Reading Memorial High School

Reading Memorial High School (RMHS), overseen by the Reading Public School district, is a four-year high school serving the town of Reading, Massachusetts, United States, as its only public grade 9-12 school. The school had a student body of 1,269 as of 2016^[4] and draws from Reading's Parker and Coolidge Middle Schools. A major building renovation and construction project was completed prior to the 2007-08 academic year. Competing in the Middlesex League, the school's sports teams are called the Rockets. The school's administration includes principal Kevin Tracey and vice principals Jessica Theriault and Kathleen Buckley.

Reading Memorial High School
Address
62 Oakland Road Reading , Massachusetts 01867 United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1954
School district	Reading Public Schools
Superintendent	John Doherty
Principal	Jessica Callanan
Faculty	90.02 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Number of students	1,096 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	12.18[1]
Language	English
Schedule type	Rotating
Hours in school day	6.5
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Red and black
Athletics conference	Middlesex League
Mascot	Rockets
Team name	Rockets
Rival	Stoneham High School, Woburn Memorial High School
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges Massachusetts Department of Education
Newspaper	Orbit
Graduation Rate	96.9 % (2012)[2]
MCAS Scores, Grade 10	English: 97% Proficient or higher Math: 96% Proficient or higher[3]
Website	Reading Memorial High School

Athletics

In the Spring of the 1995-96 school year, the Reading Memorial Boys Varsity Baseball team won their first State Championship.

The Reading Memorial High School Girls Basketball program was the 2012 Division II Massachusetts State Champions. Reading Girls basketball capped an undefeated (25-0) 2012 season by defeating Central Champion Tyngsborough at the DCU Center in Worcester on March 17, 2012. This was the first state championship for Reading Memorial High School in the sport of basketball.^[5] The following year the team competed for the Eastern Division II Massachusetts State Championship, but fell in overtime to Medfield, 59-51.

On March 16, 2014, the Rockets' boys varsity hockey team won the Division I State Championship over Braintree 4-1 at the TD Garden, their first state championship since winning the Super 8 Championship in 2008.

On March 15, 2015, the Reading girls varsity hockey team won the Division I State Championship over Acton-Boxborough Regional High School 3-0 at the TD Garden, their first in the school's history.

On November 11, 2016, Reading Memorial's varsity football team advanced to their respective playoff division Super Bowl for the second consecutive year after beating Lincoln Sudbury 21-7 in the Division 1A North Final. However, they lost to King Philip High School 21-18 in the Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium, their second consecutive loss in an MIAA Super Bowl. The Rockets' football team has won two of the five Super Bowls they have participated in since 2003, winning in 2009 and 2012. The football team also won Super Bowls in 1993, 1995, 1996, and 1998.

In the fall of 2016 the Reading High School Varsity Girls Swim Team won the Middlesex League Championship and the Division 2 State Championship. The Girls Varsity swim team repeated as League and Division 2 State Champions in 2017 and 2018.

On June 23, 2018, the Rockets' boys varsity lacrosse team won the MIAA Division 2 State Championship, defeating Concord-Carlisle High School, 13-9, at Boston University's Nickerson Field. This was the first state final appearance and championship in the program's history.

Notable alumni

• Kim Janey (RMHS '83), first woman Mayor and first Black Mayor of the City of Boston, former Boston City Councilor^[6][7]
• Cousin Stizz (RMHS '10), rapper
• Max Brallier (RMHS '01), New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Film Writer/Producer. Creator/Producer "Last Kid's on Earth" Netflix series and Video Game.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}
• Mark Erelli, folk musician
• Denise A. Spellberg (RMHS '75), associate professor of history, University of Texas at Austin, author of Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: The Legacy of 'A'isha Bint Abi Bakr (1994) and Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders (2013)
• Mark Feeney (RMHS '75), Boston Globe arts writer, author of Nixon at the Movies: A Book about Belief (2004), winner Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, 2008
• Brad Whitford (RMHS '70), best known as guitarist for Aerosmith
• John Doherty (RMHS '69) first baseman-designated hitter, California Angels
• Danny McBride (RMHS '63), singer-songwriter, best known as guitarist for 1970s rock and roll group Sha Na Na

References

1. "Reading Memorial High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
2. "Graduation Report Report (DISTRICT) - Massachusetts Directory Profiles". Profiles.doe.mass.edu. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
3. Profile, profiles.doe.mass.edu; accessed December 9, 2014.
4. "Student Data". Profiles.doe.mass.edu. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
5. Layman, Tom (March 3, 2012). "Div. 2 Girls Final: Reading 48, Tyngsborough 27". ESPN Boston. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
6. "Get to Know Kim Janey, the Next Mayor of Boston". Boston Magazine. Jan 1, 2021.
7. Moore, Dasia (26 August 2021). "Kim Janey's journey from community organizer to acting mayor — and now Boston mayoral candidate - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
8. "VFW". IMDb.
9. Alter, Alexandra (May 5, 2015). "Galactic Hot Dogs' Hopes Readers on Funbrain will buy at Bookstores". The New York Times.
10. "The Last Kids on Earth". IMDb.
11. "The Last Kids on Earth and the Staff of Doom".
12. "The Last Kids on Earth".

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