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

Monday, March 19
Last Day for the Book Fair in the school library

Tuesday, March 20
Rummage Sale Planning Meeting at 6:00pm in the faculty lounge – Room 14.

Wednesday, March 21
See’s Candy orders due.

Family Author Night at 6:00pm in the Cafeteria. Dinner will be served by 2nd grade families starting at 5:00.

Thursday, March 22
Free Dress day for students whose parents attended Parent/Teacher conferences

Important Dates…
March 26 – Reclassification Ceremony at MIT
March 27 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
March 30 – Minimum Day / Begin Spring Break
April 2 – April 6 – Spring Break – No school
April 9 – Site Council/ELAC meeting at 6:30pm
April 24 – PTA meeting at 6:00pm

Volunteering…
On the purple sheets that were turned in about what all of you loved about Roosevelt, parent after parent responded that they love the Roosevelt community. Ms. Girardi and the PTA want to make our community even stronger by asking for help with specific events by grade level. You may have noticed that this has started already.  Kinder parents were asked to help with the Book Fair and this week 2nd Grade parents are being asked to help with Wednesday’s Author Night. This is not only a way to make sure that the same people are not being called upon to volunteer for every event, but it’s also a way for you as parents to meet and get to know the other parents in your child’s class and grade. Every grade has at least 60 families that can potentially help with each event and if every family committed to helping out just once during the year, the PTA could do amazing things for the students at Roosevelt!

Drop off and Pick up News…
The new drop off zone is in effect for Vera Avenue.  Please pay attention to the new loading zone areas and drive down Vera from Alameda de las Pulgas to use the drop zones. The drop off zone times are 7:30am to 8:30am and then 1:00pm to 3:00pm on school days. Students are to be dropped off and picked up in this area. The curb on Euclid will also be painted white and drop zone signs added in the coming weeks. The staff parking spaces will be repainted when the weather clears up. If you normally drive up Vera, you need to drive up Madison and make a Left on to Winslow and then a left on to Vera to use the drop zone.

Family Author Night…
On Wednesday, March 21, Roosevelt will be hosting a Family Author Night. An author is coming to read her book to students and will also have a presentation and raffle. Dinner will be served and 2nd grade families are being asked to help with the food service before the presentation begins. If you are a 2nd grade parent and haven’t had a chance to volunteer for a school activity yet, here’s your chance! Please contact Bonnie Courtney – Rodriguez at  bejrodriguez@yahoo.com to volunteer. Flyers for this event will be coming home on Monday or Tuesday.

See’s Candies Fundraiser…
Your child should have brought home an order form for the See’s Candy fundraiser.  You may send your order forms with your child or turn in your order forms to the school office until Wednesday, March 21. Please make any checks payable to “Roosevelt PTA”. Thanks for your support!

On the Parent Blog…
There’s a lot going on at Roosevelt! I’ve posted pictures from the 3rd graders’ Biomes presentations,  2nd graders’ People Who Make a Difference presentation, and Room 23’s PBL Unit on Anthropology. As always, check out the parent blog to see these pictures and more.

Spring Drama Camp…
TheatreWorks is offering a drama camp for students in K-6 during Spring Break week (April 2 – April 6). Students will get to experience drama, music, movement, puppetry, juggling, singing and acting! The camp is being offered at a reduced rate of $190 for the 9am-3pm camp. To register or get more information, call 650-463-7146 or email dramaschool@theatreworks.org or visit their website at www.theareworks.org/learn

Rummage Sale…
Our Rummage Sale’s rescheduled date has been confirmed and it will now be combined with a Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 5, 2012! Our PTA president, Aurora Gallardo needs help sorting and pricing the donated items that have been stored in the PTA room and selling booth space. Parents are also needed to help cook a Mexican meal for the festivities. — Carnes asada, frijoles (beans), arroz (rice), elote (corn) and nachos

If you can help, please come to the planning meeting on Tuesday, March 20 at 6:00pm in the Faculty Lounge (Room 14) or contact Aurora at aurora.gallardo@star-vista.org

Have a great week!