Mark your calenders for the following events at Roosevelt:
Monday, March 3
Last day of ticket sales for the Princess Ball! Tickets are $5 per person. Girls may invite anyone that is considered a VIP (father, uncle, grandfather, mother, aunt, grandmother, cousin, older (over 18) brother or sister… Please make checks out to Roosevelt PTA. Additional ticket forms are available in the school office. (more information below) Note: Girls attending the Princess Ball will receive free dress for the week of March 10-14
Student of the Month Assemblies for grades 1 – 8 (contact your child’s teacher for assembly times)
Tuesday, March 4
Chess instruction offered during lunch recess for grades 2 – 8 in the YMCA room
Open Garden at lunch time – parents are invited to visit and work in the garden, or see what the garden volunteers are doing. Volunteers will be helping out and working with small groups of students between 12-1:30.
Wednesday, March 5
Money and order forms due for Spring Chocolate Fundraiser
Thursday, March 6
Registration deadline for Ready, Set, Run! for Boys & Girls ages 8 – 14 to train for the 4th of July Fun Run / Cost: $75
Track & Field for 6th, 7th & 8th graders (Boys & Girls) / Cost: $65
(more information below)
Friday, March 7
8th grade hoodie orders due! A Roosevelt Class of 2014 hoodie is being ordered for 8th graders. Cost is $25 each. Please make checks out to Roosevelt PTA
Saturday, March 8
Princess Ball! Doors open at 6:30, dancing begins at 7:00pm. (more information below)
Important Dates…
March 10 – 14 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (minimum day schedule)
March 10 -14 – All Kinders on Early Bird Schedule
March 10 – 14 – Book Fair
March 11 – Chess instruction offered during lunch recess for grades 2 – 8 in the YMCA room
March 11 – Middle School Day on the Hill at Foothill College for 8th graders
March 12 – First day of After School Art Class with Ms. Tsuchiyama
March 17 – order forms due for Rightside T-shirts (more information below)
March 17 – Reclassification Ceremony at 4:30pm at MIT
March 18 – Open Garden at lunch time – parents are invited to visit and work in the garden 12:00 – 1:30
March 18 – SPARK’s Match Night at 5:30pm
April 1 – Open Garden at lunch time – parents are invited to visit and work in the garden 12:00 – 1:30
April 4 – Roosevelt Talent Show at 6:00pm
April 7 – 6th graders leave for Yosemite
April 9 – Parent Information Night (more information to come)
May 16 – Movie Night
June 5 – 8th grade graduation at MIT
A Night in Paris…
The Princess Ball is coming!!! This will be a daughter/VIP dance to be held on March 8 at 6:30pm. Who or what constitutes a VIP? Girls may invite a father, grandfather, older brother, uncle, mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin, etc. Girls may invite anyone that is a Very Important Person in her life. Ticket sales have already begun, so fill out your ticket forms and return them to the school office or your child’s classroom by March 3, 2014. Cost is $5 per person and includes desserts, photo and a night of dancing to tunes by DJ Pyramidz. Volunteers are still needed, so if you missed the planning meeting on February 1, please contact Nicole Lynch at lynch5600@aol.com (1st grade parents are being asked to assist with this event, but help is needed from all grade levels).
Spring Chocolate Fundraiser…
The World’s Finest Chocolate Spring/Easter candy fundraiser has begun! Flyers and order forms are available in the school office. Orders are due on March 5. Orders will be distributed the week of April 7.
Art Classes for grades 6 – 8…
Ms. Tsuchiyama is offering an after school art class for students in grades 6-8 on Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30pm starting on March 12. Please Note: The flyer that went home did not include the cost of the class. The cost per student for the 8 week class is $10. Space is limited – only the first 20 students will be accepted.
Book Fair…
The Spring Book Fair is scheduled for the week of March 10 – 14. Our librarian Paulette needs help from parent volunteers to keep it open. Volunteers are needed on Friday, March 7 any time between 12:00 – 4:00pm to help with the set up. Volunteers are also needed during the book fair to help supervise students while they’re browsing/buying during recess and after school. All money raised from the book fair go towards purchasing new books for our school’s library, so please consider helping out so that we can have a successful fair! Please note: A yellow sign up volunteer sign up sheet came home on Thursday with the incorrect dates. The days and times are correct, so please just ignore the dates listed on the form.
Rightside T-shirts…
Four Roosevelt middle school students won a t-shirt design contest for Rightside Shirts. These shirts are now available for purchase for $19 per shirt. All proceeds go to Roosevelt school to help fund art programs. All four designs may be worn to school as part of the Roosevelt uniform. Extra order forms are available in the school office. Orders are due on Monday, March 17. Payments can be made with cash or check made out to Rightside Shirts. To view the shirts in color, go to www.raisy.org/roosevelt.
Fundraising…
We’re a bit more than half way through the school year, and there are only two fundraisers left (Easter/Spring Candy & SJ Earthquakes game tickets). The PTA still has A LOT left to pay for this year and they need money in the bank for the August payment to Art 4 All for next year’s art classes (~$25,000). If you are receiving monthly pledge reminders from the PTA, please send in your payments. If you haven’t made a direct donation or haven’t paid your pledged amount, please do so! So far, the PTA has been able to pay for: field trips ($13,000 or $20 per student), Art 4 All for every student ($20,000 or $35 per student), teacher reimbursements ($120 per teacher), Family Fun Nights ($500 per event), after school enrichment ($10,000), Outdoor Education ($10,000) and Yosemite ($10,000). If you want to see the PTA budget or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact reftreasurer@gmail.com
The PTA is still asking each family to donate $100 per child to our school to pay for the above expenses and so much more! Checks can be made out to Roosevelt PTA or you may pay by credit card in the school office or use the Donate button on the parent blog at www.rooseveltparents.com
The PTA would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to those families that have already contributed $100 and to those that have been making regular payments on their pledged amounts.
5th Grade Families…
Please send in your payments now for the week 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.
Middle School Spiritwear…
8th graders may purchase a Class of 2014 hooded sweatshirt. The sweatshirt has Roosevelt Class of 2014 on the front and the names of all of the 8th graders on the back. Cost is $22 per sweatshirt if purchased between Feb 18 – 28. Cost is $25 if purchased between March 3 – 7. This is a single run, so orders will not be accepted after March 7.
Students in grades 6 – 8 may purchase Roosevelt uniform sweatpants. The Roosevelt logo will be on the hip of one leg and ROOSEVELT written down the other leg. Cost is $20.
Additional order forms are available in the school office for the 8th grade hoodies and the sweatpants.
After School Sports…
Registration is now open or coming up for the following programs:
Jr Dribblers Basketball for 2nd & 3rd graders (Boys & Girls) – Registration deadline March 21/ Cost: $65
Ready, Set, Run! for Boys & Girls ages 8 – 14 to train for the 4th of July Fun Run – Registration deadline March 6 / Cost: $75
Youth Wrestling for K – 8th graders (Boys & Girls) – Registration deadline March 13 / Cost: $65 (new students)
Track & Field for 6th, 7th & 8th graders (Boys & Girls) – Registration deadline March 6 / Cost: $65
Youth Tennis for 1st – 5th graders (Boys & Girls) – Registration deadline April 3 / Cost: $95
Spring Paddling for 6th, 7th & 8th graders (Boys & Girls) – Registration deadline April 3 / Cost: $65
For more information and registration forms, go to www.teamsideline.com/redwoodcity under Spring Sports. Please note: Any t-shirts given to players/participants for any of the above activities are acceptable to wear as school uniform shirts.
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.
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! (A note about Shoparoo: there are other Roosevelt schools in the area – one in Burlingame and one in San Leandro. Please make sure that your points are going to the correct Roosevelt School.)
“Like” us on Facebook…
Please be sure to “Like” the Roosevelt page www.facebook.com/RooseveltElementarySchool
Have a great week!
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