Make sure to mark your calendars for the following events at Roosevelt this week:
Monday, December 3
Limo Ride to In n Out in Mountain View for students who sold 8 cases of chocolate during the World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser (Families with two or more children had to sell 12 cases)
Holiday Gift Shop from 2:00 – 4:00
Tuesday, December 4
Holiday Gift Shop from 2:00 – 4:00
Wednesday, December 5
Holiday Gift Shop from 4:00 – 7:00 with Cookies & Cocoa
Thursday, December 6
Free Dress for students that turned in a completed school survey form
Holiday Gift Shop from 2:00 – 4:00
Friday, December 7
Free Dress Friday!
Holiday Gift Shop from 2:00 – 4:00
Important Dates…
December 18 – WinterFest! Grades K, 2 & 6 at 5:30pm — Grades 1 & 7 at 7:00pm
December 19- WinterFest! Grades 3, 4 & 5 at 6:00pm
December 21 – No School – Begin Winter Break
December 24 – Jan 4 – No School – Winter Break
January 6 – Classes Resume
Trivia Question…
What’s the estimated amount Americans are expected to spend per household this holiday season?
a. $616
b. $770
c. $866
Make your guess and find out if you’re right at the bottom!
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 has brought in items for the Holiday Store. Students (and parents) will be able to shop for gifts for family members and friends for the holidays. A flyer and envelope was sent home in last Thursday’s folder. You can decide with your child how much money he/she can spend for each person and enclose the money in the envelope. The Gift Store volunteers will look at each child’s envelope and help them to purchase gifts within their price range. Items range in price from $1.00 to $15.00. A preview of some of the items that will be for sale can be seen on the parent blog www.rooseveltparents.com
6th grade families and Ms. Viera’s SDC class parents have been assigned to help with this event. If you are a parent in either 6th grade class or in Ms. Viera’s class and haven’t signed up for a shift in the gift store, please contact Bonnie Courtney-Rodriguez at bejrodriguez@yahoo.com. If you are not a parent in any of these classrooms, but would like to help out, you are also welcome to sign up.
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 in 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.
Online Shopping to support Roosevelt…
If you’re planning on doing any online shopping for the holidays (and all year) here’s an option that will support Roosevelt:
Check out 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! You can also download their “Auto Earn” application and it will automatically donate money to our school from participating vendors as you shop online so that you don’t have to go through the escrip.com site first. (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).
YMCA Holiday Camps…
For the December holiday break, the YMCA is offering a holiday camp. The camp is 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
WinterFest!…
WinterFest! will be on December 18th and December 19th this year and will be held at Penninsula Covenent Church (PCC) at 3560 Farm Hill Blvd. Because Roosevelt now has over 550 students, WinterFest! is going to be held on two dates and at two different times on December 18th to accommodate everyone. December 18 at 5:30 will feature performances by grades – Kinder, 2 and 6 and and December 18 at 7:00 will feature performances by grades – 1 and 7. WinterFest! on December 19 at 6:00pm will feature performances by grades 3, 4 & 5. For those that don’t know what WinterFest! is, it’s Roosevelt’s annual holiday performance. The children in each grade will be practicing a song or skit over the next weeks to perform on their assigned night of WinterFest!
Please note: Volunteers are needed at each WinterFest! event to hand out programs as families are walking in and pass out candy canes as families are leaving. About 6 volunteers are needed for each time slot. For the December 18th 5:30 performance Kinder families are being asked to volunteer. For the December 18th 7:00pm performance, 7th grade families are asked to volunteer and for the December 19th 6:00pm performance, 3rd grade families are asked to volunteer.
On the Parent Blog…
A lot of pictures went up on the blog (7th grade, 1st grade, 4th grade), so be sure to keep checking this week for updates to your child’s grade level page. Pictures were also posted from this weekend – Girls on the Run 5k in Golden Gate Park and the Hometown Holidays Parade. 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
Food for Fines…
The Redwood City Public Library is once again offering their Food for Fines program. If you have unpaid library fines, you can bring in non-perishable food donations to any library branch, and they will erase your fines. For more information, visit one of the RWC libraries.
“Like” us on Facebook…
Please be sure to “Like” the Roosevelt page to get school and district updates and pictures from Roosevelt school events in your news feed. http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Trivia Question Answer…
The correct answer is b. $770. U.S. consumers predict they will spend an average of $770 on Christmas gifts this year based on a November 2012 Gallup poll. That roughly matches the $764 they estimated at this time a year ago amid a fairly robust holiday shopping season, thus pointing to good, though not great, sales for holiday retailers in 2012. Source – www.gallup.com
So, while we’re not expecting sales of $770 from each Roosevelt family in our Holiday Gift Shop, we hope you’ll come on by and get some great gifts and help raise some money for Enrichment programs at Roosevelt at the same time!
Have a great week!
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