Royal Oak High School is a secondary educational facility located in
Royal Oak,
Michigan. The school colors are royal blue, sliver and black and its mascot is the
Raven. The current principal is Michael Greening.
ROHS is a 2006 consolidation of former intra-city rivals Royal Oak George A. Dondero High School and Royal Oak Clarence M. Kimball High School.
This educational facility draws its name from the original Royal Oak High School opened in 1913, and its successor, the "new" Royal Oak High School, opened in 1927. After the opening of a second high school facility within the Royal Oak school system in 1957, the then "Royal Oak High School" was forced to change its name to "George A. Dondero High School". Its counterpart was named "Clarence M. Kimball High School".
At their peak, both institutions had enrollment of over 2,000 students. But declining enrollment forced the closure of Dondero High School in 2006, and the student populations of the two schools were merged into one facility. Kimball High School became the site of the new merged school. Extensive renovations were made to accommodate the surge of students, after which the high school was renamed Royal Oak High School. The name change was made not only to signal a new beginning for the city, but also to quell growing concerns that old school rivalries would prompt hallway tensions and division among students.
