May 13Make sure to mark your calendars for the following events at Roosevelt this week:

Note: Please read this entire email – there’s a lot of time critical information about upcoming events and fundraising opportunities. Last week, Raccoon Bucks were given away to 10 lucky readers that read the entire email. So read carefully! You never know what you could be missing.

Monday, May 13
Renaissance Program for 7th grade

Tuesday, May 14
San Mateo County Historical Museum field trip for 3rd grade

A – Z salad bar in the cafeteria

Wednesday, May 15
California Mission field trip for 4th grade

Thursday, May 16
Principal’s Reading Club Party

Opening/Closing Act Practice for students performing in the Roosevelt Talent Show after school

Common Core Standards Information Mtg at 7:00pm at the District Office – The state has adopted this new standard and all parents are invited to find out what this new standard looks like and what the district has planned to implement it. Spanish translation is available.

Friday, May 17
Perseverance Pizza Party for students in grades 2-7 that completed the CSTs

Saturday, May 18
Pancake breakfast at Applebee’s in Redwood City from 8:00am – 10:00am. Roosevelt teachers are generously donating their time to be servers. This will be a fun family event! Invite friends, family and neighbors. We have the whole restaurant reserved just for us! Tickets cost $5 each. Order forms are available in the office. Fill out the order form and return it to your child’s classroom or bring it in to the school office.

Important Dates…
May 20 – Tickets for Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy at Stanford go on sale
May 20 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Rm 14 – Last Meeting of the Year!
May 22 – Common Core Standards Information Mtg at 9:00am at the District Office
May 22 – Shop at Whole Foods – 5% of all sales, all day, go to keep music education for our kids
May 27 – Memorial Day Holiday – No School
May 31 – School wide Talent Show at 5:30pm
June 6 – Kindergarten on Early Bird Schedule
June 6 – Open House/PBL Fair at 5:30pm – 7:00pm
June 10 – Kindergarten on Early Bird Dismissal for the remainder of the year
June 10-13 – Minimum Day Schedule for grades 1-7
June 13 – Kindergarten Promotion (TBA)
June 14 – Last Day of School – Super Minimum Day – 12:00 Dismissal

Trivia Question…
Let’s play a game of Who Paid for That? Match the expenses below to the correct funding source:

Expenses:
1. 2 buses for 1st grade to The San Francisco Zoo for $910.20
2. AmeriCorp volunteer to work with small reading groups $8,100
3. Art for grades K-7 with Art4All for $15,916

Funding Source:
1. District/School
2. PTA Enrichment Fund
3. Measure W

Make your guesses and find out if you’re right at the bottom!

Shoparoo Teacher Appreciation Challenge!…
As a way of saying thank you to our amazing teachers, Shoparoo is going to have a delicious prize delivered to EVERY staff room at each school that gets 30 people to submit at least 1 receipt within the month of May. This is your chance to show Roosevelt Elementary’s teachers how much you appreciate their hard work and dedication. So remember to upload a receipt in May, and get your friends to do the same.

The Shoparoo app is free for iPhone and Android smartphones, so if you have a smartphone, make sure to register and start submitting your receipts! For more information, go to www.shoparoo.com/

Art Show Set Up…
Help is needed throughout the day on June 6th to get our students’ art displayed for Open House that night. Artistic ability is not needed, but you will have to know how to use a stapler! The art work has to be stapled to display boards and tables need to be covered. The students have been working hard all year on their artwork, so please come and help to get it looking it’s best! Help will also be needed on June 7th to take all of the artwork down. If you can only help for an hour or two, it will be appreciated! Please contact Marlene Perez at marlenevperez@comcast.net to help out.

PTA Enrichment Fund…
Each family that contributes $100 in either a direct donation or fulfills their pledged donation of at least $100 will receive free Raccoon Bucks which the students can use at the Snack Shack!

Checks should be made out to Roosevelt PTA or you can make a cash donation.  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!

Volunteer from Home…
Do you want to help out, but just can’t be on campus to do it? Our PTA is looking for anyone to volunteer as a grant writer to help secure additional fundraising money for our school. You don’t need any special training and you will be given all of the information you need to apply for grants. This is a job that can be done on your own time from home. Please contact Ms. Girardi at pgirardi@rcsdk8.net if you are interested or want more information.

Looking forward…
At the last PTA meeting of the year, we’ll be discussing ideas that might be budgeted in for next year. We need to know what YOU want to see at Roosevelt next year. Last year it was a parent that came to the PTA with the proposal of using Art4All instead of Art in Action. The PTA agreed that it was a great program and so it was made it a budget priority. If you have ideas to share, you can attend the final meeting on May 20 at 6:00pm or you can email your ideas and suggestions to trishreillytaylor@gmail.com (English) or Lydia Hernandez at lyhernan2002@gmail.com (Spanish)

Raccoon Bucks…
Have you seen the new Raccoon Bucks which students can use to purchase items in the Snack Shack? Each Raccoon Buck costs $1 and is good for $1 worth of items at the Snack Shack. Now you be sure that your child is only buying our school’s healthier snack items instead of buying from the ice cream truck. Please note that if your child buys an item worth 50¢, they will not get change back. You can purchase Raccoon Bucks in the school office. You will also receive Raccoon Bucks once you fulfill your $100 PTA donation pledge.

Earthquakes Soccer Game…
Roosevelt has once again reserved seats at the June 29 SJ Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy soccer game at Stanford Stadium. Banners will be going up soon with 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! Ticket sales will begin the week of May 20.

On the Parent Blog…
Check out the Roosevelt 2013 Biz World Challenge Champions from Mr. Williams class! They competed against teams from The Harker School (2nd place), North Star (3rd place) and Woodside Elementary (4th place). www.rooseveltparents.com

Fundraise While You Shop…
Reminder – take a picture of your weekly shopping receipts for Shoparoo points! If you have an iPhone or Android smartphone, download the free Shoparoo app today. Every time you shop at a store that sells grocery items or pet food, take a picture of your receipt and submit it. You can view the school’s leaderboard and see who has the most points. It’s a new month with a brand new leaderboard, so it’s anyone’s to win! This week Joanne D has held on to the lead with 490 points, but Guy T is close behind with 400 points. Let’s see who’s going to be in the lead next week!

Please don’t forget to also sign up on escrip.com to help earn money for Roosevelt at stores such as Safeway, Old Navy, Home Depot, etc. and always look for the Box Tops logo on anything you buy.

Speaking of Box Tops…
Now through May 26, our school can earn 5 bonus Box Tops for every like on their facebook page. Go to
https://www.facebook.com/BoxTopsForEducation/app_367976259968602 and when prompted, put in our school’s zip code (94061) and select Roosevelt.

We are also still collecting Box Tops! You can turn them in to the Box Tops box on the counter in the office or turn them in to your child’s teacher. Each Box Top earns 10¢ for our school. It may not sound like much, but the last batch of Box Tops that we turned in earned almost $450!

“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/Roosevelt-Elementary-School/214259038634327

Trivia Question Answer…
The correct answers are:
The 2 buses for 1st grade to The San Francisco Zoo for $910.20 were paid for by the PTA Enrichment FundMoney,
An AmeriCorp volunteer to work with small reading groups $8,100 was paid for by Measure W funding (but in the past has been paid for by the PTA), and
Art for grades K-7 with Art4All for $15,916 was paid for by the PTA Enrichment Fund

Did you guess correctly? Did you think any of those were paid for by the school/district? Well, budget cuts over the years have forced parent groups to pay for things like buses and art that used to be paid for by the district. Your PTA has been working hard all year to make every dollar stretch so that our kids don’t miss out on anything.  Every bit that you can contribute to the PTA’s Enrichment Fund makes a difference.

If you tried to pay for just art with $100, you would only be able to pay for less than 1 hour of art for your child for the whole year. But when we ALL give $100, we can pay for an art lesson every month for EVERY student at Roosevelt, and still have money left to pay for field trips, iPads, SMART boards, dance classes, science, drama, music, afterschool clubs, etc. The PTA thanks our generous parents for their support!

Have a great week!