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mohamed c. at Fall 2019 Pep Rally

Fall Pep Rally

Girls varsity softball team 2019 with coach Mr. Dumsha

Softball Playoffs!!

The Academies @ Roxborough Girls Softball team won their first playoff game Wednesday May8th!  The girls played against Esperanza and won 22-20!  The next game is an away game Friday, May 10th against Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush.

Academies @ Roxborough Special Olympics

Academies @ Roxborough Special Olympics

The following students attended the Special Olympics(inclusive) Track Meet Wednesday, April 17, 2019.  Jadin Jacobs, Jordan Scales and Devon Sowisdral.  They participated in the 100 metter, 400 meter, 800 meter, the 4X100 relay, the long jump, catapult, and javalin throw.  Students were accompanied by their teacher & Special Olympics Coach Dawn Marie Geiger.  

Special Olympics logo

Special Olympics

We are proud to announce that 20 students from both our general education classes and our special education classes, will be inclusively participating in our first sport, Track & Field, with the Special Olympics Organization this Spring. We will compete with other high schools from throughout the city in 3 main track meets. Roxborough High…

March Madness Business Round one

March Madness Business Round One Game

Fesnak Beats Heleniak Article By: Mrs. Arnold Another competitive game is in the books.  Mr. Fesnak’s Business team beat Mr. Heleniak’s team by a score of 40-37.  It was a tight game from start to finish.  The MVP would have to go to Malik Nelson who barreled through his opponents to rack up a lot…

Coach McKenna

Coach of the Year & All Public Players

Congratulations to Jeff McKenna on being named Coach of the Year for the American Division in basketball! The team finished Overall 18-5 Conference 11-0. Also, two of our players were named All-Public for Basketball. They are James Jones (1st team) and Sean Robinson (3rd team).  

100th WIN!!

The Academies @ Roxborough Football team celebrating Coach Micheal Stanley this year with his 100th win!  The team also won the Liberty Division this year with standings of Overall 7-4 Conference 5-1

Academies @ Roxborogh Football players leaving the locker room

Academies @ Roxborough Football WINS Division

Roxborough’s Football teams won the Liberty Division on October 30th with a 30-6 victory over Palumbo.      

Girls track at Penn Relays

Academies @ Roxborough attends Penn Relays

The Penn Relays is a track & field competition from April 26-28, 2018 held at the University of Pennsylvania.  This year was the 124th running of the PennRelays and featured athletes from more than 200 colleges, 1,000 high schools & professionals competing in the three-day festival.  Coach John Quirus brought the Roxborough and Saul track…

D. Placide running the 100 meter dash

Academies @ Roxborough Track Meet

The first meet for the Academies @ Roxborough Track team was held at Northeast High School.  Coach Quirus trains the team here on Roxborough’s track.  The team participates in multiple events including the 100, 200, 1600 relay and the 4 by 1.  We also have two students who competed in the long jump competition.  The…