The school affords students the opportunity to participate in co-curricular activities which encourage students to develop more fully as individuals and as contributing members of society. To enhance this program, a ropes course was installed in the gymnasium in early 1996. Students demonstrate character and a commitment to the community by sponsoring a bed at the Friendship Center, participating in Make a Difference Day, raising funds and sponsoring a holiday party for children at the Hospital for Special Care, tutoring elementary students, and sharing activities with senior citizens. T his past school year, Roosevelt received a Green Circle Award from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection in recognition of efforts to help clean up the Quinnipiac River. S tate of the art technology supports the highly structured academic program which emphasizes the basic skills.
Every classroom is equipped with a closed circuit television.
A large satellite dish on the roof of the building provides access to a variety of educational broadcasts. The media center features a computerized catalog system and personal computers with access to information networks and to the Internet. A ccredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Roosevelt Middle School is one of 18 middle schools selected by the Connecticut State Department of Education to be a systemic change school through a program funded by the Carnegie Corporation to improve middle school education.