| Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy | |
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730 West 25th Avenue , 46407 | |
| Coordinates | 41°34′27″N 87°20′43″W / 41.5742°N 87.3454°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Charter school |
| Established | 1921 |
| Oversight | EdisonLearning |
| Principal | Joshua Batchelor Sr. |
| Faculty | 27 |
| Enrollment | 602 (2013–14) |
| Color(s) | Black and gold |
| Athletics conference | Northwestern Conference |
| Team name | Panthers |
| Website | theodorerooseveltcca |
Theodore Roosevelt High School | |
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| Location | 730 W. 25th Ave., Gary, Indiana |
| Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
| Built | 1930, 1946, 1968-1971 |
| Architect | Ittner, William Butts; Wildermuth, Joseph E. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Indiana's Public Common and High Schools |
| NRHP reference No. | 12001059[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 19, 2012 |
Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy (TRCCA), formerly known as Theodore Roosevelt High School and often referred to as Gary Roosevelt, was a charter school located in the Midtown neighborhood of Gary, Indiana, United States. In February 2020, the Distressed Unit Appeal Board voted to close Roosevelt after a series of burst pipes throughout the winter of 2019 left the school in need of expensive repairs. At the time of its closing, the school was managed by EdisonLearning and was divided into a senior and collegiate academy for grades 9–12 and a junior academy for grades 7–8. Roosevelt was part of the Gary Community School Corporation until 2012, when the Indiana Department of Education took control of the school due to poor academic performance and contracted with EdisonLearning to operate the school. Under Edison, Roosevelt was reorganized into academies and the school received its final name. Athletic teams at Roosevelt were known as the Panthers and the school colors were black and gold. Roosevelt was part of the Indiana High School Athletic Association as a member of the Northwestern Conference.
The origins of the school date to 1908, when a one-room school was established for Gary's African American children at Twelfth Avenue and Massachusetts Street. After portable classrooms were relocated to Twenty-fifth Avenue and Harrison Street the school was named the Roosevelt Annex. The school began offering secondary-level courses in 1925. In 1927, the Emerson School Strike prompted the city to officially segregate its schools by building a separate high school for Black students. The new building was designed by architect William Butts Ittner, constructed in 1929, and dedicated as Roosevelt High School in April 1931. It was named in honor of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The first graduation ceremony at the new high school was held in 1933. The Gary Roosevelt was developed during the early decades of the twentieth century as part of William Wirt's Gary System of education, which offered vocational training and college preparatory classes to high school students, as well as extracurricular activities and athletic programs. The school building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December 2012.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/17/12 through 12/21/12. National Park Service. 2012-12-28.