Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is a coeducational public high school located at 5800 20th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. It is a zoned/public high school, with an enrollment of approximately 3700 students, encompassing grades 9-12.
The school, which is not wheelchair accessible, can be reached via the B8 bus to 18th Avenue & 58th Street, the B9 bus to 60th Street & 20th Avenue, or the B6 bus to Bay Parkway & 59th Street. It is also served by the N train
at 20th Avenue
and the F train
at Avenue I.
Roosevelt is also home to an alternative program called the Young Adult Borough Center (YABC) that provides over-aged and under-credited high school students with alternative means to obtain their high school diploma. Classes are offered in the evenings Monday through Thursday and students in good academic standing are provided a paid internship during the day.
The Roosevelt High School offers a number of athletic activities for its students. For boys, the offer baseball, varsity and junior varsity basketball, bowling, football, handball, outdoor track, soccer, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling, while girls have available basketball, bowling, handball, outdoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The Girls Tennis Team won the 2011 PSAL Championship. The Cricket Team won the 2010 and 2011 PSAL Championship. The school has recently launched a dance team. Roosevelt has weight training and cardio facilities with gym and exercise equipment. Roosevelt received a grant for a few million dollars and is currently building a field for sports and other events. The field is expected to be finished in October 2011.
Leadership and support
The school's leadership and support activities include: Arista, Peer Mediation and Negotiation, Student Ambassador, Intergenerational Program, Newspaper, Yearbook, and the F.D.R. Theatre Guild.
The school, which is not wheelchair accessible, can be reached via the B8 bus to 18th Avenue & 58th Street, the B9 bus to 60th Street & 20th Avenue, or the B6 bus to Bay Parkway & 59th Street. It is also served by the N train
N (New York City Subway service)
The N Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. Its route bullet is colored yellow, which appears on station signs and the NYC Subway map, as it represents a service provided on the BMT Broadway Line through Manhattan....
at 20th Avenue
20th Avenue (BMT Sea Beach Line)
20th Avenue is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located in Brooklyn on 20th Avenue between 63rd and 64th Streets. It is served by the N train at all times....
and the F train
F (New York City Subway service)
The F Sixth Avenue Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map, since it runs on the IND Sixth Avenue Line through Manhattan....
at Avenue I.
Programs
The school offers Art, Business, Computers, Music, Social Sciences and Physical Education. Their foreign language programs include Chinese, Russian, French and Spanish. The school's special programs are AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Economics, AP Microscopics, AP Physicals, AP World Statistics, and the AP History Of the United States. The school also provides Instructional Support Services for students such as Collaborative Team Teaching (CTT) classes, SETSS classes, and Bilingual classrooms. FDR High School also has a rigorous honors program.Roosevelt is also home to an alternative program called the Young Adult Borough Center (YABC) that provides over-aged and under-credited high school students with alternative means to obtain their high school diploma. Classes are offered in the evenings Monday through Thursday and students in good academic standing are provided a paid internship during the day.
Extracurricular activities
SportsThe Roosevelt High School offers a number of athletic activities for its students. For boys, the offer baseball, varsity and junior varsity basketball, bowling, football, handball, outdoor track, soccer, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling, while girls have available basketball, bowling, handball, outdoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The Girls Tennis Team won the 2011 PSAL Championship. The Cricket Team won the 2010 and 2011 PSAL Championship. The school has recently launched a dance team. Roosevelt has weight training and cardio facilities with gym and exercise equipment. Roosevelt received a grant for a few million dollars and is currently building a field for sports and other events. The field is expected to be finished in October 2011.
Leadership and support
The school's leadership and support activities include: Arista, Peer Mediation and Negotiation, Student Ambassador, Intergenerational Program, Newspaper, Yearbook, and the F.D.R. Theatre Guild.