Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School (New York City)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
Address
	5800 20th Avenue; Brooklyn, New York 11204; United States
Coordinates	40°37′17″N 73°58′57″W / 40.62135°N 73.98263°WCoordinates: 40°37′17″N 73°58′57″W / 40.62135°N 73.98263°W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1965
School district	District 20
Superintendent	Michael Prayor
Principal	Melanie Katz
Staff	455
Faculty	505
Number of students	3,665
Color(s)	Red and White
Mascot	Cougars
Newspaper	The New Dealer
Information	Phone No: 718-621-8800, YABC Program Phone No: 718-236-1067
Website	Official Website

Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is a coeducational public high school located at 5800 20th Avenue in the Mapleton section of Brooklyn, New York. 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[]

The school offers Art, Business, Computers, Music, Social Sciences and Physical Education. Their foreign language programs include Chinese and Spanish. The school offers the AP classes as follows:

AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP English Language, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, AP Studio Art & 2D Design, AP Statistics, AP United States History, AP World History, AP Chinese Language and Culture, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, and AP US Government and Politics.

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.

Extracurricular activities[]

Sports[]

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[]

Eric Johnson (born 1966), former professional basketball player who had a brief career in the NBA for the Utah Jazz.^[1]
Vinnie Johnson (born 1956), professional basketball player (1979–92).^[2]
Dennis Raphael, Professor of Health Policy and Management at York University in Toronto{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Raphael}
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.^[3]

References[]

^ Eric Johnson, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed December 1, 2019. "High School: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Brooklyn, New York"
^ 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."

External links[]

[1] Eric Johnson, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed December 1, 2019. "High School: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Brooklyn, New York"

[2] 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."

[3] 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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