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Reminder: It’s Time to Add YOU to the Grapevine!

The deadline for sending your story to the Fall 2022 Grapevine is Wednesday! from Golden Grads Secretary  Cathie Hogue Huffman, ’63 Hi Golden Grads! Hoping you can send some news about yourself to the Grapevine editor Janet Whalley by the deadline Wednesday August 31.  Just a few sentences will be fine! The Grapevine is much more …

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President’s Report for Spring 2022

By GG President Doug Whalley (’63) No GG Luncheon this Year Despite our desire to have a Golden Grads Luncheon in June 2022, the Board concluded that most members would still be very reluctant to attend. We are the vulnerable generation and must be more cautious than our children or grandchildren. In addition, we did …

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Find Out More

To see what else is happening this spring, go to one of the websites below: High School Jazz Drama Orchestra Bands For More on RHS Jazz Bands click here or visit the Jazz Boosters Calendar Page. For RHS Orchestra click here. For RHS Roughriders Band information click the Riders Band site. And for Roosevelt Drama …

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Spring Happenings at Roosevelt

Roosevelt High School Coming Back to Life! by Cathie Hogue Huffman, ’63 Hello Golden Grads! Lots of things are happening at RHS…so Just-So-You-Know … Theater News: A strange thing happened when casting for Mama Mia (Sold out: sorry I wasn’t aware of the play earlier!)  Being short of male actors for this musical they auditioned members …

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It’s Easy to Join or Renew Membership

You can do it online! As the students and staff are preparing for a great year ahead, we too are planning some exciting opportunities for our alumni and fellow Golden Grads. The RHS Centennial Celebration is coming! Roosevelt turns 100 next year (2022-2023 school year), with special opportunities for current Golden Grad members during this …

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Roosevelt High School: Beyond Black and White

RARE Documentary Film Premiere From Steve Fisher, Class of ’71 A big event is approaching in the life of RARE: the premiere showing of its documentary film, Roosevelt High School: Beyond Black and White.  The premier showing of the film will occur online, via Zoom, on January 31 at 7 pm PST.  The film premier will …

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Happening in Spring of 2022

With the closure of RHS due to the Coronavirus Pandemic starting Spring 2020, all the school’s programs were cancelled. When school reopened, activities started up gradually with adjustments to protect students and audiences from the virus. The hoped-for 2022 Golden Grads Luncheon is cancelled due to the Covid surge. So we’re taking it one step …

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2022 Golden Grads Luncheon Cancelled Due to Covid

To protect all of us and our families, it’s necessary to again postpone the Annual Golden Grads Luncheon this year. We were eagerly looking forward to finally being able to hold the much-anticipated event.  But it was not to be. The Golden Grads Board of Directors just voted to cancel it due to the current …

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President’s Report for Fall 2021

by GG President Doug Whalley (’63) New Principal In the last Grapevine I wrote how lucky we were to have Kristina Anderson Rodgers as the Principal of Roosevelt. Two weeks later she announced that she had accepted an offer to be the principal at Bainbridge Island High School (unrelated, I hope, to the fact that …

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It’s Easy to Join or Renew Membership

You can do it all online! As the students and staff are preparing for a great year ahead, we too are planning some exciting opportunities for our alumni and fellow Golden Grads. Thank you for your dedication as a member of Golden Grads. We now have a new option to join or renew membership online …

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