Welcome to the Roxbury Recap, where we keep you in the loop with all things Roxbury!
- For the month of February, there will be a series of “Homeroom Challenges” sent out to students’ emails. The winning homeroom each week gets breakfast that Friday.
- R263 was the winning homeroom of the first week of Homeroom Challenges.
- Roxbury’s own David Doherty won the Mayo Performing Arts Center’s Music Students of
The Month. You can read more about it here
- Juniors will be doing their class selections in the coming days.
- Between Wednesday and Thursday this week approximately 1000 hearts were hidden throughout the school. Students and teachers who found this hearts dropped them off in containers in the main office. The grade with the most will win 250 Gael Cup points, this includes faculty! The office checked totals on Thursday (2/13/
- 25) afternoon!
- There will be no school on Friday, February 14th and Monday, February 17th.
- School Bus Driver Appreciation Day is on Saturday, February 22.
- To sign up for Rox-THON 2025, please do three things:
- Register online (roxthon.org), by Fri. Feb 21st
- Parent/Guardian should sign the Genesis permission slip on the parent portal, by Fri. Feb 21st
- Fundraise at least $50, by the event (3/07)
Rox-THON Shirts are $15. You can order one online, in the media center, or stop by L208 (Mr. Gottfried) to purchase one.
- The Roxbury Review is looking for new contributors. Look around the building for the various posters, or join the Google Classroom with this code: 7mm4ltu
GIRLS BASKETBALL
- (2/11) @ Morris Knolls L
- (2/13) vs. Par Hills
- (2/15) vs. Randolph
BOYS BASKETBALL
- (2/13) @ Par Hills
HOCKEY
- (2/8) vs. Parsippany Regional (MCSSIHL Haas Cup Semi-final) W
- (2/10) vs. High Point (MCSSIHL Haas Cup Final) W
- (2/25) vs. Newton/Lenape Valley
On Monday night, Roxbury High School Ice Hockey won the HAAS Championship Cup for the first time since 2008. The game was an intense rivalry against High Point, and the score went back and forth until freshman Jesse Ambrosi scored to put Roxbury in the final lead, complete his freshman season, and win his team the cup. Captain Ryan Van Zile was honored with BSS’s Player Of The Game, and the night ended with the team being welcomed home by the Roxbury Police and Firefighters! Great job Gaels!
WRESTLING
- (2/15) vs. Mendham
WINTER TRACK
COMPETITION CHEER
- Nationals (2/7-2/10) @ESPN in Orlando, Florida
BOWLING
- (2/13) States Tournament
CHOIR
- From Thursday (2/20) to Sunday (2/23) The New Jersey Treble All-State Choir will perform at the NJ Performing Arts Center in Atlantic City, NJ. Several of Roxbury’s students will be part of the massive choir.
INDOOR COLOR GUARD
- On Saturday (2/15) the Indoor Color Guard team is going to Woodbridge High School to perform their show “Bad to the Bone”. The team will compete at 6:00 pm in the Scholastic Regional A division.
THEATER
- The Spring Play has been Announced! Roxbury’s theater program will put on their very own production of “Little Shop of Horrors!” Performances are on 2/27 and 2/28 at 7 PM, and twice on 3/1 at 2 PM and 7 PM. You can purchase tickets here.
Spanish Club Schedule:
- 3/12
- 4/19
- 5/14
The club’s purpose is to appreciate the culture of the Spanish-speaking world and encourage as many people as possible in Roxbury High School to participate. There will be more meetings. Email Kevin Cantwell and Maria Jose Navarro for any further questions or more information.
- The Roxbury Robotics team, Roxbotix, will have a launch show on 2/19
- The robot launch show is on Wednesday, February 19th, starting at 7 pm in the auditorium. This will be the culmination of eight weeks of hard work, effort, sweat, tears, and joy, to bring this year’s robot to life. The show lasts about 45 minutes.
- Rox-THON held an assembly on February 7th. If you missed the assembly, check out this slideshow!
- The Outreach club sold candy grams this week. They were delivered to homerooms on Thursday (2/13).
Our 2/10 Student of the Week is Alexis Oliveira
Alexis Oliveira is a senior at Roxbury High School, and is involved in both Varsity Ice Hockey and Varsity Girls Lacrosse for the school. Alexis loves being a part of the Interact club at Roxbury and helping the community, being a journalist for the Roxbury Review, and being a part of GaelVision in the school. Outside of school, Alexis plays for the club girls ice hockey team, 19U New Jersey Colonials, enjoys hanging out with her friends and mom, going to the beach, and making a positive lasting impact on others. After graduation, Alexis is committed to play NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey and Women’s Lacrosse for the Alvernia University Golden Wolves. She plans on majoring in Communications and Minoring in business, in hopes to become either a sports broadcaster, or saleswoman one day in her future. Some of her favorite memories from high school are overcoming challenges, winning the HAAS Cup with the ice hockey team previously this week, and spending time outside of school hours playing various sports with her best friends. If Alexis were to give one piece of advice to the younger generations, it would be “Do things that make you happy, never take anything for granted, and make the most out of everyday life. Truthfully this time will fly as much as you don’t want to believe it, and you’ll remember these days. Continue to grow each day, and never stop moving forward no matter what.” There is so much more to come for Alexis in her future, and we can’t wait to see what it is! #LetsGoGoldenWolves
“I have had the pleasure of teaching Alexis for the last three years. In many ways, she exemplifies what it means to be a great student. You are hard-pressed to find her without a smile on her face, she enters each classroom with an upbeat greeting, and she works diligently to improve every day; her positivity and commitment to self-improvement are infectious, and she is very deserving of Student of the Week!” -Mrs. Santoro, English
“Alexis is one of the kindest people I know! She always has a smile on her face and is making jokes! She is so creative and I enjoy reading her articles! She is very deserving of Student of the Week!” Katie Caron, Senior
“Alexis is the most inspiring, talented person I’ve ever met! She is an amazing friend and always has my back! She is a huge supporter and has so much going for her! I’m so proud of what’s to come for her! Let’s go, Golden Wolves! #laxandhockeycommit” – Taylor Schauble, Junior
Congratulations to Alexis Oliveira, our 2/10 Student of the Week!
Do you have a teacher or student that you would like to nominate? DM your nominations to the Roxbury Review Instagram @roxburyreview.
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