RHS has raised over $300,000 through 8 events. Rox-THON by the numbers: Roxbotix Since 2012, Roxbury has witnessed the growth of an exceptional STEM program - Roxbotix. This is a robotics program offered for students to develop a robot each year to accomplish a series of tasks in a competition style. Roxbury has competed at a high level each year, having gone to Nationals in Detroit in 2018. Under the direction of Mr. Mark Tayler, the program continues to expand and attract more students. Athletics Roxbury High School's mascot is the Gael, an Irish/Scottish warrior, which was a nickname given to the football team in the 1930s by local news writers because of three Irish brothers on the team that were standouts. The Roxbury High School Gaels compete in the American Division of the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, which includes public and private high schools in Morris, Sussex and Warren counties, and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had competed as part of the Iron Hills Conference, which included public and private high schools in Essex, Morris and Union counties. With 1,010 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Freedom Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV North for football for 2018–2020. Interscholastic sports offered include basketball, cross country, football, golf, field hockey, swimming, soccer, tennis, lacrosse, wrestling, track, volleyball, baseball, ice hockey, and softball. The Gaels once had a bowling team, but it is no longer in existence. Roxbury has a girls gymnastics team that went through a three-year trial from 2018 - 2021. Athletics teams Baseball (boys) Basketball (boys and girls) Cheerleading (girls) Competitive cheer (girls) Cross country (boys and girls) Field hockey (girls) Football (boys) Golf (boys) Gymnastics Ice hockey (boys) Lacrosse (boys and girls) Soccer (boys and girls) Softball (girls) Spring track (boys and girls) Swimming (boys and girls) Tennis (boys and girls) Volleyball (girls)