Rippowam High School
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Rippowam High School was once a public high school
in Stamford, Connecticut
, USA. The school opened in the fall of 1961 as the second high school in the city. The school derived its name from the Native American
tribe that inhabited Stamford and the surrounding area before European settlement.
Rippowam High School closed after the 1982-1983 school year and, in the years before 2001, the building was used for adult education
, temporary locations for both the Hart Elementary School and the Magnet Middle School, which became Scofield Magnet Middle School upon its move in 2001 to its permanent site on Scofieldtown Road (the former campus of the University of Connecticut, Stamford Campus) in North Stamford. Since 2001 its campus has been the site of Rippowam Middle School.
The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering
(AITE), a regional magnet high school
that formerly shared the building with Rippowam Middle School, has occupied its own state-of-the-art building behind Rippowam since August 2007.
Rippowam Middle School has a large, well-equipped auditorium, which it still shares with the AITE, and is home to its own drama group. The drama group has put on productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, High School Musical
, Aladdin
, A Christmas Carol
, Oliver!
, The Music Man
, and Anything Goes. Rippowam Middle School is also the host school for the city of Stamford's All School Musical that involves every school in the city. The school's current mascot, the Raptor, was decided by popular vote in its first year as a middle school by the first class of sixth graders.
In the opinion of many students, Rippowam is an enjoyable but sometimes confusing and crowded environment.
Housing over 900 students, teachers, and staff daily presents many difficulties, and was even worse only two years ago when AITE still occupied the Rippowam building.
Recently, Rippowam Middle School was one of several schools that failed in a Cambridge University report on education.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
, USA. The school opened in the fall of 1961 as the second high school in the city. The school derived its name from the Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
tribe that inhabited Stamford and the surrounding area before European settlement.
Rippowam High School closed after the 1982-1983 school year and, in the years before 2001, the building was used for adult education
Adult education
Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. Adult education takes place in the workplace, through 'extension' school or 'school of continuing education' . Other learning places include folk high schools, community colleges, and lifelong learning centers...
, temporary locations for both the Hart Elementary School and the Magnet Middle School, which became Scofield Magnet Middle School upon its move in 2001 to its permanent site on Scofieldtown Road (the former campus of the University of Connecticut, Stamford Campus) in North Stamford. Since 2001 its campus has been the site of Rippowam Middle School.
The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering
Academy of Information Technology and Engineering
The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering is a college preparatory, inter-district public magnet high school based in Stamford, Connecticut. AITE serves the communities of Stamford, Darien, Greenwich, Norwalk, New Canaan, Ridgefield, Wilton and Weston, all of which are located in...
(AITE), a regional magnet high school
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
that formerly shared the building with Rippowam Middle School, has occupied its own state-of-the-art building behind Rippowam since August 2007.
Rippowam Middle School has a large, well-equipped auditorium, which it still shares with the AITE, and is home to its own drama group. The drama group has put on productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, High School Musical
High School Musical
High School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
, Aladdin
Aladdin
Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
, A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...
, Oliver!
Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
, The Music Man
The Music Man
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk before skipping town with...
, and Anything Goes. Rippowam Middle School is also the host school for the city of Stamford's All School Musical that involves every school in the city. The school's current mascot, the Raptor, was decided by popular vote in its first year as a middle school by the first class of sixth graders.
In the opinion of many students, Rippowam is an enjoyable but sometimes confusing and crowded environment.
Housing over 900 students, teachers, and staff daily presents many difficulties, and was even worse only two years ago when AITE still occupied the Rippowam building.
Recently, Rippowam Middle School was one of several schools that failed in a Cambridge University report on education.