Roy High School is a 6A secondary school founded in 1965 that serves the residents of

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, United States.

History

Prior to the establishment of Hill Air Force Base in 1940, the city of Roy had only one school that housed students of all ages. In 1943, that schoolhouse reached capacity and high school students were bused across Ogden to the north end of Washington Boulevard, a procedure practiced until 1965 when Roy High School was built. It became Weber County's largest high school at the time, and was later rated as one of the ten best in the nation. For the 2016–17 school year, Gina Butters, the former principal was promoted to the Board of Secondary Education, and Kirt Swalberg was named the new principal. In 2008, Roy High launched a new website for viewing full length boys' basketball games. In November 2018, the

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changed Roy High's sports classification to 6A, the highest in the state.

Notable alumni

* Luann "L'Wren Scott" Bambrough - model; costume and fashion designer (Class of 1982) *

Sabra Johnson Sabra Elise Johnson (born July 29, 1987) is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress from Roy, Utah and the Season 3 Champion of the Fox reality television show ''So You Think You Can Dance''. She was born in the Netherlands, lived nine ye ...

- winner of FOX TV's reality competition TV show ''So You Think You Can Dance'' in 2007 (Class of 2005) * Jim McMahon - former football player; two-time Super Bowl Champion (Class of 1977) *

Randal Quarles Randal Keith Quarles (born September 5, 1957) is an American private equity investor and attorney who served as the first Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve for supervision from 2017 to 2021. He concurrently served as the chair of the Financial St ...

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2005–2006, Current candidate for Federal Reserve Chairmanship (Class of 1975) * Billy Schuffenhauer - two-time Olympic medalist and gold medalist in the 1992 Junior Olympics (Class of 1991)

State championships

* Football 1981 * Boys' track 1991 * Girls' soccer 1997 * Softball 1998 * Boys' soccer 2003 * Drill 2007 * Softball 2009 * Softball 2011 * Softball 2012

References

External links

Roy High School

Weber County School District
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