This year, Roosevelt students and staff shared many adventures in both academics and extracurricular activities. Alongside the senior class, 10 teachers will be retiring: Warren Baker, David Blake, Lela Blake, Mark Diroff, Ann Robb, Kelly Steyaert, Susi Stiles, Jeffery Weller, Tina Weller, and Michaelyn Zalewski.

Two new assistant principals joined the Roosevelt staff this year: Stacie Bukosky and Brenton Petrick. Both settled in quite well and brought a fierce, new spark for the RHS Bears. Petrick will transition next year to help direct special education for WPS.

In the arts, the Roosevelt Theater Company’s lineup consisted of “Dinner With the MacGuffins”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Shrek the Musical”, which was performed to a full house for all three shows.

The school’s Winterguard team won a back-to-back second place at states and the fan favorite award. Poetry Out Loud’s winning performance was delivered by senior Lydia Blonski, and RHS art students created handmade jewelry that could be purchased throughout the year.

Additionally, the media department saw the Wy-News newspaper receive the highest award in the state of Michigan — the Spartan Award through the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) — for only the second time in school history. Many individual awards were won by the paper’s staff, including by sophomores Riley Hodges and Jolie Greener. RHS underclassmen have not won at MIPA in over a decade.

In film, senior Daisy Moline won two Best of Show awards at the Michigan Student Film Festival.

Wyandotte’s DECA chapter was once again named as a top program in the state, based on the project by seniors Brooke Wicker and Emmalee Eskin to highlight this year of community giving events, including Block Out Cancer, You Matter hockey, and Dunk on Darkness basketball. The Block Out Cancer event alone raised $25,000.

The botany department’s landscaping team placed first in the state at the MSU skills contest, and multiple students earned certifications that will help them get jobs. On that same note, RHS installed a grant-funded Apprenticeship Wall, which displays many trade school opportunities for those interested.

The winter was highlighted by the annual Winterfest Lip Sync performances, where the classes danced to this year’s theme—genres. For the third year in a row, the class of 2026 was crowned victors for their pop performance, where many students portrayed famous pop icons.

This year’s homecoming queen and king were Daisy Moline and Luke Abshire. Yael Melo and Alayna Balderrana were chosen to be this year's Band Cutie and Sweetheart; Moline was Miss Spirit, and Alessio Vitale was Mr. Roosevelt. Prom King and Queen were Esteban Delgado and Lydia Blonski.

Prom 2026 was held at the Roostertail in Detroit on Friday, May 8, followed by Senior Recognition Day on May 15 to honor and recognize the graduating class, where department awards were given to Eleanor Grant (social studies), Lydia Blonski (English), Marc Karaba (science), and Maddix Richardson (math). Class President Daisy Moline won the Principal’s Leadership Award, and Esteban Delgado won the Spirit of the Community Award.

Graduation was held on May 27 at the Yack Arena, where 237 graduates received their diplomas.