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The Fresh Face of PALS

April 23, 2024

Recently, Roosevelt High School gained a new PALS advisor for the 23-24 school year. Economics and government teacher Mr. Swensen is new at Roosevelt, but that doesn’t stop him from taking on new challenges.  Peer...

Sophomore Helps To Mask Roosevelt

Sophomore Helps To Mask Roosevelt

March 29, 2021

Helping out the Roosevelt community and other local schools, DATA sophomore Pedro Cordova has taken part in the work along with community volunteer Vickie Caceres, who leads a group of volunteers who are...

We Never Saw It Coming

We Never Saw It Coming

February 16, 2021
Snow storm wows, stops daily life of San Antonians.
Further Inside The Quarantine

Further Inside The Quarantine

January 20, 2021

By Marcos Perales | Big Stick Editor | Quarantine means different things to different people. It can be a time to “relax” or a time to work even harder than one used to before the coronavirus outbreak....

Struggling Students Encouraged To Return To In Person Learning

Struggling Students Encouraged To Return To In Person Learning

December 14, 2020

By Marcos Perales | Big Stick Editor | It’s been about nine months since schools shut down for the year. A little under nine months ago, education scrapped itself up for a taste of all virtual learning...

Desks  in the hallways remind students to walk to the right.

NEISD Schools Push into Phase Three

October 5, 2020

By Marcos Perales | Big Stick Editor | The school year is finally phasing into the type of schooling we all knew before—students rotating to classes and meeting their teachers in person. Roosevelt,...

School year opens with online learning

School year opens with online learning

September 2, 2020

By Marcos Perales | Big Stick Editor | COVID-19 has not stopped its global rampage. While vaccine development continues, there is no telling when the vaccines will be distributed, or even safe for all...

Preparing for AP tests at home

Preparing for AP tests at home

April 30, 2020
Students to take virtual exams for college credit amid COVID-19
Inside the Quarantine

Inside the Quarantine

April 29, 2020
Junior balances school work, a job, family concerns in new age of COVID-19.
Marvelous Medicine: School gets new Medical Club

Marvelous Medicine: School gets new Medical Club

February 27, 2020

By Samuel Rocha | Assignments Editor | The medical field has a broad choice of careers for one's future such as being a pediatrician, a doctor, or a nurse. Getting help with choosing the right job...

Allen Williams (Left) and Jalen Smothers (Right) sign their college contracts as their families look on. Williams is going to Texas Lutheran University and Smothers is going to the University of Incarnate Ward.

Six Athletes Commit on Signing Day

February 13, 2020

By Zakary Rodriguez | Advertising Manager |

FCCLA students earn spot at state competition

FCCLA students earn spot at state competition

February 10, 2020

By Cierra Cervantes | Staff Writer | TR Culinary students participated at the Region V FCCLA competition in Corpus Christi on Feb. 3 . The team, consisting of Michael Anthony, Breyanna Garcia, Raul...

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