About Electives
ART
Mrs. Calderon
Email Address: maria.calderon@hesperiausd.org
Description:
Students that are very interested and enjoy art. Basic drawing, painting, and sculpture skills.
ASB
AVID
Mrs. Collins
Email Address: briana.collins@hesperiausd.org
Description:
Advancement Via Individual Determination. Motivated students will focus on organizational skills, note-taking, test taking, and writing to learn. AVID students will be enrolled in the most rigorous academic classes. Application and interview required.
BAND
Mr. Portanova
Email Address: sean.portanova@hesperiausd.org
Description:
RMS offers four electives for Band: Beginning Band, Advanced Band, Choir, and Strings.
COOKING
Mrs. Romero
Email Address: angela.romero@hesperiausd.org
Description:
For students interested in a career path in the culinary arts. Students will explore basic cooking skills and career pathways.
DRAMA
Mr. Price
eSPORTS
Mr. Collins
Email Address: michael.collins@hesperiausd.org
Description: Competitive gaming, coding, game design, visual graphics, E-Sports/gaming, career development, and Twitch Live Streaming.
Photojournalism
Mrs. Erfurth
ROBOTICS/STEM
Mr. Comaroto
Email Address: joseph.comaroto@hesperiausd.org
Description:
Students will design and build a robot, practice in class, and learn coding/programming. Weekend competitions are voluntary.
YEARBOOK
Mrs. Erfurth
Email Address: lynette.erfurth@hesperiausd.org
Description:
Students will contribute and edit the RMS annual yearbook. Application required.
WEB
Mrs. Finch
Email Address: jenifer.finch@hesperiausd.org
Description:
WEB is a transition program to help incoming 7th graders adjust to life as a middle-schooler. Selected incoming 8th graders will go through a training academy and be trained to serve as mentors for all 7th graders for the entire school year!
WEIGHT TRAINING
Mr. Allen
Email Address: artie.allen@hesperiausd.org
Description:
For all students interested in health and fitness. Strict safety rules must be followed.