The Polk County Bar Association gives students a chance to get creative with the law as part of the annual Law Day celebration. Chief among the activities is the visual arts, music, essay and poetry competition for students in grades 6 through 12 in Polk County. Roosevelt students took 1st and 3rd place in the visual arts category.
Roosevelt senior Nora Trampe won the Congressional Art Competition in the 3rd Congressional District of Iowa. The Congressional Art Competition, “An Artistic Discovery,” is open to high school students nationwide.
Summer Registration! The DMPS is developing a new registration process. It is still in the formation stages and will roll out sometime in July. We have been informed that there will be no registration for the 2015-16 school year until later in July. As DMPS works the entire process to completion, we will be molding Roosevelt registration to fit the new model. When the new procedure is complete, we will share with our families!
Last Friday the clock was turned back fifty years at Roosevelt High School. A pep assembly in the school auditorium and a halftime ceremony in the gym were staged to honor the boys’ basketball team that won a state championship for the Roughriders in 1965. Click the photo to read and see more of this very special event.
The Central Iowa Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) announced the 2014 Philanthropy Day award winners last summer. The annual awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the quality of life in central Iowa. A select number of Roosevelt Students created artwork for each award recipient.
To show support for Breast Cancer Awareness, and raise money for the cause, DMPS high school marching bands are going PINK. During the month of October, each band will be wearing pink plumes in their marching band uniform hats. Roosevelt kicks off the effort tonight during their game against Johnston at Drake Stadium. Click the photo to read more.
Wildlife filled Noreen Nsereko’s environmental science class at Roosevelt High School. Along with the red tailed boa constrictor, zoo officials brought in a marine toad, a blue and gold macaw and an American alligator to show to the class. Down the hall in Deb Henry’s biology class, students have been raising and releasing monarch butterflies.
A.P. Art History students In Becky Johnson’s class celebrated their study of over 30,000 years of Art History and completion of one of the hardest A.P. exams with a reception and unveiling of their museum exhibits. This final …
Groups of volunteers took shifts to plant beds along the entrance to Roosevelt today. The project was sponsored by the TRHS Foundation! It was a beautiful day for it, too! See pictures from the event by clicking the …
Sharks have done it again! Putting on a fantastic show of strength, grace, timing, teamwork and hold-your-breath pageantry! The team has logged more than 440 hours of philanthropic service in addition to preparing for the show and being …
