Browse past news stories for Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, IA.

• Full recovery seen for Fort Hood victim (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:09:04 am
  Doctors say Staff Sgt. Joy Clark should make a full recovery from a wound suffered during the deadly shooting at the Army’s Fort Hood last week.
• Register update: Clark to make full recovery from Fort Hood gunshot wound (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:22:43 pm
  Doctors say Joy Clark should make a full recovery from a wound sustained during the deadly shooting at Fort Hood Army base in Texas last week.
• Author to speak at D.M. Central Library (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 10:23:20 am
  Former Des Moines resident and writer Kay Bucksbaum will give a talk at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Des Moines’ Central Library, 1000 Grand Ave., as she shares her memoir, "A Place to Grow." The event is free.
• Iowan at Fort Hood baffled by shooting (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 10:25:01 am
  The Army taught Staff Sgt. Joy Clark what to do in a combat situation, how to use weapons and even how help dress the wounds of her comrades in the midst of combat.
• D.M. native wounded as she helps fellow soldier (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 10:11:25 am
  The soldier in front of Staff Sgt. Joy Clark crumpled to the ground bleeding from a gunshot wound.
• Roosevelt High grad among injured in Fort Hood rampage (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 03:34:05 pm
  An Iowa soldier who arrived at Fort Hood in Texas this week is among the soldiers wounded in a rampage that left 13 others dead.
• Hansen: Love of literature has served tennis ace well (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 10:23:18 am
  Anyone who knew anything about Des Moines tennis in the 1970s knew about John Stauffer, a bright kid who attended Roosevelt High School.
• Election: Full slate of contested races in Windsor Heights (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 08:50:06 pm
  Four challengers are seeking to unseat four incumbents in City Council and mayoral races in Windsor Heights.
• Russ Lemmon: Potential alliance could shift power in electricity tug-of-war (Indian River Press Journal)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:53:45 pm
  Six bite-size Lemmon Drops to nibble on while waiting for Donny Osmond to prevail on “Dancing with the Stars”:
• Iowa Teen Shares Account Of H1N1 Battle (KCCI 8 Des Moines)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 03:24:29 am
  Many central Iowans are coming down with cases of the H1N1 virus, and a Roosevelt High School student is sharing his experience with the disease.
• Des Moines at-large candidates plan campaign events (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 09:07:41 am
  At-large Des Moines City Council candidates David Adelman and Leisha Barcus have announced the following campaign events:
• My D.M. Top 5: Spots for a Saturday morning run and coffee stop (Juice)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 09:19:31 am
  Ben Cox, 27, loan officer at Keystone Savings Bank, and co-founder of the Marshalltown Track Club
• Carlson: These 14 kids have the uncommon touch (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 09:10:04 am
  Today, I’m pleased to write about 14 young Iowans who happen to be strangers to most of us.
• 2 Des Moines teachers see destruction after tsunami hits (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 09:19:23 am
  Raj Borsellino put on his glasses Tuesday morning, but the world outside the window of his American Samoa home was still blurry.
• D.M. native bequeaths N.Y. college $75 million (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 09:15:51 am
  Raymond A. Rich, a wealthy industrialist who grew up in Des Moines and graduated from Roosevelt High School, has left a bequest estimated at $75 million to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
• Des Moines native bequeaths N.Y. college $75 million (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 09:15:51 am
  Raymond A. Rich, a wealthy industrialist who grew up in Des Moines and graduated from Roosevelt High School, has left a bequest estimated at $75 million to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
• Volunteers Convince Dropouts To Return (KCCI 8 Des Moines)
  posted on September 26, 2009 at 10:09:30 pm
  Volunteers help the Des Moines School District and United Way encourage dropouts to return to school.
• ’Uncle Roger’s’ tutoring program improves foster children’s skills (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 09:22:11 am
  Elisha Hobbs graduated from a Des Moines high school with a 3.5 grade-point average.
• Ibbotson graduates from Institute for Production and Recording (Newton Daily News)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 04:12:10 pm
  Matthew Ibbotson, a 2006 graduate from Newton Senior High School, was graduated in March of this year from The Institute for Production and Recording in Minneapolis, Minn.
• West-side polling places for today’s Des Moines school board election (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 09:15:48 am
  Four Des Moines school board seats are on the ballot in today’s election. Nine candidates are running.
• Roosevelt’s class of ’59 reunites with memories (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 09:15:09 am
  Five decades have passed virtually in the blink of an eye for Roosevelt High School graduates of the class of 1959 who will return this week to Des Moines for their 50-year reunion.
• Get to Know: Tarrita Spicer, 30 (Juice)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 02:41:53 am
  My organization is designed to work with at-risk teens enrolled in high school.
• Hard Hats Welcome Students Back To School (KCCI 8 Des Moines)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 11:16:21 pm
  Activity is picking up at Des Moines' Roosevelt High School, and it's not just because school started. It's now a mix of classes and construction.
• Roosevelt opens under flurry of construction (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 09:27:58 am
  Kathie Danielson and about a dozen of her staff members at Roosevelt High School spent the summer sharing their school with construction laborers as it undergoes a two-year, $28 million renovation.
• Frank Hanawalt, who hosted Dr. King at Garfield, dies (Seattle Times)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 07:21:42 am
  As principal of Garfield High School in the turbulent 1960s, Frank Hanawalt was at the front lines of Seattle's battles over civil rights and desegregation.
• Get to Know: A mom looking to start a foundation (Juice)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 05:55:56 pm
  My organization is designed to work with at-risk teens enrolled in high school.
• Well done in West Des Moines and Waukee (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 09:16:01 am
  Graduates
• Eleven educators join Johnston (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 09:12:33 am
  Eleven new faces will show up among the teaching staff in Johnston schools this school year. Their experience ranges from teachers on their first assignment, to some with decades of experience.
• High school working to ease freshman stress (Basehor Sentinel)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 05:11:02 am
  Moving from eighth-grade to ninth-grade can be one of the most difficult transitions a young person must face.
• 11 seek Des Moines school board seats (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 09:21:11 am
  Eleven candidates, including an 18-year-old recent high school graduate and an associate director of the Iowa Association of School Boards, will run for four seats on the Des Moines school board.