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Character Profile: Seth Rosenhaus

blntmaker

on April 6, 2007

Legal Name: Seth Jacob Rosenhaus
Occupation: Student (Sixth grade)
Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record, still a minor.
Place of birth: New York City, NY
Known relatives: Phillip (father), Gabrielle Moss (biological mother), Jillian (step-mother), Alicia (older step-sister), Casey (younger step-sister)
Group affiliation: Covington Middle School Boys' Soccer Team, CMS Boys' Basketball Team, The GATE Program, Math, Engineering & Science Association, Peer-Tutoring/Mentoring Program
Base of operations: Toluca Lake, California
History:
Seth is the only biological child of his Jewish-American parents: Phillip Rosenhaus, writer/director/producer and president of Hard Seven Entertainment and his ex-wife, Emmy, Tony and Academy Award winning actress, Gabrielle Moss. Mr. Rosenhaus' current wife is a former production designer, now homemaker, Jillian Wing. Her daughters, Alicia and Casey, are from a previous marriage.

Seth's parents met in a theatre company during their college years in Connecticut. After college, the two married and moved to New York City, where Rosenhaus started a small production company and Moss continued to work in acting from theatre to television. Seth was quite adept to the busy schedule of his parents and often traveled to foreign places with them. His academics never suffered and they managed to remain a cohesive family unit. Despite this, and his parents' growing success in the entertainment industry, the couple began to grow apart. Moss' star power grew quicker than her husband's and by the time Seth was five years-old, his parents were divorced – At the time of the divorce, Ms. Moss was busy with several blockbuster films and thus, decided to diminish her custody rights to Seth. Simultaneously, when Rosenhaus' production company began to expand, he decided to relocate to Los Angeles where he gained full custody of Seth.

Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Phillip hired and began dating production designer, Jillian Wing. Ms. Wing, who was in the middle of her own divorce, also won custody of her two daughters. A few months after the divorce was final, Phillip and Jillian were married.

During Seth's fourth grade year, Phillip's production company fell on hard times and there was a drop off in TV and film projects. Though he was able to make a decent living, Mr. Rosenhaus was unable to sustain his household (And Jillian's expensive tastes) to meet his finances. To save money, Rosenhaus downsized his production company and made budget cuts at home. Rosenhaus also considered withdrawing his children from Eastridge Preparatory, an upscale private school in the San Fernando Valley. Due to the volatile response from his wife regarding her daughters being dropped from Eastridge, Rosenhaus balked at the idea. However, Seth volunteered to leave Eastridge Prep only if he could pick the public school that he could attend. Seth chose Mulholland Elementary, a small, magnet/fundamental school just across the street from his father's production company in Studio City, California.

The summer before beginning his fifth grade year, Seth took a series of aptitude tests – a standard practice for new Mulholland students. Seth tested remarkably high for his age. So high, the district made a recommendation to have Seth accelerated one grade level and cleared him for sixth grade. After talking it over with his father, Seth agreed and picked a new school to attend – Covington Middle School, where he was placed in their GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) program.

Since arriving to Covington Middle, Seth began a tight friendship with Teddy and Rayne Atwater. He also has an antagonistic, yet at times friendly relationship with Desmond Blackshear. All things aside, he has yet to disclose the fact that he skipped the fifth grade with his new, circle of friends.

Skills, abilities and interests:
Academically, Seth is an exemplary student. In fact, once he's been exposed to a new activity, Seth has the ability to pick it up rather quickly. For instance, Seth has the ability to speak three foreign languages (Hebrew, Chinese & Spanish) – all due to his exposure from foreign travel with his parents. Seth's academic strengths lie in mathematics, science and computers, three subjects in which he finds fascinating. Seth also is a science fiction fan and often makes references to Star Wars, Star Trek or his favorite movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Seth is also interested in fast-paced, high energy activities. Thus, he is an above-average athlete. He is a skilled skater, surfer and due to his participation in several other "extreme" sports, Seth demonstrates a high level of endurance and agility.

From Seth's love of math and science, comes a love for mechanics and technology. He is an aspiring engineer and maintains a meticulous work space in his home garage, which he keeps under lock and key. Many of his creations are usually featured as science projects for school. Some of them, including modifications to bikes or scooters, are for personal use. A great deal of his projects are highly classified.