Ridge Point High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Ridge Point High School
| logo = Ridge Point High School Mascot.png
| image = FBISD Ridge Point High School.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| alt =
| caption = Ridge Point High School
| streetaddress = 500 Waters Lake Blvd.
| city = Missouri City, Texas
| zipcode = 77459
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|29.49202|-95.51724|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:US-TX|format=dms}}
| district = Fort Bend Independent School District
| principal = Leonard Brogan
| staff =
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| type = Public secondary school
| grades = 9-12
| campus size = {{convert|77|acre|ha}}{{cite news |first=Zen T.C. |last=Zheng |title=Site work begins for new FBISD high school |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/fortbend/news/5880859.html |work=Houston Chronicle |date=July 10, 2008}}
| campus type =
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| conference = UIL Class AAAAAA
| slogan = The Home of Scholars and Champions
| motto = There is No Limit to What we can Achieve
| mascot = Panther
| team_name = Panthers
| nickname =
| colors = {{Color box|purple|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} Purple, Silver & White
| yearbook = The Athlon
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| established = {{Start date and age|2010}}
| enrollment = 2,854 (2023–2024){{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4819650&SchoolPageNum=5&ID=481965012240 |title=Search for Public Schools - Ridge Point H S (481965012240) |website=National Center for Education Statistics |publisher=Institute of Education Sciences |access-date=December 8, 2024}}
| teaching_staff = 145.09 (FTE) (2023–2024)
| website = {{URL|fortbendisd.com/rphs}}
}}
Ridge Point High School (RPHS) is a public high school located in Sienna (formerly Sienna Plantation), an unincorporated area and planned community in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Opened in 2010, the school serves more than 3000 students in grades 9–12. It is classified as a 6A school by the UIL. The principal is Leonard Brogan.
The school's attendance boundary includes:{{cite web|url=https://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/17321/23-24%20FBISD%20Map%20Southeast%20HS.pdf|title=2023-24 Boundaries Southeast Corridor|publisher=Fort Bend Independent School District|access-date=2023-11-29}} - Compare to CDP and municipal maps. portions of Sienna.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/place/p4867763_sienna/DC20BLK_P4867763.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Sienna CDP, TX|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2023-11-29}} - Compare to the boundary map. It formerly served the following areas:"[http://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib09/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/103/HS%20Zone%20Map%2016%2017.pdf High School Attendance Zones]." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on April 15, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/17321/2022-23_Attendance_Boundary_Map.pdf|title=2022-2023|publisher=Fort Bend Independent School District|access-date=2023-12-03}} other portions of Sienna, a portion of Fresno,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/place/p4827540_fresno/DC20BLK_P4827540.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Fresno CDP, TX|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2023-12-03}} - 2010 map: "[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4827540_fresno/DC10BLK_P4827540_000.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Fresno CDP, TX]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 4, 2017. [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4827540_fresno/DC10BLK_P4827540_001.pdf Page 1], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4827540_fresno/DC10BLK_P4827540_002.pdf Page 2] most of Arcola,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/place/p4803708_arcola/DC20BLK_P4803708.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Arcola city, TX|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2023-11-29}} - Compare to the boundary map. - 2010 map: "[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st48_tx/place/p4803708_arcola/DC10BLK_P4803708_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Arcola city, TX]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 15, 2017. and Juliff."[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlj15 Juliff, Texas]." Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved on April 15, 2017. "Juliff is on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Farm Road 521, and the Brazos River, twenty miles east of Richmond in eastern Fort Bend County."
History
Ground broke on Fort Bend ISD High School #11 in July 2008, and the campus opened in the 2010–11 school year to ease overcrowding at Hightower and Elkins high schools. Some Sienna Plantation residents criticized the chosen location of Ridge Point, while Arcola residents had a positive reception to the location.
On February 8, 2010, the FBISD board selected "Ridge Point High School" as the school's name.{{cite web |author=Tezeno, Diane |url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/fortbend/news/article/District-s-newest-high-school-has-a-new-name-9327374.php |title=District's newest high school has a new name |publisher=Fort Bend Sun at the Houston Chronicle |date=February 16, 2010|access-date=April 15, 2017}} It was chosen to honor area history, specific the Blue Ridge Oil Field and the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway reaching Stafford's Point in 1853.{{cite web |title=FBISD Names 11th High School |url=http://www.fortbendnow.com/2010/02/11/43896 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725002243/http://www.fortbendnow.com/2010/02/11/43896 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |publisher=FortBendNow.com |date=February 11, 2010}} Ridge Point High School is one of two high schools within the Fort Bend Independent School District that is not named after a person.
Upon opening the school had 9th and 10th graders, with subsequent grades to be added later.{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/homes/article/Sienna-to-welcome-third-water-park-new-high-1711358.php |title=Sienna to welcome third water park, new high school |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=April 30, 2010|access-date=April 15, 2017}} The first graduating class matriculated in 2013.
Feeder pattern
The following elementary schools feed into Ridge Point:{{cite web |url=https://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/17321/FBISD_Feeders_2022-2023.pdf |title=Fort Bend ISD Feeders 2022-23 |date=August 3, 2022 |orig-date=August 28, 2020 |publisher=Fort Bend ISD |access-date=February 27, 2023}}
- Ferguson
- Heritage Rose
- Leonetti
- Scanlan Oaks
- Schiff
- Sienna Crossing
The following middle schools feed into Ridge Point:
- Baines
- Thornton
Athletics
Ridge Point athletics are included in UIL District 20-6A division (2016-2024). Other members include FB Austin, FB Bush, FB Clements, FB Dulles, FB Elkins, FB Travis and Richmond George Ranch.
The school's athletic teams played at the junior varsity level upon opening. The varsity American football team began operations in the fall of 2012, while all other sports teams began varsity operations in 2011.
The Ridge Point football team has been district champions from 2014 to 2018 and again from 2020 to 2023 and advanced to the state semifinals in 2016 and state regional finals in 2020. The Ridge Point volleyball team advanced to the state Final Four in both 2019 and 2021.
Boys Athletics:
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- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Soccer
- Swimming/Diving
- Tennis
- Track/Field
- Water Polo
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Girls Athletics:
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- Basketball
- Cheer
- Cross Country
- Golf
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming/Diving
- Tennis
- Track/Field
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
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Academics
Ridge Point offers more than 20 AP courses and six dual credit classes to allow its students to potentially earn college credit while attending high school.
Additionally, its Academic Decathlon team has produced six individual state champions and placed in the top 25 in Texas in three different years (2016, 2019 and 2021). The school also produced the World Scholar's Cup global round champions in 2019 in competition held in The Hague, Netherlands.
- Academic Decathlon State Finishes (Location) Year
- 24th (San Antonio) 2016
- 34th (San Antonio) 2017
- 23rd (San Antonio) 2019
- 22nd (San Antonio) 2021
- 26th (Frisco) 2022
- 38th (Frisco) 2023
- 31st (Frisco) 2024
Controversy
= Sexual misconduct =
== 2011 sexual misconduct case ==
On June 14, 2011, Anne Lynn Montgomery, a color-guard instructor at Ridge Point, was charged with sexual assault of a minor under 17 and having an improper relationship with a student at two Houston Independent School District schools. Earlier that year, she filed a restraining order against Bradman Cortez Moore, who she had been living with in Fort Bend County. Moore had been engaged in a sexual relationship with Montgomery, one that began when he was 16 while she was a color guard instructor at Sharpstown High School in Houston. When Montgomery moved to Bellaire High School, Moore also transferred there for mysterious reasons. DNA tests concluded that he was the father of children born in 2008 and 2009. After the relationship came to public light, Montgomery dropped the restraining order. Although she was working at Ridge Point, she left in April after an investigation was launched.{{Cite web |last=FOUNTAIN |first=KEN |date=2011-06-15 |title=Ex-Fort Bend teacher faces 2 charges for alleged sexual relations with student |url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/fortbend/news/article/Ex-Fort-Bend-teacher-faces-2-charges-for-alleged-9376225.php |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Chron |language=en-US}}
== 2016 sexual misconduct case ==
In March 2016, rumors circulated on campus detailing that teachers were having sex with students and sending nude pictures to them. Two teachers were put on administrative leave afterwards.{{Cite web |title=Two Ridge Point HS staff members placed on leave after allegations |url=https://abc13.com/ridge-point-high-school-fort-bend-county-teacher-student/1259537/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=ABC13 Houston |language=en}} A month later on April 28, 27-year-old Lillian Cameron, a chemistry teacher, turned herself in to the police after resigning.{{Cite web |date=2016-04-28 |title=Bad teachers: Two Houston area educators arrested |url=https://www.fox26houston.com/news/bad-teachers-two-houston-area-educators-arrested |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=FOX 26 Houston |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rouege |first=Ciara |date=2016-04-30 |title=Ridge Point High School teacher arrested after allegations of improper relationship with student |url=https://www.click2houston.com/news/2016/04/30/ridge-point-high-school-teacher-arrested-after-allegations-of-improper-relationship-with-student/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=KPRC |language=en}}
Notable alumni
- Bryce Deadmon (2015) - track and field Olympian{{cite web |last1=Maness |first1=Tracy |title=Missouri City celebrates this hometown Olympic medalist. |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/fort-bend/article/Missouri-City-celebrates-hometown-Olympic-medalist-16408336.php |website=Houston Chronicle |date=24 August 2021}}
- Adonai Mitchell - NFL Wide Receiver{{cite web |last1=Poorman |first1=Jon |title=Where Houston-area players signed in NFL as undrafted free agents. |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/hs-sports/football/article/undrafted-free-agents-houston-area-19427313.php |website=Houston Chronicle |date=28 April 2024}}
- Michael Turk - Punter
- Will Vest - MLB Pitcher
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://www.fortbendisd.com/rphs}}
{{Fort Bend County, Texas Schools}}
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Category:Educational institutions established in 2010