Roosevelt High School (RHS) is a

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located in the Roosevelt neighborhood of

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, United States. Opened in 1922 to relieve overcrowding at Lincoln High School, it ranks as the second-largest high school in

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described RHS as "an above-average school in a below-average school district" based on test scores in 2001.

History

The school is named after

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(1858–1919); the school's team, the

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, is named after Roosevelt's famous military regiment. It subsequently gave its name to the

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neighborhood and nearby Roosevelt Way Northeast. The school was designed by the Seattle School District's architect,

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, and constructed in 1921–22. From 2004 to 2006, the building was

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ally

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ted, modernized, and expanded while many of the school's original

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elements were preserved. During this time classes were held in Lincoln High School. Architects for this work were

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Programs, groups, and clubs

Roosevelt High School has the only full-time drama program in the Seattle School District. Eight periods of drama are offered per day including directing, acting, technical theater, production, design, and a complete musical theater program. There are four private voice teachers, a vocal director, and a choreographer for the annual musical. Each year Roosevelt holds its "Dramafest" (a series of twelve student-produced plays), a Winter Production, and a Spring Musical. In the ''Hands for a Bridge'' program, students choose to travel either to

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, where they help foster dialogue about diversity, prejudice, and social change. This group was created in 2001 by teachers Tom Nolet, Francene Watson, and Danny Rock with assistance from the

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's Comparative History of Ideas Program and the Jackson School of International Studies. Each student accepted to this program is enrolled in the HFB class, where an intensive year-long study of literature, history, and the arts focuses on cultures in conflict. The Northern Ireland travelers visit

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which is led by John Harkin, while the South African travelers visit Isilimela Comprehensive School and Bellville High School (

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) in

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. Roosevelt also is home to

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(FRC) Washington team 4180, the Iron Riders. The student-run club constructs robots to compete in yearly competitions. The team attended the 2016

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in St. Louis and won a District Innovation in Control Award for their image recognition and targeting system. The Iron Riders were also on the winning alliance at the 8th Annual Washington Girls Generation FIRST Robotics Competition in 2019.

Music

Marching band

The marching band performs halftime shows at some home football games and basketball games. Known as "The Pride of Seattle," this group of students also travels to and performs in multiple parades in the Northwest region each year.

Orchestras

The Roosevelt Orchestra program includes the Concert Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra, and the Symphony Orchestra. The orchestras perform annually at various concerts and competitions, including the annual Northwest Orchestra Festival in

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. In the 2013 festival, three groups out of the five (including a

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and a

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group) took first place in their divisions. The Roosevelt Symphony Orchestra also performs yearly with the Seattle Symphony in the annual Side by Side concert.

Jazz band

The Roosevelt

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Band performs and competes all over the nation, and it has traveled internationally. The band has been a finalist twenty-one times (more than any other band) in the

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, receiving Honorable Mention in 2010 and 2018, and winning third place in 2000, second place in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2011, and 2012, and first place in 2002, 2007, 2008, and 2019. Besides its renowned Jazz Band, Roosevelt has a vocal jazz group and multiple after-school jazz bands: Jazz Bands II, III, and IV. Jazz Band III was introduced at the beginning of the 2006–07 school year because of an increased number of jazz musicians arriving at Roosevelt. At the start of the 2016–2017 school year, a fourth jazz band was added due to an even greater amount of jazz musicians entering the program.

Concert bands

Besides the jazz bands and orchestras, student musicians have the option to be in one of two concert bands. Concert Band consists entirely of Freshmen, while older students can either be in the Symphonic Band, or the Wind Ensemble, which was created in the 2016–17 school year as a result of the expanding band program.

Sports

Roosevelt's teams are named the Roughriders. Roosevelt athletics traditionally participated in the Metro League since its opening until the 1997–98 school year when Roosevelt, Garfield and Franklin High Schools moved to the Kingco 4A conference. Ballard High School moved to Kingco 4A in 2000. In 2014–15, Roosevelt, Garfield and Ballard High schools returned to the Metro 3A Conference.

Basketball

The boys' basketball team has won three state championships: in 1946, 1973 & 1982 and placed 2nd in 1965 & 1987. The most recent state playoffs appearance occurred in 2009. The girls' basketball team has won one state championship and had a wide-release theatrical movie, ''

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'', based on their experiences.

Golf

In 2016, the boys' golf team capped off an undefeated season with a metro, district, and state championship. The girls' golf team won the 2021 Metro League championship.

Football

The Rough Riders football team lays claim to one state championship, as crowned by the Associated Press in 1950. Since the start of the official state playoffs in 1974, Roosevelt has made it to the state playoffs five times, most recently advancing to the quarterfinals in 2012 and to Round of 16 in 2014.

Soccer

The boys' soccer team has been to the state playoffs fifteen times, placing 4th three times in 1985, 1990, & 2005; 3rd in 2013, and placing 1st in 2017. After finishing first in 2017, the boys' soccer team was ranked at the end of the year by MaxPreps as the 6th rated Boys Soccer team in the US. The girls' soccer team has been to the state playoffs eleven times, placing 3rd in 1990, and 2nd in 2000. Notable players include Meghan Miller, who at Kansas was named 2004 NSCAA Second Team All American, and Wynne McIntosh, 1993 Metro League MVP, Parade All-American, Youth National Team member, and Portland Pilot. McIntosh played professionally in Frau Bundesliga, WUSA, and semi-professionally in W-League, WPSL. 3rd Team All-American, NCAA All-Tournament Team, WCC First Team.

Ultimate Frisbee

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program at Roosevelt fields single-gender teams for boys and girls in both fall and spring, and

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teams during the winter and at tournaments. The boys team entered the national stage with impressive wins over Summit, Monarch, and Northwest to win the 2015 Westerns High School Ultimate tournament. They followed up with a 2nd-place finish at the 2015 Seattle Invite Tournament, once again defeating Northwest but losing to Franklin in the finals. At the 2016 Western High School Regional Championships, the boys placed first and the girls took 6th place. In the winter of 2016–2017, varsity and junior varsity teams began participating in the new mixed winter high school league offered by Disc Northwest.

Languages

Roosevelt offers

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and French, and it is the only school in Seattle Public Schools that offers

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. It used to offer

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and

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and was the last Seattle Public Schools school to do so before the programs were cut due to lack of interest, though it is generally agreed that the problem was actually the funding.

Newspaper

The ''Roosevelt News'' is a National Pacemaker Award-winning paper produced monthly by students and overseen by a staff advisor.

Demographics

As of Fall 2016 the student demographics were:2016-2017 Roosevelt High School Profile
Retrieved February 24, 2017 * 68% - Caucasian * 11.6% - Asian * 7.1% - Hispanic * 4.4% - African American/Black * 0.3% - American Indian/Alaska Native * 7.5% - Multiracial

Notable alumni

Alumni of Roosevelt High School include: *

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References

External links

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"Roosevelt High School: One Year in the Life", NPR radio article
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