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Roosevelt News Archive

Volunteers want to revive RHS Froula Memorial Organ
08/04 Seattle Sun
Roosevelt parents, alumni and boosters led by Andrea Wilson have formed a group called the Friends of RHO Froula Memorial Organ, which is working to raise enough money to have the organ installed in the school's new auditorium.

Underpass Art
05/03 Seattle Sun
In November, the Roosevelt Arts Council pledged almost $3,000 to local artist John Berry to locate a public art installation at Weedin Place, along the north side of the NE 65th Street Park-and-Ride lot.

Hazel Wolf School teaches 'art of being human'
04/03 Seattle Sun
Hazel Wolf High School, located in the Roosevelt district, is "dedicated to the art of being human." This school motto is encompassed in everything the 45 students participate in each day.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
10/15/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
The Seattle School Disrtict is proceeding along with demolishing the original gyms, turning the auditorium into a library, and now is proposing to demolish the complete west side of the 1928 addition.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
09/19/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
RHS Design Team meetings are now open to the public.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
09/09/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the Landmark Board's Architectural Review Committe meeting held 9/02/02.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
07/08/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the RHS Design Team meeting held 7/08/02.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
06/11/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the RHS Design Team meeting held 6/10/02.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
06/06/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the Landmark Board meeting held 6/5/02.

Proposed ballfield changes at Cowen Park may be dropped
06/02 Seattle Sun
After several weeks of community outcry, the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department has announced that it will likely shelve an idea to move Little League baseball games from a ballfield in Ravenna Park to nearby Cowen Park.

Plan to cover reservoirs debated
06/02 Seattle Sun
Local public officials want to lid our open water reservoirs, but the question is, what kind of cover is best: hard, soft or none at all?

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
05/21/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the Roosevelt High School Design Team meeting held 5/20/02.

Seattle Jazz Bands Rule in New York
05/16/02 The Seattle Press
Bands from two Seattle high schools took first and second place at the annual Essentially Ellington national competition at the Lincoln Center in New York.

New Principal makes changes at Roosevelt High
05/02 Seattle Sun
For the 2001-2002 school year, Roosevelt High School has been under the supervision of new principal Lisa Kodama. This is Kodama's first assignment as a head principal, after serving two years as an assistant principal under Roosevelt's former head principal, Dave Humphrey.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
04/03/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the Roosevelt High School Design Team meeting held 4/01/02.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
03/26/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the Roosevelt High School Design Team meeting held 3/25/02.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
03/12/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the Roosevelt High School Design Team meeting held 3/11/02.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
02/26/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the Roosevelt High School Design Team meeting held 2/25/02.

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
02/12/02 Roosevelt High School Design Team
Summary of the Roosevelt High School Design Team meeting (2/11/02).

Roosevelt HS Renovation News
02/07/02 Friends of RHS Historic Preservation
Summaries of the Friends of RHS Historic Preservation meeting (1/23/02) and the RHS Design Review Committee meeting (1/25/02).

Citizens weigh in on Roosevelt High renovation plans
02/02 Seattle Sun
Last February, Seattle voters passed a school levy which provides to funds to remodel several public schools throughout the city, including Roosevelt High School, located at 1410 NE 66th St.

Roosevelt HS Students Traveling to Cape Town
01/11/02 Hands for a Bridge
Students and teachers at Roosevelt High School in Seattle will be traveling to Cape Town, South Africa to create a dialogue of peace.

Roosevelt HS Expansion News
12/24/01 Friends of RHS Historic Preservation
The second meeting of the RHS Design Review Committee was held Dec 10, 2001. The agenda was to review preliminary site plans prepared by NW Architects.

Seattle Schools considers land south of Roosevelt HS
11/01 Seattle School District
The Seattle School District is holding a meeting at RHS on November 28 in the cafeteria to discuss the purchase of land to the south of RHS and other potential renovation options, and how that will affect an Environmental Impact Statement.

Roosevelt HS Restoration Project
11/01/01 Roosevelt Restoration Project Committee
The Roosevelt Restoration Project committee is dedicated to promoting preservation of the historic architectural elements of Roosevelt High School.

Public art project enhances Roosevelt District
09/01 Jet City Maven
Kevin Spitzer grew up in the Roosevelt District and used to ride his bicycle south, across the 15th Avenue Bridge. Now, his art graces the utility poles that set next to that bridge - along with several other locales in the Roosevelt District.

Roosevelt High School Renovation
09/20/01 Mayor Paul Schell
A letter from the Mayor to the Roosevelt neighborhood regarding the upcoming renovation of Roosevelt High School.

Roosevelt jazz band second in NYC contest
05/20/01 The Seattle Times
The Roosevelt High School Jazz Band from Seattle won second place in the Essentially Ellington Festival in New York last night.

Judge OKs race-based school assignments here
04/07/01 The Seattle Times
U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein yesterday upheld race-based assignments of students to Seattle high schools, saying the policy is a legitimate antidote to segregated neighborhoods.

Jazz ambassadors head to China
04/06/01 The Seattle Times
The continuing conflict between the U.S. and China hasn't fazed the Roosevelt High School jazz band, which left yesterday for a 12-day, three-city tour of China.

Roosevelt Builds Identity on a Foundation of Marbles
03/07/01 The Seattle Press
The Roosevelt neighborhood will be a lot more recognizable in the future, due to a community-wide art project recently completed by Kevin Spitzer.

High-school jazz bands swing into contests
03/02/01 The Seattle Times
Four out of the 15 bands competing in the sixth annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival, held in May at New York City's Lincoln Center, are from the Seattle area: Including much-acclaimed Roosevelt High School.