Roosevelt Musicians Perform at All-State

Congratulations to Vaughn Hommerding, Patrick Hiatt, Mila Kaut, Shana Liu, Madison Helton, Joe Wandro, Hannah Marks, and Geneva Gaukel who will be performing on Saturday at the All-State Music Festival, held on the campus of Iowa State University. The concert will be aired by IPTV next week. For more details, click the headline.

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Holocaust Survivor Speaks to Students Studying WWII

Dr. Harold Kasimow, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Grinnell College,  spoke to approximately 200  World History students of his experience as a Holocaust survivor in Poland. At age 4, his family hid from the Nazis for 19 months in …

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AP Government Hosts Policy Debate

In a culmination of the Elections and Campaigns unit for AP Government, two “candidates” had a 40-minute debate on domestic and foreign policy issues. Along with textual information the students have been actually running an election with campaign teams, interest groups, …

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Roosevelt High Students Earn AP Honors

One hundred and seventy-three students who take Advanced Placement classes at DMPS earned AP honors from the College Board, the second most ever recorded by the school district, including 102 who attend Roosevelt. Click the headline to read more about this honor and download a list of recipients.

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Roosevelt Artwork Honors Philanthropists

For the past dozen years, students in the AP art classes of Roosevelt teacher Sam Chiodo have created specially-commissioned works to honor the area’s top philanthropists recognized annually by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Click the headline to read and see more about Roosevelt’s unique gifts for community benefactors.

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Biancalana, Goodwin Sign Letters of Intent

Congratulations to Seniors, Nick Biancalana and Hannah Goodwin, who signed letters of intent today!  Nick will be attending the United States Air Force Academy and Hannah will be heading to Graceland University. See pictures of the signing ceremony …

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Financial Aid Night coming up

Financial Aid Night is November 13th at 6:00 p.m. in the Roosevelt High School library. During the presentation, students and parents will receive essential information about completing and filing financial aid forms, important deadlines, types of available financial …

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Opening Night!

Pippin opens tonight at 7:30! Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for students.  Doors open at 7:00.  Don’t miss out!

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Pippin opens on Thursday!

Opening Night is tomorrow! See pictures from dress rehearsal at www.flickr.com/photos/gogerty Besides three performances at Roosevelt’s historic auditorium, the Riders’ drama troupe was invited to perform Pippin as the opening main stage production for the State Thespian Festival …

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