Roosevelt Intermediate School

Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School
Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School
Established	1926
Type	public middle school
Principal	Mr. Stewart Carey
Students	737
Grades	6-8
Location	301 Clark Street,; Westfield, NJ, USA
District	Westfield Public Schools
Campus	Suburban
Yearbook	name varies by year
Newspaper	'The Rough Rider'
Website	http://www.westfieldnjk12.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=26&

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Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School ("Roosevelt" or "RIS", formerly "RJHS") is a middle school in Westfield, New Jersey, USA. It was built in 1926, as part of the Westfield Public Schools. It was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 2004-05 school year.^[1]

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RIS has five main academic courses:

Math
Foreign Language (choice between Spanish or French) but if you take supplemental you do not have to take a world language.
Social Studies
Science
Language Arts

There are also three elective periods, as follows:

Grade 6-

1 marking period each of Technology and Computers and 2 marking periods of Art
3 marking periods of Physical Education and 1 marking period of Health
4 marking periods of music class*

Grade 7-

1 marking period each of Health and Woodshop, and 2 marking periods of Art
4 marking periods of Physical Education
4 marking periods of music class*

Grade 8- Students take 3 mandatory marking periods of Physical Education and 1 mandatory marking period of Health, and choose enough of the following courses to add up to 8 more marking periods.

Band- 4 marking periods
Chorus- 4 marking periods
Orchestra- 4 marking periods
Fine Arts- 2 marking periods
Arts & Crafts- 2 marking periods
Journalism- 2 marking periods
Woodshop- 2 marking periods
Small Engines- 2 marking periods
Drama- 2 marking periods
Graphic Design- 2 marking periods
Project Technology- 2 marking periods
Science Olympiad- 2 marking periods

*Students choose between Band, Chorus, or Orchestra. Some students qualify to take a supplemental study hall instead of music.

Roosevelt Intermediate School also has many extra carricular activities and clubs. They have a great program for the arts. In the spring of 2008 they put on the show Footloose!