Make sure to mark your calendars for the following events at Roosevelt this week:
NOTE: The Book Fair is in the School Library all week. If you are a 4th Grade parent and haven’t signed up to help, please do so ASAP! This event is in danger of being canceled due to lack of volunteers. (See below for more information.)
Monday, November 12
Veterans Day Holiday – No School
Tuesday, November 13
Book Fair in the Library
Wednesday, November 14
Book Fair in the Library
Book Fair Cookies & Cocoa Night from 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Thursday, November 15
Book Fair in the Library
Friday, November 16
Book Fair in the Library
Banana Slugs Band – Assemblies for K-5 in the cafeteria.
Minimum Day – All Kinders on Early Bird Schedule / Grades 1-3 Dismissed at 1:00 / Grades 4-7 Dismissed at 1:20
YMCA Family Night Potluck at 6:00pm
Important Dates…
November 19-20 – Parent/Teacher Conferences – No School
November 21 – 23 – Thanksgiving Holiday – No School
November 26 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
November 29 – Coffee with Principal Girardi at 8:00am in Room 2
December 1 – Hometown Holidays Parade – Downtown RWC (Kinder & 2nd Grade families volunteering)
December 3-7 – Holiday Gift Store (6th Grade families volunteering)
Trivia Question…
If you or your child were to read all 7 books in the Harry Potter series in 30 days, approximately how many pages would you have to read every day?
a. 100 pages per day
b. 125 pages per day
c. 140 pages per day
Make your guess and find out if you’re right at the bottom!
Book Fair…
Attention 4th Grade Parents! Your help is needed at this week’s Book Fair. This event helps raise much needed money to purchase more books for our school library. If you are coming to school this week for a Parent/Teacher conference, please consider helping out at the Book Fair for the hour before or after your assigned conference time. Paulette also needs help with Cookies & Cocoa night on Wednesday from 4:00pm-7:00pm. Paulette also needs donations of cookies, cocoa powder and marshmallows. Please contact Melissa Bryant at 650-364-1689 or leafblessings@gmail.com ASAP and let her know what dates/times you can help out.
YMCA Family Potluck night…
The YMCA will be kicking off National Family Week with a potluck dinner in the YMCA Room on Friday, November 16 at 6:00pm. Please contact Veronica Vega at vvega@ymcasv.org or call 650-257-0119 to RSVP and sign up for a dish to bring.
Parent/Teacher Conferences…
Teachers have been sending home schedules for Parent/Teacher conferences. Please make sure that you’ve signed up for a time and if you haven’t, please contact your child’s teacher. Parents attending a conference will be given a district survey to fill out. Students that return the survey will be given Free Dress on Thursday, Nov 29.
YMCA Holiday Camps…
For the week of Thanksgiving, as well as the December holiday break, the YMCA is offering a holiday camps. All camps are available for Grades K-8 (Ages 5-13) from 7:30am – 6:00pm. Weekly and Daily fees are available. For more information, please contact the YMCA at 650-368-4168 or contact Veronica Vega at vvega@ymcasv.org or call 650-257-0119
On the Parent Blog…
I’ve posted pictures of Mrs. Torres’ Kinders in a Music for Minors class, the 4th graders working on their California Regions Books, Room 10’s November newsletter and Room 23’s November newsletter. The 5th graders in Room 13 had an inauguration party for their class election and had some very special guests. Pictures from that will be posted this week. If you have any pictures or student work that you’d like to send in to be posted on the blog let us know. And don’t forget, for the most accurate information throughout the week, check out the parent blog. www.rooseveltparents.com
Hometown Holidays Parade…
Roosevelt will once again be walking in Redwood City’s Hometown Holidays Parade on December 1. This year the theme will be Christmas in Hawaii and volunteers are needed. Both Kindergarten and 2nd grade have been assigned to help with this event, but families from other grade levels are also welcome to help and participate in the parade. Parents and children are needed to volunteer for ideas, decorating, walking in the parade and anyone that would like to perform a short hula dance for the short 3 minute stop during the parade. Roosevelt’s parade organizer would like 10 students from each grade level to walk in the parade. If you wish to volunteer, please contact Brandi Sevudredre at blkchrry@hotmail.com
Holiday Gift Store…
The holidays are just around the corner and this year we’re trying something new – a Holiday Gift Store! This will be run much like the book fair. An outside company will be coming in with items that will be set up in the Holiday Store. Students (and parents) will be able to shop for gifts for family members and friends for the holidays. More information will be coming home in the coming weeks. 6th grade families have been assigned to help with this event, so look for sign up sheets soon.
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast…
Adelante Spanish Immersion School and San Carlos Children’s Theater invite all families to come and see a fun mini-musical “Sleeping Beauty and the Beast”. Adelante students from all grades will entertain you with singing, dancing and much laughter in this lively, funny show. Prince Charmless is on a valiant quest to save Princess Rose from a wicked Faerie’s curse and meets an adventurous Puss ‘n’ Boots, a snarling Snow White, a helpful Headless Horseman and a very lonely Beast. December 7 & 8 at 7pm and December 9 at 1pm at McKinley Middle School, 400 Duane St, Redwood City. Tickets $8-15 available at www.SanCarlosChildrensTheater.
Job Opportunity…
The school district currently has openings for Instructional Assistants for Special Education. Please contact the district’s HR department at 423-2200 for an application. http://www.rcsd.k12.ca.us/
“Like” us on Facebook…
The district created a Facebook page for every school in the district. Please be sure to “Like” the Roosevelt page to get school and district updates and pictures from school events in your news feed. http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Trivia Question Answer…
The correct answer is c. 140 pages per day. According to Scholastic Books, the U.S. version of the book series has a total of 4,224 pages! The U.K. series has a total of 3,407 pages, so children in the U.K. only have to read 114 pages a day to finish the series in 30 days. Also according to Scholastic, the number of hardcover sales in the U.S. in the first 24 hours of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” was 8.3 million. That’s a lot of reading!
Make sure to check out our school’s Book Fair this week for the Harry Potter series as well as some other great books!
Have a great week!
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