Roosevelt High School is a public school in the

Natrona County School District The Natrona County School District #1 is a public school district, serving students in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Based in Casper, Wyoming, the district includes the entire county, and also serves the towns and communities of Alc ...

in Casper,

Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

, United States. It is an alternative high school that provides small classes, credit recovery, and college courses for students in grades nine through twelve. About 200 students attend the school. Its teachers have won awards. Its athletes have also been recognized.

History

The school was originally built in 1922 and named "North Casper School", later being renamed Roosevelt School in honor of

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T.R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York (state), New York politics, incl ...

. It was later converted into an alternative high school. That building,

Roosevelt School (Casper, Wyoming) The Roosevelt School in Casper, Wyoming, originally named North Casper School, was designed by leading Wyoming architectural firm Garbutt, Weidner & Sweeney in 1921 and was built in 1922. Need for the school followed from a post-World War I boo ...

, is now a historic building listed on the

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. The high school moved into a new building in 2016.Anderson, Luke (26 April 2017)
Roosevelt High School
Alliance of Historic WyomingRichards, Heather (31 August 2016)

''Caspar Star Tribune''

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* * Public high schools in Wyoming Schools in Natrona County, Wyoming Buildings and structures in Casper, Wyoming {{wyoming-school-stub