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

Monday, September
10
Kindergarten Early Bird and Later Gator schedule begins

Free Dress for students whose parents attended Back to School Night

Wednesday, September 12
Picture Day! – Free Dress. Order forms went home in last Thursday’s blue folder

Important Dates…
September 17 – School Site Council Mtg at 6:30pm in Room 14
September 24 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
September 27 – Coffee with Principal Girardi at 8:00am
October 6 & 7 – Beautification Days at Roosevelt

Trivia Question…
How old was Pablo Picasso when he started painting?
a. 8
b. 10
c. 12

Make your guess and find out if you’re correct at the bottom!

Care Bags Due…
Don’t forget to turn in your child’s Care Bag to his/her teacher. These bags are stored in each classroom in case of an emergency situation. Please make sure each bag has some non-perishable snacks (dried fruit, crackers, juice box, granola bars, fruit roll ups, etc.) You can also include kleenex and a note and/or picture to reassure your child in the event of an emergency. The bags can just be a gallon sized ziploc bag. Each teacher has a supply of water for the class and one granola bar per child plus necessary first aid supplies.

Enrichment Program Donations…
We still need donations from some families for this year’s enrichment programs at Roosevelt. Once the family donations are tabulated, a final decision will be made on funding enrichment programs for the school year.  At a budget meeting over the summer break, the PTA and Principal Girardi made a list of things that needed to be funded for this school year and prioritized them. If the money necessary to fund everything isn’t received, cuts will have to be made. The programs on the list to be funded are the following: art instruction, music, drama, Accelerated Reader, after school clubs, field trips, educational assemblies, library books, outdoor education, staff to tutor students that need extra help and so much more!

Roosevelt is asking each family to contribute $100 per child for the school year. You can sign up for a monthly contribution for as little as $10 per month. To fund all of these programs, it’s about 55 cents for each day that your child is in school! Checks can be made out to Roosevelt PTA.  Please stop by the office or send your pledge forms in an envelope to school with your child. Thank you for supporting the extra curricular programs at Roosevelt!

Save the Date…
We’re less than a month away from Roosevelt’s Beautification Weekend! Wonderful community sponsors including Peninsula Covenant Church (PCC) and 2nd Mile. They have a lot of wonderful plans for our campus, but they can only happen with the help of our families. We will need about 200 volunteers that day to make everything happen. There will be something for every skill level and ability and children are encouraged to help on that day as well. More details will follow as the date approaches, but please save October 6 & 7 on your calendars for this wonderful event/gift.

Spirit Wear…
If you wanted to purchase spirit wear but didn’t get a chance to do so at Back to School Night, you can purchase it from the school office. The navy blue zip front hoodies in youth sizes are sold out, but another order will be placed this week, so please pre-order one from the school office if you want one. If you’re stopping by the office in the morning, please be patient with Gwen, Haley and Lorena. There is always a lot going on in the mornings, so it may take a while for them to get the chance to retrieve the items for you from the storage room.

Box Tops…
Start collecting those Box Tops! A contest will be coming up soon, so get a head start now. Make sure to ask friends, family and neighbors to save them for you!

Trivia Question Answer…
The correct answer is a – Pablo Picasso was 8 years old when he started painting, but his art lessons started at the age of 5. Will your child be the next Picasso? This year, the PTA is paying for a program called Art4Schools  A professional artist will be coming into each classrooms this year to teach art to Roosevelt students. For some grades, the art instruction may tie in with a PBL unit that the class is working on. All art classes teach a concept such as line, shape, color, and develop basic technical skills. At the end of the year, there will be an art exhibit of everything the students have worked on for the year.

Have a great week!