Roy C. Ketcham High School

Roy C. Ketcham High School is a public secondary school (grades 9-12) located in Wappingers Falls, New York. It is in Dutchess County and part of the Wappingers Central School District. The school is often referred to as Ketcham or RCK. There are approximately 2,000 students currently enrolled in the school. The RCK mascot, the subject of minimal controversy, is the Indian. The school colors are red and blue, though administration conducted polls to see if the parents and students would prefer to change to red and black. The student body voted red and black, however, after tallying alumni and parent votes, the colors would remain red and blue. The varsity football team was almost not allowed to play in their last game because their uniforms (red and black) did not match the cheerleaders uniforms (blue and red). This caused frustration from the football team and coaching staff because their red and black uniforms were purchased through a great deal of fundraising.

Information

Roy C. Ketcham's music and theatre programs are quite well known in the local area and have a reputation for being among the best in the county.Fact|date=October 2007 The music department occasionally hosts regional events at the school, such as NYSSMA competitions, Area All State Festivals, and All County Jazz Festivals.

Roy C. Ketcham's current principal is Ms. Sherrill Murray-Lazarus, who has held the position since January 2003. The assistant principals for the 2007-2008 school year are Mr. Matthew Lawrence, Mr. Steven Lowery and Mrs. Sydnie Vasquez.

Athletics

Ketcham has many sports teams normally common in high schools. It is most successful in Junior Varsity Football, Girls Varsity Soccer, and Varsity Baseball. The 07-08 school year is the first year of Ketcham's Freshman Football Team. Ketcham also has basketball, field hockey, track, tennis, wrestling, and boy's soccer teams. Ketcham's Varsity and Junior Varsity lacrosse teams are both in conjunction with John Jay High School. The two schools also participate in Wappingers swim team. Ketcham also participates in the Wappingers Crew Club and the Wappingers Hockey Club with school rival John Jay High School. Ketcham always has stand-out athletes in many sports. However, the Girls Varsity Soccer Team has always done exceptionally well as has Varsity Baseball.

Notable Alumni

*DB Woodside, actor
*Dario Brose, soccer midfielder
*Bo Oshoniyi, soccer goalkeeper, currently playing for the Kansas City Wizards.
*Pepper Burruss, head athletic trainer for the Green Bay Packers.
*Keith Lockhart, music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra.
*John Regan, bassist
*Mary Chris Wall, actress
*Ryan Kienle, bassist
*Ed Budd, actor