After a piece of vacant land in the Caulfeild neighborhood was purchased, plans began for a multi-use facility, which would house a swimming pool, gym, and new middle school.

The groups of beams put together on the front side of the school, resembling trees some say, help with stability and support during a tsunami.

[citation needed]Technology was a key area of expenditure, with BC Tel (now Telus) and SD45 investing in hundreds of kilometres of fibreoptic cable and extensive audio-visual networking equipment provided by Dynacom.

[1] As a result of that news stories surrounding incidents and violence at the school are often covered widely at the provincial and even national level.

In 2009, a police lockdown reached national attention, with a local resident reporting that they had seen a person with a rifle walking towards the school.

Rockridge, along with Sentinel Secondary School, offers Advanced Placement Program (AP)courses.