Monday, September 22
Please come to the first PTA Meeting of the 2014/2015 school year at 6:00pm in Room 14. The PTA will be discussing the status of current fundraisers and direct donation fundraising and looking at the PTA’s budget for this year! All are welcome to attend and Spanish translation is available. Free childcare is offered in the YMCA room.
Tuesday, September 23
2nd Grade Field Trip to Heal Farm
Free chess lessons during lunch time recess for grades 1 – 8 (Sponsored by Roosevelt PTA – thanks to parent donations to the Roosevelt Enrichment Fund)
Navigating Middle School/Teen Success (2nd of 8 week session) at 6:00pm for parents of students in grades 5-8. Students whose parents attend will earn a free dress pass and are entered into a raffle for prizes!) (Sponsored by Foothill College’s Family Engagement Institute)
SPARK Match Night (students meet their mentors) in the cafeteria at 6:00pm
Wednesday, September 24
Site Council meeting at 6:00pm in the Staff Room (Room 14). On the agenda for this month’s meeting: school staffing, enrollment, Measure W update, Measure W spending and school safety. All are encouraged to attend and Spanish translation is available. (Please note: this a rescheduled meeting. Site Council meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:00pm.)
Friday, September 26
Last day to pick up boxes of chocolate from the office (all money due by September 30)
Important Dates…
September 29 -Begin Roosevelt vs. Adelante BoxTops Challenge! (more information below)
September 30 – 5th grade (Room 13) field trip to Heal Farm
September 30 – Last day to turn in money from chocolate sales
October 3 – Free Dress Fridays begin for students selling 4 cases or more of chocolate
October 13 – Site Council Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14 – guest Anna Lague to talk about school lunch menus
October 14 – Picture Day! Free Dress
October 14 – Open Garden at Lunch Recess (more information below)
October 15 – Parent coffee with Principal Girardi at 8:00am in Room 1
October 15 – 1st grade field trip to DeAnza College Planetarium
October 16 – California Great Shake Out – Earthquake Drill
October 16 – Middle School Report Cards sent home
October 17 – 3rd grade Lawrence Hall of Science Workshop
October 18 – Beautification Day (Sponsored by PCC)
October 24 – Family Fun Night – Spooktacular Bingo! at 6:00pm (6th grade parents asked to volunteer)
October 26 – Garden Beautification Day (Sponsored by Building Together)
October 27 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
October 28 – Open Garden Day at Lunch Recess (more information below)
October 30 – Halloween Parade at 8:15am – lower playground
October 30 – End Roosevelt vs Adelante BoxTops Challenge!
October 31 – Teacher Training Day – No School
Box Tops Challenge!…
Just one more week until the Roosevelt/Adelante BoxTops Challenge begins! Start putting those BoxTops aside to turn in beginning September 29.
Principal Girardi has challenged Adelante’s principal to a BoxTops contest. During the month of October, we will be collecting BoxTops. Each BoxTop earns 10¢ for our school! The school that has collected the most BoxTops for the month will be declared the winner and the principal of the losing school will have to wear the other school’s spirit wear for a day. Let’s make sure that Adelante’s principal has to show some Roosevelt Raccoon pride by collecting and turning in those BoxTops in October!
Roosevelt Garden Team…
The first open garden day during lunch recess will be on October 14 and will continue throughout the year on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. The Roosevelt Garden Team will open the garden during lunch recess to students in grades 1 – 8 who want to help in the garden with weeding, planting, harvesting, etc. This program was a big success last year, and the Garden Team wants to continue it this year. No experience is required – just a willingness to get your hands dirty and have fun. We don’t have a lot of meetings, and it’s a great way to get outside and get some exercise while helping our kids and making the school more beautiful. Please contact Megan Goulden (megan.goulden@gmail.com) to learn more – we look forward to gardening together!
World’s Finest Chocolate…
This is the last week for the World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser! Friday, September 26 is the last day to take chocolate boxes from the school 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. (Check with store managers, some stores will allow you to reserve time in front of the store for selling.) Each candy bar sells for $1 and this year there are a total of 60 bars in each box. Students selling 7 cases of chocolate (10 cases for families of 2 or more) will win a limo ride to In-N-Out for lunch! Please return all chocolate sale money by Tuesday, October 30.
Our Next Big Event…
Is Spooktacular Bingo on October 24! 6th grade parents are being asked to help with this event. Please contact Aurora Gallardo at aurora.gallardo@star-vista.org or Valerie Romero at (650)346-2445.
Fundraise While You Shop…
Shoparoo: 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. **NEW THIS YEAR** — you can even scan your restaurant and department store receipts for points. For more information, go to www.shoparoo.com
Escrip: Please don’t forget to also sign up on escrip.com and register your Safeway Club card, credit cards and debit to help earn money for Roosevelt at stores such as Safeway, Old Navy, Home Depot, etc. and remember to always look for the Box Tops logo on anything you buy. Each Box Top earns 10¢ for our school. We’ll be having Box Top contests throughout the year, so clip them and save them! NOTE: You must renew your Safeway Club Card with Escrip each year. Please go to escrip.com and click on “Renew Your Safeway Club Card”
Target: Do you have a Target REDcard? Did you know that if you select Roosevelt School, Target will donate 1% of your REDcard purchases from Target stores and Target.com to Roosevelt. www.target.com/redcard
“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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