Make sure to mark your calendars for the following events at Roosevelt this week:

Monday, December 5
Begin Roosevelt Food Drive for Second Harvest Food Bank. (Details below)

Tuesday, December 6
WinterFest! at Peninsula Covenant Church at 6:30pm for Grades – Kinder, 4th, 5th. Please have your child arrive by 6:15.

Wednesday, December 7
Principal Girardi will be presenting a report about Roosevelt School at the Dec 7 School Board meeting at 7:00pm at the District Office. Ms Girardi will be presenting the schools accomplishments and goals and recognizing the many people that help make Roosevelt great and the 5th grade students will be reciting the Constitution’s Preamble. All Roosevelt families are encouraged to attend to show your support.

Thursday, December 8
WinterFest! at Peninsula Covenant Church at 6:30pm for Grades – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 5/6 drama group. Please have your child arrive by 6:15

Important Dates…
December 12 – Restaurant fundraiser at Chuck E Cheese
December 14 – End Food Drive
December 16 – Minimum Day – Begin Winter Break
December 19 – January 6 – Winter Break – No School

WinterFest! Volunteers Needed…
Volunteers are needed to help pass out hot chocolate at the end of each night of Winterfest. If you can help out, please fill out the following https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHZ1RlExRGtYd1NJbVppQWwtQmlsV0E6MQ or contact trishreillytaylor@gmail.com

Food Drive…
Mary Washburn’s 2nd grade class decided to organize a food drive at Roosevelt for Second Harvest Food Bank. The students have created flyers, posters and decorated bags to hold the donated food items. They will be collecting any food donations from each classroom every day until December 14. Please make sure any food donations are nutritious and non-perishable. Also, check to make sure that any food is not past it’s expiration date.

On the Parent Blog…
I’ll be putting up pictures from Saturday’s Hometown Holidays parade. If you attended the parade and took pictures, I’d be happy to post them on the blog.

Monthly Pledges…
Reminder notices are being sent home around the 15th of each month to those who wanted to make a small monthly donation to the PTA. As with any other donation to the PTA, this money is being spent on P.E. for all grades, art, music, field trips, assemblies, etc. Please make sure to put your child’s name and room number on the envelope so that your account can be credited for the tax receipts to be sent out at the end of January. As always, the PTA appreciates your support!

Online Shopping to support Roosevelt…
If you’re planning on doing any online shopping for the holidays (and all year) there are two options that will support Roosevelt:

The first is Donate Portal at donateportal.com/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=95&Itemid=68 Click on any of the available stores and shop. Donate Portal will take care of the rest.

The second option is the eScrip Online Mall at www.escrip.com and in the upper right hand corner under Shop Today! click on At the Online Mall and it will direct you to their directory of participating stores. Then just shop! (And while you’re on their website, don’t forget to register your Safeway Club card and/or your credit cards and debit cards and designate Roosevelt as your school).

Honey Bear Trees…
If you are buying a fresh Christmas tree this year or need a fresh wreath or garland, Honey Bear Trees in Redwood City on Woodside or San Carlos on El Camino is donating a percentage of your purchase back to our school. Tell them you are from Roosevelt School at checkout and they will make sure Roosevelt gets a portion of your sale.

Casino Math Night…
Roosevelt will be having a Casino Math Night on January 18. It will be a night of fun games for the whole family that will help the students practice math skills. The teachers organizing the event need new or used Yahtzee games and new or used sets of dominoes. If you have games you’d like to donate, contact jtorres@rcsdk8.net

Have a great week!