Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent, Ohio)

Infobox Education in the United States
name= Theodore Roosevelt High School


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streetaddress= 1400 North Mantua Street
city= Kent
state= Ohio
zipcode= 44240
country= flagicon|USA USA
url= http://www.kentschools.net/rhs/
district= Kent City School District
principal= Roger Sidoti
assistant_principals= Dennis Love
Paul Milcetich
staff= 120cite web |url= http://webapp2.ode.state.oh.us/oeds-r/maintainorg/default.asp?crypt=b%92%95%8A%8E%88%9C%60WTYS|title= General Information - Theodore Roosevelt High School |accessdate=2008-07-27 |work= Ohio Department of Education online directory|publisher= Ohio Department of Education|date= 2008-07-14]
fundingtype= Public
schooltype= secondary school
grades= 9–12
avg_class_size =
ratio = 12:1 [cite web |url= http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/oh/other/930#teachers|title= Student Teacher Ratio Roosevelt High School - Kent, Ohio|accessdate=2008-05-26 |work= Roosevelt High School|publisher= GreatSchools|date= 2007]
SAT = 1176.6 (mean)cite web |url= http://www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcardfiles/2006-2007/BUILD/032508.PDF|title= Roosevelt High School 2006-2007 School Year Report Card|accessdate=2008-05-23 |format= PDF|work= Ohio Department of Education Local Report Card Files|Publisher= Ohio Department of Education]
ACT = 22.7 (mean)
language= English
communities= Kent, Brady Lake, Franklin Township, Sugar Bush Knolls
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campus= Suburban
team_name= Rough Riders
colors= Red, White, Black
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rival= Ravenna Ravens
Stow Bulldogs
conference= Portage Trail Conference
Metro Division
founded= 1868
yearbook= The Rough Rider
publication= The Colonel (magazine)
enrollment= 1,380
enrollment_as_of= 2008
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accreditation= Ohio Department of Education
North Central Association of Schools and Colleges
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seealso|Roosevelt High School "for schools of the same name"

Theodore Roosevelt High School, known more commonly as Kent Roosevelt or just Roosevelt is a public high school located in Kent, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in Kent and the Kent City School District and serves students in Kent, Franklin Township, Brady Lake, and Sugar Bush Knolls as well as a small portion of southern Streetsboro. [cite web |url= http://www.cleveland.com/pdgraphics/interactive/propertytax2007/|title= Property Tax 2007|accessdate=2008-05-26 |author= Exner, Rich|work= Cleveland.com Business|publisher= Plain Dealer|date= 2008] As of 2008, the full-time enrollment is around 1,380 in addition to just under 200 students from other high schools who attend vocational programs offered at the school through the Six-District Educational Compact.

The current school sits on a 50+ acre campus on North Mantua Street (SR 43) in northern Kent immediately south of the world headquarters complex for the Davey Tree Expert Company. The current campus also includes a football stadium with an all-weather 8-lane track and seating for over 5,000; a soccer stadium with a 9-lane all-weather track and seating for 500 that also includes a community weight room; a six lane indoor swimming pool; a baseball field; a softball field; a tennis complex with six tennis courts; and two additional football practice fields and two additional soccer fields. At the opposite end of the campus is Kent's Stanton Middle School, which houses the district's sixth, seventh, and eighth graders.

History

Roosevelt High School traces its roots back to 1868 when the Kent Schools consolidated the various neighborhood schoolhouses and created a separate high school curriculum. As part of the consolidated effort, a new school was erected at the corner of Park Avenue and North Mantua Street, on a hill overlooking the newly-named village of Kent. Because of construction delays, the building was not ready for classes in the fall of 1868, so the first classes of the new Kent High School were held in the Franklin Township Hall on what was then North River Street (now Gougler Ave.) while K-8 students remained at their old schoolhouses. The new building opened in the spring of 1869. [cite web |url= http://www.franklintownshipohio.org/about_franklin_township.htm |title= About Franklin Township|accessdate=2008-05-26|publisher= Franklin Township|date= 2006] It would serve as the home of all grades until 1922 when a new high school was built down the street at the intersection of Park Avenue and North Prospect Street. The original high school would remain in service as a K-8 school (known as Union School and Central School) until 1953 when it was replaced by a new (and now former) Central Elementary School located in front of it. following a year-long renovation. Ironically enough, the former Central Elementary School now serves as an extension of Roosevelt High School, housing several vocational and community programs among other uses.

The current building was originally constructed in 1958-1959 to house grades 10-12. That same year it and the district welcomed students from Franklin Township and Brady Lake as both of those districts were officially absorbed by the Kent City School District (prior to that time students from Franklin Township and Brady Lake could attend Roosevelt, but only if tuition was paid or they could attend Kent State High School). The current building has had a series of additions and modifications made since it first opened in the fall of 1959. Additions were made beginning in the 1960s with the most notable additions occurring in 1971-1972 with the addition of a 1,243 seat auditorium and a vocational wing, which nearly doubled the size of the school; and in 1976-1977 with the addition of the swimming pool wing. In 1972 Roosevelt absorbed most of the students from Kent State High School, which had been closed. [cite web |url= http://dept.kent.edu/ksuschool/index.html|title= Kent State University School|accessdate=2008-05-26 |author= Garmon, Margaret|publisher= Kent State University|date= 2000] Beginning in 1980, ninth graders began attending the high school again for the first time since 1959. The most recent additions were in 1997 when the cafeteria was expanded and a new art room was added along with several renovations and upgrades throughout the building.

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Academics

Roosevelt prides itself on the academic accomplishments of its students. Roosevelt students qualify as National Merit Scholars at 5-8 times the national average. The school offers over 200 courses, eight AP classes, and 20 career/vocational programs. Roosevelt and the Kent City Schools are part of the Six District Educational Compact, which also includes the Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Stow-Munroe Falls, Tallmadge, and Woodridge school districts. This compact allows students at member schools to participate in various vocational and career programs that are offered at each of the schools even if that school is not their home high school. Many, if not most, of the vocational programs are housed at Roosevelt or at the Central School Annex, located at the former Central Elementary School at the corner of Park Avenue and North Mantua Street. Roosevelt also has a tradition of strong and vibrant arts programs, due in large part to strong community support of the arts and the presence of Kent State University. More than a third of the students participate in the vocal and instrumental music programs (orchestra, marching band, and symphonic bands), which consistently rank in national and state competitions. There are more than 60 extracurricular clubs, including state and nationally recognized debate and chess teams, and state and internationally recognized Future Problem Solving teams.

Athletics

Roosevelt's teams are known as the Rough Riders as one might expect from a school bearing the name of Theodore Roosevelt. As of 2006, Roosevelt fields 25 varsity athletic teams, the most recent additions being the boys and girls bowling teams which received varsity status in September 2006. All Rough Rider athletic teams play their home matches at Roosevelt High School with a few exceptions: the ice hockey team plays its home matches at the KSU Ice Arena on the campus of Kent State University (which is also used by KSU's club team, local youth teams, and teams from the Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, Walsh Jesuit High School, and Western Reserve Academy) and the bowling teams play their home matches at the Kent Lanes on South Water Street (SR 43).

Most athletic teams are members of the Portage Trail Conference Metro Division, which began play in the fall of 2005. Ice hockey plays in the Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League (GCHSHL) White East Division. Prior to 2005, Roosevelt was a member of the former Metro League for most of the twentieth century until the league was absorbed by the newly-formed Western Reserve Conference in 1996 (which dissolved after the 2006-2007 season). From 1996-2005, the Rough Riders were part of the WRC's South Division. Current Rough Rider varsity athletic teams include:

Fall Sports

*Boys Cross Country
*Girls Cross Country
*Field Hockey*
*Football
*Golf
*Boys Soccer
*Girls Soccer
*Girls Tennis
*Girls Volleyball

Winter Sports

*Boys Basketball
*Girls Basketball
*Boys Bowling
*Girls Bowling
*Ice Hockey*
*Boys Swimming and Diving*
*Girls Swimming and Diving*
*Wrestling

pring Sports

*Baseball
*Boys Lacrosse*
*Girls Lacrosse*
*Softball
*Boys Tennis
*Boys Track and Field
*Girls Track and Field
*Boys Volleyball*

"An asterisk (*) denotes a team which participates in a league other than the Portage Trail Conference (PTC)."

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Boys cross country: 1980,1981
* Boys ice hockey: 1982
* Girls field hockey: 1981
* Boys golf: 1944cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA]

tate runner-up

* Boys basketball: 1957
* Boys cross country: 1979
* Boys ice hockey: 1981
* Girls field hockey: 1988
* Girls cross country: 1997, 1999
* Boys lacrosse: 2001, 2005 [These years are displayed on banners in the Roosevelt High School gymnasium]

Notable Alumni

*Mike Adamle; class of 1967; former NFL football player and television commentator; current general manager of WWE Raw
*Julianne Baird; class of 1970; noted singer and teacher of voice
*Deral Boykin; class of 1989; former University of Louisville and NFL football player [cite web |url= http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOYKIDER01|title= Deral Boykin |accessdate=2008-06-22 |work= DatabaseFootball.com|date= 2006]
*Vincent J. Cardinal; class of 1978; director and playwright
* Martin L. Davey; class of 1900; former U.S. Representative and Ohio Governor
* Tom DeLeone; class of 1968; former Ohio State Buckeyes and NFL football player
* Mike Drennan; class of 1968; retired Brigadier General of the United States Air Force
* Don Pierson; class of 1962; sportswriter and recipient of Dick McCann Memorial Award [cite book|title= 2008 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Program |date= 2008 |author= Kent City Schools |publisher= Kent City School District]
* Stan White; class of 1968, former Ohio State and NFL football playercite web |url= http://www.kent.k12.oh.us/kcs/hof_archives.php |title= Kent City Schools Hall of Fame Archives|accessdate=2008-05-12 |format= |author= Kent City Schools]

Alma Mater

"Our strong band can ne'er be broken,"
"Formed in Roosevelt High -"
"Far surpassing wealth unspoken,"
"Sealed by friendship's tie."
"Alma Mater, Alma Mater,"
"Deep graven on each heart,"
"Shall be found unwav'ring, true,"
"When we from life shall part."
"Mem'ry's leaflets close shall twine,"
"Around our hearts for aye."
"And waft us back o'er life's broad track"
"To pleasures long gone by."
"Alma Mater, Alma Mater,"
"Deep graven on each heart,"
"Shall be found unwav'ring, true,"
"When we from life shall part."
"High school life at best is passing,"
"Gliding swiftly by."
"Then let us pledge, in word and deed,"
"Our love for Roosevelt High."
"Alma Mater, Alma Mater,"
"Deep graven on each heart,"
"Shall be found unwav'ring, true,"
"When we from life shall part."

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