Make sure to mark your calendars for the following events at Roosevelt this week:
Reminder! Saturday night/Sunday morning was the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. Make sure all of your clocks were moved FORWARD one hour!
Note: Parent/Teacher Conferences begin on Friday, March 15. Please make sure you have scheduled a conference time with your child’s teacher!
Monday, March 11
Library Coin Challenge – Bring in your PENNIES
English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC) Meeting at 1:30pm in Room 1.
Site Council meeting at 6:00pm in the Faculty Lounge (Room 14). Please note the new start time of 6:00pm for Site Council Meetings. On the agenda for this month’s meeting: McGarvey Parking Lot issues, Measure W fund update and the School Safety and Discipline Plan. All are encouraged to attend and Spanish translation is available. (Attendance counts toward your 40 hour time commitment)
Tuesday, March 12
Library Coin Challenge – Bring in your NICKELS
Medical Mysteries Night for families of students in Grades 4 – 7. There are two sessions, 6:00-6:50 and 7:00-7:50. Students pretend to be medical investigators to find out what is “wrong” with different patients. If your 4th – 7th grader has a younger sibling, they may attend as well, but they must stay with an adult. Volunteers are needed for both sessions (more information below)
Wednesday, March 13
Library Coin Challenge – Bring in your DIMES
5th Grade (Rm 13) field trip to Biz World at Informatica Headquarters, Redwood Shores 8:00am – 3:00pm
Outdoor Education Meeting for 5th grade families at 6:00pm in the Cafeteria. This meeting will have all of the information you will need for this year’s trip which is scheduled for the week of May 6. Checks and credit cards will be accepted that evening to pay for your student’s trip.
Thursday, March 14
Library Coin Challenge – Bring in your QUARTERS
5th Grade (Rm 13) field trip to Biz World at Informatica Headquarters, Redwood Shores 8:00am – 3:00pm
Friday, March 15
Library Coin Challenge – Bring in your ANY COIN or DOLLARS
Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences – Minimum Day Schedule for Grades 1 – 7 and Early Bird Schedule for Kindergarten classes
Begin Spring Book Fair in the school library (Kinder Families Volunteering – see sign up sheets at the drop off area)
Important Dates…
March 18 – March 21 – Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences – Minimum Day Schedule
March 18 – March 22 – Early Bird Schedule for Kindergarten classes
March 18 – Entry Forms Due for RWC Art Contest “My Redwood City – Places, Faces & Events”
March 22 – Minimum Day – Begin Spring Break
March 25 – April 5 – Spring Break – No School
April 8 – End Spring Break – Classes Resume
April 12 – Movie Night! – Wreck-it Ralph at 6:15pm (4th Grade Families Volunteering)
Trivia Question…
What year was Roosevelt School built?
a. 1949
b. 1950
c. 1951
d. 1954
Make your guess and find out if you’re right at the bottom!
Volunteers Needed for Tuesday Night…
We really need some parent volunteers to show up at 5:30 to assist with set-up and to help with the activities. 16 volunteers are needed to act as “patients”. Please let our 7th Grade Math/Science teacher Julie Gordon know if you can help out. She needs 16 volunteers and she only has 4 as of Friday afternoon. You can sign up to volunteer at either session. jgordon@rcsdk8.net
PTA Pledges…
Reminders are once again being sent home for all families that wanted to make a monthly contribution to the Roosevelt Enrichment Fund. Please remember to send in your money.
If you still haven’t contributed $100 per child, or filled out a pledge form to make monthly payments, you can still do so. There are still a lot of Enrichment programs that the PTA has to fund for this year and we need your support. The more money our fund has, we can give the teachers the go ahead to schedule field trips and classroom visitors. Please include your child’s name and room number so that it can be credited to your family.
Checks should be made out to Roosevelt PTA or you can make a cash donation. Please use the envelope that was sent with the reminder to send back your payment so that it can be credited to your family. You can also pay via Credit Card or bank transfer using the PayPal Donate button on the parent blog at www.rooseveltparents.com You can also pay by credit card in the school office.
Thank you for your generosity!
Spring Book Fair…
The Spring Book Fair will be held in the school library during parent/teacher conferences (March 15 – March 22). Kindergarten families are being asked to sign up for a shift to help our librarian with this event. Sign up sheets have been posted, so please sign up for a time slot. If you are not a Kinder parent, but would like to help out with the book fair, please contact our librarian Paulette Elliott at pelliott@rcsdk8.net
Earthquakes Soccer Game…
Roosevelt has once again reserved seats at the June 29 SJ Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy soccer game at Stanford Stadium. Watch for information about upcoming ticket sales! All tickets cost $20 each. Tell your friends and family – this game was sold out last year and we were lucky enough to have an entire section!
Rethinking Dyslexia Movie...
A movie by James Redford (son of Robert Redford) on Thursday, March 21 at 6:30pm at The Fox Theater. Tickets $15 each. And if you’re a big Robert Redford fan, there’s a rumor that he’ll be at the screening that night with his son James.
Volunteer Timesheet Is Now Online…
You can now submit your volunteer hours using our new online form on the blog. Just select the Volunteering tab. Complete the form and click Submit and you’re done! You can fill out the form each time you’ve completed some of your 40 hours, or wait until you’ve logged several hours and then fill out the form.
“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.
If you’ve liked our page, but don’t see any updates in your news feed, it’s because Facebook has been using a formula that hides posts for pages that don’t pay for sponsored placements. What can you do? Go to our Facebook page and hover your mouse over the Liked box. Then make sure Get Notifications and Show in News Feed are checked. http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Trivia Question Answer…
The correct answer is c. 1951 which makes Roosevelt 62 years old this year! So, the first Kindergarten students on Roosevelt’s campus are now 67 years old. 
The first person that responds to the following bonus trivia question with the correct answer will win a Roosevelt spirit wear t-shirt (your choice of color and size).
Bonus Question: Who has been a Roosevelt student, a Roosevelt parent and is now a Roosevelt grandparent and is also on Roosevelt’s staff? Send your best guess to trishreillytaylor@gmail.com
Just to be clear, this question does NOT imply that the person in question is 67 years old or even close to it! 🙂
The answer and winner will be announced in next week’s update.
Have a great week!
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