Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School (New York City)
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School | |
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5800 20th Ave , 11204 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°37′17″N 73°58′57″W / 40.62135°N 73.98263°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1965 |
| School district | New York City Department of Education |
| Superintendent | Michael Prayor |
| NCES School ID | 360015101947[1] |
| Principal | Melanie Katz |
| Teaching staff | 217.92 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 3,142 (2021-2022)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.42[1] |
| Campus | City: Large |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Mascot | Cougars |
| Newspaper | The New Dealer |
| Yearbook | Sojourn |
| Website | www |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is a coeducational public high school in New York City, located at 5800 20th Avenue in the borough of Brooklyn. It is a zoned/public high school, with an enrollment of approximately 3,700 students, encompassing grades 9–12. In total, the school includes 280,717 sq feet of class space, gyms, cafeteria, and auditorium.
Programs[edit]
The Brooklyn school offers Art, Business, Computers, Music, Social Sciences and Physical Education. Their foreign language programs include Chinese and Spanish. The school offers 18 AP classes.
The school also provides Instructional Support Services for students such as Collaborative Team Teaching (CTT) classes, SETSS classes, and Bilingual classrooms. FDR High School also has a rigorous honors program, for example, Honors Algebra 1, Honors Chemistry, Honors Geometry, Honors Sophomore English, Honors Physics, Honors Algebra 2/Trigonometry, Honors Participation in Government, Honors Economics, and a special class called "Pre-Calculus for Juniors only" a class offered to students who have taken Algebra 1 in eighth grade.
FDR is also home to an alternative program called the Young Adult Borough Center (YABC) that provides over-aged and under-credited high school students with alternative means to obtain their high school diploma. Classes are offered in the evenings Monday through Thursday and students in good academic standing are provided a paid internship during the day.
Bell Schedule[edit]
2023-2024 Student Bell Schedule[edit]
| Period | Time |
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| Period 1 | 7:45am-8:32am |
| Period 2 | 8:36am-9:23am |
| Period 3 | 9:27am-10:15am |
| Period 4 | 10:19am-11:07am |
| Period 5 | 11:11am-11:59am |
| Period 6 | 12:03pm-12:51pm |
| Period 7 | 12:55pm-1:43pm |
| Period 8 | 1:47pm-2:35pm |
| Period 9 | 2:39pm-3:26pm |
| Period 10 | 3:30pm-4:17pm |
Student Bell Schedule Prior to September 2023[edit]
| Period | Time |
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| Period 1 | 8:00am-8:47am |
| Period 2 | 8:51am-9:38am |
| Period 3 | 9:42am-10:31am |
| Period 4 | 10:35am-11:23am |
| Period 5 | 11:27am-12:15pm |
| Period 6 | 12:19pm-1:07pm |
| Period 7 | 1:11pm-1:59pm |
| Period 8 | 2:03pm-2:50pm |
| Period 9 | 2:54pm-3:41pm |
| Period 10 | 3:45pm-5:00pm |
Extracurricular activities[edit]
Sports[edit]
The Roosevelt High School offers a number of athletic activities for its students. For boys, they offer baseball, varsity and junior varsity basketball, bowling, football, handball, outdoor track, cricket, table tennis, soccer, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling, while girls have available basketball, bowling, handball, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The Girls Tennis Team won the 2011 PSAL Championship. The Cricket Team won the 2010 and 2011 PSAL Championship. The school has recently launched a dance team. Roosevelt has weight training and cardio facilities with gym and exercise equipment. Roosevelt received a grant for a few million dollars and built a field for sports and other events. In the spring of 2014, coach Yellen founded the FDR Badminton team. Throughout the year, the badminton team won 10–0 in the city tournaments, and in addition, won 2–0 in the state finals. FDR High School's badminton team was the first-ever recipient of the PSAL Badminton cup.[needs update]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Eric Johnson (born 1966), former professional basketball player who had a brief career in the NBA for the Utah Jazz.[2]
- Vinnie Johnson (born 1956), professional basketball player (1979–92).[3]
- Dennis Raphael, Professor of Health Policy and Management at York University in Toronto
- Alexander Vindman (born 1975), U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council who testified in November 2019 before the United States Congress regarding the Trump–Ukraine scandal.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL (360015101947)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ "Eric Johnson". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Bonk, Thomas. "The NBA Championship Series : Los Angeles Lakers Vs. Detroit Pistons : Back Burner : With People Such as Vinnie Johnson, Pistons Easily Bench Press Lakers", Los Angeles Times, June 8, 1988. Accessed December 1, 2019. "Sometimes, when Johnson goes back to Brooklyn, he asks about a few guys he knew from Franklin D. Roosevelt High School."
- ^ Ramirez, Jeanine. "Before His Impeachment Testimony, a Lieutenant Colonel Was Raised in Brooklyn", NY1, November 19, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2019. "Vindman graduated from FDR High School in Bensonhurst in 1993, then went on to SUNY Binghamton and the Army, earning a Purple Heart after a roadside bombing in Iraq. He later earned a masters degree at Harvard."
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