Roswell High School (Georgia)

Infobox Secondary School
name = Roswell High School

motto = A Tradition of Excellence
type = Public school, secondary
established = 1949
grades = 9-12
enrollment = 2,436
campus=suburban, convert|54|acre|km2|4|sp=us|lk=on
faculty = 246
principal = Dr. Edward J. Spurka
mascot = Hornets
rival = Milton High School
colors = Forest green and black color box|#228b22 color box|black
yearbook = "Mimosan"
newspaper = "The Sting"

picture =
oversight= Fulton County School System
testname= SAT
testaverage =1663cite news |url=http://www.northfulton.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2006-09-07&-token.story=148785.112113&-token.subpub= |title=All N.F. high schools land on SAT's top 25 |work=Johns Creek Herald |date=September 7, 2006 |accessdate=2007-04-28 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ]
accreditation = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
address=11595 King Road
city = Roswell
state = Georgia
country = USA
free_label_1=Graduates in 2006
free_1=467
free_label_2=School Board Representative
free_2=Linda Schultz
website = [http://www.roswellhigh.com www.roswellhigh.com]

Roswell High School (RHS) is a public high school in Roswell, Georgia, U.S.A. that opened in 1949. It serves the entire city of Roswell west of Georgia 400 and the city of Mountain Park. With a population of over of 2,436 students in the 2007-2008 school year, RHS is one of the largest school in the Fulton County School Systemcite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/school_detail.asp?id=852 |title=FCSS Schools — ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL |publisher= Fulton County School System |accessdate=2008-06-04] . It is the second oldest of Fulton County's schools in the northern portion of the county opening between Milton High School (1921)cite web |url=http://www.miltonhighschool.com/page.php?page=history |title=Milton High School|publisher= Milton High School |accessdate=2008-10-03] , and Chattahoochee High School (1991)cite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/school_detail.asp?id=880 |title=Chattahoochee High|publisher= Fulton County Schools |accessdate=2008-10-03] .

Roswell's national testing scores have exceeded the national and state averages and it has been named a national and Georgia school of excellence cite web |url=http://doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/support/recognition/soe_all.pdf |title=Georgia Schools of Excellence |publisher= Georgia Department of Education |accessdate=2007-04-10|format=PDF] . RHS is a member of the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) and Region 6-AAAAA for athletic competition, where the Roswell Hornets have won 19 state championship titles in seven different sportscite web |url=http://www.ghsa.net/?q=node/164|title=GHSA State Champs Index|publisher=GHSA|accessdate=2007-06-29] .

History

The school first opened in 1949 and is the second oldest in Fulton County north of the Chattahoochee River Fact|date=June 2008. It was named in honor of the city's founder, Roswell King. The immediate predecessor to Roswell High School was the Roswell Public School on Mimosa Boulevard, which housed grades 1-10 and opened in the 1892 after the Georgia General Assembly passed Act No. 51 on December 20, 1892, which allowed the city to elect a school board and levy taxes for support of the school.cite book |title=Roswell: A Pictorial History |editor=Darlene M. Walsh |version= Second Edition |origyear=1985 |year=1994 |chapter=Chapter IV |pages=p.86|Publisher=Roswell Historical Society |location=Roswell, Georgia |isbn=0-9615854-2-0 |id=LCCN|94|0|67581 ] Students from outside the city limits were required to pay tuition.cite book |title=Days Gone By in Alpharetta and Roswell, Georgia: Vol. I |edition= Second Printing |publisher=Chattahoochee Press |last=Dillman |first=Caroline Matheny |location=Roswell, Georgia |isbn=0-9634253-0-7 |origyear=1992 |year=1996 |pages=pp.135.138] In 1896, the city council and mayor were authorized by the state to issue $5,000 in bonds to build a new school building.

In 1914, the existing school was torn down and two new structures were built for the school.cite book |title=Roswell: A Pictorial History |editor=Darlene M. Walsh |version= Second Edition |origyear=1985 |year=1994 |chapter=Chapter V |pages=p.105] Since schools were segregated at that time, a two-story brick building was constructed on Mimosa Boulevard to house the white students in grades 1 through 10, and a one-room wooden building for the black students was built on Pleasant Hill Avenue for grades 1 through 7.cite book |title=Images of America: Historic Roswell, Georgia |first=Rebecca |last=Paden |authorlink=Rebecca Paden|coauthors= Joe McTyre |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina| isbn=0-7385-1374-1 |year=2001 |pages=pp. 91,106,107] The Pleasant Hill facility also served as a meeting place for a local lodge and the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church until the church built its own facility across the street in 1922. Grade 11 was added in the 1920s to the Mimosa Boulevard school.cite book |title=Days Gone By in Alpharetta and Roswell, Georgia: Vol. I |last=Dillman |first=Caroline Matheny |origyear=1992 |year=1996 |pages=pp.189-191] Black students that progressed past grade 7 could then attend Washington High School in Atlanta.

During the Great Depression, the city of Roswell, was annexed into Fulton County from Cobb County as part of its 1932 combination with Milton County and Campbell County. Roswell students in grades ten and eleven were then sent to Milton High School in Alpharetta or North Fulton High School in Atlanta to finish their secondary education (which ended upon completion of grade 11). In 1949, the Mimosa Boulevard building was demolished, and a new school was built on the existing site to allow the 10th and 11th grade to return to Roswell as the inaugural Roswell High School. G.W. Adams was the first principal and oversaw the addition of more rooms to the school over the next few years. During this growth, the Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches also located on Mimosa Boulevard were used to house auxiliary classrooms. Also in 1949, the high school began participating in athletics with a varsity basketball team and other senior high school extracurricular activities. In 1950, Roswell High School added grade 12 as part of state-wide standard for high schools and played its first varsity football season. The first graduating class graduated in the spring of 1951.

Construction began nearby on Alpharetta Highway near the present day Roswell City Hall on a new high school campus. That facility opened in the fall of 1954cite news |url=http://www.northfulton.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2005-10-06&-token.story=128855.112113&-token.subpub= |title=RHS Class of '55 returns |work=Alpharetta and Roswell Revue & News |date=April 6, 2005 |accessdate=2007-04-28 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ] and allowed the high school (grades 8–12) to physically separate from the elementary school (grades 1–7). Roswell High's second campus was given an award as one of the three best architecturally designed high school buildings in the southeast for its time Fact|date=June 2008. It had a capacity of 400 students and had facilities for industrial arts, shop, music halls, science labs, art room, indoor gymnasium, athletic fields, football stadium and a track. The primary school remained in the Mimosa Boulevard building as Roswell Elementary.cite book |title=Roswell High School Concert on the Green Cookbook |year=2006 |publisher=Roswell Booster Club] As of 2007, the brick elementary building is part of an expanded structure still owned by the Fulton County School System, and it houses the Crossroads Second Chance North Alternative School and the Teaching Museum North.cite web |url=http://georgiamagazine.org/archives_view.asp?mon=9&yr=2006&ID=1396 |title=Bringing history to life: Teaching Museum North does just that |publisher=Georgia Magazine |last=Witt |first=Kathy |accessdate=2007-02-23 |month=September |year=2006 ] Roswell High remained in the Alpharetta Highway campus until the fall of 1990 when the current campus on King Road was opened.

Campus

The current campus is the third that Roswell High School has occupied and opened in the fall of 1990 on King Road, just off of

On February 2, 2007, Roswell High had a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion project. The 23,851 Square foot expansion will include 10 new classrooms and a new band room. Once completed the school will have a 1,900 student capacity, and will eliminate the need for several of the portable classrooms. Construction officially began on February 5, 2007.cite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/story_detail.asp?id=1809 |title=Roswell High Breaks Ground for New Addition |publisher= Fulton County School System |accessdate=2007-02-18] The addition is being paid for by a one cent Special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST).cite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/PenniesForProgress.htm |title=Pennies for Progress SPLOST site |publisher= Fulton County School System |accessdate=2007-02-18] Additional improvements to RHS for additional safety and security features, technology and curriculum equipment enhancements, and athletic facilities upgrades will also be implemented as part of third SPLOST approved by Fulton County voters on March 20, 2007.cite news |last=Waylock |first=Candy |url=http://www.northfulton.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-03-22&-token.story=155220.112113&-token.subpub=|title=Tiny turnout passes SPLOST |work=Alpharetta and Roswell Revue & News |date=March 26, 2007 |accessdate=2007-04-28 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ]

tudents and Faculty

In the 2006-2007 school year, Roswell's enrollment of 2,517 made it Fulton County's largest school. In that year, the student population was 68% white, 15% African American, 12% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Roswell has a relatively large immigrant population, including students from Russia and other former Soviet republics, Korea, and African nations. According to 2007 statistics, 92 percent of the school's graduates go on to colleges and universities across the United States.Citation
last= McElrath
first=Daniel
year=2007
periodical=Roswell Beacon
volume=1
issue=1
pages=16] The school's current student enrollment is 2,436. As of 2007, Roswell's faculty had 246 full time teachers, with 85% holding an advanced degree.cite web |url=http://www.roswellhigh.com/schoolProfile.php |title=Roswell High School Profile |publisher= Roswell High School |accessdate=2007-03-06]

Roswell High School is the highest-level school in Fulton County's Roswell Cluster. The schools that feed into Roswell include Hembree Springs, Mimosa, Mountain Park, Roswell North, and Sweet Apple Elementary Schools. The middle schools that feed into Roswell are Crabapple Middle School and Elkins Pointe Middle School. Also included in the Roswell Cluster is the Crossroads Second Chance North Alternative School which serves northern Fulton County students in grades six through twelve.cite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/cluster_detail.asp?id=Roswell |title=Roswell Cluster Details |publisher= Fulton County School System |accessdate=2008-06-05]

Academics

Roswell High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1997-1998 by the United States Department of Education.cite web |url=http://doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/support/recognition/blue_ribbon_schools.pdf |title=National Blue Ribbon Schools from Georgia |publisher= Georgia Department of Education |accessdate=2007-04-10|format=PDF] It is also designated a Georgia School of Excellence. 26 Advanced Placement Program (AP) Classes are offered and SAT as well as ACT scores regularly exceed the national and state average. RHS is a part of the Fulton County School System and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Georgia Department of Education.

For the 2005-2006 school year, Roswell's average SAT score was 1663 with the new SAT scoring system, which ranked Roswell 3rd best in the Fulton County School System and 6th in Metro Atlanta. The Georgia state average was 1477 while the National average was 1518.cite web |url=http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/0829metsatscores.html |title=Metro school district SAT scores |date=August 29, 2006 |publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |accessdate=2007-02-18] In the AP exams, 477 students took the tests in 2005 with 84% receiving the necessary score (3 or higher) to earn college credit. Nationally, only 60% score high enough to earn college credits.cite web |url=http://www.roswellhigh.com/schoolProfile.php |title=Roswell High School Profile |publisher= Roswell High School |accessdate=2007-03-06] Three RHS students were named National Merit Scholars in 2005.cite news |last=Blum|first= Mike |url=http://www.northfulton.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2005-05-05&-token.story=127264.112113&-token.subpub= |title=Six area students named National Merit Scholars
work=Johns Creek Herald |date=May 5, 2005 |accessdate=2007-04-28 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ]

Roswell's academic success has brought national recognition. The school was ranked the #472 school in Newsweek Magazine's top 1,200 schools, ranking Roswell High School in the top 3% nationally. Roswell was third on the list among Fulton County's 12 high schools.cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678?s=400&np=13&sort=raa |title=The Complete List, 1,200 Top US Schools |date=May 23, 2006 |publisher=Newsweek Magazine |accessdate=2007-02-20]

Roswell offers a unique curriculum with many electives not offered anywhere else in the county. The school's unique course offerings include the Career Tech diploma track, robotics, psychology, and foreign languages.Citation
last= McElrath
first=Daniel
year=2007
periodical=Roswell Beacon
volume=1
issue=1
pages=16] Roswell High School's Foreign Language department offers French, Spanish, Latin, German, and Japanese and was honored in the January 2007 issue of Atlanta Magazine for offering the most foreign language courses in the Atlanta area.Citation
last= Schultz
first=Linda
year=2007
periodical=Roswell Beacon
volume=1
issue=1
pages=12] RHS students participated in the 2007 Annual Japanese Challenge Academic Bowl and won the most awards of any school at the competition.cite news |url=http://www.northfulton.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-03-29&-token.story=155461.112113&-token.subpub= |title=Roswell High wins big at Japanese Bowl |work=Alpharetta and Roswell Revue & News |date=April 04, 2007 |accessdate=2007-04-28 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ]

In 2008, Roswell High was one of 23 Georgia schools recognized by state school superintendent Kathy Cox as an AP Merit School (20% of students taking AP exams, 50% or more of those receiving a score of three or higher).cite news |url=http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-i-2008-03-06-170454.112113_School_Notes.html |title=N. Fulton high schools get AP Honors |work=Alpharetta and Roswell Revue & News |date=March 11, 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-05 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ] Also in 2008, one Roswell High School student was named one of only 138 high school seniors nationwide to be named a Presidential Scholar.cite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/story_detail.asp?id=2139 |title=Roswell HS Grad named Presidential Scholar |accessdate=2007-04-28 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ] .

Career Tech

The Career Tech department at Roswell High is made up of: Broadcast and Video Production, Cosmetology, Family and Consumer Sciences, Diversified Technology, Pre-Engineering, Business Education, and JROTC. Through this department, students may take three consecutive years of one of the branches to obtain a Career Technology High School Diploma in place of a College Prep Diploma. Courses cover diverse topics such as culinary arts, business, computers, interior design, and introduction to education and early childhood care.cite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/other/rhscareertech/default.htm |title=Career Technology Home Roswell High School |accessdate=2008-06-05 |publisher=Roswell High School] .

Broadcast and Video Production

The Broadcast and Video Production department is designed to teach students about the television industry. Using a hands-on method, students learn about all aspects of television from preproduction to production to post production.cite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/other/rhscareertech/broadcastVideo.htm |title=Broadcast and Video Production Program at Roswell High School |accessdate=2008-06-05 |publisher=Roswell High School Career Tech Department] The facility is made up of a working television studio, a large control room, six edit rooms (each equipped with both linear and non-linear editing systems), a radio station, and a normal classroom. Students in the program learn to produce everything from commercials and PSA's to dramas, news shows, and sporting events. The advanced classes produce a weekly news show entitled the Morning Buzz which airs at the beginning of the day. The Broadcast and Video department supports the student-run radio station, [http://www.wrhsthehive.com WRHS the Hive] , the film club, and the yearly School House Rock concert.

JROTC

Roswell High School offers a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program. The mission of JROTC is not to recruit students into the armed forces, but to motivate young people to be better citizens. The JROTC program offers opportunities to help students improve their grades, help them be more responsible, and to hone their leadership skills.cite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/other/rhscareertech/jrotc.htm |title=JROTC Program at Roswell High School |accessdate=2008-06-05 |publisher=Roswell High School Career Tech Department] The program at Roswell High School also offers extracurricular activities for students to become involved with. The activities offered are the Drill Team, the Raider Team, and the Rifle Team.

The drill team provides students in the JROTC program the opportunity to learn how to properly follow orders by executing various complex series of commands given by the drill team captain. The sabre and color guards are a part of the drill team and present the colors (national and state flags) at various school and community events, or to honor people of great importance. The Drill Team also represents the school in competitions.cite web |url=http://www.rhs-jrotc.org/Drill.htm |title= RHS Drill Team |accessdate=2008-06-05 |publisher=Roswell High School JROTC] The raider team is a team to improve the physical fitness of cadets; they go through many exercises included in physical train, such as push ups, sit ups, pull ups, flexed arm hang, crunches, the one mile run, or litter carry. Like the drill team, the Raider Team enters various competitions, winning a championship in 2006-2007.cite web |url=http://www.rhs-jrotc.org/Raider.htm |title= RHS Raider Team |accessdate=2008-06-05 |publisher=Roswell High School JROTC]

The Rifle team is jointly run by the JROTC program and the Athletics Department and it represents the school in the Olympic sport of Riflery. The team won the Region 6 championship six straight years between 1996 and 2001. In 2000 the team captured the State Runner-up Trophy.cite web |url=http://www.rhs-jrotc.org/Rifle.htm |title= RHS Rifle Team |accessdate=2008-06-05 |publisher=Roswell High School JROTC]

Fine Arts

Roswell High School offers interested students Fine Arts opportunity in Art, Band, Chorus, Drama, and Orchestra. The various groups meet throughout the year as elective classes and extracurricular activities and have many events to entertain and enhance not just the school, but the community at large. These can include but are not limited to performing at football games, murals painted in the school's halls, concerts, plays, and a spring musical jointly put on by the Drama and Choral departments.

Chorus

Roswell Choruses have performed on numerous occasions for the Georgia Music Educator's Association, and sang at the 2003 Southern Division of the Music Educator's National Conference in Savannah, Georgiacite web |url=http://www.fultonschools.org/school/roswell/chorus/index.htm |title=Roswell High School Chorus |date=2006 |publisher=RHS Chorus|accessdate=2007-02-24] . The Singing Hornets have performed concerts to locations including Notre Dame, St. Peter's Basilica, Carnegie Hall, and Disney World. They have performed with professional orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Orchestra Atlanta. Each year, the Roswell Choral Music Program receives invitations for students to participate in the Georgia All-State Chorus and the Governor's Honors Program. Ensembles Include: Chamber Singers, Show Choir, Intermediate Mixed Choir, and Women's Choir.

Drama

Every fall semester, the Roswell High School Drama department sends a group of actors to participate in the regional One-Act Play Competition for 6-AAAAA Schools. In 2005, the students performed "Jungalbook" an adaptation of the Edward Mast play. In 2006, the department performed "Treasure Island."

Band

The Roswell marching band performs for all varsity football games and has competitions throughout the fall as well as parade appearances. The Jazz band meets in place of the marching band in the spring and performs in concerts and community events. Marching Band and Jazz Band meet outside of class after school along with their counter parts, Winter Guard and Color Guard. The band also has symphonic and Wind Ensemble which meet during the school year as classes and have regular performances and compete in music festivals.

Hornet Advisory Program

The Hornet Advisory Program (HAP) is a new program being implemented at the school that aims to help freshmen students adjust to high school life. The program brings together faculty advisors, academic counselors, and upperclassmen students to act as mentors to freshmen and acclimate them to Roswell High School. The program meets with students four times a week.Citation
last= McElrath
first=Daniel
year=2007
periodical=Roswell Beacon
volume=1
issue=1
pages=16]

Extracurricular activities

Roswell High School offers students a variety of options to get involved in the school. Roswell sponsors sports teams in fifteen different sports as well as several club sports. Students can also participate in service clubs, academic clubs, and general interests clubs for a variety of different tastes a preferences.

Athletics

At Roswell High School, athletic teams are considered an extension of the classrooms and are ambassadors of not only the school, but also the community as a whole. The Roswell High mascot is the Hornet and the school colors are Green, Black, and White. The Hornets compete in 23 teams at the varsity level, with additional teams competing at the Junior Varsity (JV) and 9th grade level. 11 sports are available to boys, 10 are for, with 2 teams co-ed.cite web |url=http://www.roswellhigh.com/sports/coaches.php |title=Roswell High School Athletics |publisher=Roswell High School |accessdate=2008-06-04] cite web |url=http://www.ghsa.net/athletics |title=GHSA Sanctioned Athletic Events |publisher=GHSA |accessdate=2008-06-04]

The Hornets have won multiple state titles in athletics, including three each in American Football and Baseball, and two in boys Basketball, the three most popular high school sports in Georgia. Roswell's most successful girls team is Gymnastics, which has won seven state championships (1997, 2000-2003, 2005, 2007) and is the school's most successful team overall. In 1970-71 Roswell completed a then-unprecedented threepeat in the GHSA, winning a state title (including a back-to-back campaign in Baseball) in baseball, basketball, and football within 12 months of each other.cite web |url=http://mirror.augusta.com/stories/040705/spo_040705_1204_31.shtml |title=The more things change, the more the Brickyard stays the same|publisher=McDuffie Mirror|accessdate=2007-12-24] In total the Roswell Hornets have won 19 team State Championships, 12 State Runner-Ups, and numerous Region titles in the school's 23 sports.

Since its inception, Roswell's traditional rival has been Milton, the oldest high school in northern Fulton County. The two have competed since 1950 in every sport the two schools offer. In 1964 a fight broke out between the fans of the schools at a football game and the series was banned for several years.cite web
url=http://www.neighbornewspapers.com/304/10279394.txt
title=Milton @ Roswell: Old Rivals Meet With High Stakes
publisher=Roswell Neighbor
accessdate=2007-10-26] The football series then went uninterrupted from 1970-1997 but was temporarily ended when the GHSA moved Milton to a different Region, which made scheduling difficult. The series was reinstated in 2000 when Milton and Roswell were again in Region 6-AAAAA. Since 1950, Roswell holds a 32-20-1 advantage over their arch rival in football, including winning the last seven straight in the series as of the 2007 season. Roswell won a series record 14 straight games from 1983-1995. Roswell's very first football game was against Milton, a 14-0 win on September 22, 1950.cite web
url=http://www.ghsfha.org/showgamesgo.php?GOPPONENTID=Milton&gTeamID=Roswell
title=Roswell-Milton Series
publisher=Georgia High School Football Historians Association
accessdate=2007-02-18] The largest margin of victory in the series also belongs to Roswell, a 45-0 victory on October 26, 2007cite web
url=http://www.ajc.com/highschool/content/sports/highschool/stories/2007/10/26/roswell_1027.html
title=Roswell Routs Rival Milton in shutout
publisher=AJC
accessdate=2007-10-26] In Lacrosse, the series records are the opposite, Roswell has a losing record to their arch rival in lacrosse. The closest sport in the rivalry is Gymnastics, in which the two teams have combined for eleven state titles (seven Roswell, four Milton) and for seven years from 1997 to 2003 one of the two teams won every state championship.cite web
url=http://www.ghsa.net/index.php?q=node/174
title=GHSA Gymnastics Champions
publisher=Georgia High School Association
accessdate=2007-02-25] In other sports with records available, Roswell's boys soccer team has gone 4-0-1 against Milton since 2003 while the girls soccer team has gone 2-3 against the Eagles since 2004.cite web
url=http://www.roswellsoccer.com/mvhistory.html
title=Roswell Soccer History Men
publisher=RHS Soccer Booster Club
accessdate=2007-04-28] cite web
url=http://www.roswellsoccer.com/wvhistory.html
title=Roswell Soccer History Women
publisher=RHS Soccer Booster Club
accessdate=2007-04-28] 2008 saw the Hornet soccer teams record a sweep over the Milton Eagles for the second straight year.cite web
url=http://www.eurosportscoreboard.com/cgi-bin/sicrtsc.pl?Type=h&State=ga&Ranka=1&sno=7605&Gender=w&Season=08&Sport=s
title=Roswell Soccer Schedule 08
publisher=EurosportScoreboard.com
accessdate=2008-05-19] cite web
url=http://www.eurosportscoreboard.com/cgi-bin/sicrtsc.pl?Type=h&State=ga&Ranka=1&sno=7605&Gender=w&Season=07&Sport=s
title=Roswell Soccer Schedule 07
publisher=EurosportScoreboard.com
accessdate=2008-05-19]

Roswell also has also developed a strong rivalry with Centennial High School, the city of Roswell's other public high school, in which the two teams play for the Roswell Cup in football, the series starting in 2000. In soccer, Centennial is the bigger rival than Milton. Roswell Football holds a 7-1 record over Centennial.cite web |url=http://ghsfha.org/showgamesgo.php?GOPPONENTID=Centennial&gTeamID=Roswell|title=Roswell-Centennial Series |publisher=Georgia High School Football Historians Association|accessdate=2007-02-24] On the soccer pitch, Roswell girls enjoy a 3-2 record with the Knights since 2004 while the boys hold a 1-4 record during that time period.cite web
url=http://www.eurosportscoreboard.com/cgi-bin/sicrtsc.pl?Type=h&State=ga&Ranka=1&sno=7605&Gender=w&Season=04&Sport=s
title=Roswell Soccer Schedule 04 Girls
publisher=EurosportScoreboard.com
accessdate=2008-05-19] cite web
url=http://www.eurosportscoreboard.com/cgi-bin/sicrtsc.pl?Type=h&State=ga&Ranka=1&sno=7605&Gender=s&Season=04&Sport=s
title=Roswell Soccer Schedule 04 Boys
publisher=EurosportScoreboard.com
accessdate=2008-05-19]

Other significant rivals include Chattahoochee, Lassiter, Alpharetta, and Sprayberry. Blessed Trinity, though not a true rival, sometimes plays Roswell in sports such as soccer. The two schools are less than a mile a part and usually draw a large number of fans when they meet.
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right|thumb|Roswellcite news |last=Cooper |first=Caron |url=http://www.northfulton.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-04-12&-token.story=155806.112113&-token.subpub= |title=Fulton schools get turf fields: BOE decision based on student safety
work=Alpharetta and Roswell Revue & News |date=April 19, accessdate=2007-04-28 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ] For the 2005-2006 school year, Roswell's overall athletic program finished 25th in the state's Directors Cup standings which measures the top athletic programs in the state. When ranking just the boys teams, Roswell finished 13th in the State.cite web |url=http://www.gadaonline.net/?template=30&menu=5020&web=103&view=24&webyear=2006&class=5&sex=2|title=Directors Cup Standings|publisher=Georgia Athletic Directors Association|accessdate=2007-02-24] cite web |url=http://www.gadaonline.net/?template=30&menu=5020&web=103&view=24&webyear=2006&class=5&sex=0|title=Directors Cup Standings Boys|publisher=Georgia Athletic Directors Association|accessdate=2007-02-24]

Roswell currently competes in the ten team Region 6-AAAAA. Roswell has been a member of Region 6-AAAAA since it was created in 2000 with the addition of class AAAAA, although Roswell's region opponents have varied. Prior to joining AAAAA, Roswell was in Region 6-AAAA for 12 years from 1988 until 1999.cite web |url=http://ghsfha.org/rstandings.php?gTeamID=Roswell|title= Historical Region Standings, Roswell|publisher=Georgia High School Football Historians Association |accessdate=2007-06-29]

Baseball

The Hornet baseball program has won three state titles and finished as state runner-up twice. The team has been a state playoff participant and has been ranked nationally by such sources as USA Today Top 100 and Baseball America. For the 2007 season, Roswell's team was ranked in the pre-season in the State and nationally.cite web |url=http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/hsbaseball/2007/rankings/top100.aspx|title=2007 Baseball America Top 100 Teams in the Nation|publisher=Baseball America|accessdate=2007-02-25] cite web |url=http://www.gasports.com/?menu=32111&web=1&view=10&sport=21|title=2007 Baseball Coaches Poll|Georgia High School Sports Information|accessdate=2007-02-25]

Other Athletic Championships

The above six sports account for 27 (81%) of Roswell's 33 title-winning seasons. The other 8 and some recent notable near misses are listed below:

Lacrosse

Along with rival Centennial, Roswell became one of the first two public schools in the state to offer Lacrosse in 1999. Roswell was the host of the first GHSA sponsored tournament in May 2002. Further, the school was one of only six to field a women's team in 1999, along with Centennial and several private schools.cite web |url=http://www.georgialax.com/history.html |title=Georgia High School Lacrosse history |publisher=Georgia Lacrosse|accessdate=2007-02-22] The 2006 Boys Lacrosse team made the State playoffs for the first time by finishing second in their region and made it to the second round. In 2008, the Roswell Lacrosse program added a freshman boys team, the first such team in the state. Another milestone for the Roswell Lacrosse team came in 2008 when Michael Bender was named an All-American, the first Roswell lacrosse player to be given that honor.cite web
url=http://www.georgialax.com/allstateteam2008.html
title=2008 Boys All State Team
publisher=GeorgiaLax News
accessdate=2008-05-19] He helped lead Roswell to their best season to date, a 12-5 record and a #6 finish in the rankings.cite web
url=http://www.laxpower.com/update08/binboy/rating17.php
title=Georgia Lacrosse Rankings
publisher=LaxPower.com
accessdate=2008-05-19]

Clubs

RHS offers a total of 73 clubs catering to the school's diverse interests. They range from academic honor societies, political interests, service clubs, social/general interest clubs and non-varsity sport clubs. Service clubs include Key Club, Anchor Club, Animal Rescue Club, and the Habitat For Humanity Club which raises funds and builds houses in conjunction with the local Habitat chapter. Academic clubs include Art Club, Art National Honor Society, Beta Club and National Honor Society. Political interest clubs are the Peace Activists Club, Young Democrats, Young Republicans and Shanti which attempts to eliminate teenage apathy. Competitive clubs include the two time state champion Fencing Team, Roswell Ice Hockey Club, Ultimate Frisbee Club, Breakdance Team, and the Unique Dance team.cite web |url=http://www.roswellhigh.com/clubs/clubs.php|title=Roswell Clubs|publisher= Roswell High School|accessdate=2007-02-25]

General interest clubs include the Medical Club for students interested in medical careers, Chess Club, Cycling Club, Future Business Leaders of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Fly Fishing Club, International Club Latino Club, Russian Club, Video Game Club, Writing Club, Friends Club which brings students with disabilities and regular education students together, and many others. The school is served by the elected Student Council and receives information from "The Sting" (the student newspaper), WRHS The Hive (student run radio station), and the Yearbook staff which produces the Yearbook.

Notable people

Coach Bill Yoast, portrayed by Will Patton in the movie "Remember the Titans", was a Roswell High football Coach from 1954-1960 before leaving for Virginia. Game film from Roswell is used in several scenes in the movie.

Former Roswell baseball and football coach Charlie Horne, who coached the Hornets from 1967-1974, was named to the Georgia Athletics Coaches Association Hall of Fame in June 2007. At Roswell he led the football and baseball teams to the 1968 and 1970 State Football Championships as well as the 1970 and 1971 baseball championships.cite news |url=http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-i-2007-10-25-165832.112113-Roswell_salutes_former_coach.html |title=Roswell salutes former coach |work=Alpharetta and Roswell Revue & News |date=October 31, 2007 |accessdate=2008-01-30 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ]

Notable Alumni

* Justin Bolli, Professional Golfer.cite news |last= Schultz |first=Jeff |date= May 17, 2008 |url=http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/Schultz/entries/2008/05/17/exdog_bolli_182nd_but_closing.html |title=Ex-Dog Bolli 182nd But Closing |work=The Atlanta Journal Constitution |publisher= Cox Newspapers |accessdate=2008-06-05]
*Jeff Bower, head football coach at The University of Southern Mississippi 1990-2007cite news |last= Doherty |first=Tim |date= August 26, 2007 |url=http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070826/SPORTS030107/708260330/1314 |title=Master of Consistency: Mississippi's dean of coaches just keeps winning |work=The Clarion-Ledger |publisher= Gannett Company |accessdate=2008-01-19]
*Filippo Chillemi, Univ. of Notre Dame soccer 2000-2004, US National Team member 1998-2002, professionally in Italy with FC Mazzarra, FC Olbia, and Emboli FC 2004- cite web |url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/020700aaa.html |title=Men's Soccer Inks Six To National Letters Of Intent |date=February 7, 2000 |accessdate=2008-01-19 |publisher=University of Notre Dame]
* Danny Grady, lead singer of the band Injected
*Andrew Robert Horsefield, better known by his stage name Andrew Pendelton III, an American Professional Wrestler
* Tom Johnson, TV news anchor at WOFL-TV in Orlando, FL cite web |url=http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=26921&version=13&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=5.3.1 |title=Tom Johnson |accessdate=2008-03-08 |publisher=Fox Television Stations, Inc.]
*Alec Kessler, former NBA first round pickcite news |url=http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-i-2007-10-11-164740.112113-Former_Roswell_Bulldog_great_Kessler_dies.html |title=Former Roswell, Bulldog great Kessler dies |work=Alpharetta and Roswell Revue & News |date=October 11, 2007 |accessdate=2008-01-13 |publisher=Appen Newspapers Inc ]
*Bryan Konietzko, Emmy Award-nominatedimdb name|id=1665983|name=Bryan Konietzko] co-creator and executive producer of ""
* Carl Nyman, Emmy Award-nominatedcite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898928/awards
title=Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Graphic and Artistic Design |publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=2008-05-19] art director
*Jermaine Phillips, Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety, played during the Super Bowl victory of 2002cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=PHI303700 |title=NFL.com Player profile for Jermaine Phillips|publisher= National Football League |accessdate=2008-01-19]
*Tony Phillips, Major League Baseball player from 1982-1999.
*Steve Prouty, Emmy Award-nominatedimdb name|id=0698990|name=Steve Prouty] special effects and make-up artist
*Mike Ramsey, Major League Baseball infielder. cite web |url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?exact=1&came_from=Roswell%20HS%20(GA) |title=Draft Picks who came from Roswell HS (GA) |work=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference, LLC |accessdate=2008-01-19]
*Ken Ray, Major League Baseball player
*Chris Reis, National Football League Safety currently playing for the New Orleans Saints. cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/chrisreis/profile?id=REI689919 |title=Chris Reis NFL Player Prolile |work=NFL.com |publisher=National Football League |accessdate=2008-05-19]
*Tony Skole, head baseball coach at East Tennessee State University cite web |url=http://www.etsubucs.com/sports/baseball/coach/bio.asp?COACH_ID=28
title=ETSU Buccaneers Coach Bio — Tony Skole |publisher=East Tennessee State Athletics|accessdate=2008-05-19]

References

External links

* [http://www.roswellhigh.com Roswell High School website]
* [http://www.roswellfootball.org Roswell Football]
* [http://www.roswellbaseball.org Roswell Baseball]
* [http://www.roswellbasketball.net Roswell Baseball]
* [http://www.roswellxctf.com Roswell Cross Country and Track & Field]
* [http://www.roswellsoccer.com Roswell Soccer]
* [http://www.roswellwrestling.com Roswell Wrestling]
* [http://www.fultonschools.org Fulton County Schools Website]