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Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent)
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Theodore Roosevelt High School (abbreviated RHS or TRHS), often referred to as Kent Roosevelt or Roosevelt, is a public high school in Kent, Ohio
, United States. It is the only high school in Kent and the Kent City School District and serves students in grades 9
–12
living in Kent, Franklin Township
, Brady Lake
, and Sugar Bush Knolls
as well as a small portion of southern Streetsboro
. , enrollment was 1,336 with around 115 teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12:1. Recognition for academic performance over the years has come from the United States Department of Education
, Ohio Department of Education, and U.S. News & World Report
.
The school was founded in 1868 as Kent High School and was first housed at the Franklin Township Hall
until the completion of the K–12 (kindergarten
through year 12) Union School building in March 1869. In 1922, the school was moved to a new facility named for U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
on a 10 acres (4 ha) campus, which would serve as the high school until 1959. Following completion of a new building on a larger 31 acres (12.5 ha) campus along North Mantua Street in northern Kent, Roosevelt was moved to this location. The building has had a number of additions made beginning in the mid 1960s and contains nearly 70 classrooms, a library, gymnasium, auditorium, and indoor pool. The campus has been expanded over the years to 88 acres (35.6 ha) and also includes several athletic facilities and practice fields.
Nearly 200 courses are offered at the school including 12 Advanced Placement classes and 25 vocational education
programs. Roosevelt is part of the Six District Educational Compact which pools vocational resources with five nearby high schools. There are also three academy programs for students with various educational needs. Other elective courses offered include those in the study of Mandarin Chinese and Arabic
languages, lifeguard training, various aspects of American history
and culture, multiple writing and journalism courses, and the visual, performing, and practical arts. There are multiple co- and extracurricular
clubs and activities, many of which have earned outside recognition at the state and national levels. Roosevelt athletic teams compete in the Portage Trail Conference
Metro Division as part of the Ohio High School Athletic Association
and are known as the Rough Riders
. Notable Roosevelt alumni include a Governor of Ohio, professional athletes, and entertainment figures.
classes. As part of the consolidation effort, construction of a new building, known as the Union School, began at the corner of Park Avenue and North Mantua Street on a hill overlooking the newly-named village of Kent. Construction of the school was part of a number of building developments in Kent in the late 1860s, including two churches and a large bank building. The name of the settlement was changed from Franklin Mills to Kent in 1864 and the village was incorporated from part of Franklin Township
in 1867 after population growth began in the mid-1860s followed the arrival of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
and its shops in 1863. The laying of the Union School's cornerstone on May 29, 1867, was hailed by the local newspaper, the Kent Bulletin, as an event "which is brighter than anything heretofore recorded in our favor."
Because of construction delays, the building was not ready for classes in September 1868, so the first classes of the high school were held at the nearby Franklin Township Hall
while K–8 students remained at their old schoolhouses. The new building opened on March 14, 1869 with the high school grades located in the southwest room of the second floor and the four primary grades on the first floor. The third floor of the building was an open, multi-purpose room. The school held its first graduation ceremony in July 1869 with a class of just one, a student named Anna Nutting. Nutting later taught at the Union School and eventually became its principal, serving until 1888. The Union School, which would later be known as Central School, served as the home of all Kent students until two additional K–6 elementary schools were constructed in the 1880s. For most of the 1910s, all of the school buildings were overcrowded and the high school graduating classes had grown to nearly 40 students. As a result, a new, separate high school building was built in 1922. The Union/Central building remained in service as a K–8 school until 1953, when it was razed after the completion of a new Central Elementary School on the same property. Because of Kent High School's location in what became known as the Central School by the late 19th century, the school is often referred to contemporarily and historically as Kent Central High or simply as Central High.
Increases in enrollment throughout the 1910s led the school board to request funds to build a new high school building along with additions to other district buildings to ease overcrowding and prepare for expected growth in enrollment. A bond issue for the various construction projects was approved by voters June 24, 1919. Initially, the school board had planned to build the school on property along South Water Street adjacent to downtown, but decided against this citing the need for a larger lot and building to accommodate expected growth. Eventually, a 10 acres (4 ha) site at the intersection of Park Avenue and North Prospect Street was purchased and construction began May 31, 1921. It was completed less than a year later, on May 22, 1922, and hosted commencement exercises for the graduating class in June.
The four-story building cost $400,000 (approximately $ present-day) and contained a gymnasium with seating for 300, an 833-seat auditorium, and 27 classrooms. Later that year, in August, the Kent School Board adopted a resolution to name the building after former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
. The first classes were held in the building September 6, 1922 and it was dedicated September 22. By then, the high school enrollment had grown to approximately 400 students. In the late 1930s, a separate annex was built behind the building to house industrial arts classes. The North Prospect Street building served as the high school until 1959, when Roosevelt was relocated to a new building and campus along North Mantua Street in northern Kent. The building on North Prospect street was rededicated in 1959 as Davey Junior High School after the local Davey family
and served as the junior high school for grades 7–9. It was later renamed Davey Middle School and housed grades 6–8. At the conclusion of the 1998–1999 school year, the building was closed for an extensive renovation, and reopened in 2000 as Davey Elementary School.
Further growth in Kent during the 1950s spurred discussion of a new high school with a larger campus offering more room for future expansion. In 1955, district voters approved a $1.5 million bond issue (approximately $ present-day) followed by a $650,000 bond issue (about $ present-day) in 1957 to fund a new high school, new elementary school, and renovation of the old high school to become a junior high school. Also in 1957, the school board purchased several acres of farmland along North Mantua Street as the site for the new high school campus. Although some viewed the site as too remote, construction began in 1958 and the building was opened September 8, 1959 housing 550 students in grades 10–12. Enrollment increases throughout the 1960s and 1970s would necessitate several additions and by 1968, the graduating class numbered 238 students. Also in 1959, the Franklin Township and Brady Lake
districts merged with the Kent City School District, bringing additional students to Roosevelt. Prior to that time some students from Franklin Township and Brady Lake, neither of which had an accredited high school, attended Roosevelt as tuition-paying students to complete their high school diploma, while others finished at the Kent State High School
. The state of Ohio had previously paid tuition for rural schools without accredited high schools, but discontinued doing so in the late 1950s.
In 1972, many of the students from the Kent State High School, which had closed earlier that year, were transferred to Roosevelt. Beginning in 1978, ninth graders started attending the high school again for the first time since 1959 due to overcrowding at Davey Junior High School. In 1985, Roosevelt was honored as one of 212 high schools in the United States to earn the Presidential Excellence in Education award from the U.S. Department of Education. Since 2004, Roosevelt has consistently been rated "Excellent" by the Ohio Department of Education and in December 2009, US News & World Report named Roosevelt in the 2010 "Best High Schools" issue as one of the best high schools in the United States. The school earned a "Bronze Medal" ranking and was one of only 46 high schools in the state of Ohio to be named in the report.
The Roosevelt High School campus covers 88 acres (35.6 ha) along North Mantua Street (State Route 43) in northern Kent, adjacent to the corporate headquarters of the Davey Tree Expert Company
. Along with the school building on the eastern end of the campus and Stanton Middle School on the western end, there are facilities and practice fields for several sports that are used for physical education and athletic competitions. The largest facility is Roosevelt Stadium, built in 1970, which includes a natural grass playing surface, an eight-lane all-weather running track
, and locker rooms. It is used primarily for football
and track and field
. Adjacent to Roosevelt Stadium on the west is the smaller Stanton Stadium, used for lacrosse
and soccer, which has an additional nine-lane all-weather track used by Stanton Middle School. Between Stanton Stadium and Stanton Middle School is a fitness center that is used by the various athletic teams, physical education
classes, athletic healthcare program, and community groups, and is also used as a locker room for Stanton Stadium. The fitness center is housed in the building that previously served as the district's bus garage prior to the construction of Stanton Middle School in 1997. On the other side of Roosevelt Stadium are the baseball field, softball field, and a six-court tennis complex with additional open practice fields spread mainly along the southern part of campus. These fields are generally used for field hockey, football, soccer, and lacrosse.
The campus site, previously a farm, was originally 31 acres (12.5 ha). Since its purchase in 1957 it has been expanded multiple times, with a 17.4 acres (7 ha) addition in 1967, a 19.5 acres (7.9 ha) expansion in 1990 that was used as the site for Stanton Middle School
later that decade, and other adjacent parcels. Along with the construction of Stanton Middle School, several changes were made to the campus between 1997 and 2000, including additional sports facilities and practice fields and the realignment of Roosevelt Drive.
An additional facility, known as the Central School Annex, is located approximately 1 miles (1.6 km) south at the corner of North Mantua Street and Park Avenue in the building that formerly served as Central Elementary School. The facility was dedicated in 1954, replacing the previous building of the same name that had served as the first high school from 1869–1922. Central Elementary served mainly as a K–6 elementary school until 2000 when elementary students were moved to the newly renovated Davey Elementary School down the street. Central houses some programs and classes from the high school and is also used by outside education groups. Bridges Academy for ninth and tenth graders, and education for students with developmental disabilities
are housed at Central with most students spending part of their day at Central and the remainder of the day at Roosevelt. There are two additional education programs operated by outside organizations: Project Learn of Summit County has an instructional site for the General Educational Development (GED) test, and the Leap Program, which serves special education students from Kent and several other nearby districts, is also housed in the building.
to the south at 97.1% White, Stow-Munroe Falls High School
on the west at 92.7% White, Ravenna High School
to the east with 85.7% White and 8.3% Black, and Streetsboro High School
to the north at 83.3% White and 11.8% Black. 32.3% of Roosevelt students were labeled by the state of Ohio as economically disadvantaged, which classifies Roosevelt as a medium-low poverty school, and 14.3% of students were identified as having some sort of disability. This compares with Field's 19.9% economically disadvantaged and 13.4% with disabilities, Stow-Munroe Falls at 15.9% economically disadvantaged and 11.4% with disabilities, Ravenna with 51.7% economically disadvantaged and 18.6% with disabilities, and Streetsboro at 33.3% economically disadvantaged and 16.0% with disabilities. The Roosevelt graduation rate is 95.8%, which is similar to surrounding high schools and above the state average of 83% and state requirement of 90%.
Robert L. Klinar serves as principal, a position he has held since August 1, 2011, with Timothy G. King the principal of the Central School Annex. Assistant principals are Dennis Love, Brian Bachtel, and Mary Lynn Bush. The school employs a teaching faculty of approximately 115 for an average student–teacher ratio of 12:1. 71.6% of teachers hold at least a master's degree. There are nearly 70 additional staff members, which includes support staff, aides, guidance, and administration.
.
Roosevelt offers nearly 200 courses including 12 Advanced Placement (AP), 25 vocational education
, and numerous elective and required classes at varying levels of interest and understanding. Advanced Placement courses are offered in biology, calculus, chemistry, combined electricity and magnetism and mechanics physics, English literature, French, combined U.S. government and comparative government and politics, U.S. history, statistics, and studio art. Successful completion of an AP course adds an additional point that is factored into a student's class rank
. Additionally, students are able to take advanced courses at nearby colleges and universities such as Kent State University
and the University of Akron
through two post-secondary
dual enrollment options, which allow students to take credits that either fill both their high school and college graduation requirements or are for college credit only.
Vocational programs, known as Career and College Tech Prep classes, are available at the school and through the Six District Educational Compact, which includes the Cuyahoga Falls
, Hudson, Stow-Munroe Falls
, Tallmadge
, and Woodridge
school districts. The compact, established in 1969, combines and shares the vocational programs and resources of member schools and allows students to participate in the programs that are offered at each of the schools even if the program is at another building. There are 25 programs, six of which are College Tech Prep Initiative programs that allow students to earn both high school and college credits. The remaining 19 programs are Career Programs designed to give students training and work experience. College Tech Prep programs housed at Roosevelt include programs in athletic healthcare and fitness, manufacturing and engineering, landscape horticulture
, and teaching. Career Programs housed at Roosevelt include two business-related programs, computer-aided design
and manufacturing technologies, construction and remodeling, cosmetology
, electronics, health technology, marketing
, and out-of-school internships. Additional programs available through the compact that are housed at other schools include aviation, culinary arts, theater arts, automotive repair and technology, banking and finance, and early childhood educational aide training. Each program also has co-curricular component, meaning they have both in-class and outside requirements and responsibilities that are factored into the student's overall grade. One example is the Roosevelt chapter of DECA
, which is part of the marketing education program. In 2010, DECA members representing Roosevelt competed at the national competition for the 26th consecutive year and placed for the 10th consecutive year.
The Expedition Academy is an advanced program based on the Expeditionary Learning
model of Kurt Hahn
and uses both traditional and experimental teaching methods and models. It was formed in 1999 as a result of a study using focus groups and interviews of 300 students which found that students generally felt they needed more "real-world" applications to their school work including community service, problem solving, and curriculum integration
. The two-year program includes advanced courses in English, U.S. and world history, biology, and ecology and also includes a health class and an academy-specific physical education class integrated with outdoor education and community service.
In August 2010, the school introduced a pilot program known as the Rough Rider Twilight Academy. This academy runs from 2:45–5:25 PM after the general school day and is designed for students with "extraordinary circumstances" such as educational needs, daily attendance, and credit advancement, that cannot be met during the standard time frame. The academy uses online instruction and has five levels of opportunities available based on student need.
, and industrial technology
. While all fine and practical arts classes are electives, one full-year credit of either fine or practical arts is required to graduate.
Roosevelt offers four successive levels of general art classes, as well as classes in drawing and painting, clay and sculpture, glass and fiber, and an Advanced Placement studio art class that focuses on portfolio development. Three successive levels of photography classes are also offered. Generally, each art class lasts for a semester. A full-year general music theory
class is offered for students of varying musical backgrounds, and semester-long courses in acting and directing and play production are also available.
The musical performing arts programs—band, orchestra, and choir—are considered co-curricular, with the out-of-class requirements usually in the form of performances and additional rehearsals not during the school day. Each musical group also has additional extra-curricular ensembles and solo opportunities. Ensembles and soloists participate annually in the Ohio Music Education Association
(OMEA) Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event, while the main groups participate in OMEA's Large Group Adjudicated Event. These events allow students to perform for judges and receive a rating and comments based on specific criteria.
The "Rough Rider Marching Band" and flag corps perform at home and away football games, and at local and national competitions. In late October, after the football season, the band separates into concert band and wind symphony ensembles. Immediately after the final home game of every season, the band performs what is known as "Script Kent", a formation similar to "Script Ohio" performed by The Ohio State University Marching Band
and using the same song, Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse
by Robert Planquette
. As part of the tradition, the band spells out "Kent" with the stadium lights off and band members wearing green glow sticks around their ankles that are uncovered only after the stadium lights have been turned off. The marching band also hosts a yearly band show in late August, known as the "Roosevelt Premier of Bands" that features several local high school bands and marches in Kent's annual Memorial Day parade in May. Additional extra-curricular performance groups include Jazz
Band and brass
, woodwind
, percussion
ensembles. The Roosevelt orchestra program is composed mainly of an all-string chamber orchestra. Extracurricular
ensembles include a pit orchestra for the school's annual musical production and several smaller ensembles.
The choral program includes two all-female choirs, a mixed four-part choir, and an all-male chorus. Both the mixed four-part choir and one of the all-female choirs are auditioned. The choirs generally have three main concerts, with additional performances outside of school for the ensembles at various times of the year. Every May, the choirs, along with the Jazz Band, stage a pops concert that features music from a variety of time periods and genres and also includes choreography and additional solo and small group performances. The concert has been held every year since 1970. There are also four additional extracurricular ensembles, two all-female ensembles, one all-male ensemble, and one four-part mixed ensemble.
Practical arts classes include those in consumer science, information technology, and industrial technology. Generally, courses are for a semester, though a number of full-year classes are offered. Consumer science classes include those in areas such as cooking, sewing, interior design, relationships, and personal planning. Classes offered in industrial and information technologies are separate from the vocational programs also available. Industrial tech classes include those in cabinetry, woods and metal, electronics, and computer-aided design while information tech classes include those in law, accounting, sports and entertainment management, and aspects of digital media.
in addition to the four-year sequences of German, French, Latin, and Spanish classes. The Chinese course was added in 2007 and is taught by an exchange teacher from China who comes to the U.S. through a grant from the Ohio Department of Education, while Arabic classes began in August 2010.
A general English class for each grade level is required for graduation. Required English courses are full-year classes that can be taken at the comprehensive, college preparatory, or advanced levels with Advanced Placement available in 12th grade. Additional elective English classes include those in African American
literature, women's studies and literature, public speaking, poetry, journalism, short story
writing, writing research papers, and the works of William Shakespeare
. A news magazine production class produces The Colonel, the school magazine published 10 times per academic year. The school yearbook, the Rough Rider, is produced by the yearbook production course. Staff members of The Colonel have won a number of awards at state competitions, including the All-Ohio Award for best overall news magazine from the Ohio Scholastic Media Association in 2010. English electives last one semester, except the full-year news magazine and yearbook production classes, and can only be taken along with the required English classes.
Within the physical education
requirement, known as Dimensions of Physical Education, students have a choice of four programs of study in individual and net sports, dance, bodybuilding, and team sport
s. Ninth-grade students are required to take the one-semester class and an additional semester is required for graduation. Each dimension program also includes a session in aquatics and personal fitness. Lifeguard
training is also offered as a course and can be used to gain certification as a Professional Rescuer in first aid
, CPR
, and lifeguarding from the American Red Cross
.
The social studies
requirement includes world history and U.S. history, a semester-long course in U.S. government, and a half-credit elective. World history has an advanced option while U.S. history is also offered as an Advanced Placement course. Advanced Placement U.S. government is offered as a year-long course that includes a semester in comparative government and a field trip to Washington, DC. Semester-long elective courses, which can fulfill either the elective portion of the graduation requirements or the social studies elective, include those on violence in the United States, sociology
, psychology
, American popular culture
, African American history, economics
, and a leadership and community service
-oriented course known as Riders Taking Action.
at the school. Honorary organizations National Honor Society
and Quill and Scroll
have active chapters at Roosevelt while national and international organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union
, Key Club
, Amnesty International
, and American Field Service
(AFS) also have associated clubs at the school. In addition to the musical performing arts ensembles, there is also a chapter of the International Thespian Society
honorary organization that is part of the Roosevelt Drama Guild. Drama Guild presents three productions each school year: a drama in November, a musical
in February, and one-acts in April. Academic competition clubs such as an Academic Challenge quiz bowl team and Future Problem Solving are offered as well as a general foreign language club and separate clubs for the German, French, Latin, and Spanish language classes with the Latin Club also functioning as a chapter of the Ohio Junior Classical League. General interest clubs and organizations include a chess club, athletic boosters, student council, arts promotion clubs ForArts (Friends of Roosevelt Art Society) and the RHS Film Society, a general science club along with clubs for the environment and zoology
, and Gamer
s' Guild. There is also an African American youth-focused club known as Project Unity, a gay-straight alliance
, and an active Special Olympics
team.
A number of Roosevelt's extracurricular clubs and activities have been successful in competitions at state, national, and international levels. The Roosevelt Chess Club won the 1992 High School National Championship in the U-1600 division while the Special Olympics team has had several individual medalists at state competitions. The Academic Challenge team won their three-team televised round of the show in 2007 which earned them an 8th place finish overall in Northeast Ohio out of 87 schools. In 2009 they placed second in their televised competition and also have first-place finishes in 1985 and 1993. The Future Problem Solving teams, which includes Community Problem Solving, has had a number of team and individual placings at the state and international competition including a fourth-place individual placing at the 2004 international competition and second- and third-place finishes in various categories at the 2006 international competition.
Roosevelt's teams are known as the Rough Riders
, owing to the school's namesake Theodore Roosevelt
, and the school colors are red, white, and black. As of 2011, Roosevelt fields 27 varsity
athletic teams, the most recent additions being the boys and girls bowling teams, which received varsity status in September 2006. In June 2011, a girls golf team was approved and will compete as a club sport for its first two seasons. Previously, girls who wanted to play golf could compete as individuals on the boys' team. There are additional teams in most sports at the junior varsity level as well as a few sports that have freshman-only teams. All teams except the golf, ice hockey, and boys and girls bowling have their home games in facilities on the Roosevelt campus. Ice hockey home games are held in the Kent State University Ice Arena
, golf plays their home matches at the Oak Knolls Golf Course just north of the Roosevelt campus, and the bowling
teams have home matches at the Kent Lanes bowling alley.
The school is a member the Ohio High School Athletic Association
(OHSAA) and competes at the OHSAA Division I level in all sports except football, where it competes in Division II. Since August 2005 Roosevelt has been a member of the Portage Trail Conference
(PTC) Metro Division for all sports except ice hockey, field hockey, boys and girls lacrosse, and boys and girls swimming and diving as few or no other PTC schools have teams in those sports. Ice hockey competes in the Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League, field hockey in the Northeast Ohio Field Hockey League, and swimming and diving in the Northeast Aquatic Conference. Boys lacrosse is part of the Ohio High School Lacrosse Association Division I, while girls lacrosse competes in Division II of the Ohio Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association as lacrosse is not an OHSAA sanctioned sport. Roosevelt was a member of the Western Reserve League, also known as the Trolley League, from 1919 until 1954 when they joined the Metropolitan League. They would remain in the Metro League until it was absorbed in 1996 by the formation of the Western Reserve Conference. From 1996–2005, the Rough Riders were part of the WRC's South Division.
Roosevelt's archrival is the Ravenna High School
Ravens, located in nearby Ravenna
, also a member of the PTC and past member of the former Metro League and Western Reserve Conference. The rivalry, most prominent in football, began in the early 20th century and can be traced to the longtime rivalry between the cities of Kent and Ravenna that dates back to the early 19th century. Roosevelt also has a long-standing rivalry with the Bulldogs of Stow-Munroe Falls High School
, located in neighboring Stow
, as the two schools are only around 2 miles (3 km) apart. Both schools were league rivals for over 50 years in the former Metro League and Western Reserve Conference until Roosevelt joined the PTC in 2005. Since then the two have continued to meet in a variety of sports including football, soccer, boys basketball, swimming and diving, and field hockey.
Several Roosevelt teams have enjoyed both league and state success. The football
team, established in 1910, has won 22 league titles with the most recent being in 2011. The team has had undefeated regular seasons in 1922, 1966, 1990, 2006, and 2008 with state playoff appearances in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2011. The program has produced a number of players who have gone on to play major college football and professionally in the National Football League
(NFL) including Mike Adamle
, Deral Boykin
, Tom DeLeone
, and Stan White
. The boys golf
team has been one of the school's most successful and consistent teams winning the school's first state championship in 1944 and 35 league titles through the 2011 season. The team has posted two undefeated regular seasons, in 1983 and again in 2009.
The boys cross country
team won back-to-back state titles in 1980 and 1981 after a runner-up finish in 1979, and the girls cross country team posted runner-up finishes in 1997 and 1999. In 2010, the 1980 boys cross country team was awarded the National Cross Country Co-Championship by XCNation.com, the National Historical Archives for prep cross country. Recognized as one of the top teams in U.S. history, the team ran three of the top five team averages for 2.5 miles ever during the 1980 season. The 12:04 team average at the Warrior Classic and 12:17 at the Ohio State Championships rank as two of the top team performances all-time. Additional state titles have been won by the girls field hockey
team in 1981 with a runner-up finish in 1988, and the boys ice hockey
team in 1982 after finishing as runner-up the year prior.
Boys basketball has won 21 league titles, most recently in 2011, and played in consecutive OHSAA district championship games in 2009 and 2010. The team enjoyed their greatest season in 1957 when they advanced to the state championship game, falling to Middletown High School
, which was led by future NBA
great Jerry Lucas
. The boys lacrosse team, formed in 2000, has state runner-up finishes in 2001 and 2005 along with state final four appearances by boys soccer and boys volleyball in 1999.
Roosevelt also fields girls soccer, girls tennis
, and girls volleyball
in the fall sports season (August–November) along with football, field hockey, boys soccer, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls golf, and cheerleading
. In the winter sports season (November–February), in addition to the boys basketball and ice hockey teams, there are also boys and girls bowling, girls basketball, boys and girls swimming and diving, and wrestling teams, plus an additional cheerleading squad. During the spring sports season (March–June), Roosevelt fields baseball
, softball
, girls lacrosse
, boys and girls track and field
, and boys tennis
teams along with the boys lacrosse and boys volleyball teams.
Kent, Ohio
Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeastern Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 United States Census and 28,904 in the 2010 Census...
, United States. It is the only high school in Kent and the Kent City School District and serves students in grades 9
Ninth grade
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–12
Twelfth grade
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living in Kent, Franklin Township
Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio
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, Brady Lake
Brady Lake, Ohio
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, and Sugar Bush Knolls
Sugar Bush Knolls, Ohio
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as well as a small portion of southern Streetsboro
Streetsboro, Ohio
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. , enrollment was 1,336 with around 115 teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12:1. Recognition for academic performance over the years has come from the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
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, Ohio Department of Education, and U.S. News & World Report
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.
The school was founded in 1868 as Kent High School and was first housed at the Franklin Township Hall
Franklin Township Hall
The Franklin Township Hall, also referred to historically as the "Town Hall", is a town hall located in Kent, Ohio, USA, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building, located along Gougler Avenue in central Kent near the Cuyahoga River, was built in 1837 and has served as the...
until the completion of the K–12 (kindergarten
Kindergarten
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through year 12) Union School building in March 1869. In 1922, the school was moved to a new facility named for U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
on a 10 acres (4 ha) campus, which would serve as the high school until 1959. Following completion of a new building on a larger 31 acres (12.5 ha) campus along North Mantua Street in northern Kent, Roosevelt was moved to this location. The building has had a number of additions made beginning in the mid 1960s and contains nearly 70 classrooms, a library, gymnasium, auditorium, and indoor pool. The campus has been expanded over the years to 88 acres (35.6 ha) and also includes several athletic facilities and practice fields.
Nearly 200 courses are offered at the school including 12 Advanced Placement classes and 25 vocational education
Vocational education
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programs. Roosevelt is part of the Six District Educational Compact which pools vocational resources with five nearby high schools. There are also three academy programs for students with various educational needs. Other elective courses offered include those in the study of Mandarin Chinese and Arabic
Arabic language
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languages, lifeguard training, various aspects of American history
History of the United States
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and culture, multiple writing and journalism courses, and the visual, performing, and practical arts. There are multiple co- and extracurricular
Extracurricular activity
Extracurricular activities are activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education...
clubs and activities, many of which have earned outside recognition at the state and national levels. Roosevelt athletic teams compete in the Portage Trail Conference
Portage Trail Conference
The Portage Trail Conference or PTC is an association of sixteen public high schools and their associated middle/junior high schools located in the United States within the northeastern Ohio counties of Portage, Summit, and Stark...
Metro Division as part of the Ohio High School Athletic Association
Ohio High School Athletic Association
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio...
and are known as the Rough Riders
Rough Riders
The Rough Riders is the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action. The United States Army was weakened and left with little manpower after the American Civil War...
. Notable Roosevelt alumni include a Governor of Ohio, professional athletes, and entertainment figures.
Kent High School, 1868–1922
The establishment of what is today Theodore Roosevelt High School occurred in 1868 when the first classes of what was originally known as Kent High School were held. This was preceded first by the formation of the Franklin Union School District around 1860, which brought four smaller schoolhouse districts under one administration in what was then known as Franklin Mills. In 1867, the school board decided to consolidate the various neighborhood schoolhouses and create a graded curriculum, which included separate high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
classes. As part of the consolidation effort, construction of a new building, known as the Union School, began at the corner of Park Avenue and North Mantua Street on a hill overlooking the newly-named village of Kent. Construction of the school was part of a number of building developments in Kent in the late 1860s, including two churches and a large bank building. The name of the settlement was changed from Franklin Mills to Kent in 1864 and the village was incorporated from part of Franklin Township
Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio
Franklin Township is a civil township located in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county. The 2000 census found 5,276 people in the township...
in 1867 after population growth began in the mid-1860s followed the arrival of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad began as three separate railroads: the Erie and New York City Railroad based in Jamestown, New York; the Meadville Railroad based in Meadville, Pennsylvania ; and the Franklin and Warren Railroad based in Franklin Mills, Ohio...
and its shops in 1863. The laying of the Union School's cornerstone on May 29, 1867, was hailed by the local newspaper, the Kent Bulletin, as an event "which is brighter than anything heretofore recorded in our favor."
Because of construction delays, the building was not ready for classes in September 1868, so the first classes of the high school were held at the nearby Franklin Township Hall
Franklin Township Hall
The Franklin Township Hall, also referred to historically as the "Town Hall", is a town hall located in Kent, Ohio, USA, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building, located along Gougler Avenue in central Kent near the Cuyahoga River, was built in 1837 and has served as the...
while K–8 students remained at their old schoolhouses. The new building opened on March 14, 1869 with the high school grades located in the southwest room of the second floor and the four primary grades on the first floor. The third floor of the building was an open, multi-purpose room. The school held its first graduation ceremony in July 1869 with a class of just one, a student named Anna Nutting. Nutting later taught at the Union School and eventually became its principal, serving until 1888. The Union School, which would later be known as Central School, served as the home of all Kent students until two additional K–6 elementary schools were constructed in the 1880s. For most of the 1910s, all of the school buildings were overcrowded and the high school graduating classes had grown to nearly 40 students. As a result, a new, separate high school building was built in 1922. The Union/Central building remained in service as a K–8 school until 1953, when it was razed after the completion of a new Central Elementary School on the same property. Because of Kent High School's location in what became known as the Central School by the late 19th century, the school is often referred to contemporarily and historically as Kent Central High or simply as Central High.
First campus, 1922–1959
The four-story building cost $400,000 (approximately $ present-day) and contained a gymnasium with seating for 300, an 833-seat auditorium, and 27 classrooms. Later that year, in August, the Kent School Board adopted a resolution to name the building after former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
. The first classes were held in the building September 6, 1922 and it was dedicated September 22. By then, the high school enrollment had grown to approximately 400 students. In the late 1930s, a separate annex was built behind the building to house industrial arts classes. The North Prospect Street building served as the high school until 1959, when Roosevelt was relocated to a new building and campus along North Mantua Street in northern Kent. The building on North Prospect street was rededicated in 1959 as Davey Junior High School after the local Davey family
John Davey (tree surgeon)
John Davey , considered the father of the science of tree surgery, was born in Stawley, Somerset, England. Although he did not learn the alphabet until his early 20s, his sharp intellect and analytical skills allowed him to become a skilled orator, author, publisher and inventor.John Davey...
and served as the junior high school for grades 7–9. It was later renamed Davey Middle School and housed grades 6–8. At the conclusion of the 1998–1999 school year, the building was closed for an extensive renovation, and reopened in 2000 as Davey Elementary School.
North Mantua campus, since 1959
Brady Lake, Ohio
Brady Lake is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. The population was 513 at the 2000 census and 497 in the 2006 estimate. Incorporated in 1927, it originally developed as an amusement park and summer resort that opened in 1891. It was formed from a small portion of Franklin Township...
districts merged with the Kent City School District, bringing additional students to Roosevelt. Prior to that time some students from Franklin Township and Brady Lake, neither of which had an accredited high school, attended Roosevelt as tuition-paying students to complete their high school diploma, while others finished at the Kent State High School
Kent State University School
Kent State University School was a private school located in Kent, Ohio, USA, on the campus of Kent State University. The school included grades K–12 and was divided into elementary, middle, and high school levels with the high school known as Kent State University High School or Kent State High...
. The state of Ohio had previously paid tuition for rural schools without accredited high schools, but discontinued doing so in the late 1950s.
In 1972, many of the students from the Kent State High School, which had closed earlier that year, were transferred to Roosevelt. Beginning in 1978, ninth graders started attending the high school again for the first time since 1959 due to overcrowding at Davey Junior High School. In 1985, Roosevelt was honored as one of 212 high schools in the United States to earn the Presidential Excellence in Education award from the U.S. Department of Education. Since 2004, Roosevelt has consistently been rated "Excellent" by the Ohio Department of Education and in December 2009, US News & World Report named Roosevelt in the 2010 "Best High Schools" issue as one of the best high schools in the United States. The school earned a "Bronze Medal" ranking and was one of only 46 high schools in the state of Ohio to be named in the report.
Campus and facilities
In addition to approximately 70 classrooms, the building contains a multi-purpose gymnasium, a 1,234-seat auditorium, a library, and a six-lane indoor swimming pool. When first opened in 1959, the building contained 27 classrooms, a library, and the gymnasium. Several additions have been made to the building and campus since 1959. In the mid-1960s, an additional classroom wing was added, followed in the early 1970s by construction of a vocational classroom wing and the auditorium and adjoining scene shop. In the late 1970s, two more additions were built; one wing containing classrooms and an indoor swimming pool and the other an expansion of the second floor. The most recent additions in 1997 expanded the cafeteria and added a new art room and music storage room, along with several renovations and upgrades throughout the building.The Roosevelt High School campus covers 88 acres (35.6 ha) along North Mantua Street (State Route 43) in northern Kent, adjacent to the corporate headquarters of the Davey Tree Expert Company
Davey Tree Expert Company
The Davey Tree Expert Company is a privately held company that provides tree and lawn care services throughout the United States and Canada. It is the largest residential tree care company in North America. It was incorporated in 1909 in Kent, Ohio by John Davey, who is considered the father of the...
. Along with the school building on the eastern end of the campus and Stanton Middle School on the western end, there are facilities and practice fields for several sports that are used for physical education and athletic competitions. The largest facility is Roosevelt Stadium, built in 1970, which includes a natural grass playing surface, an eight-lane all-weather running track
All-weather running track
An all weather running track is the common term to describe a rubberized artificial running surface for the sport of Track and field athletics. Throughout the history of the sport, there has always been a search for a consistent surface that gave competitors an equal advantage, to test their...
, and locker rooms. It is used primarily for football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
. Adjacent to Roosevelt Stadium on the west is the smaller Stanton Stadium, used for lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
and soccer, which has an additional nine-lane all-weather track used by Stanton Middle School. Between Stanton Stadium and Stanton Middle School is a fitness center that is used by the various athletic teams, physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
classes, athletic healthcare program, and community groups, and is also used as a locker room for Stanton Stadium. The fitness center is housed in the building that previously served as the district's bus garage prior to the construction of Stanton Middle School in 1997. On the other side of Roosevelt Stadium are the baseball field, softball field, and a six-court tennis complex with additional open practice fields spread mainly along the southern part of campus. These fields are generally used for field hockey, football, soccer, and lacrosse.
Stanton Middle School (Kent, Ohio)
Stanton Middle School is a public middle school located in Kent, Ohio, USA. It is the only middle school in the Kent City School District and serves the district's 810 students in grades 6-8. Located at the opposite end of the same campus that houses Theodore Roosevelt High School, it opened in...
later that decade, and other adjacent parcels. Along with the construction of Stanton Middle School, several changes were made to the campus between 1997 and 2000, including additional sports facilities and practice fields and the realignment of Roosevelt Drive.
An additional facility, known as the Central School Annex, is located approximately 1 miles (1.6 km) south at the corner of North Mantua Street and Park Avenue in the building that formerly served as Central Elementary School. The facility was dedicated in 1954, replacing the previous building of the same name that had served as the first high school from 1869–1922. Central Elementary served mainly as a K–6 elementary school until 2000 when elementary students were moved to the newly renovated Davey Elementary School down the street. Central houses some programs and classes from the high school and is also used by outside education groups. Bridges Academy for ninth and tenth graders, and education for students with developmental disabilities
Developmental disability
Developmental disability is a term used in the United States and Canada to describe lifelong disabilities attributable to mental or physical impairments, manifested prior to age 18. It is not synonymous with "developmental delay" which is often a consequence of a temporary illness or trauma during...
are housed at Central with most students spending part of their day at Central and the remainder of the day at Roosevelt. There are two additional education programs operated by outside organizations: Project Learn of Summit County has an instructional site for the General Educational Development (GED) test, and the Leap Program, which serves special education students from Kent and several other nearby districts, is also housed in the building.
Demographics
The Roosevelt student body comes from an area that includes most of the city of Kent, most of Franklin Township, and all of the villages of Brady Lake and Sugar Bush Knolls. A very small portion of Streetsboro is also included. The student body can also include those from outside the district through open enrollment, which is open to students from any school district in Ohio. Through the 2009–2010 school year, Roosevelt had a student body of 1,336 students in grades 9–12. 81.3% of students were classified as non-Hispanic White, 10.8% non-Hispanic Black, 2.2% Asian, and 5.0% multi-racial, largely reflecting the demographics for the city of Kent. This is slightly more racially diverse than many of the school's neighbors with Field High SchoolField High School
Field High School is a public high school located in Brimfield, Ohio, United States, near Mogadore. It is the only high school in the Field Local School District and is a combination of students from Brimfield and Suffield townships, which make up the district. Their mascot is a falcon. The...
to the south at 97.1% White, Stow-Munroe Falls High School
Stow-Munroe Falls High School
Stow-Munroe Falls High School — often referred to as Stow High School — is a public high school located in Stow, Ohio, a suburb of Akron in Northeast Ohio. With an enrollment of nearly 2,000 students and a staff of more than 160, it is the only high school in the Stow-Munroe Falls City School...
on the west at 92.7% White, Ravenna High School
Ravenna High School (Ohio)
Ravenna High School a public high school located in Ravenna, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Ravenna School District and serves students primarily in Ravenna and Ravenna Township...
to the east with 85.7% White and 8.3% Black, and Streetsboro High School
Streetsboro High School
Streetsboro High School is a public high school in Streetsboro, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Streetsboro City School District. Their nickname is the Rockets. Streetsboro High School is the home of high school radio station WSTB, popularly known as 88.9 The Alter-Nation.On June 1, 2010,...
to the north at 83.3% White and 11.8% Black. 32.3% of Roosevelt students were labeled by the state of Ohio as economically disadvantaged, which classifies Roosevelt as a medium-low poverty school, and 14.3% of students were identified as having some sort of disability. This compares with Field's 19.9% economically disadvantaged and 13.4% with disabilities, Stow-Munroe Falls at 15.9% economically disadvantaged and 11.4% with disabilities, Ravenna with 51.7% economically disadvantaged and 18.6% with disabilities, and Streetsboro at 33.3% economically disadvantaged and 16.0% with disabilities. The Roosevelt graduation rate is 95.8%, which is similar to surrounding high schools and above the state average of 83% and state requirement of 90%.
Robert L. Klinar serves as principal, a position he has held since August 1, 2011, with Timothy G. King the principal of the Central School Annex. Assistant principals are Dennis Love, Brian Bachtel, and Mary Lynn Bush. The school employs a teaching faculty of approximately 115 for an average student–teacher ratio of 12:1. 71.6% of teachers hold at least a master's degree. There are nearly 70 additional staff members, which includes support staff, aides, guidance, and administration.
Curriculum
The daily schedule is from 7:30 AM to 2:29 PM and consists of eight 48-minute periods with five minutes between each class. Students who have lunch option are permitted to leave the campus during their lunch period. The school year is divided into four 9-week grading periods which form two 18-week semesters. The first semester generally begins in late August and concludes in early January while the second semester begins in early January and finishes in early June. State graduation requirements for the class of 2014 and beyond include 21.5 total credits. Of these, four must be in English, four in math, three each in science and social studies, one each in physical education and fine or practical arts, half a credit in health, and five elective credits. Within the credit requirements are specific classes that must be taken while the remainder can be filled by elective classes. Curriculum is based on state content standards set by the Ohio Department of Education as well as additional national standards. Since 1909, the school has been accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and SchoolsNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools , also known as the North Central Association, is a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states, that is engaged in educational accreditation...
.
Roosevelt offers nearly 200 courses including 12 Advanced Placement (AP), 25 vocational education
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
, and numerous elective and required classes at varying levels of interest and understanding. Advanced Placement courses are offered in biology, calculus, chemistry, combined electricity and magnetism and mechanics physics, English literature, French, combined U.S. government and comparative government and politics, U.S. history, statistics, and studio art. Successful completion of an AP course adds an additional point that is factored into a student's class rank
Class rank
Class rank is a measure of how a student's performance compares to other students in his or her class. It is commonly also expressed as a percentile. For instance, a student may have a GPA better than 750 of his or her classmates in a graduating class of 800...
. Additionally, students are able to take advanced courses at nearby colleges and universities such as Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
and the University of Akron
University of Akron
The University of Akron is a coeducational public research university located in Akron, Ohio, United States. The university is part of the University System of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a small college affiliated with the Universalist Church. In 1913 ownership was transferred to the City of...
through two post-secondary
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
dual enrollment options, which allow students to take credits that either fill both their high school and college graduation requirements or are for college credit only.
Vocational programs, known as Career and College Tech Prep classes, are available at the school and through the Six District Educational Compact, which includes the Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls City School District
The Cuyahoga Falls City School District is a public school district located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States. The district educates about 5,300 students in kindergarten to grade 12...
, Hudson, Stow-Munroe Falls
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District
The Stow-Munroe Falls City School District is a public primary and secondary school district with administrative offices in Stow, Ohio. Located in eastern Summit County, the district serves more than 5,500 students—primarily from the cities of Stow and Munroe Falls—but also from neighboring...
, Tallmadge
Tallmadge High School
Tallmadge High School is a public high school in Tallmadge, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Tallmadge City School District.The high school is also part of the Six District Educational Compact, a joint program of six area school districts to share access to each of their vocational...
, and Woodridge
Woodridge Local School District
Woodridge Local School District is a public school district in northeast Ohio, covering most of Peninsula and parts of Akron and Cuyahoga Falls...
school districts. The compact, established in 1969, combines and shares the vocational programs and resources of member schools and allows students to participate in the programs that are offered at each of the schools even if the program is at another building. There are 25 programs, six of which are College Tech Prep Initiative programs that allow students to earn both high school and college credits. The remaining 19 programs are Career Programs designed to give students training and work experience. College Tech Prep programs housed at Roosevelt include programs in athletic healthcare and fitness, manufacturing and engineering, landscape horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
, and teaching. Career Programs housed at Roosevelt include two business-related programs, computer-aided design
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
and manufacturing technologies, construction and remodeling, cosmetology
Cosmetology
Cosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty including hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures, and electrology....
, electronics, health technology, marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
, and out-of-school internships. Additional programs available through the compact that are housed at other schools include aviation, culinary arts, theater arts, automotive repair and technology, banking and finance, and early childhood educational aide training. Each program also has co-curricular component, meaning they have both in-class and outside requirements and responsibilities that are factored into the student's overall grade. One example is the Roosevelt chapter of DECA
DECA (organization)
DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
, which is part of the marketing education program. In 2010, DECA members representing Roosevelt competed at the national competition for the 26th consecutive year and placed for the 10th consecutive year.
Academies
There are three general education academy programs offered at the school. Two academy programs, Bridges Academy and Expedition Academy, are for students in grades 9 and 10. An additional online education academy, the Rough Rider Twilight Academy, is available for students in all grades who have a variety of extenuating circumstances. Bridges Academy, known simply as "Bridges", focuses on students who are identified in 8th grade as possibly having difficulty transitioning to the high school setting for academic, social, and/or emotional reasons. Bridges follows the same schedule as the rest of the high school, though periods 1–4 are spent at the Central School Annex while the remainder of the school day is at the main high school building. At the Central School Annex, students have their English, math, and life skills classes with 9th graders taking physical science and 10th graders taking U.S. History. Classes such as biology (10th grade), physical education, health, world history (9th grade), and other electives are held at the main building along with the students' lunch period.The Expedition Academy is an advanced program based on the Expeditionary Learning
Expeditionary learning schools
Expeditionary Learning Schools are models of comprehensive school reform based on the educational ideas of German educator Kurt Hahn, the founder of Outward Bound. Expeditionary Learning Schools exist in more than 150 schools in 30 states and the District of Columbia...
model of Kurt Hahn
Kurt Hahn
Kurt Martin Hahn was a German educator whose philosophies are considered internationally influential.-Biography:...
and uses both traditional and experimental teaching methods and models. It was formed in 1999 as a result of a study using focus groups and interviews of 300 students which found that students generally felt they needed more "real-world" applications to their school work including community service, problem solving, and curriculum integration
Interdisciplinary teaching
Interdisciplinary teaching is a method, or set of methods, used to teach a unit across different curricular disciplines. For example, the seventh grade Language Arts, Science and Social Studies teachers might work together to form an interdisciplinary unit on rivers.The local river system would be...
. The two-year program includes advanced courses in English, U.S. and world history, biology, and ecology and also includes a health class and an academy-specific physical education class integrated with outdoor education and community service.
In August 2010, the school introduced a pilot program known as the Rough Rider Twilight Academy. This academy runs from 2:45–5:25 PM after the general school day and is designed for students with "extraordinary circumstances" such as educational needs, daily attendance, and credit advancement, that cannot be met during the standard time frame. The academy uses online instruction and has five levels of opportunities available based on student need.
Arts
Roosevelt offers several visual and performing arts classes and programs that vary according to grade level and interest. Classes are also available in practical arts, such as consumer science, information technologyInformation technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, and industrial technology
Industrial technology
Industrial technology is the field concerned with the application of basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of industrial engineers and managers...
. While all fine and practical arts classes are electives, one full-year credit of either fine or practical arts is required to graduate.
Roosevelt offers four successive levels of general art classes, as well as classes in drawing and painting, clay and sculpture, glass and fiber, and an Advanced Placement studio art class that focuses on portfolio development. Three successive levels of photography classes are also offered. Generally, each art class lasts for a semester. A full-year general music theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
class is offered for students of varying musical backgrounds, and semester-long courses in acting and directing and play production are also available.
The musical performing arts programs—band, orchestra, and choir—are considered co-curricular, with the out-of-class requirements usually in the form of performances and additional rehearsals not during the school day. Each musical group also has additional extra-curricular ensembles and solo opportunities. Ensembles and soloists participate annually in the Ohio Music Education Association
Ohio Music Education Association
The Ohio Music Education Association is the Ohio state-level affiliate of MENC: The National Association for Music Education. Of the 52 federated state affiliates of MENC, the OMEA is the third largest and is the only state-level affiliate chartered as a "music education association" rather than...
(OMEA) Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event, while the main groups participate in OMEA's Large Group Adjudicated Event. These events allow students to perform for judges and receive a rating and comments based on specific criteria.
The "Rough Rider Marching Band" and flag corps perform at home and away football games, and at local and national competitions. In late October, after the football season, the band separates into concert band and wind symphony ensembles. Immediately after the final home game of every season, the band performs what is known as "Script Kent", a formation similar to "Script Ohio" performed by The Ohio State University Marching Band
The Ohio State University Marching Band
The Ohio State University Marching Band performs at Ohio State football games and other events during the fall quarter...
and using the same song, Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse
Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse
Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse is a song and military march by Robert Planquette and Paul Cezano.The original poem was written in 1870 by Paul Cezano, in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War and the first days of the French Third Republic...
by Robert Planquette
Robert Planquette
Jean Robert Planquette was a French composer of songs and operettas.Several of Planquette's operettas were extraordinarily successful in Britain, including Les cloches de Corneville , the length of whose initial London run broke all records for any piece of musical theatre up to that time, and Rip...
. As part of the tradition, the band spells out "Kent" with the stadium lights off and band members wearing green glow sticks around their ankles that are uncovered only after the stadium lights have been turned off. The marching band also hosts a yearly band show in late August, known as the "Roosevelt Premier of Bands" that features several local high school bands and marches in Kent's annual Memorial Day parade in May. Additional extra-curricular performance groups include Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
Band and brass
Brass instrument
A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips...
, woodwind
Woodwind instrument
A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument which produces sound when the player blows air against a sharp edge or through a reed, causing the air within its resonator to vibrate...
, percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
ensembles. The Roosevelt orchestra program is composed mainly of an all-string chamber orchestra. Extracurricular
Extracurricular activity
Extracurricular activities are activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education...
ensembles include a pit orchestra for the school's annual musical production and several smaller ensembles.
The choral program includes two all-female choirs, a mixed four-part choir, and an all-male chorus. Both the mixed four-part choir and one of the all-female choirs are auditioned. The choirs generally have three main concerts, with additional performances outside of school for the ensembles at various times of the year. Every May, the choirs, along with the Jazz Band, stage a pops concert that features music from a variety of time periods and genres and also includes choreography and additional solo and small group performances. The concert has been held every year since 1970. There are also four additional extracurricular ensembles, two all-female ensembles, one all-male ensemble, and one four-part mixed ensemble.
Practical arts classes include those in consumer science, information technology, and industrial technology. Generally, courses are for a semester, though a number of full-year classes are offered. Consumer science classes include those in areas such as cooking, sewing, interior design, relationships, and personal planning. Classes offered in industrial and information technologies are separate from the vocational programs also available. Industrial tech classes include those in cabinetry, woods and metal, electronics, and computer-aided design while information tech classes include those in law, accounting, sports and entertainment management, and aspects of digital media.
Additional courses and electives
In addition to the required courses for subjects such as English, math, physical education, science, and social studies, a number of additional elective classes are offered, many of which can be substituted for traditional classes. There are also language courses in Mandarin Chinese and ArabicArabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
in addition to the four-year sequences of German, French, Latin, and Spanish classes. The Chinese course was added in 2007 and is taught by an exchange teacher from China who comes to the U.S. through a grant from the Ohio Department of Education, while Arabic classes began in August 2010.
A general English class for each grade level is required for graduation. Required English courses are full-year classes that can be taken at the comprehensive, college preparatory, or advanced levels with Advanced Placement available in 12th grade. Additional elective English classes include those in African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
literature, women's studies and literature, public speaking, poetry, journalism, short story
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
writing, writing research papers, and the works of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
. A news magazine production class produces The Colonel, the school magazine published 10 times per academic year. The school yearbook, the Rough Rider, is produced by the yearbook production course. Staff members of The Colonel have won a number of awards at state competitions, including the All-Ohio Award for best overall news magazine from the Ohio Scholastic Media Association in 2010. English electives last one semester, except the full-year news magazine and yearbook production classes, and can only be taken along with the required English classes.
Within the physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
requirement, known as Dimensions of Physical Education, students have a choice of four programs of study in individual and net sports, dance, bodybuilding, and team sport
Team sport
A team sport includes any sport which involves players working together towards a shared objective. A team sport is an activity in which a group of individuals, on the same team, work together to accomplish an ultimate goal which is usually to win. This can be done in a number of ways such as...
s. Ninth-grade students are required to take the one-semester class and an additional semester is required for graduation. Each dimension program also includes a session in aquatics and personal fitness. Lifeguard
Lifeguard
A lifeguard supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, or beach. Lifeguards are strong swimmers and trained in first aid, certified in water rescue using a variety of aids and equipment depending on...
training is also offered as a course and can be used to gain certification as a Professional Rescuer in first aid
First aid
First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care...
, CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an emergency procedure which is performed in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person in cardiac arrest. It is indicated in those who are unresponsive...
, and lifeguarding from the American Red Cross
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S...
.
The social studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
requirement includes world history and U.S. history, a semester-long course in U.S. government, and a half-credit elective. World history has an advanced option while U.S. history is also offered as an Advanced Placement course. Advanced Placement U.S. government is offered as a year-long course that includes a semester in comparative government and a field trip to Washington, DC. Semester-long elective courses, which can fulfill either the elective portion of the graduation requirements or the social studies elective, include those on violence in the United States, sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
, psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
, American popular culture
Popular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
, African American history, economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, and a leadership and community service
Community service
Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....
-oriented course known as Riders Taking Action.
Extracurricular activities
In addition to many of the co-curricular activities associated with the various classes, there are several extracurricular clubsExtracurricular activity
Extracurricular activities are activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education...
at the school. Honorary organizations National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
and Quill and Scroll
Quill and Scroll
Quill and Scroll is an international high school journalism honor society that recognizes and encourages both individual and group achievements in scholastic journalism. According to the Quill and Scroll website, over 14,104 high schools in all 50 U.S. states and 44 countries have established local...
have active chapters at Roosevelt while national and international organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
, Key Club
Key Club
Key Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
, Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, and American Field Service
AFS Intercultural Programs
AFS Intercultural Programs was established in 1915 by A. Piatt Andrew, a onetime economics professor at Harvard University and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury...
(AFS) also have associated clubs at the school. In addition to the musical performing arts ensembles, there is also a chapter of the International Thespian Society
International Thespian Society
The International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high-school and middle-school theatre students located at more than 3,600 affiliated secondary schools across the United States, Canada, and abroad. The International Thespian Society was founded in Fairmont, West Virginia...
honorary organization that is part of the Roosevelt Drama Guild. Drama Guild presents three productions each school year: a drama in November, a musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
in February, and one-acts in April. Academic competition clubs such as an Academic Challenge quiz bowl team and Future Problem Solving are offered as well as a general foreign language club and separate clubs for the German, French, Latin, and Spanish language classes with the Latin Club also functioning as a chapter of the Ohio Junior Classical League. General interest clubs and organizations include a chess club, athletic boosters, student council, arts promotion clubs ForArts (Friends of Roosevelt Art Society) and the RHS Film Society, a general science club along with clubs for the environment and zoology
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
, and Gamer
Gamer
Historically, the term "gamer" usually referred to someone who played role-playing games and wargames. Since they became very popular, the term has included players of video games...
s' Guild. There is also an African American youth-focused club known as Project Unity, a gay-straight alliance
Gay-straight alliance
Gay–straight alliances are student organizations, found primarily in North American high schools and universities, that are intended to provide a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their straight allies .-Goal:The goal of most, if not all,...
, and an active Special Olympics
Special Olympics
Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries....
team.
A number of Roosevelt's extracurricular clubs and activities have been successful in competitions at state, national, and international levels. The Roosevelt Chess Club won the 1992 High School National Championship in the U-1600 division while the Special Olympics team has had several individual medalists at state competitions. The Academic Challenge team won their three-team televised round of the show in 2007 which earned them an 8th place finish overall in Northeast Ohio out of 87 schools. In 2009 they placed second in their televised competition and also have first-place finishes in 1985 and 1993. The Future Problem Solving teams, which includes Community Problem Solving, has had a number of team and individual placings at the state and international competition including a fourth-place individual placing at the 2004 international competition and second- and third-place finishes in various categories at the 2006 international competition.
Athletics
Rough Riders
The Rough Riders is the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action. The United States Army was weakened and left with little manpower after the American Civil War...
, owing to the school's namesake Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
, and the school colors are red, white, and black. As of 2011, Roosevelt fields 27 varsity
Varsity team
In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of secondary schools, against...
athletic teams, the most recent additions being the boys and girls bowling teams, which received varsity status in September 2006. In June 2011, a girls golf team was approved and will compete as a club sport for its first two seasons. Previously, girls who wanted to play golf could compete as individuals on the boys' team. There are additional teams in most sports at the junior varsity level as well as a few sports that have freshman-only teams. All teams except the golf, ice hockey, and boys and girls bowling have their home games in facilities on the Roosevelt campus. Ice hockey home games are held in the Kent State University Ice Arena
Kent State University Ice Arena
The KSU Ice Arena is a two-rink ice complex located on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, United States. The building contains two ice arenas, one with seating for 1,500 fans that is used for ice hockey and figure skating, with the other rink used for general skating. The two...
, golf plays their home matches at the Oak Knolls Golf Course just north of the Roosevelt campus, and the bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
teams have home matches at the Kent Lanes bowling alley.
Ohio High School Athletic Association
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio...
(OHSAA) and competes at the OHSAA Division I level in all sports except football, where it competes in Division II. Since August 2005 Roosevelt has been a member of the Portage Trail Conference
Portage Trail Conference
The Portage Trail Conference or PTC is an association of sixteen public high schools and their associated middle/junior high schools located in the United States within the northeastern Ohio counties of Portage, Summit, and Stark...
(PTC) Metro Division for all sports except ice hockey, field hockey, boys and girls lacrosse, and boys and girls swimming and diving as few or no other PTC schools have teams in those sports. Ice hockey competes in the Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League, field hockey in the Northeast Ohio Field Hockey League, and swimming and diving in the Northeast Aquatic Conference. Boys lacrosse is part of the Ohio High School Lacrosse Association Division I, while girls lacrosse competes in Division II of the Ohio Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association as lacrosse is not an OHSAA sanctioned sport. Roosevelt was a member of the Western Reserve League, also known as the Trolley League, from 1919 until 1954 when they joined the Metropolitan League. They would remain in the Metro League until it was absorbed in 1996 by the formation of the Western Reserve Conference. From 1996–2005, the Rough Riders were part of the WRC's South Division.
Roosevelt's archrival is the Ravenna High School
Ravenna High School (Ohio)
Ravenna High School a public high school located in Ravenna, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Ravenna School District and serves students primarily in Ravenna and Ravenna Township...
Ravens, located in nearby Ravenna
Ravenna, Ohio
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, also a member of the PTC and past member of the former Metro League and Western Reserve Conference. The rivalry, most prominent in football, began in the early 20th century and can be traced to the longtime rivalry between the cities of Kent and Ravenna that dates back to the early 19th century. Roosevelt also has a long-standing rivalry with the Bulldogs of Stow-Munroe Falls High School
Stow-Munroe Falls High School
Stow-Munroe Falls High School — often referred to as Stow High School — is a public high school located in Stow, Ohio, a suburb of Akron in Northeast Ohio. With an enrollment of nearly 2,000 students and a staff of more than 160, it is the only high school in the Stow-Munroe Falls City School...
, located in neighboring Stow
Stow, Ohio
Stow is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 32,139 at the 2000 census and 33,899 as of 2008. It is a suburban community that is part of the Akron metropolitan area. Stow is located adjacent to several other suburban communities in Summit and Portage Counties...
, as the two schools are only around 2 miles (3 km) apart. Both schools were league rivals for over 50 years in the former Metro League and Western Reserve Conference until Roosevelt joined the PTC in 2005. Since then the two have continued to meet in a variety of sports including football, soccer, boys basketball, swimming and diving, and field hockey.
Several Roosevelt teams have enjoyed both league and state success. The football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team, established in 1910, has won 22 league titles with the most recent being in 2011. The team has had undefeated regular seasons in 1922, 1966, 1990, 2006, and 2008 with state playoff appearances in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2011. The program has produced a number of players who have gone on to play major college football and professionally in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
(NFL) including Mike Adamle
Mike Adamle
Michael David "Mike" Adamle is a sports personality and former National Football League player. He is best known as the co-host of American Gladiators series for seven years....
, Deral Boykin
Deral Boykin
Deral Lamont Boykin is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, and Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football at the University of Louisville and was drafted in the six round of the 1993 NFL Draft....
, Tom DeLeone
Tom DeLeone
Thomas Denning DeLeone is a former American football center who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League, with the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals. He grew up in Kent, Ohio and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1968, where he was on the football, basketball,...
, and Stan White
Stan White (linebacker)
Stanley Ray White is a former American football linebacker.-Early life:Growing up in Kent, Ohio, he attended Theodore Roosevelt High School, graduating in 1968...
. The boys golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
team has been one of the school's most successful and consistent teams winning the school's first state championship in 1944 and 35 league titles through the 2011 season. The team has posted two undefeated regular seasons, in 1983 and again in 2009.
| State championships | State runner-ups | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Year(s) | Sport | Year(s) |
| Boys cross country | 1980, 1981 | Boys basketball | |
| Boys golf | |
Boys cross country | |
| Girls field hockey | |
Girls field hockey | |
| Boys ice hockey | |
Boys ice hockey | |
| Girls cross country | 1997, 1999 | ||
| Boys lacrosse | 2001, 2005 | ||
The boys cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
team won back-to-back state titles in 1980 and 1981 after a runner-up finish in 1979, and the girls cross country team posted runner-up finishes in 1997 and 1999. In 2010, the 1980 boys cross country team was awarded the National Cross Country Co-Championship by XCNation.com, the National Historical Archives for prep cross country. Recognized as one of the top teams in U.S. history, the team ran three of the top five team averages for 2.5 miles ever during the 1980 season. The 12:04 team average at the Warrior Classic and 12:17 at the Ohio State Championships rank as two of the top team performances all-time. Additional state titles have been won by the girls field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
team in 1981 with a runner-up finish in 1988, and the boys ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team in 1982 after finishing as runner-up the year prior.
Boys basketball has won 21 league titles, most recently in 2011, and played in consecutive OHSAA district championship games in 2009 and 2010. The team enjoyed their greatest season in 1957 when they advanced to the state championship game, falling to Middletown High School
Middletown High School (Ohio)
Middletown High School is a public high school in Middletown, Ohio. It is the only public high school in the Middletown City School District.-Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships:...
, which was led by future NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
great Jerry Lucas
Jerry Lucas
Jerry Ray Lucas was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history...
. The boys lacrosse team, formed in 2000, has state runner-up finishes in 2001 and 2005 along with state final four appearances by boys soccer and boys volleyball in 1999.
Roosevelt also fields girls soccer, girls tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, and girls volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
in the fall sports season (August–November) along with football, field hockey, boys soccer, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls golf, and cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
. In the winter sports season (November–February), in addition to the boys basketball and ice hockey teams, there are also boys and girls bowling, girls basketball, boys and girls swimming and diving, and wrestling teams, plus an additional cheerleading squad. During the spring sports season (March–June), Roosevelt fields baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, girls lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, boys and girls track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, and boys tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
teams along with the boys lacrosse and boys volleyball teams.
Notable alumni
- Mike AdamleMike AdamleMichael David "Mike" Adamle is a sports personality and former National Football League player. He is best known as the co-host of American Gladiators series for seven years....
, class of 1967; professional football player in the NFL, television commentator, and general manager of WWE RawWWE RAWWWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States... - Julianne BairdJulianne BairdJulianne Baird is an American soprano best known for her singing in Baroque works, in both opera and sacred music. She has nearly 100 recordings to her credit and is a well-traveled recitalist and soloist with major symphony orchestras...
, class of 1970; noted singer and teacher of voice - Deral BoykinDeral BoykinDeral Lamont Boykin is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, and Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football at the University of Louisville and was drafted in the six round of the 1993 NFL Draft....
, class of 1989; professional football player in the NFL - Vincent J. CardinalVincent J. CardinalVincent J. Cardinal is a graduate of Yale School of Drama. He is a playwright and director. He has written The Colorado Catechism and directed Queens Blvd. and Steve Hayes' Hollywood Reunion.-External links:...
, class of 1978; director and playwright - Martin L. DaveyMartin L. DaveyMartin Luther Davey was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He was the 53rd Governor of Ohio.-Childhood:Davey was born in Kent, Ohio in 1884. His father was John Davey, better known as the tree doctor and founder of the Davey Tree Expert Company. His mother was Bertha Reeves, the daughter of a...
, class of 1900; former U.S. Representative and Ohio Governor - Tom DeLeoneTom DeLeoneThomas Denning DeLeone is a former American football center who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League, with the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals. He grew up in Kent, Ohio and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1968, where he was on the football, basketball,...
, class of 1968; professional football player in the NFL - Joe EbanksJoe EbanksJoe Ebanks is an American professional poker player from Ohio. He grew up in Kent and as of 2011 resides in Stow. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 World Series of Poker where he made his first final table and had three in the money finishes...
, class of 2003; professional pokerPokerPoker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player in the World Series of PokerWorld Series of PokerThe World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment... - Joshua SethJoshua SethJoshua Seth Freedman is an American entertainer and voice actor. He was born in Kent, Ohio and attended the New York University film school. He has voiced dozens of well known anime characters and is sometimes credited as "Jeremiah Freedman", but has retired from voice acting in 2005...
, class of 1987; hypnotist and voice actor - Rod ReismanRod ReismanRod Reisman was the original drummer for the band Devo, joining the band at its inception in 1973 in Kent, Ohio. He played only the very first concert, when the band was named Sextet Devo, and was the only band member to be paid for playing. He was replaced by Jim Mothersbaugh, and later by Alan...
, class of 1971; original drummer for the band DevoDevoDevo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult... - Stan WhiteStan White (linebacker)Stanley Ray White is a former American football linebacker.-Early life:Growing up in Kent, Ohio, he attended Theodore Roosevelt High School, graduating in 1968...
, class of 1968; professional football player in the NFL - Chad ZumockChad Zumock-Early years:Chad Zumock grew up in Brady Lake, Ohio and later Kent, Ohio where he graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School. While enrolled at Kent State University, Zumock was actively involved with Last Call – a popular late-night sketch comedy show airing on the student-run campus TV...
, class of 1993; comedian and radio personality