bodybuilding, and team sports. Ninth-grade students are required to take the one-semester class and an additional semester is required for graduation. Each dimension program also includes a session in aquatics and personal fitness. Lifeguard training is also offered as a course and can be used to gain certification as a Professional Rescuer in first aid, CPR, and lifeguarding from the American Red Cross. The social studies requirement includes world history and U.S. history, a semester-long course in U.S. government, and a half-credit elective. World history has an advanced option while U.S. history is also offered as an Advanced Placement course. Advanced Placement U.S. government is offered as a year-long course that includes a semester in comparative government and a field trip to Washington, DC. Semester-long elective courses, which can fulfill either the elective portion of the graduation requirements or the social studies elective, include those on violence in the United States, sociology, psychology, American popular culture, African American history, economics, and a leadership and community service-oriented course known as Riders Taking Action. Extracurricular activities In addition to many of the co-curricular activities associated with the various classes, there are several extracurricular clubs at the school. Honorary organizations National Honor Society and Quill and Scroll have active chapters at Roosevelt while national and international organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union, Key Club, Amnesty International, and American Field Service (AFS) also have associated clubs at the school. In addition to the musical performing arts ensembles, there is also a chapter of the International Thespian Society honorary organization that is part of the Roosevelt Drama Guild. Drama Guild typically presents three productions each school year: a musical in the winter, one-acts in either fall or spring, and a play or experimental production in the fall or spring. Academic competition clubs such as an Academic Challenge quiz bowl team and Future Problem Solving are offered as well as a general foreign language club and separate clubs for the German, French, Latin, and Spanish language classes. General interest clubs and organizations include a chess club, athletic boosters, student council, arts promotion clubs ForArts (Friends of Roosevelt Art Society) and the RHS Film Society, a general science club along with clubs for the environment and zoology, and Gamers' Guild. There is also an African American youth-focused club known as Project Unity, a gay-straight alliance, and an active Special Olympics team. A number of Roosevelt's extracurricular