Rosemead High School

Rosemead High School
Location
9063 Mission Dr

Rosemead, California

United States
Coordinates34°05′07″N 118°04′17″W / 34.0854°N 118.0715°W / 34.0854; -118.0715
Information
TypePublic secondary
MottoSincerity, Honor, Tolerance, Service
Established1949
School districtEl Monte Union High School District
PrincipalJanine Salanitro
Teaching staff85.86 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,844 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio21.48[1]
ColorsMaroon, gray, and white
     
SportsBasketball, baseball, cheer, colorguard, cross-country, football, soccer, tennis, track and field, soccer, softball, swimming, volleyball, wrestling [2]
MascotPanthers
YearbookPantherama
Websitewww.emuhsd.org/rhs

Rosemead High School is a secondary school located at 9063 East Mission Drive in Rosemead, California. It is a secondary school in the El Monte Union High School District.

Rosemead High School requires 220 credits for graduation, including 40 credits in English and 20 in science, mathematics and physical education, respectively. The school offers Chinese and Spanish as foreign languages. The school also offers a number of advanced placement courses.

Academics

Rosemead High School provides a wide range of support programs to meet the academic needs of its students. The following programs are made available: English Language Arts support classes, which include; English Intensive for ninth-grade students, ALD 2 & ALD 3 English, for tenth and 11th-grade students, all of which are two-hour blocks; AVID; a math intervention lab was introduced during the 2017–2018 school year.[3] An after-school PREP program is also available for use by students, providing tutoring in all core subject areas. Instructional services are provided to all Limited English Proficient (LEP) students by the California Education Code and Title V of the California Administrative Code. Special Education students have their needs met through Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs).[3]

AP Courses

For the 2019–2020 school year, Rosemead High School offers 20 Advanced Placement classes: AP Government and Politics United States, AP United States History, AP World History, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Seminar, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Chinese Language and Culture, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, AP 2D Art and Design, AP Macroeconomics, and AP Psychology.[4]

Career Technical Education programs

Some Rosemead High School students participate in certain Career and Technical Education courses including:[5] • Arts Media and Entertainment with a career pathway to Graphic Arts • Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation with a career pathway to Food Services and Hospitality • Finance and Banking with a career pathway to Financial Services Business Accounting • Engineering and Design with a career pathway to Engineering Design (Project Lead the Way) [3]

Extracurriculars

Rosemead High School offers a wide variety of clubs and sports run by students and administered by the principal of student affairs and corresponding advisors/coaches.

Sports

The following sports are currently active at Rosemead High School: boys and girls basketball, baseball, cheer, color guard, boys and girls cross-country, football, boys and girls soccer, tennis, track and field, soccer, softball, swimming, volleyball, and wrestling.[6] .

School facilities

Built to house approximately 1,800 students, it has been in continuous operation ever since. Seventy-nine classrooms provide space for the school's comprehensive college preparatory and vocational curriculum, including ten science labs, two industrial technology classrooms, one family/consumer science state of the art culinary facility, two art classrooms, four performing arts (instrumental and vocal music, piano and drama) classrooms, three business computer labs, two Internet-connected computer labs, a full-sized gymnasium, dance room, and weight room, a library and an up-to-date cafeteria.[3]

With the passage of Measure Y in 2003 and Measure D in 2008, the school and district began an extensive construction program to upgrade facilities.[3] Rosemead has received new bleachers for its football stadium, upgrades, and renovation of all student and adult restrooms on campus, improved paving, grading, and drainage throughout the campus—including the renovation of Panther Square, and a complete rewiring of the bell, fire, and public address systems.[3] Additional upgrades were a new two-story classroom building, and the doubling in size of the current library/media center was also added.

During the 2009-2010 school years, Rosemead High School underwent a bond-funded renovation and modernization. With the help of the bond a new two-story building composed of eighteen new classrooms, new parking lot, new track, new air-conditioning system in the auditorium, and the construction of a new weight room have all been completed. All landscaping and hardscape on campus are also new. The library, culinary arts kitchen, graphic arts classroom, all science labs, and administration building were all modernized.[3]

Achievements

  • 2015 California Gold Ribbon School [7]
  • 2016 Best High School by US Newsweek [7]
  • 2017-18 State Honor Roll for High Performance [7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rosemead High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rosemead Sports page". Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "ROSEMEAD HIGH SCHOOL School Accountability Report Card" (PDF). Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "A-G Course data for Rosemead High School". Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  5. ^ "Rosemead High School CTE page". www.emuhsd.org/Domain/639. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Athletics Information". Archived from the original on February 22, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "About RHS / Home". Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "El Monte Union Honors Alumna Vikki Carr with Joyful Dedication of Performing Arts Center" (Press release). El Monte Union High School District. Archived from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  9. ^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “West Side Story (1961) – Event Video Interview with Maria Jimenez Henley.” Oscars.org.
  10. ^ Barrera, Sandra (August 29, 2017). "The Magic of Mackie". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on April 24, 2025. Retrieved April 24, 2025. After graduating from Rosemead High School, Mackie studied advertising and illustration at Pasadena City College and then costume design at Chouinard Art Institute, which later became CalArts.
  11. ^ "Las Vegas Raiders announce hiring of Rod Marinelli and Austin King" (Press release). Las Vegas Raiders. February 5, 2020. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2025 – via Raiders Public Relations. A native of Rosemead, Calif., Marinelli's first coaching job came as an assistant at his alma mater at Rosemead High School (1973-75).
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