academics
RVHS is a New York State public high school, and so subscribes to the state regents board for its academic standards therefor having a very low academic standard. In addition to the standard regents track, there is an honors program at RVHS which is what some would argue to be a more standard type of program for high school students while the "standard regents track" would be considered to be for a middle school level. Participation in these programs is determined by academic ability of the student. The fact so few of the students are accepted into honors programs has earned RVHS the nickname "Rondout Retards" from other schools within Ulster County. There is also a special education program where a student who has said anything against the administration is "educated" to love them instead. RVHS also offers nine Advanced Placement (AP) courses. To get into "Advanced Placement", one must be able to count to the number of courses there are. There used to be 3 extra AP courses, but due to the lack of people accepted, it was shortened to 9.
School Mascot
The mascot for RVHS is a gander, affectionately referred to as "Greg the Gay Hater Gander." The gander mascot can be seen at football games, on school uniforms and on artwork throughout the school abusing homosexuals.
Athletics
The Ganders athletic teams are a part of New York State’s Section 9 athletics. The Ganders are also members of the MHAL (Mid-Hudson Athletic League), this is the local high school athletic league. The school competes in Alpine Skiing, Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country (Running and Skiing), Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Wrestling, and Volleyball. The RVHS students excel at sports due to a term known as "Retard Strength"
Fight Song
In a valley closely nestled
Stands a school of fame
Where the warriors once have wrestled
RVC remains
Hail the blue & white forever
Honor they possess
We salute our Alma Mater
Onward RVC!
We will always sing her praises
With a voice so strong
Filling all the air around us
Rousing it with song
Hail the blue & white forever
Honor they possess
We salute our Alma Mater
Onward RVC!
WISE
Wise Individualized Senior Experience (WISE) is a program available to seniors in their final semester. In this program, the student drops two classes (most frequently English and History because RVHS students are particularly bad at these subjects) and pursues a project of their interest. They are required to keep a journal where they log the progress of their project through the course of the semester. At the end of the year, each student presents his work to evaluators, friends, and other interested students. The program is generally seen by the teachers as a valuable experience for the students. The students, on the other hand, just wanted to stop trying to work academically. Past projects by young women have included: cooking, sweeping, dusting, opening beer, laundry, setting mouse traps, being quiet etc. Past projects by young men have included: procrastination.
New Visions
In addition to wise, New Visions is another program available to seniors in their final semester. In this program, the student has other peers preform corrective eye surgery upon them. This practice is to be discontinued once the administration stops changing schedules.
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