Roy High School (Utah)
Encyclopedia
Roy High School is a 5A secondary school
founded in 1965 that serves the residents of Roy, UT
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in 1940, the city of Roy had only one school that housed students of all ages. In 1943, that schoolhouse reached capacity and high school students were bused across Ogden to the north end of Washington Boulevard, a procedure practiced until 1965 when Roy High School was built. It became Weber County
's largest high school at the time and was later rated as one of the ten best in the nation. In 2008, Roy High launched an all new website for Boy's Basketball for viewing full length basketball games.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
founded in 1965 that serves the residents of Roy, UT
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
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History
Prior to the establishment of Hill Air Force BaseHill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force Base located in northern Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and near the towns of Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, Sunset, and Layton. It is about north of Salt Lake City. The base was named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill of the U.S. Army Air...
in 1940, the city of Roy had only one school that housed students of all ages. In 1943, that schoolhouse reached capacity and high school students were bused across Ogden to the north end of Washington Boulevard, a procedure practiced until 1965 when Roy High School was built. It became Weber County
Weber County, Utah
Weber County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah, occupying a stretch of the Wasatch Front, part of the eastern shores of Great Salt Lake, and much of the rugged Wasatch Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the population was 196,533, an increase of 24.1% over its population in 1990. By...
's largest high school at the time and was later rated as one of the ten best in the nation. In 2008, Roy High launched an all new website for Boy's Basketball for viewing full length basketball games.
Notable alumni
- Sabra JohnsonSabra JohnsonSabra Elise Johnson is a dancer from Roy, Utah and the Season 3 Champion of the Fox reality television show So You Think You Can Dance.She was born in the Netherlands, lived nine years in Germany, and after that, nine years in Utah...
- Winner of FOX TV's "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2007. (Class of 2005) - Randal QuarlesRandal QuarlesRandal Keith Quarles is a managing director at The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. From August 2001 until October 2006, he held several important financial policy posts in the George W. Bush administration, ultimately serving as Under Secretary of the Treasury for...
- Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance 2005-2006 (Class of 1975) - Jim McMahonJim McMahonJames Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr. is a former American football player. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Arizona...
- Former American football player; 2 time Super Bowl Champion. (Class of 1977) - Billy SchuffenhauerBill SchuffenhauerBill Schuffenhauer is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002.-Early years:...
- Two time Olympic medalist and Gold Medalist in the 1992 Jr. Olympics. (Class of 1991)
State Champions
- Football 1981
- Boys Track 1991
- Girls Soccer 1997
- Softball 1998
- Boys Soccer 2003
- Drill 2007
- Softball 2009 http://www.uhsaa.org/softball/2009/4Abrac.pdf
- Softball 2011