Roosevelt High School

With a nationally acclaimed local jazz program at risk, the trumpet legend joins Washington Middle School graduates in protest.

Hannah Mowry is bringing fresh ideas to the Roosevelt High School band program in Seattle. The trumpeter, vocalist and educator succeeds longtime Roosevelt band director Scott Brown. Mowry spoke to KNKX about her history and her future in music education.

Three high schools from Western Washington are part of this year’s Essentially Ellington competition: Mountlake Terrace, Ballard and Roosevelt. Students…

The Black Lives Matter movement has helped spark a national dialogue about issues of race and racism in the country. That conversation is also happening…

Several years ago Delaney Ruston, a doctor who specializes in internal medicine, started to notice that most of the kids coming into her office were glued…

This week, eleventh graders at Seattle's Garfield High School were supposed to start taking a state- and federally-required standardized test of their…

Roosevelt High School has invited an expert on teen substance abuse to address concerned parents after the the school's principal sent a letter to parents…

Two Western Washington high school bands finished in the top three at the "Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 16th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz…

Seattle public schools have some of the best jazz programs in the country. Student ensembles dominate at national competitions and perform all over the…