Yearbook
Roosevelt High School Yearbook
Yearbook Distribution
Yearbooks will be distributed at the end of the school year on Moving Up Day.
Portraits:
- October 15 – Retake and last chance make up portraits for grades 9-11 and 12 (ID picture Only)
- October 29 – Senior Portraits
- November 17 – Senior portrait retake and make up day*
Senior Portrait and Yearbook Information:
Senior Portraits
- October 29 – Senior Portraits
- November 17 – Senior portrait retake and make up day
Senior Baby Picture and Quote Submissions
More information coming soon!
Senior Grad Ads
What is a GRAD AD?
- A grad ad is a lasting way to celebrate your graduating kiddo.
- It’s a space in the yearbook that is purchased by family/friends and is dedicated to their senior. The size of the grad ad is chosen by the purchaser.
Where and how can I purchase one?
- See the link below. Be prepared with pictures of your senior, family, special memories and a message for your senior.
When can I purchase one?
- The sale is open NOW until January 17. However, the price goes up the longer you wait, so purchase your grad ad ASAP.
How much is a grad ad?
| Size of ad | Now – Oct. 25 | Oct. 26-Dec. 6 | Dec. 7 – Jan. 17 |
| 1/8 page | $45 | $50 | $55 |
| ¼ page | $90 | $100 | $110 |
| ½ page | $180 | $200 | $220 |
| Full page | $360 | $400 | $440 |
What if our family is experiencing financial hardship?
- There are a limited number of FREE grad ads available to families.
- Please reach out to Amy Noji, the Yearbook adviser at roosevelths.yearbook@seattleschools.org Before December 18!
Here’s how to order a grad ad:
- Visit Yearbook Forever, then search for and select Roosevelt High School. Be careful to choose Seattle, Washington.
- Click on “Senior Ad – Get Started” and enter your student’s information.
- Choose the size of your senior grad ad.
- Upload your best high-resolution photos and message.
- Please note: this is a student publication. Our design editors will design/format all ads to match the overall design of the yearbook.
- Complete your order by checking out and paying with credit card or PayPal. Then, certify and submit your ad.
Purchase a Yearbook
Yearbook sales dates are established in accordance with state tax policies.
- September 1 – 21, 2026 – Yearbook and ASB card Combo Sale ($65 Yearbook + $80 ASB card = $145)
- November 23 – December 14, 2026 – Holiday Yearbook Sale ($70)
- February 15 – March 7, 2027 – ($75) – Black History Month Sale ($75)
Please note: On and after September 22, the Yearbook and ASB card/activity fee prices increase. (The ASB card is $100.)
Each item can be bought separately on or after September 22.
Yearbooks for students on Free and Reduced Lunch/Experiencing Financial Hardship
- There are a limited number of FREE yearbooks available.
- Please request a free yearbook by emailing or talking with your counselor OR Amy Noji, the Yearbook adviser at roosevelths.yearbook@seattleschools.org Before December 11!
SchoolPay Tips to See if You Pre-Purchased a Yearbook!
- Log in to the Parent Source/SchoolPay – Purchase your Yearbook
- Verify you are on the correct student Account
- If the Yearbook option is not displayed on SchoolPay check the payment history to see if already purchased
- Open the History menu in the upper right portion of your screen
- Select items Purchased. SchoolPay will provide a search menu
- Select the date range and student, and click the Search button
Student Name Change
Have you transitioned recently? Do you want to go by a different name?
If you would like the Roosevelt Yearbook to use a name that is different from the one Seattle Public Schools has on record, please fill out this Microsoft Form before Monday, November 9.
Join Yearbook Journalism Class
The Yearbook Journalism Class is open to any student by application during their freshman, sophomore, or junior year. The class gives students either one credit of English elective or Career and Technical Education (CTE). Students can take the course in their sophomore, junior, and/or senior years. Be sure to talk with your counselor about your path to graduation.
Is Yearbook the right class for you? Consider applying if you are outgoing, self-motivated, and hard-working And you would like to:
- grow as a leader in our community,
- be a team player,
- be creative,
- develop many valuable work and life skills,
- learn about and help run the yearbook business,
- learn about and practice photography and graphic design, and
- create a yearbook that is truly inclusive
Alumni: Purchase prior year Strenuous Life yearbooks
Help support the yearbook program with a donation for a vintage yearbook and revisit your Roughrider days.
Purchase previous editions of the yearbook on SchoolPay
Then email Roosevelths.yearbook@seattleschools.org with your receipt and let us know which year’s yearbook you would like.
You may pick up the yearbook from the main office.”
This service is only available during the school year, September through June. We have copies of the Strenuous Life for many, but not all of the years from 1923 through 2026.
Why is our yearbook called Strenuous Life?
Well, our namesake-Teddy Roosevelt-in April 1899 said, “I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.”