History Rogers-Herr was founded in 1967 by lifelong Durham teachers Maude Rogers and Margurite Herr. Our school began as a junior high school with seventh and eighth grade students, but expanded to include sixth graders several years later. Rogers-Herr did not become a year round school until 2001.
Our Teachers Our school has less than 650 students. Benefiting from a smaller class size, our highly trained faculty is able to focus on your child’s needs in order to attain the knowledge and skills needed to stay competitive in high school and beyond. Many teachers offer tutorials after school, providing a time in which students may have extra help with their homework. Encouraging and kind, our teachers push students to do their best while fostering a caring and safe environment.
Core Classes Our core classes help students attain the knowledge they need as determined by the NC Standard Course of Study. In addition to Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science, students also have the opportunity to take the following advanced classes:
Pre-algebra
Algebra 1
Geometry
Advanced Language Arts
AMC 8 (American Mathematics Competition)
MathCounts
Elective Classes Rogers-Herr offers a wide range of elective opportunities for our students.
Band
Sculpting and Ceramics
Drawing and Painting
Chorus
Strings Ensemble
AVID (Advancement Through Individual Determination)
Keyboarding
Business Education
Technology
Advanced Technology
Career Decisions
Junior Chefs
Spanish
Advanced Spanish
Library Assistance
Technology @ RHMS
New computer lab of 31 computers with 17-inch flat-screen monitors
New mini-lab set aside for building reading skills (Academy of Reading)
New keyboarding classroom
New technology classroom
Closed-circuit TV system with scrolling school announcements
Over 350 computers!
Each student has unlimited personal space on our file server
Informative and frequently updated website
Two wireless mobile laptop carts (Dell and Macintosh)
We offer a variety of computer-aided instruction (CAI) packages to help our students build math and reading skills
Extra-Curricular Activities Students have a wide range of extra curricular activities available to them!
Student Ambassadors – student leaders who represent our school and do community service activities
Techtronics – after-school program that provides opportunities to conduct fun and exciting science-based experiments with Duke Engineering students
Step Team - one of the top-ranked step teams in the state, tryouts for the Stompin’ Rams are in the fall
Yearbook Staff – design our yearbook, learn desktop publishing, digital photography, and photo editing
Peer Mediators – these students are available to others for help when experiencing some of the social problems that many middle schoolers face
Battle of the Books – encourages reading by exposing students to a wide variety of quality literature and competing in a fun and exciting quiz-bowl-style tournament
Student Council - students involved in student government get the experience of campaigning, elections, and legislative responsibilities.
National Junior Honors Society - selected by application to be part of this distinguished organization
