October 2023: 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!!!!

• October 7 vs Yankton @ Yankton Crane Youngworth Field 7:00pm
• October 13 vs Rapid City Stevens @ Rapid City Stevens High School 7:00pm
• October 19 vs Sioux Falls Jefferson @ Howard Wood Field 8:00pm

About the show:

The Roosevelt High School Marching Band is proud to present their 2023 show, titled “Encounters.” The possible existence of extraterrestrial life has been the subject of countless movies, novels, and more in the Sci-Fi genre, and continues to capture our imagination to this day. This year’s show depicts the four types of alien encounters as defined in a 1972 book by J. Allen Hynek. “The first kind” is simply the witnessing of a UFO in close proximity; “The second kind” involves the discovery of physical evidence left behind by aliens, often in the form of crop circles; “The Third Kind” refers to the presence of a living extraterrestrial being making direct contact with humans; and “The Fourth Kind,” most terrifyingly of all, is alien abduction. We hope you’ll suspend your disbelief, let your imagination run wild, and come on an otherworldly journey with us as the Roosevelt High School Marching Band performs their 2023 show: “Encounters.”

October Competitions & Event Schedule:

• October 7 - Festival of Bands Competition in Sioux Falls, SD @ Howard Wood Field
• Band performs in the Parade at 8:50am
• Band Field Performance at 7:15pm

• October 14 - Pride of the Dutchmen Competition in Orange City, IA
• Band Field Performance at 7:30 pm

• October 21st - Quad State Competition in Vermillion, SD
• Band Field Performance time TBD

• Oct. 30th - Indoor Show and Dinner at RHS
• -Matinee Performance for 8th graders at 2:00 pm, RHS Main Gym
• -Dinner Fundraiser Begins at 6:00pm, RHS Commons
• Evening performance at 7:00pm, RHS Main Gym

• October 9 Invitational (Meto Competition) @ Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls
• October 21 SDHSAA State Tournament in Sioux Falls: More Details To Come

Today's your Lucky Day!!! Come bowl at Sport Bowl along side last year's bowlers for a fun Friday afternoon of bowling. Sport Bowl is offering the special price to bowl from 4pm to 5:30 - Bowl 3 games for $5.00 or until 5:30PM. What a great way to show off your bowling skills to the team and your friends! This could be your lucky day. You may be one of the lucky bowlers who gets free bowling or one of our other prizes. So come on out to Sport Bowl on Friday the 13 of October…..it may be your lucky day!!!

Come with your friends to a special meet the Riders event! What a great way to kick off the fall season and meet some of our bowlers and coaches!!! Enter our drawing and you might be one of the lucky bowers that gets to bowl for free!!! See you at Sport Bowl at 4pm on Oct 13th. (Special 3 game event last from 4 to 5:30 on Friday the 13th!!!!

Riders Bowling Tryouts!!!!

Do you like to bowl? Here is your chance to be part of our girls and boys Junior Varsity and Varsity teams!!! We have bowlers ranging from 100 a game on up and look forward to having a full team this year so bring a friend and tryout for the team. We practice once a week and have a match each week from Nov.-Feb. So you will be able to fit this great team sport into even the busiest high school schedule. We can’t want to have you join our exciting team!!!!

Parent Open House –

RHS Oct. 17 at RHS Library at 6:30 pm

(Bowlers will need their parent packet and physicals to attend the tryouts. Forms are available online or at the school office.)

Tryouts:

October 19 and 20 at Sport Bowl (1901 W Burnside St) 4 pm to 5:30 pm each day

(cost for tryouts $15.00 for the two days of bowling) Our tryout sessions allows our coaches to watch you bowl. This helps us find the right team to place you on! So come and join the Riders at our team forming tryouts!

Season begins Oct 24th: Practice from 4:00 to 5:30pm with our First Match November 3!!!!

Join us at Roosevelt in the Little Theater on October 12th at 3:15pm for Sign-Ups and Additional Information

Join the Rider Wrestling Club (RWC) This Season!

Parents, spark your child's passion for wrestling by enrolling them in the RWC. We offer a dynamic environment for children of all skill levels. Don't miss our parent meeting on November 2nd at 6:30 PM in the wrestling room.

Key info:

- Practices: Tuesdays & Thursdays

- Register at: riderwrestling.com/rwc/registration

- Stay updated: facebook.com/RiderWrestlingClub

The RHS Girls' Tennis Team has been having a lot of fun at practices and meets this season, although our meet/match records might not show it. The team is bonding well and having a great time. The season has been plagued with date/time changes due to weather, which has been challenging for transportation. Recently, we held a home meet against O'Gorman and had success with our #2 doubles team besting their #2 doubles team, so that is a win in my (Coaches') book. We also have 2 fun events - Meet the Riders and Senior Day, which were both on that day's meet against O'Gorman. We also had great fun taking team photos. Here are 2 photos of the team: 1 regular photo, 1 fun photo. If you are interested in joining either the boy's or the girl's tennis team, we have 2 summer skill improvement camps in June/July (Beginner and Advanced).

Contact Coach Jim Scholtz about sign-up for those camps and check dates/times on the RHS calendar. Hope to see you on court!!

The RHS School Store is Online! Shop in-store or Online - Click on the photo to access the online school store! Pictured below are some new items found in the Student Store!

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