Theodore Roosevelt High School is an educational institution (grades 9–12) located in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, California named for the 26th president of the United States.

Its school colors are red and gold, the mascot is Teddy the Bear, and their sport teams are known as the Rough Riders.

[5] Most students come from Boyle Heights, with some traveling from South Central, East Los Angeles, and City Terrace.

The curriculum of "Mexican schools" was designed to prepare its students to eventually join the working-class in place of their parents because graduation rates were so low.

Students were determined to change the curriculum and as the Chicano Movement was taking place, Sal Castro, a teacher at Lincoln High School, organized the East L.A.

[9] With Castro's help, students from the high schools formed a central committee to plan actions.

After the principal at Wilson High School cancelled the senior class play on March 1, 1968, enraged students participated in an impromptu walkout.

The last walkout took place on March 8 and ended at Hazard Park which is a short distance from Roosevelt High School.

[10] When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps to prevent them from turning on the United States.

In 1996 Toltecatl, who was previously known under a Spanish name, began to work on a mural intended to depict Chicano history and assimilation.

[21] Prior to the demolition of the Sixth Street Viaduct, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti recorded the R&B song "101SlowJam", backed by musicians from Roosevelt High School, and issued it via a video on his own YouTube channel.

The public service announcement video advertised the closure of parts of the 101 Freeway to accommodate the demolition of the viaduct.