Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent, Ohio)
| Theodore Roosevelt High School | |
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1400 North Mantua Street , 44240 | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public secondary school |
| Founded | 1868 |
| School district | Kent City School District |
| CEEB code | 362778[4] |
| Principal | Roger Sidoti |
| Staff | 120[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,380[1] (2008) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12:1 [2] |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red, White, Black |
| Athletics conference | Portage Trail Conference Metro Division |
| Team name | Rough Riders |
| Rival | Ravenna Ravens Stow Bulldogs |
| Accreditation | Ohio Department of Education North Central Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Publication | The Colonel (magazine) |
| Yearbook | The Rough Rider |
| Communities served | Kent, Brady Lake, Franklin Township, Sugar Bush Knolls |
| Distinctions | Presidential Excellence in Education- 1985 Ohio Dept. of Education Excellent rating- 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Website | http://www.kent.k12.oh.us/rhs/ |
Theodore Roosevelt High School (abbreviated RHS or TRHS), known more commonly as Kent Roosevelt or 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 grades 9-12 living in Kent, Franklin Township, Brady Lake, and Sugar Bush Knolls as well as a small portion of southern Streetsboro.[5]
Founded in 1868 as the Kent High School, it first occupied the upper floors of the original K-12 Union School starting in 1869 after beginning at the Franklin Township Hall. It was named for President Theodore Roosevelt in 1922 upon moving to its own facility on North Prospect Street. In 1959 it moved to its current location along North Mantua Street, which has grown to include several additions to the school building, 67.9 acres (27.5 ha) used for multiple athletic fields and courts, and Stanton Middle School.
As of 2008, the full-time enrollment was around 1,380 with 120 staff[1] for a student teacher ratio of 12:1.[2] Roosevelt offers more than 200 classes including 8 Advanced Placement courses and 20 vocation classes.[6] It serves as home to several vocational programs for the Six-District Educational Compact and houses approximately 200 additional students from other high schools who attend those vocational programs during the school day. Roosevelt's athletic teams are known as the Rough Riders and the school colors are red, white, and black.
History
Kent High School 1868-1922
Roosevelt High School was established in 1868[7] as the Kent High School when the Franklin Union School District 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 beginning in 1867[8], on a hill overlooking the newly-named village of Kent,[9] known as Union School. Because of construction delays, the building was not ready for classes in the fall of 1868, so the first classes were held in the Franklin Township Hall[10] on what is now Gougler Avenue while K-8 students remained at their old schoolhouses. The new building opened on March 14, 1869 with the high school grades occupying the southwest room of the second floor and the four primary grades on the first floor.[7] 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 building would remain in service as a K-8 school known as Central School until 1954 when it was replaced by a new Central Elementary School on the same property.[11]
First campus 1922-1959
Due to growth in Kent, the school board determined that a new high school building was needed along with several other additions to school buildings. A 10-acre (4.0 ha) site was selected at the intersection of Park Avenue and North Prospect Street. Begun May 27 1921,[12] the building was completed May 22, 1922 in time to host commencement exercises for the graduating class in June. In August, the Kent School Board adopted a resolution to name the building after former US President Theodore Roosevelt. The building was opened for school September 6, 1922[13] and included an 833-seat auditorium[14]. The high school building on North Prospect Street was named Theodore Roosevelt High School and would serve as the high school until the fall of 1959. After Roosevelt moved to its current location on North Mantua Street, the North Prospect building would serve as Davey Junior High/Middle School from 1959-1999 and currently serves as Davey Elementary School since the fall of 2000 following a year-long renovation.
Current location 1959-present
Further growth in Kent during the 1950s necessitated construction of a new high school campus. In 1957, the school board purchased 31 acres (13 ha) of farmland along North Mantua Street and would later pass a USD$1.5 million bond issue to cover construction costs for the new high school, a new elementary school, and renovations of the old high school to become a junior high school.[15] Construction began in 1958 and the building was opened in the fall of 1959 housing grades 10-12[11] 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 the Kent State High School.
Additions were made beginning in the 1960s with the most notable additions occurring in 1970 with the construction of the football and track stadium, 1971-1972 with the addition the auditorium and vocational wing which nearly doubled the size of the school, and in 1976-1977 with the addition of the swimming pool wing. 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. The campus has also been expanded, with a 17.4-acre (7.0 ha) addition to the campus in 1967[16] and a 19.5-acre (7.9 ha) in 1990,[17] which would later be used as the site Stanton Middle School, which opened in 1999. Along with Stanton, several changes were made to the campus between 1997 and 2000, with the construction of a new soccer stadium and second track adjacent to the middle school and the realignment of Roosevelt Drive and several of the practice fields. In addition, a community and student fitness center was opened in the former bus garage building after the bus maintanence facilities were moved to southern Kent.
In 1972 Roosevelt absorbed most of the students from the Kent State High School, which had been closed.[18] Beginning in 1978, ninth graders began attending the high school again for the first time since 1959.[19] In 1985, Roosevelt was honored as one of 212 high schools in the nation with the Presidential Excellence in Education award from the U.S. Department of Eduaction.[20]
Campus and facilities
The Roosevelt High School campus covers 67.9 acres (27.5 ha) along North Mantua Street (SR 43) in northern Kent, adjacent to the corporate headquarters of the Davey Tree Expert Company. In addition to the high school building and Stanton Middle School, the campus also includes several athletic facilities and practice areas. The building contains a multi-purpose gymnasium, a 1,242-seat auditorium, and a six-lane indoor swimming pool, while the campus around the building contains:
- Roosevelt Stadium, opened in 1970, is a football and track stadium with an all-weather 8-lane track and seating for over 5,000.
- Stanton Stadium, opened in 2000, is a soccer and track stadium with a 9-lane all-weather track and seating for 500 that is also used for lacrosse.
- Community fitness center
- Baseball field
- Softball field
- Field hockey field
- Tennis complex with six courts
- Two additional football practice fields
- Two additional soccer practice fields
Central School Annex
In addition to the main campus, Roosevelt also has several programs at the Central School Annex, housed in the former Central Elementary School at the corner of North Mantua Street and Park Avenue. Programs housed here include the Bridges Academy, the Technical Work Experience (TWE) program, and special needs education as well as several community related programs such as the Adult Basic Literacy Education (ABLE)/GED program and the LEAP Program,[21] which serves students from Kent and several other nearby districts.[22]
Academics
Roosevelt operates on a schedule lasting from 7:35 AM to 2:34 PM consisting of eight 48-minute periods.[23] The school offers over 200 courses, eight Advanced Placement classes, and 20 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 of the vocational programs are housed at Roosevelt or at the Central School Annex such as urban forestry, cosmetology, professional computer-aided design and computer aided maufacturing, electronics technology, marketing education, athletic healthcare, remodeling and construction, and several others.[24]
Arts
Roosevelt also offers several co-curricular arts programs, including a marching band, flag corps, concert band, and wind symphony; chamber orchestra and symphony orchestra; two all-women choirs, a mixed choir, and a men's choir; theater classes in play production and acting and directing; and several art classes.
Extracurricular activities
There are more than 60 extracurricular clubs, including chapters of national and international organizations like Key Club, National Honor Society, Future Problem Solving, Amnesty International, DECA, and the International Thespian Society as well as local clubs like speech and debate, chess, foreign language clubs, and performing after school performing arts ensembles and clubs.
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 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
Spring 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: 1944[25]
State 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[26]
Notable Alumni
- Mike Adamle; class of 1967; former NFL football player, television commentator, and 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[27]
- 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
- Rod Reisman; class of 1971; original drummer for the band Devo
- Stan White; class of 1968, former Ohio State and NFL football player[28]
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.
Notes and references
- ^ a b c "General Information - Theodore Roosevelt High School". Ohio Department of Education online directory. Ohio Department of Education. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ a b "Student Teacher Ratio Roosevelt High School - Kent, Ohio". Roosevelt High School. GreatSchools. 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ a b "Roosevelt High School 2006-2007 School Year Report Card" (PDF). Ohio Department of Education Local Report Card Files. Ohio Department of Education. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- ^ "High School SAT Code Search Results". College Board website. College Board. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ Exner, Rich (2008). "Property Tax 2007". Cleveland.com Business. Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "About Kent Schools". KentSchools.net. Kent City Schools. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ a b Grismer, Karl H. (1932). History of Kent (2001 ed.). Kent, Ohio: Record Publishing (1932), Kent Historical Society (2001). pp. 40, 192.
- ^ Grismer, p. 192
- ^ Grismer, p. 37. Kent was known as Franklin Mills until 1864, with the official change coming in 1867
- ^ "About Franklin Township". Franklin Township. 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ a b Darrow, Ralph, ed. (1999). Kent Ohio: The Dynamic Decades. Kent, Ohio: Kent Historical Society. p. 171.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Grismer, p. 100
- ^ Grismer, p. 101
- ^ Grismer, p. 192
- ^ Darrow, p. 172
- ^ Darrow, p. 173
- ^ Darrow, p. 176
- ^ Garmon, Margaret (2000). "Kent State University School". Kent State University. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ Darrow, p. 175
- ^ Darrow, p. 175
- ^ "Central School/Roosevelt Annex". KentCitySchools.net. Kent City Schools. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "LEAP Program School Districts Served". TheLeapProgram.net. Eagle Software. 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ 2008-2009 Roosevelt High School Student Handbook (PDF). Kent, Ohio: Kent City Schools. 2008. p. 5. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ "Career Programs 2006-2007". SixDistrict.com. Six District Education Compact. 2006–2007. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ These years are displayed on banners in the Roosevelt High School gymnasium
- ^ "Deral Boykin". DatabaseFootball.com. 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ Kent City Schools. "Kent City Schools Hall of Fame Archives". Retrieved 2008-05-12.