Welcome to the Roxbury Recap, where we keep you in the loop with all things Roxbury!
Awards & Accolades:
- Mr. Koch was named Honorable Mention Trainer of the year by Training and Conditioning Magazine. Congrats, Mr. Koch!
- Mr. Gottfried was named National Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year. Congrats, Mr. Gottfried!
- RHS Alum Luke Stanich became a World Champion in Wrestling. Congrats, Luke!
School Events:
- RHS’s Back to School Night was held Thursday, September 4th.
- GAME DAY SPIRIT WEAR THEMES
- 9/12: Country Out
- 9/26: USA ❤️
- 10/10: Neon Out
- 10/17: Black Out ◼️
- Roxbury High School Cheer – is hosting a Calendar Raffle. Support your RHS Cheerleaders & win big!
- When: Drawings every Sunday at 4:00 PM from Sept. 28 – Oct. 26, 2025
- Where: Winners announced on Instagram: @RoxburyHSCheer
- Tickets: Just $10 each – and every ticket stays in for all drawings, so you can win more than once!
- ✔ Winners will be contacted via email or by the cheerleader they supported
- ✔ You do not need to be present to win
- ✨ All proceeds benefit RHS Cheerleading ✨
- Contact a Roxbury HS cheerleader or email [email protected] to get your tickets today before they sell out!
- Help Roxbury Cheer sell Pink Out shirts! These Limited Edition Pink Out T-Shirts are now available for $20! Pre-order only sales until September 17th. They’ll be worn for the Pink Out Football Game on Friday, October 10 @ 7PM at Roxbury High School. A portion of every shirt sale benefits the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.
- Order Here: https://forms.gle/oxRbiDSsAXkYPKHDA
Miscellaneous:
- 9/12 – The Club Fair will be held on September 12th in the senior courtyard during the Skinny Blocks.
- 9/22 – Senior Open Lunch begins on September 22nd. You will not be able to go out if you turn in your paperwork the same day. The cut-off for community service hours / open lunch applications will be October 27th. Resumption of processing community service hours / open lunch applications on January 5th.
- 9/23 – School will be closed for Rosh Hashanah on September 23rd.
- 9/30 – Spirit Week will be held on the week of September 30th: Check back to read the Roxbury Review next week the find out the themes!
- Now – Oct. 31st: The 2025-2026 yearbook is now on sale until October 31st! After the 31st of October, the book will stay at a consistent price until the day of distribution in June. Don’t delay, it has sold out year-after-year!
- Orders can be placed: www.yearbookordercenter.com and enter school code: 13809 or over the phone at: 866-287-3096. Any questions, please email: Mr. Schilling ([email protected]) or Mrs. Zengel ([email protected])
Cheer:
- Coaches: Wendy & Katie
- Captains: Mia Bacalhau, Genesis Cepeda, Hailey Clemente, & Isabella LoScalzo
Cross Country:
- Coaches: Bischoff & Gervasio
Field Hockey:
- Coaches: Williams (Norgard) & Brown
- Captains: Cecilia Sosa, Ava Pennisi, & Avianna Zanni
Football:
- (9/5) @ Mount Olive
- Coaches: Roumes, Misureli, Diorio, Drexler, Trotter, & Dolan
- Captains: Michael Geary, Nikolas Edelman, Jack Mancino, Peyton Seader, Aiden Mulholland, Paul Hakkenberg & Jonah Kali
Gymnastics:
- Coaches: Gluck
- Captains: Jordan Sheldon, Bianca Marott, & Taylor Gutowski
Boys Soccer:
- (9/4) vs Sparta W
- Coaches: Franco, Benbow
- Captains: Aidan Jachera, Kevin McGlynn, Nico Decker
Girls Soccer:
- (9/4) vs. Morris Hills W
- Coaches: Renna
- Captains: Maddy Anderson
Girls Tennis:
- (9/2) vs. Pequannock W
- (9/3) vs. West Morris Central L
- (9/5) @ Sparta
- Coaches: Doyle
- Captains: Ilana Cuskie, Stella Santarpia, & Salome Osuna Mesa
Volleyball:
- (9/4) vs. West Morris Central L
- Coaches: Roumes, Geary, & Smalls
- Captains: Becca Corrado, Kiara Ortiz
Music:
- Marching Band Classic will be held on September 20th, 2025.
Top 3 Songs of the Week
- The top songs right now, as reported by Billboard and other music charts, are:
- “Golden” by HUNTR/X, EJAEAudrey Nuna, and REI AMI
- “Ordinary” by Alex Warren
- “What I Want” by Morgan Wallen featuring Tate McRae.
Netflix Top 10 Movies:
- The Thursday Murder Club
- KPop Demon Hunters
- Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
- Love Untangled
- Fall for Me
- KPop Demon Hunters- Sing Along
- The Woman King
- Abandoned Man
- The Killer
- Tehran
Netflix Top 10 Shows:
- Wednesday
- My Life with the Walter Boys
- Two Graves
- Hostage
- Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
- Beyond the Bar
- Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
- Rivers of Fate
- Dan Da Dan
- The Amazing World of Gumball
Trending on Social Media:
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- 9/12 – The Club Fair will be held on September 12th in the senior courtyard during the Skinny Blocks. Here is a list of the clubs planning to attend:
- Academic Decathlon
- Aviation Club
- Best Buddies
- Class of 2023
- Class of 2024
- Class of 2025
- Class of 2026
- Debate Club
- DECA
- Environmental Club
- Equal Rights Advocacy (ERA) Club
- FBLA
- Film Club
- French/ Italian Club
- Gaelvision
- Interact Club
- Jazz Band
- Junior States of America
- Literary Magazine
- Marching Band
- Math League
- National Art Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- Peer to Peer
- PRISM
- Robotics Club
- Rox Buddies
- Rox-THON
- Roxbury Review
- Roxbury Unified Bowling
- Science Club
- Student Council
- Student Empowerment and Advocacy (SEA’s)
- Spanish Club
- Sports Medicine Club
- Varsity “R” Club
- Vocal Jazz
- Yearbook Club
- Spanish Club
- The Roxbury Review: 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
Teacher of the Week: Ms. Mitchell
Our 9/1 Teacher of the Week is Ms. Mitchell from the Family & Consumer Sciences Department. Ms. Mitchell has been teaching at Roxbury High School since the 2020-2021 school year, but she has been teaching for over 20 years now. Her courses include Life management, Fashion design, and Culinary I).
“Ms. Mitchell is such a kind-hearted and influential teacher. She welcomes all of her students with a warm smile every class. I had Ms. Mitchell my freshman year, and she made Culinary I such an entertaining and engaging experience.” – Lily Polster, Senior.
Congratulations to Ms. Mitchell, our 9/1 Teacher of the Week!
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