April 2024: Hello Rough Riders! My name is Steve Moore and I have the honor and privilege of being the Activities Director at Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School. Roosevelt High School is an amazing place to grow and develop as a young person. Extra-curricular activities greatly enhance the educational experience for students, and at Roosevelt we have many, many opportunities for students to get involved in such activities. The purpose of this newsletter is to inform the Roosevelt School Community of a few of the happenings and opportunities that exist here at Roosevelt High School. If you or someone you know would like to be involved in an extra-curricular opportunity at Roosevelt, please contact us in the Roosevelt Activities Office. We would love to help. Thank you. GO RIDERS!!!!

SFSD Preparticipation Physical Evaluation 2024-25.pdf

SFSD Activity Participation Packet 2024-25 (Online Instructions).pdf

Spring 2024 All Activities Night Information (03.21.2024) - Revised.pdf

Attached is the Information that was shared in the general session at the Roosevelt All Activities Night held on March 21, 2024.

For your convenience, we have attached:

• The 2024-2025 PreParticipation Physical Evaluation Form
• The Online Annual Update Instruction Sheet
• A PDF of the Powerpoint that was shared by Activities Director Steve Moore

Please contact the Roosevelt Activities Office with any questions.

Roosevelt Activities Office: 605-362-2866

karla.walnofer@k12.sd.us (Athletics)

chandra.shanks@k12.sd.us (Fine Arts)

• Click on the PDF below or go to www.RiderCamps.com to access the 2024 Summer Camps, Register and Submit Payment.

The Riders opened up their season playing ball in Lawrence, KS and are now full swing with their regular South Dakota season.

• April 6th: RHS Show Choir auditions 9am-12pm. Register at https://www.rooseveltchoirs.com/2024-25-auditions.html
• April 17th: Concert Choir, RiderChor, and Melodia head to the Region II Large Group Contest in Brandon. Ensembles are adjudicated by a panel of experienced music educators and music faculty members and given a rating.
  
• Summer 2024 Middle School Show Choir Camp mention? Registration found at https://www.rooseveltchoirs.com/middle-school-camp.html
  

Band/Choir/Orchestra

• April 15th: RHS Music Department Showcase Concert featuring Concert Choir, Symphonic Band, and Symphonic Orchestra. 7pm at First Congregational Church in Sioux Falls

• RHS had one student selected for All-State Jazz Band. Evan Ehlers will be playing drumset in one of the three ensembles in early May. Congrats Evan
• Incoming Parents & Students: Welcome to the RHS Band Program

• We are in the early stages of preparing for next year. Please help us out by filling out this form below before your student arrives at RHS. You can also visit our website by clicking on the welcome image. On April 8th, we will host an incoming band parent meeting at 6:15 pm in the little theater at Roosevelt. Attendance from students and parents is encouraged. We want to meet you and get you involved as soon as possible. Welcome to the band family! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSl5nrFXcR8bphFD6BUlf5rht9nh7yZmdRIen3BEUwmo4F2A/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Optimist Jazz Festival
  
• The Optimist Jazz Fest will take place on April 11th at SDSU in Brookings. Jazz 2 will perform at 10:00 am Jazz 1 will perform at 10:30 am at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center
• Showcase Concert
• On April 15th at 7:00 pm, the Symphonic band will perform alongside the RHS choir and symphony orchestra in our annual Showcase Concert. The concert will begin at 7:00 pm. This will be at the First Congregational Church, South Minnesota Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD
• Marching Band
• Next year's marching band theme is Atlantis. If your student is interested, please have them fill out the form below. Schedules and contracts are linked within the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWB2G0Ipe-eXXGwVzyFgifMBIvrOCFu4CvtEDOzgKZH-m6SA/viewform?usp=sf_link
  

K-8th Grade Dance Camp is June 17th-19th from 8:30AM-10:30AM in the RHS Main Gym

Sign Up Here: www.RiderCamps.com

Recap: Roosevelt Theatre competed in the 2024 SD State One-Act Festival and walked away with a Superior Technical and 4 outstanding acting awards.

Upcoming: Legally Blonde the Musical! 3 performances (May 2, 3 & 4) filled with 34 actors, 36 crew, and 13 musicians for a total of 83 students involved! It'll be a fun musical based on the classic movie.

Future Riders: Any 8th graders interested in joining Roosevelt Theatre, please fill out the Incoming Freshman Roosevelt Theatre form, and Mrs. Blashack will get back to you with more information!

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 State Arts Team for competing at State on March 13th-16th. The team consisted of:

Name & Category

• Kendra Anderson: Crafts
• Morgan Bechtold: Digital Media/ Graphic Design
• Sophia Zatrika: Drawing (Monochromatic)
• Kylie Gosch: Drawing (Colored)
• Ruby Gray: Functional Ceramics
• Zuri Cleland: Painting (Oil and Acrylic)
• Zuri Cleland: Painting (Watercolor)
• Emerson Meyer: Photography
• Ashleigh Prince: Printmaking
• Kayden Bolls: Three-Dimensional
• Sierra Erickson: Traditional Cultural Art
• Favane Berhanu: Two-Dimensional Mixed Media

Kylie Gosch received 2nd Place for her colored pencil drawing titled “Lostalgia.” Ruby Gray got 1st place for her functional ceramic piece called “Teaset in Watercolors”. Zuri Cleland earned 3rd place for her watercolor painting “What If?”. Finally, Sierra Erickson received 4th place in traditional cultural art for her piece “String of Hope”.

Congratulations on all your hard work!

AFJROTC closed out a very busy month of March! We volunteered at the Banquet West on Monday March 4th and fed approximately 130 patrons! It is wonderful to see our students give back to the community. We conducted three color guards over the course of the Girls/Boys State Basketball Tournament(s). That was so much fun to watch and really was a great experience for our cadets! We had our FIRST fundraiser! We packed pallets for a local distribution company. Spent 4 hours with just 10 of us and we managed to pack approximately 10,000lbs of product! We had some sore hands and backs the next day!

We also have a jam-packed April…here are just a few things on the calendar parents need to be aware of:

April 17th we will have an instructor from the ROTC detachment at SDSU coming to brief the AFJROTC students on their program. This should be fun as a former JROTC cadet who is currently at SDSU in the ROTC program is going to do her best to attend!

April 19th, we have a field trip to the University of North Dakota. This is in conjunction with CTE’s Aviation class. This will be a very long day…leaving VERY early from the CTE Academy and returning late to the CTE Academy! After we depart UND we will be headed to the Fargo Air Museum. Look for a consent form to come home after the first week of April to sign and return.

April 22nd we will have an Air Liaison Officer come and talk to the kids during 6th and 7th period about how to apply to the Air Force Academy. If any parent wants to hear this, please come to the 7th period brief which starts at approximately 2:20. This will ensure that if you have questions, you can stay after and speak with him. Please make sure if you come to the school, you sign in at the front and show your driver’s license.

April 25th we will have our annual Pass-In-Review. This year it will be held at Lincoln High School. The students will be dismissed right after lunch, and we will head over for a short practice before it officially starts. This is open to parents/guardians/family/friends! Please come out and watch some of the things your child has been learning this year!

If your student is interested in joining AFJROTC class at RHS please contact your student’s counselor or one of the instructors for more information. Our emails are: katie.neeley@k12.sd.us and eric.a.johnson@k12.sd.us.

Are you interested in Volleyball at Roosevelt for the 2024 school year?
Step 1) Head to www.ridervolleyball.com
Step 2) Select the Parent Information tab at the top of the page.
Step 3) Select the Yellow Tab Labeled “Player Information Link”.

Step 4) Once information has been entered, we'll send you updates.

SUMMER CAMPS! Dates and Times

June 3-6: Grades 2nd-5th, 2:00-4:00pm - $50

June 3-6: Grades 6th-8th, 4:00-6:00pm - $50

Register at www.RiderCamps.com

SUMMER OPEN GYMS

Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30am at RHS

Summer Strength & Conditioning

Monday - Thursday, 8:30-9:30am at RHS

If you have any questions, please contact Coach Vanderwal.

Questions: kevin.vanderwal@k12.sd.us

Thank you to everyone who volunteered during the Presidents Bowl events this year. The Booster Club will be presented with a check sometime this winter or early spring for $34,500! Booster Club funds go directly to support the students and staff at Roosevelt by our support of the sports, fine arts, teacher appreciation, fan appreciation and other various activities through out the year.

Make sure you check out the metro calendar to keep up to date on all Roosevelt activities. You can sort over on the right for the activity you are looking for! Its not just for sports! All clubs, fine arts and activities at Roosevelt is listed on the metro calendar.

Please click on the PDF below to see our coaches and directors emails, websites and social media account information.

Roosevelt Activities Office: 605-362-2866