Roosevelt High School (Seattle)
| Roosevelt High School | |
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South entrance in February 2008
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1410 NE 66th Street Seattle, Washington 98115 United States |
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| Coordinates | 47°40′37″N 122°18′47″W / 47.677°N 122.313°WCoordinates: 47°40′37″N 122°18′47″W / 47.677°N 122.313°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | "What I am to be I am now becoming" |
| Established | 1922, 95 years ago |
| Principal | Brian Vance |
| Faculty | 116 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,753 |
| 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 |
| Information | (206) 252-4810 |
| Website | Roosevelt High School |
Roosevelt High School (RHS) is a public secondary school located in the Roosevelt neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Opened 95 years ago in 1922 and part of the Seattle Public Schools, Roosevelt continues to be one of the largest schools in the greater Seattle area.
The school offers a wide variety of academic courses as well as extracurricular activities. In a yearlong series of reports on RHS, NPR described it as "an above-average school in a below-average school district."
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.
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.
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.
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