Theodore Roosevelt High School (Wyandotte)
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540 Eureka Avenue Wyandotte, Michigan 48192 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°12′04″N 83°09′25″W / 42.201°N 83.157°WCoordinates: 42°12′04″N 83°09′25″W / 42.201°N 83.157°W |
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| School type | Secondary public school |
| Established | 1923 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Wyandotte Public Schools |
| Principal | Thomas Kell |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Nickname | Bears |
| Newspaper | The Wy-News |
| Website | School website |
Theodore Roosevelt High School, also known as RHS or Roosevelt, or also Wyandotte High by alumni, is the secondary school serving Wyandotte, Michigan, located on Eureka Road several blocks west of Biddle Avenue. Established in 1921, RHS is the only public high school in the city of Wyandotte. Its mascot is the Bear, with athletic teams with similar names (the Bears for males and the Lady Bears for females). Enrollment as of the 2005-2006 school year is 1416 students attending grades 9-12. The mainstream curriculum is essentially university-preparatory, yet students do not have to enroll in all of these classes.
Standard procedure for graduation is having obtained 22 of 24 possible credits, taking 4 terms of English and literature based classes, including Composition, 3 terms of Social Studies, including Economics and Government, 3 terms of Science, and 3 terms of Mathematics. Students must also include 2 terms of the Arts or Vocational training, or a Foreign Language, 2 terms of Physical Education, and a half-term (semester) of Keyboarding or Computer Informatics. The school offers several advanced and honors classes for all grades. Advanced Placement courses are offered to juniors and seniors. In addition to this, all juniors must take the Michigan Work Keys as well as an in-school session of the ACT in the second semester. Class Courses such as Mathematics were increased requirements to Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II is required by state. 3 years of Science is also required by state now, Earth Science, Biology and Chemistry.
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