Roosevelt Class of 53

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Pictures from the Roosevelt High School Grand Re-Opening after itsextensive remodeling

WELCOME TO THE MODERN ROOSEVELT

The high school we remember affectionately continues to thrive today as students enjoy the results of extensive modernization and refurbishment that was completed just in time for the 2006-2007 school year. In the interim Roosevelt resided in temporary quarters in the old Lincoln High School. The exemplary Roosevelt curriculum and activities continued during the two-year exile.

Roosevelt Jazz band, lab, and vocalists have continued to win awards in regional and national competitions and Roosevelt drama productions continue to win praise.

The science program offers classroom excellence and additional opportunities for learning through connections with internship programs, the Windows on Science club where students build robots, musical instruments, and "other cool stuff", and have the opportunity to participate with the Earth Service Corps, a service organization dedicated to conservation. Field trips as far as the Galapagos Islands have been in their adventurous sights.

Roosevelt is continues its academic excellence in all areas.

To see more photos of the Grand Re-Opening, open the Roosevelt High School Foundation web site and scroll down. You might find yourself, if you attended.

THE CLASS OF '53 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY PICNIC WAS A BLAST!

The weather was sublime, the food scrumptious, and we all had a wonderful time at John Cunningham's lakefront home. There was no fibbing about how old we were! We sang "Happy Birthday" to ourselves and enjoyed two large sheet cakes brought by Jackie Godfrey Brotnov. We will have pictures to share.

Stay tuned!

NEWS ITEMS

The Roosevelt High School Marching Band Performs at Macy Parade 2006. Click here to listen to the band.

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE CLASS OF '53 60TH REUNION ON JULY 19, 2013

Make your plans now to be there! 4 PM at the Nile Country Club on Friday, July 19, 2013. (Same venue as the 50th and 55th.) Click here to view and download a printable preliminary information form to help us organize the BIG 6-0. We need all your suggestions for the reunion celebration. You can also RSVP early, order tickets for the reunion, or volunteer to help with the reunion.

If your address or other information has changed, please enter it on the printed form and send it to Carolyn Richardson, 3507 142 PL NE, Bellevue, WA 98007, or email Jerry. You can also enter the new information on the "Contact Us" form on our web page and submit it.

We're planning a memory/contact book, so share some highlights of your life since your last report -- or since 1953! Also, if you know of someone on the lost list, let us know what you've heard. Ditto any other classmate news.

By the way, 55th Reunion Memory Books are still available - Call (425-485-1989) or email Jerry to order a copy.

SPECIAL REPORT

SUDDENLY IT'S TODAY

by Mike Peringer, Class of '53

It was an unusually damp and cool morning in June when the phone rang. You do remember phones, right?

A pleasant voice - "This is Meredith Reis. I'm calling from 30 Rock in New York" Yes she actually said that! "I'm a producer on the TODAY show here at NBC and I want to talk to you about Urban Artworks. Your non profit was nominated for a Pepsi Challenge prize of $100,000 and I'm pleased to announce that Artworks was one of four chosen out of 700 nominations" Silence .. More silence ....

"Wow!", I cleverly opened with. "That's really neat." "Yes," she continued, " your group was nominated by your Program Coordinator and the judges immediately put Artworks on the top of the list. Now we need to arrange for a film crew to visit Artworks and produce your segment on the show, the one that will determine the winner by national vote." Well, that's how it started.

A few days later, a four person film crew showed up and spent the day taping over 8 hours of Artworks material from the studio, of our kids, some murals and other projects we have done over the years in the Greater Seattle area.

For those of you who don't know Artworks, it is an organization I started some 15 years ago to clean up the industrial area of town we call SODO (SOuth of DOwntown). To do that we began using at risk adjudicated youth from the Juvenile Detention Center, mid level felons 13-17 years old. Over the years we have used over 6000 kids creating over 2500 public art projects mainly murals and contruction site panels.

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