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Rogers High School (Newport, Rhode Island)
Encyclopedia
Rogers High School is the only public high school in Newport, Rhode Island
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The school began their football program in 1890 and their basketball program in 1905.
The school has the second oldest JROTC
program in the country, founded in 1916. It also holds the Honor Unit With Distinction rank, the highest unit rank possible.
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
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History
The school was founded by educator William Sanford Rogers in 1873 and was named for him. The original Rogers High School building was on Church Street. The school moved to a building Broadway in 1905 and the old building became the Thayer School and later a Boys and Girls Club. In 1957, the school moved to its current location on Wickham Road and the old Broadway building became the location for Thompson Middle School. An expansion to the school, The Newport Area Career and Technical Center, was completed in 1968.Extracurricular
The school's newspaper The Red and Black was first published in 1920, but ceased regular publication in the early 2000s.The school began their football program in 1890 and their basketball program in 1905.
The school has the second oldest JROTC
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
program in the country, founded in 1916. It also holds the Honor Unit With Distinction rank, the highest unit rank possible.
Alumni
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- PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
player - Van JohnsonVan JohnsonVan Johnson was an American film and television actor and dancer who was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios during and after World War II....
- actor - John MellekasJohn MellekasJohn Stavros Mellekas is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League....
- professional football player - David NarcizoDavid NarcizoDavid Narcizo, born May 6, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, is primarily known for his work as the longtime drummer for Throwing Muses....
- drummer for the band Throwing MusesThrowing MusesThrowing Muses is an alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. The group was originally fronted by two lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, who both wrote the... - M. Teresa Paiva-WeedM. Teresa Paiva-WeedM. Teresa Paiva-Weed is a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate, representing the 13th District since 2002 and the 49th District from 1992 to 2002. In November 2008, she was elected President of the Senate...
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-- Graduated from Rogers in 1917 and attained the rank of Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant General (United States)In the United States Army, the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps, lieutenant general is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9. Lieutenant general ranks above major general and below general...
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