Roosevelt High School (Washington)

Public school in Seattle, Washington, United States

Roosevelt High School

South entrance in February 2008

Address

1410 NE 66th Street

Seattle

Washington

98115

United States

Coordinates| 47°40′37″N 122°18′47″W﻿ / ﻿47.677°N 122.313°W﻿ / 47.677; -122.313Coordinates: 47°40′37″N 122°18′47″W﻿ / ﻿47.677°N 122.313°W﻿ / 47.677; -122.313
Information
Type| Public
Motto| "What I am to be I am now becoming"
Established| 1922
Principal| HkwauaQuejol Hollins
Faculty| 83.46 (FTE)[1]
Grades| 9-12
Enrollment| 1,867 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio| 22.37[1]
Color(s)| Green & Gold

Athletics| WIAA Class 3A,
Washington Interscholastic Activities Association
Athletics conference| Metro 3A Sound Division
Mascot| Rough Riders
Rivals| Ballard, Garfield
Newspaper| The Roosevelt News
Yearbook| Strenuous Life
Website| roosevelths.seattleschools.org

Roosevelt High School (RHS) is a public secondary school located in the Roosevelt neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened in 1922 to relieve overcrowding at Lincoln High School,[2] it ranks as the second-largest high school in Seattle Public Schools.[3] NPR described RHS as "an above-average school in a below-average school district"[4] based on test scores in 2001.

## History[edit]

The school is named after President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919); the school's team, the Rough Riders, is named after Roosevelt's famous military regiment. It subsequently gave its name to the Roosevelt neighborhood and nearby Roosevelt Way Northeast.[5]

The school was designed by the Seattle School District's architect, Floyd Naramore, and constructed in 1921–22. From 2004 to 2006, the building was seismically retrofitted, modernized, and expanded while many of the school's original architectural elements were preserved. During this time classes were held in Lincoln High School. Architects for this work were Bassetti Architects.

## Programs, groups, and clubs[edit]

Roosevelt High School has the only full-time drama program in the Seattle School District.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] Each year Roosevelt holds its "Dramafest" (a series of twelve student-produced plays), a Winter Production, and a Spring Musical.[citation needed]

In the Hands for a Bridge program, students choose to travel either to South Africa or Northern Ireland, 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 University of Washington'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.[6] The Northern Ireland travelers visit Oakgrove Integrated College in Derry which is led by John Harkin, while the South African travelers visit Isilimela Comprehensive School and Bellville High School (Hoërskool Bellville) in Cape Town.[7]

Roosevelt also is home to FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Washington team 4180, the Iron Riders. The student-run club constructs robots to compete in yearly competitions. The team attended the 2016 FIRST Championship 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.[8]

## Music[edit]

### Marching band[edit]

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.[9]

### Orchestras[edit]

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 Gresham, Oregon. In the 2013 festival, three groups out of the five (including a quintet and a sinfonia 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[edit]

The Roosevelt Jazz 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 Essentially Ellington Competition in New York City, 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.[10] 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[edit]

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.[citation needed]

## Sports[edit]

Roosevelt's teams are named the Roughriders.[11] 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.[12]

### Basketball[edit]

The boys' basketball team has won three state championships: in 1946, 1973 & 1982 and placed 2nd in 1965 & 1987.[13] The most recent state playoffs appearance occurred in 2009.[citation needed] The girls' basketball team has won one state championship[14] and had a wide-release theatrical movie, The Heart of the Game, based on their experiences.[15][unreliable source?]

### Golf[edit]

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[edit]

The Rough Riders football team lays claim to one state championship, as crowned by the Associated Press in 1950.[16] 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.[17]

### Soccer[edit]

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.[18] 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.[19]

The girls' soccer team has been to the state playoffs eleven times, placing 3rd in 1990, and 2nd in 2000.[17] Notable players include Meghan Miller, who at Kansas was named 2004 NSCAA Second Team All American,[20][21] 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.[22]

### Ultimate Frisbee[edit]

Organized as a club sport, the ultimate program at Roosevelt fields single-gender teams for boys and girls in both fall and spring, and coed 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.[23] 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.[citation needed]

## Languages[edit]

Roosevelt offers Spanish and French, and it is the only school in Seattle Public Schools that offers American Sign Language. It used to offer Japanese and Latin 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[edit]

The Roosevelt News is a National Pacemaker Award-winning paper[24] produced monthly by students and overseen by a staff advisor.

## Demographics[edit]

As of Fall 2016 the student demographics were:[25]

* 68% - Caucasian
* 11.6% - Asian
* 7.1% - Hispanic
* 4.4% - African American/Black
* 0.3% - American Indian/Alaska Native
* 7.5% - Multiracial

## Notable alumni[edit]

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Alumni of Roosevelt High School include:

* Jason Andrews, co-founder of Andrews Space and CEO of Spaceflight Industries, Inc.
* Brittain Ashford, musician, Broadway actress
* Lynda Barry, cartoonist, author
* Linda Buck, Nobel Prize winner
* Charles Burns, cartoonist
* Gordon Clinton, former Seattle Mayor
* Bo Cornell, former NFL linebacker and running back[11]
* Chris Creighton, college football coach
* Howard Duff, actor
* James Edwards, former NBA player[11]
* Daniel J. Evans, former U.S. Senator and Governor
* Lee Folkins, former NFL tight end[26]
* Mary (Maxwell) Gates, mother of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
* Sara Gazarek, jazz singer
* Seth Gordon, director
* David Guterson, author (Snow Falling on Cedars, 1994, and East of the Mountains, 1999)
* Chris R. Hansen, hedge fund manager
* Jane Hamsher, producer, author, blogger
* Nevin Harrison, sprint canoe world champion and Olympic gold medalist[27]
* Eldon Hoke, musician (The Mentors)
* Paul Hess, former Kansas State Representative (1971–73) and Kansas State Senator (1973-1984)
* Ruth Jessen, former LPGA golfer[28]
* Sebastian Jones, producer (Friends)
* Richard Karn, actor (Home Improvement)
* Chad Kimball, actor
* Thomas Kohnstamm, author (Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?, 2008, and Lake City, 2019)
* Ryan Lewis, musician, photographer, director, and DJ
* Henri Lubatti, actor
* Robert Lucas, Jr., Nobel Prize-winning economist
* Wing Luke, Assistant Attorney General of Washington, Seattle City Council member
* Betty MacDonald, author (The Egg and I)
* Emma Marris, journalist and author
* T.J. Martin, Oscar-winning director
* Jim Matheos, musician (Fates Warning)
* Mike McCready, musician (Pearl Jam)
* Rose McGowan, actress and model
* Duff McKagan, musician (Guns N' Roses)
* Hugh Millen, former NFL quarterback[11]
* Jonathan Moore, musician (Source of Labor)
* William Newman, actor[29] (1952)
* Solea Pfeiffer, actress
* Mark Pattison, former NFL wide receiver[11]
* Joe Rantz, rower and Olympic gold medalist
* Melissa Reese, musician and keyboardist for Guns N' Roses
* Merle Greene Robertson, Mayanist
* Sir Mix-a-lot, rapper, best known for Baby Got Back
* Nikki Sixx, musician (Mötley Crüe)
* Tom Turnure, former NFL guard/center[11]
* Marcus Williams, basketball player
* Claire Wilson, Washington State Senator
* James Whitney Young, astronomer (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
* Rick May, voice and stage actor[30]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Roosevelt High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
2. ^ "Seattle Public Schools, 1862-2000: Roosevelt High School". www.historylink.org. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
3. ^ "Annual Enrollment Reports". www.seattleschools.org. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
4. ^ Banks, David. "NPR : One Year in the Life at Roosevelt High School, A Special Report". www.npr.org. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
5. ^ "Roosevelt High School Rough Riders". Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
6. ^ "Hands For A Bridge » About". Retrieved June 15, 2017.[permanent dead link]
7. ^ "Hands for a Bridge - Building community; educating global citizens". www.handsforabridge.org. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
8. ^ brownma (November 13, 2019). "2019 Washington Girls Generation Robotics Competition". Bellevue School District. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
9. ^ "RHS Music Program". Archived from the original on December 16, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
10. ^ "EE Winners".
11. ^ a b c d e f Raley, Dan (May 13, 2004). "Rebuilding Roosevelt's program". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
12. ^ "Garfield, Ballard, Roosevelt will return to Metro League". January 8, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
13. ^ "Roosevelt State Results".
14. ^ "WIAA History". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
15. ^ The Heart of the Game at IMDb
16. ^ "History of the 4A High School Football Championship Series". www.southkitsapwolves.com. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
17. ^ a b "WIAA - Washington Interscholastic Activities Association". www.wiaa.com. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
18. ^ "WIAA | Washington Interscholastic Activities Association".
19. ^ "High School Soccer Rankings - MaxPreps".
20. ^ "Once a Jayhawk, Always a Jayhawk: Meghan Miller". University of Kansas. August 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
21. ^ "2004 Women's D-I All-America Team". Retrieved June 15, 2017.
22. ^ "Sports - McIntosh Makes An Easy Pick For Metro League Soccer Mvp - Seattle Times Newspaper". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
23. ^ "News". www.usaultimate.org. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
24. ^ "NSPA winners". Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
25. ^ 2016-2017 Roosevelt High School Profile. Retrieved February 24, 2017
26. ^ Ramirez, Marc (September 5, 2007). "50 years of change through the eyes of Roosevelt High". The Seattle Times. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
27. ^ "Seattle teenage canoeist Nevin Harrison ready to realize Olympic dreams: 'I am right where I want to be'". The Seattle Times. July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
28. ^ Smith, Craig (September 23, 2007). "Ruth Jessen, 1936-2007: LPGA Tour star started in Seattle". Seattle Times. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
29. ^ "William MacLeod Newman (1934 - 2015) obituary". Los Angeles Times. June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
30. ^ May, Rick. "Rick May". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

## External links[edit]

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