US History
The American colonists fought against the forces of this island nation, whose soldiers were famously nicknamed 'Redcoats.'
What is Great Britain?
This mathematical theorem is used to find the missing side length of a right triangle.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
While classic protagonists wear the white hat, this type of flawed, rebellious character might save the day for entirely selfish reasons.
What is an antihero?
This travels in a form of energy that transfers from air molecule to air molecule across a room.
What is Sound?
Whether you're competing on the court or showing spirit in the stands, these are the two official school colors you'll see splashed across Rochambeau.
What is blue and white?
This dynamic duo of structural principles prevents any one branch of the U.S. government from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
In the linear equation y = mx + b, the variable m represents this steepness property of the line.
What is the slope?
In Kij Johnson's dark short story titled after these animals, a girl named Barbara is manipulated into sacrificing her horse's wings and her own friend to fit in.
What is Ponies?
This aspect of the Earth is responsible for the seasons. Because of this the Northern Hemisphere receives more direct sunlight in June than in December.
What is the tilt?
While most students only see the furry horns and school spirit, this specific student has secretly been the man behind the mask as the RMS Ram mascot for the last few years.
Who is Aaron McConnon?
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson struck a nearly 15-million-dollar deal with France to secure this massive tract of land west of the Mississippi.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
To calculate this geometric measurement for a triangle, you multiply the base by the height and then divide the entire result by 2.
What is area?
A narrative shift to a character's memories to provide crucial backstory is known by this 9-letter term.
What is a flashback?
While the word phenotype refers to the physical characteristics of an organism, this word describes the genetic makeup of an organism.
What is genotype?
Before adopting its current Revolutionary War-inspired moniker, RMS was named this for Southbury's secondary students before a major transition in 1779—sorry, 1979.
What is Southbury High School?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln following the Battle of Antietam, this historic executive order declared 'that all persons held as slaves' within rebellious states 'are, and henceforward shall be free.'
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Consider a linear equation passing through the points (0, 2) and (3, 8). This integer represents the value of m, or the slope of the line.
What is 2?
From the Latin for 'to play with,' this craft move allows an author to drop a subtle nod to historical events, pop culture, or ancient texts.
What is an allusion?
This type of energy is the ability to do work because of one’s position.
What is potential energy?
From the soccer fields to the basketball courts, this is the official list of interscholastic sports teams a student can try out for at RMS.
What are soccer, basketball, field hockey, cross country, softball, and baseball?
Borrowing heavily from philosopher John Locke, Thomas Jefferson famously penned that citizens possess these three specific, 'unalienable' rights.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
A right triangle has leg lengths of 3 cm and 4 cm. This specific number represents the length of its hypotenuse in centimeters.
It’s the academic process—and ultimate research goal—of blending different sources together to form a brand new argument.
What is synthesis?
This is the word the describes when an organism as two alleles that are exactly the same.
What is homozygous?
If you stacked up all the college degrees in the building, it would belong to this specific, precise number of certified educators currently on the RMS staff.