<P> Rocky Mountain High School (RMHS, Rocky) is one of four public high schools in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States . Its colors are cardinal red and gold and its mascot is the lobo, or wolf . The school serves roughly 2000 students, mostly from south, west, and central Fort Collins . Rocky Mountain High School opened at its current location in 1973 and was expanded in 1994 . </P> <P> Rocky Mountain High School was founded in 1973 . Its student body was made up of sophomores and juniors originally from Fort Collins High School and Poudre High School . The campus was made of three separate buildings . In 1994 to 1995, the school's campus was redesigned to make one large building from the original three separate ones . A new media center, theatre, a vocal music room, a larger commons area, and a large fitness center were added during this remodel . In 2005, an auxiliary gym and multipurpose room were added . Rocky started as a three - year high school, but as part of a grade reconfiguration in Poudre School District, it became a four - year high school . The class of 2009 had 692 seniors, the largest senior class the school has ever had . </P> <P> Rocky Mountain High School runs on a 4 by 4 block schedule with four classes a day . At the semester, courses that would typically last an entire year such as math or science end and are replaced with a new class . Advanced Placement classes are available . The school also participates in the CU Succeed program, which allows high schoolers to take classes for college credit . Juniors and seniors can also take college level courses at the local Front Range Community College . </P> <P> During the 2015 - 16 school year, the Alternative Cooperative Education program at Rocky Mountain constructed a GeoDome, a geodesic growing dome that allows students with barriers to employment to practice career skills . They learn not only practical skills in gardening, construction and business management, but valuable soft skills like communication and collaboration . </P>

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