Roosevelt High School

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Yearbook

Roosevelt High School Yearbook

Yearbook Distribution

Yearbooks will be distributed at the end of the school year, details to follow.


Important School Portrait Dates:

  • Tuesday, September 3:  School portraits for grades 10, 11, and 12 at RHS

For grades 10 and 11, this photo will be in the yearbook and will be on your school I.D. card. For seniors, this photo will only be used on your school I.D. card. After taking your school portrait, you will be given a website and an individualized code to see your photos, pick your favorite, and order copies if desired.

  • Wednesday, September 4 (First Day of School):  School portraits for grade 9 at RHS

This photo will be in the yearbook and will be on your school I.D. card. After you take your photo, you will be given a website and an individualized code to see your photos, pick your favorite, and order copies if desired.

  • Tuesday, September 17 – Make up Portrait Day for grades 9-11
  • Tuesday, October 1 – Re-take Portrait Day for grades 9-11


Seniors Only!

  • Sign up for your senior portrait
  • Here are the dates to take your senior portrait:
    • Thursday, August 22 – RHS Senior Portrait Day at Rowland Studio (Avoid the line and take your photo early!)
    • Thursday, October 17 – Senior Portrait Day at RHS
    • Thursday, November 7 – Make up and Re-take Senior Portrait Day at RHS
  • If you are unable to get your portrait taken on these dates OR just prefer to schedule an individual portrait session at Rowland Studio, be sure to contact Rowland Studio and get your picture taken BEFORE Winter Break!

Purchase a Yearbook

Yearbook sales dates are established in accordance with state tax policies. Pre-Sold yearbooks will be distributed on Yearbook Distribution Day in June. Yearbook sales will resume following Yearbook Distribution Day and will continue until books are sold out.

September 2nd to September 22nd, 2024 – Activity Card & Yearbook Combo Sale ($65 Yearbook + $65 ASB Card = $130 Total)

The Yearbook and ASB Card are FREE for Free & Reduced Lunch (FRL) program participants. Please communicate with your counselor to let them know you want a yearbook Before January 31, 2025. 


SchoolPay Tips to See if You Pre-Purchased a Yearbook!

  • Logon to the Parent Source/SchoolPay
  • 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

Senior Grad Ads

A Senior Grad Ad is an opportunity for senior families to choose photos and a personal message for  their graduating senior to be printed in the Roosevelt High School Yearbook.

Order a beautiful Grad Ad to congratulate your student’s accomplishments.

Details to follow.


Student Name Change

Has your student transitioned recently? Do they 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, Roosevelt Yearbook Name Change Form, see Ms. Noji in room 239 OR email her at aanoji@seattleschools.org as soon as possible


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

Or contact Amy Noji at aanoji@seattleschools.org

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 2022.


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.”

Roosevelt High School has published a yearbook annually since 1923. Our award-winning full-color publication is distributed in June, to those who order their copies now!