Mark your calenders for the following events at Roosevelt:
Monday, November 11
Veterans’ Day – No School
Tuesday, November 12
Chess instruction offered during lunch recess for grades 2 – 8 (room to be announced)
Wednesday, November 13
Kindergarten Tour Night at 6:30pm for parents enrolling their child in Kindergarten for the 2014/2015 school year. (See below for more information)
Friday, November 15
Crazy Hair Day! Let’s see those crazy hairstyles! (Note: students still need to be in uniform)
Forms due for attending the Local Control Funding Formula Meeting on Nov 19. (more information below)
Important Dates…
November 18 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
November 19 – Chess instruction offered during lunch recess for grades 2-8 (room to be announced)
November 19 – RCSD Local Control Funding Formula meeting at 7:00pm in Roosevelt’s cafeteria (more info below)
November 20 – Thanksgiving Box Tops sheets due
November 20 – 5th grade field trip to Sacramento – depart Roosevelt at 6:00am and return at 6:30pm
November 20 – Restaurant fundraiser at Chuck E Cheese
November 22 – Yearbook Cover Contest entries due
November 25 – 26 – Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences – No School
November 27 – 29 – Thanksgiving Holiday – No School
December 7 – Roosevelt receiving CSBA Golden Bell Award in San Diego
December 7 – Hometown Holidays Parade in downtown Redwood City – walk with Roosevelt in the parade!
December 9 – Winterfest for Grades K-2 at 5:30pm, and grades 3-5 at 7:00pm at PCC
December 10 – Winterfest for Grades 6-8 at 6:00 at PCC
December 11 – Roosevelt presenting to Redwood City School District at Board Meeting at 7:00pm
Last chance to win an iPad Mini!…
Are you in…to WIN? The drawing for the iPad Mini (1 winner), Razor scooter (1 winner), navy logo zippered hoodie (1 winner), movie tickets (2 winners) and logo t-shirts (4 winners) will be held at the November 18th PTA meeting. If you’ve turned in your $100 donation to the PTA, but haven’t turned in your raffle ticket, please do so before November 18. If you are making monthly payments and you pay your $100 pledged amount by the 18th, you will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of the raffle prizes. Checks can be made out to Roosevelt PTA or you can pay by credit card in the school office. Will you be one of the lucky winners?
If you know anyone that has a child that will be entering Kindergarten next year, let them know that Roosevelt will be holding a Kindergarten Tour Night on November 13 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. For more information, go to the Tours section of the parent blog or call the school office at 369-5597.
Donation letters…
The PTA has donation letters that you can use to ask for donations for a general PTA contribution, the 5th grade trip to Outdoor Education or the 6th grade trip to Yosemite. If you would like a hard copy of any of the letters, please let us know and we’ll be happy to give you as many copies as you need. You can also download the letters here and print them out yourself: PTA_Donation, PTA_OE_Donation, PTA_Yosemite_Donation.
6th Grade Families…
If you haven’t done so already, please send in your $50 deposit and/or your next payment for the April Yosemite trip. Checks may be made out to Roosevelt PTA. You may also pay via credit card in the school office or with the Donate button on the parent blog.
5th Grade Families…
Please send in your first deposit for Outdoor Education in May. As with other field trips and events throughout the year, the PTA can’t fund the entire trip for the 5th grade so we need parent contributions to make this trip happen.
Yearbook Cover Contest…
The Yearbook Club, lead by 5th grade teacher Mr. Williams, is having a cover contest for this year’s yearbook. Students may submit their cover idea to Mr. Williams or their teacher by November 22. Submissions must be done on white paper and must include the Roosevelt mascot (raccoon), the school year (2013/2014) and a colorful original design. The winner will receive a free yearbook!
Nutcraker…
Come see the Bay Area’s most family-friendly Nutcracker performance at the historic Fox Theater in Redwood City on Friday, December 6th at 7:00pm andSunday, December 8th at 2:00pm. Ballet America’s show has it all: professional dancers, alongside 100 local performers, including Roosevelt’s very own Nicholas Schiff (2nd grade). Tickets range in price from $18-$39 and are available via the website: www.balletamerica.org
On the Parent Blog…
Teachers and parents have been sending in pictures and newsletters for their blog pages, so take a look! This year, the 6th, 7th and 8th grade students spend time each afternoon for their “Exploratory Wheel”. Students participate in game & strategy classes, creative writing, photography, leadership and DIY crafts. More pictures will be added soon, but take a look at what the leadership and photography groups have been up to! If you have pictures to share, or classwork or artwork that you would like to share, please let us know and we’ll be happy to post it! www.rooseveltparents.com
Local Control Funding Formula Meeting…
The district will be presenting the budget for this year based on the Local Control Funding Formula that was signed into law by Gov Brown last spring. The superintendent and school board members will be explaining this new formula and what it means for Redwood City schools. A big part of this new funding formula is community input, so parents and community members are asked to attend. Your child/children will receive a free dress pass if you attend this meeting.
The Roosevelt PTA is sponsoring a chess instructor to come to Roosevelt on Tuesday, November 12 (tomorrow) and Tuesday, November 19 both during lunch recess for all students in grades 2 – 8. There will be two more sessions booked in January, so look for those dates to be announced. An announcement will be made in the classrooms before lunch recess to let the students know which room they can go to if they would like to play or learn how to play chess. If there is enough interest in the lunch time sessions, the PTA will look into having a chess club available after school.
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 starting in December. 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!
Fundraise While You Shop…
Don’t forget to scan this week’s receipts for Shoparoo, check those Safeway receipts to make sure that Roosevelt is getting your escrip credits and look for Box Tops on anything you bought this week!
“Like” us on Facebook…
Please be sure to “Like” the Roosevelt page www.facebook.com/RooseveltElementarySchool
Have a great week!
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