Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School ("Roosevelt" or "RIS", formerly "RJHS") is a middle school in Westfield

Westfield, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

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, USA. It was built in 1926, as part of the Westfield Public Schools

Westfield Public Schools

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. It was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence

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 by the United States Department of Education

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, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 2004-05 school year.

Subjects

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!

External links

• Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School web pages
• Westfield Public Schools website
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Westfield Public Schools
• http://www.westfieldnjk12.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=26&