Rocky Mount High School

Rocky Mount High School is a public high school located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in Nash County. It is part of the Nash-Rocky Mount School System. It has approximately 1,250 students.

The principal is Judy Bradshaw, who as a teacher at the school in the early 70s, started the girls' athletic program with basketball and tennis.

The campus, located at 308 S. Tillery Street, opened in September 1953. The original mascot was the blackbird. In September 1969, the school was merged with Booker T. Washington High School at the Tillery St. campus. The school mascot then became a Gryphon - pronounced grif-fon' (a mythical beast: half eagle, half lion - Booker T.'s mascot).

Rocky Mount High has had several successful athletic teams and has won 10 NCHSAA state championships - the last one in 2008 (baseball).

It is currently a member of the NEW 6 3-A Athletic Conference.

The school has as a part of its curriculum the internationally-known International Baccalaureate (IB) program. The IB program is very rigorous; only a select few students achieve all the objectives of the program. The IB program is headed by Bonny Lee Tharrington Kane who is also the Teacher of the IB Theories of Knowledge class. Bonny Lee Tharrington Kane is also the long time Treasurer for the IBSNC (IB schools of North Carolina).

External links

* [http://rockymounthigh.ihigh.com. "School Website"]
* [https://www.ibo.org/school/001091/index.cfm?text_size=3 "International Baccalaureate Organization"]