Monday, September 16
Site Council meeting at 6:00pm in the Staff Room (Room 14). On the agenda for this month’s meeting: Measure W update, Measure W spending and school safety. All are encouraged to attend and Spanish translation is available.
Tuesday, September 17
Free Dress for students whose parents attended Back to School Night or the Middle School Orientation
Wednesday, September 18
Fall Picture Day – Free Dress
Students turning in $180 toward chocolate sales receive plush raccoon on 9/20
Friday, September 20
Free Dress on Friday for students that turned in $60 toward chocolate sales by 9/13
Last day to order 8th grade t-shirts
Important Dates…
September 23 – Roosevelt School Garden Receiving a City Beautification Award at 6:30pm at City Hall
September 24 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14 (date changed due to the awards ceremony on 9/23)
September 26 – Coffee with Principal Girardi at 8:00am in Room 1
September 27 – Last day to pick up boxes of chocolate from the office
October 3 – Last day to turn in money from chocolate sales
October 12 – rcef OctobeRun (more information below)
October 14 – Site Council Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
October 21 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
October 25 – Teacher Training Day – No School
October 25 – Spooktacular Bingo at 5:30pm (2nd grade families volunteering)
October 30 – Picture Make-up Day
October 31 – Halloween Parade at 8:15 – Downstairs Playground
Last Reminder…
If you haven’t done so already, don’t forget to turn in an emergency kit for your child. It should contain some snacks that will be able to be stored until June – fruit roll ups, fruit snacks, granola bars, etc. (Please include a spoon if one of the food items requires a spoon.) You can also include tissues, a note, a picture, etc. We hope that once again the kits will not be needed, but in case they are, please send in a kit so that child will have one.
Middle School Wish Lists…
The 6th, 7th and 8th graders have begun the exploratory wheel portion of their daily schedule. These classes include creative writing, leadership, game strategy, etc. In front of the school office are wish lists for items that the teachers need for these courses. Please feel free to drop by and take a post-it note of an item that you would like to supply. Some of the items include board games, decks of cards, scrabble games, dry erase markers, etc. Please help out our middle school program by donating an item. Thank you!
8th Grade T-shirts…
The order forms for the Class of 2014 t-shirts went out to both 8th grade classrooms. The cost of the first t-shirt per student is $5, any extra t-shirts cost $10 each. This t-shirt design is considered a uniform shirt for all 8th graders only and cannot be ordered or worn by any other grade level. Please make sure to turn in your order forms by September 20. This is a one time only print run and so we will NOT be able to accept any orders after September 20. Extra order forms are available in the school office.
World’s Finest Chocolate…
You can sign out a box of fundraising chocolate at any time by returning the order slip to your child’s classroom or stopping by the office. Please note: Once you sign out a box of chocolate, you are responsible for the full cost of the box. Partially sold boxes cannot be returned to the office! If you are having trouble selling your entire box, PLEASE come by the school office – there may be other families that are willing to purchase some of your chocolate to sell and you can be matched up with those families. Selling tips: Do not send your child to sell door to door without an adult. If selling in front of Lucky’s, Safeway, banks, etc. it really helps to make a sign indicating that this is a Roosevelt school fundraiser and your child can wear a school logo shirt to help buyers see that it is for our school. Each candy bar sells for $1 and this year there are a total of 60 bars in each box. Students selling 8 cases of chocolate (12 cases for families of 2 or more) will win an event at Pump It Up!
Online Directory…
The 2013/2014 school directory is going green! We’ve switched to an online directory to save money on printing costs and to save paper. You will be able to access the directory from your home computer, smart phone or tablet. You can also update your family information any time during the year. The system will “graduate” your child every year, so you only have to enter the information just once. Each year you just need to verify that your information is correct.
Go to: https://www.myschoolanywhere.
Fill out the information for each Roosevelt student in your family
In the “Family Display Note” please fill in any languages spoken at home
Hit Save — You’re all done!
Roosevelt Enrichment Fund Reminders…
Are you in — to win? Anyone that gives $100 will get a gift bag and a chance to win an iPad Mini! The drawing will be held at the November PTA meeting so make sure to get your donation in soon! Donations to the PTA pay for our art program, music, field trips, drama, outdoor education, assemblies, classroom supplies, after school clubs, after school classes and various needed items and supplies for this school year. Reminders will be sent home for all families that wanted to make a monthly contribution to the Roosevelt Enrichment Fund. Please remember to send in your money. 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!
OktobeRun…
Once again the Redwood City Education Foundation (rcef) is sponsoring a 1/2 Marathon and two 5K races on October 12 in downtown Redwood City. The second 5K race is a “Kolor Run” – at each 1K point, runners will be blasted with non-toxic colored powder. Participants can run or walk in any event. Our wonderful P.E. teacher Mr. Nate is considering forming a Roosevelt team for the OktobeRun and possibly helping to train students at school. We’ll keep you posted with any updates. www.oktoberun.com
Spooktacular Bingo…
Mark your calendars for Roosevelt’s 4th annual Spooktacular Bingo Night! Friday Oct. 25th from 5:30-8:30. Doors open at 5:30, with our Pumpkin/cake walk beginning at 5:30. Come in your favorite Halloween costume! Pizza, popcorn, water for $1.00 each. 2$ for candy. Bingo will begin at 7pm. .50cents per game. Pumpkin/cake walk, face painting, and Bingo with fabulous prizes!
If you are a 2nd grade parent, make sure you’ve signed up to help with this event.Please contact Kim Schiff at kbschiff@sbcglobal.net if you can help, Thank you!
“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. www.facebook.com/RooseveltElementarySchool
Have a great week!
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