Roycemore School
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roycemore School is a privately funded co-ed college preparatory school located in Evanston, Illinois for grades junior kindergarten through grade 12 of high school. It is non-sectarian and has an average student population of 250 students.
Located near the campus of Northwestern University, it has a reciprocal relationship with that university. Students are permitted to attend classes at Northwestern if they have completed the most advanced classes within a department at Roycemore and have received recommendations from the department and the Upper School Division Head. This program is known as the Northwestern Option.
Contents |
[edit] History
Roycemore School was founded in 1915 as an all-girls school; it became co-ed in 1962. Roycemore has a 100% college placement record.
Its school mascot is the griffin and the school colors are blue and gold.
[edit] Upper School
Roycemore's high school, or Upper School as Roycemore calls it, spans grades 9-12 and it has an average student population of 75. Current Upper School principal is John Novick, is holding both the Upper School and Middle School principal posts.
List of Upper School teaching staff (06-07)
Frank Spica -- AP Biology, Biology and Chemestry
Lynne Greene -- Science
Tom Fogarty -- Physics and AP Chemistry
Virginia Romano -- World History, AP US History and regular US History
Karen Radke -- Communications, AP European History and European History
Lawrence Hunt -- English 1, English 2, and English 3
Sara Monzingo -- AP English
Peggy Klein -- French 2, French 3 and College Councilor
Trina Ingebrigtsen -- French 1 and AP French
Nicole Serrano -- All levels of Spanish
Rob Linkhart -- Mens Basketball and Mens Baseball
Jessica Wunder-- Womens Volleyball and Womens Basketball
Lester White -- Mens Soccer
Ruth Hecht -- Art and Pottery
Rachel Troy -- Music and Chorus
Elizabeth Lord -- Technology Coordinator
[edit] Middle School
Roycemore's junior high school, or Middle School as Roycemore calls it, spans grades 5-8 and it has an average student population of 75. Current Middle School principal is John Novick, co-Middle School principal is Sara Dreiling.
Susan Balmes-- 5th grade Math and English, and 5/6th grades Science
Andrew Montgomery-- 5/6/7 grades History
Lynn Greene-- 7/8 grade Science
Jessica Wunder-- Womens Volleyball, Womens Basketball and Director of Dance and Tumbling
Patti Borges-- 6/8 grade English
Sara Dreiling-- 7th grade English
Lesley Walace-- Introduction to French
Trina Ingebrigtsen-- Introduction to French
[edit] Lower School
Roycemore's Elementary school, or Lower School as Roycemore calls it, spans grades JK-4 and it has an average student population of 70. Current Lower School principal is Melinda Orzof.
[edit] Notable Alumni
Famous attendees or graduates of Roycemore include:
Olég Zotov: noted athlete, artist, and patron of the language arts. In 2004, room 25 adopted the honorary title, "The Olég Zotov Center for the Language Arts," to commemorate his mastery of English.
Paul Charnetzki: noted orinthologist and political thinker. Paul is also responsible for revolutionizing the Scholastic Bowl. His deceptive and effrontery tactics have been permanently adopted by Roycemore and opposing teams alike.
Bruce Brejta: Genuis in the field of History and Social Studies. He created his own language appropriately named Brucish.
Charles Blackstone: novelist, author of The Week You Weren't Here.
AJ Green: Accomplished Writer who has published a book, currently is writing his second book in the trilogy, Famous football star at Oberlin, Has mastered the art of Taekwondo (Black belt).
[edit] External links
 |
This Illinois school-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
