Ramstein High School

Infobox School
name = Ramstein High school


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type = DoDDS High School
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grades = 9-12
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principal = Greg Hatch
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faculty = approx. 80
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enrollment = approx. 1000
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colors = Red and Blue
mascot = Royals (Lion)
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free_label = Assistant Principal
free_text = Kevin O'Brien
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free_text2 = Jacquelyn Knox
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location = Ramstein Airbase
country = Germany
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website = http://www.rams-hs.eu.dodea.edu/

Ramstein High School (also commonly referred to as RAHS) is a Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) high school in the Kaiserslautern district which serves the European portion of DODDS. Their mascot is the Royal, a lion with a crown.

Ramstein High School is located on Ramstein Air Base (RAB) which is just outside of Ramstein, Germany. The Kaiserslautern Military Community, which RAB is a part of, has an approximate population of 38,579.

The school population was at 1,057 students for school year 2007-2008. There was an attempt at downsizing the school for the 2008-2009 school year to approximately 850 students. However, this attempt failed with the new school population being above that of last years.

Accreditation

Ramstein HS is fully accredited by the North Central Association for Accreditation. Every five years the school is visited by North Central to assess the success of the school's individual school improvement plan. The professional and auxiliary staff members at school complete an in-depth report which addresses one affective and one cognitive area that the school has chosen to address in an outcomes based school improvement plan. This self-study is submitted to the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for their review and evaluation.

Over the years Ramstein HS has been visited by the North Central Association and as a result has been recommended for outcomes-based accreditation. Ramstein HS has been commended for its efforts to provide its students a quality program of education, and for continuing its quest for excellence. In addition to the accreditation visits, annual reports are submitted to the NCA, which serves as an update for the original self-study. The process of self-evaluation is continuous.

Athletics

The Honors classes are "combined grades" classes where both the Honors History and Literature grades are averaged together and given as one grade.

The AP classes are also weighted grades on a students GPA.

Music

Ramstein High School offers a variety of music classes for students to join. The three main performing bands are: Concert Winds, Varsity Bad, and Jazz Band. As of the 2008 school year, the music program has expanded to include such as classes as piano, guitar, and big band.

All students are offered the chance to tryout for the DODDS Europe Music Festival (a.k.a. Honor Band)and DODDS All Jazz Music Festival. Students in the Concert Winds and Jazz Bands are required to tryout for their respective festivals.

Although lacking a marching band, the Ramstein Concert Winds do perform as a "Pep" Band during the home games for the Ramstein Royals Football Team.

The Ramstein bands have been acclaimed Europe-wide with almost 50% of the band making the Honors festivals.

Ramstein also offers a large amount of choral classes: Beginning- Advanced Choir and Show Choir- who are also known for their participation in the Honors Choir Festivals.

Feeding Patterns

The following school feed into Ramstein High School either directly or indirectly:

*Ramstein Elementary School (indir.)
*Ramstein Intermediate School (indir.)
*Ramstein Middle School (dir.)
* Landstuhl Middle School (dir.)

External links

* [http://www.rams-hs.eu.dodea.edu/ RAHS official web page]