Some reminders and updates for you:reminder

Free Dress Friday…
First Friday of the month – Free Dress on Friday, December 6

Middle School Dance…
Middle School students are invited to attend the Winter Wonderland Dance at Clifford School (225 Clifford Avenue) on Friday, December 6 at 6:00pm – 8:00pm. Tickets are $10 each and are available in the school office.

Students are asked to wear something white! Clothing needs to be school appropriate. This dance is only open to Clifford, Roy Cloud, North Star and Roosevelt Middle School students.

Hometown Holidays Parade…
Attention Roosevelt Families! It’s that time of year and once again, Roosevelt is participating in Redwood City’s Hometown Holiday Parade on Saturday, December 7th at 4:30pm in Downtown Redwood City. The parade line up is at Broadway and Arguello, so come and find the Roosevelt group!

We want to be the largest group participating in the parade this year!  We will need as many participants as possible to walk with us.  The theme this year is “Holiday in Lights”.  Bring along any light up gear, glow-in-the-dark accessories, and/or neon clothing.  You won’t want miss this event! (The Kindergarten parents that are organizing this event will also be purchasing glow-in-the-dark items to pass out to the parade walkers.)

Kindergarten students will stop to perform to a lively version of Jingle Bells during the parade! Immediately following the parade is the tree lighting ceremony at City Hall on Middlefield and then a fireworks show – it’s such a fun way to start the season, so please mark your calendars to walk with Roosevelt!

WinterFest!…
Please join us for Roosevelt’s annual WinterFest celebration at PCC – 3560 Farm Hill Boulevard. Grades K -2 at 5:30pm and grades 3 -5 at 7:00pm on Monday, December 9. Grades 6 -8 at 6:00pm on Tuesday, December 10.

Honey Bear Trees…
If you are buying a fresh Christmas tree this year or need a fresh wreath or garland, Honey Bear Trees in Redwood City on Woodside or in San Carlos on El Camino is donating a percentage of your purchase back to our school. Tell them you are from Roosevelt School at checkout and they will make sure Roosevelt gets a portion of your sale.

“Food for Fines” at the Redwood City Public Library!…
Do you have outstanding library fines? Well, this is your chance to clear your account by simply helping others.
The Redwood City Public Library, in partnership with the San Mateo County Library, San Mateo Public Library, Daly City Library and Second Harvest Food Bank, will accept donated food in place of overdue book fines over the month of December as part of “Food for Fines” – a program, in its fourth year of existence, that gives community members a chance to clear their overdue library account by donating food in place of fines.

Anyone with outstanding library fines is invited to deliver nonperishable food items to any Redwood City library (or to any of the San Mateo County Library’s twelve branches, Daly City Library’s three branches or San Mateo Public Library’s three branches) during regular business hours. The higher the amount of your unpaid fines, the more food you can donate.