Rampart High School

Infobox School
name =Rampart High School


motto =
established = 1986
type =Public high school
locale = Residential area
district = Academy 20
grades = 9-12
principal =Gil Bierman
head_name2 =Assistant Principals
head2 = Kolette Back, Ken Latka, Clark Maxon, Jeremy Wirtjes
location=8250 Lexington Drive Colorado Springs, Colorado
country =USA
information=[phone]
students = 1633web cite | url=http://galileo.asd20.org/schools/ReportCards/rhs.pdf | title=Rampart HS State School Accountability Report (SAR) (as of 2005-2006)]
faculty = 94
staff=155
athletics = CHSAA 5A
colors = blue and gold color box|bluecolor box|gold
mascot = Ram
newspaper = The bLend
yearbook = Rampages
website =http://www.asd20.org/rhs

Rampart High School is located in Academy School District 20 of Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is one of only 2 high schools within the district with the International Baccalaureate Programme. Its mascot is the Ram.

Band

Rampart High School is well known for its instrumental music program. Not only does the school have a multi-time state championship marching band, it also is home to concert band and orchestra programs. The school has, as of the 2007-2008 school year, three concert bands of differing levels, two jazz bands, and a string orchestra. It also offers a guitar class. The concert bands started attending the CBA state championships for concert band in 2007. The jazz bands attend many different jazz festivals throughout the school year, and have been doing so for many years.

Rampart's band, the Rampart Regiment, has won 1st place in state competitions two consecutive times in the 2005 - 2006 and 2006 - 2007 school years. web cite | date=September 2007 | url=http://www.rampartband.net/awards/awardsSet.html | title=Rampart Band Also, Rampart Regiment won 1st place at the Bands of America El Paso, TX Regional Championships out of all bands for both preliminary and final competitions during the 2007-2008 school year. Fact|date=March 2008

For the 2007-2008 school year, the band was moved up in class, from class 4A to class 5A. This was due to increase in the school's number of students, in accordance with CSHAA school size regulations. This effects which schools the band competes with in statewide CBA competition.

Rampart High has numerous rivals, most notably Air Academy and Pine Creek.

Notable alumni

* Jeff King, major league baseball player
* Dexter Wynn, National Football League player
* Patrick Harlan, member of the Pakkun Makkun duo as a stand up comedian and TV host in Japan

References

External links

* [http://www.asd20.org/rhs Official website]
* [http://www.rampartmusic.com Rampart Instrumental Music]