Make sure to mark your calendars for the following events at Roosevelt this week:
Monday, May 20
Room 8 PBL presentation at 8:15am
PTA meeting at 6:00pm in the Faculty Lounge (Room 14).The PTA will be discussing upcoming fundraising events and looking at where we stand with the budget for this year and looking at the budget for next year! All are welcome to attend and Spanish translation is available. Free childcare is offered in the YMCA room. (Attendance counts toward your 40 hour time commitment) This is the last PTA meeting of the year!
Tuesday, May 21
Room 3 PBL presentation at 8:30am
Wednesday, May 22
Shop at Whole Foods – 5% of all sales, all day, go to keep music education for our kids
Common Core Standards Information Mtg at 9:00am at the District Office
Games 2 U at 1:00pm for students that met the Easter candy sale prize goal
6th grade Assembly at 1:15 – Zilpha Keatley Sneider author of The Egypt Games
Thursday, May 23
Summer Reading Assemblies – 10:00 for 3rd & 5th grades and 10:30 for 1st and 2nd grades
4th grade field trip to Red Morton – Make Time for Fitness
Opening/Closing Act Practice for students performing in the Roosevelt Talent Show after school
Important Dates…
May 27 – Memorial Day Holiday – No School
May 28 – Instrumental Music Performance Practice 9:00am – 11:30am at Carrington Hall Sequoia HS
May 28 – Water Pollution Play for grades 3 – 5 at 9:30am
May 28 – Earthcapades Assembly for grades K – 2 at 12:55
May 28 – Practice for Talent Show – Group A at 2:00 in Rm 2
May 28 – Instrumental Music Performance at 6:30pm at Carrington Hall Sequoia HS
May 29 – 7th Grade Field Trip – Lawrence Hall of Science
May 29 – Practice for Talent Show – Group B at 2:00 in Rm 2
May 29 – Reading Banquet at 5:30pm
May 30 – Full Rehearsal for Talent Show after school in the Cafeteria
May 30 – 5th grade D.A.R.E. graduation at 6:00pm
May 31 – 5th grade Field Trip – Heals Farm
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…
How important is it to read every night? Here’s an easy one for all of you — If your child reads for 20 minutes a day during the school year, how many words will he/she have read by the end of the school year?
a. 8,000 words
b. 282,000 words
c. 1,800,000 words
Make your guess and find out if you’re right at the bottom!
Earthquakes Soccer Game…
Roosevelt has once again reserved seats at the June 29 SJ Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy soccer game at Stanford Stadium. Flyers will be going home this week with information about 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!
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.
Fundraise While You Shop…
Do you have a smartphone? 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. This week Joanne D has an unbelievable lead with 930 points, and Guy T is in 2nd place with 595 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/
Trivia Question Answer…
The correct answers is c. 1,800,000 words! 
For answer b. 282,000 words, a student would only have read for 5 minutes a night. For answer a. 8,000 words, a student would only have read for 1 minute a night.
The student reading for 20 minutes a night would have the equivalent of 60 school days. The student reading for just 5 minutes a night would have only read the equivalent of 12 school days. That’s a HUGE difference for just 15 minutes a night! And that extra 15 minutes translates into enormous gains in school. To see more information about this take a look at the parent blog at: Is Reading Every Night Really Important?
Have a great week!
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