Rolling Hills Preparatory School

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Our unique blend of "Two great schools, one vibrant community" is a model envied throughout the country. We can help every student meet their potential as learners, innovators, and global citizens. In looking through this website, you will see examples of a transformative education happening in our classrooms, on the trails of Yosemite, at state athletic tournaments, and on the stage of the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro.
Our Four Pillars - Sound Character, Creative Spirits, Disciplined Minds, and Healthy Bodies - are the foundation for all we do. Our most important aspect is the life-long impact the Husky experience has on our students and the exceptional teachers that deliver a student-centered education like no other. Under the guidance of the most dedicated, talented, and innovative faculty and staff anywhere, students spend their days engaged, inspired, and growing in their ability to be more responsible, ethical, and successful in college and beyond. As we enter the second year of The Ten Year Vision, you will continue to see improvements in our facilities and offerings that help make us "a learning and academic powerhouse among the very best in California."
Rolling Hills Prep School prides itself on being a forward-looking, academically rigorous college-prep school with a soul. Our mission is to develop in our students' disciplined minds, sound character, healthy bodies, and creative spirits. We celebrate our diversity by creating individualized pathways for each student that addresses their passions, talents, and needs.
As part of RHP's ongoing self-evaluation and improvement, a group of teachers, trustees, and parents has approved the learning expectations for students shown below, based on the Four Pillars. Every year each faculty member focuses on at least one of the four pillars, incorporating its philosophy into that year's teaching and evaluation. These principles are not just on paper. They inspire the high-quality teaching that is a hallmark of RHP.
At RHP and Ren, diversity is defined as a culture that consistently explores, embraces, and celebrates individual differences and backgrounds outside the classroom and in our everyday lives. In an inclusive and diverse community, all members feel respected, safe, and accepted in expressing who they are. Our four pillars promote multicultural perspectives through a 21st-century curriculum that prepares students to work, lead, and live effectively in a diverse world. Diversity includes individual and group differences in ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, age, sexuality, religion, learning styles, and physical abilities.
One of the greatest strengths of RHP is the diversity of our student body. Our vibrant community includes families from 25 different zip codes and, in a typical year, four or five different foreign countries. In a 21st century global society, it becomes ever more critical that we live, work, and study with a multiplicity of people who are not just like ourselves. This quality of life at RHP may be one of the most important aspects of preparation for success in college and beyond.
As a forward-looking, academically rigorous college-prep school, RHP provides a carefully crafted curriculum that offers an array of traditional courses taught using proven and engaging techniques. Complementing the traditional curriculum is an innovative course designed to serve students who will graduate from college in the middle of a fast-changing century. Mandarin, computer coding, World History, horticulture, Human Service Organizations, internships, public speaking, and robotics are among our most innovative courses. All coursework emphasizes critical skills that will allow students to thrive after graduating from RHP. These skills are collectively referred to as "The Five Cs": critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity, and character. Teachers continually push students to hone and refine these traits as they prepare for life in college and beyond.
All aspects of the RHP experience make up the curriculum: math, science, art, music, drama, outdoor education, service-learning, band, chorus, history, English, field trips, International Day, World Dance Week, pep assemblies, PE, athletics, Grandparents and Friends Day, coffee house, publications, National Honor Society, clubs, pick-up basketball games, dances, coding, the list goes on. Everything that happens on and off-campus is a valuable part of an RHP student's learning experience and is designed to develop their disciplined mind, sound character, creative spirit, and a healthy body.

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