Mark your calenders for the following events at Roosevelt:calendaricon

Monday, September 29
Begin Roosevelt vs. Adelante BoxTops Challenge! (more information below)

World’s Finest Chocolate fundraiser has been extended one more week! If you haven’t done so, families are being asked to sell at least 1 box to make our goal. (more information below)

Tuesday, September 30
5th Grade (Room 13) Field Trip to Heal Farm — Watch for permission slips going home on Monday

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 (3rd 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! If you haven’t attended the other sessions, you are still welcome to join in. (Sponsored by Foothill College’s Family Engagement Institute)

Friday, October 3
Last day to pick up boxes of chocolate from the office (all money due by October 6)

Free Dress Friday!

Important Dates…
October 6 – Last day to turn in money from chocolate sales
October 10 – Free dress Fridays begin for students who sold 4 boxes or more of chocolate (6 for families with 2 or more students)
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
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 – Last day to turn in $130 for PTA donation to be entered into the raffle (more information below)
October 30 – End Roosevelt vs Adelante BoxTops Challenge!
October 31 – Teacher Training Day – No School

Box Tops Challenge!…
The Roosevelt/Adelante BoxTops Challenge has begun! Start sending in those BoxTops between 9/29 and 10/30.  Principal Girardi has challenged Adelante’s principal to a BoxTops contest. Each BoxTop earns 10¢ for our school, so sending them in will not only help to win the challenge, but we can earn money 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!

World’s Finest Chocolate…
This is the last week for the World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser! Friday, October 3 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 Monday, October 6.

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.

Last chance to win an iPad Mini!…
Are you in…to WIN? The drawing for the iPad Mini and other wonderful prizes will be held on October 30. ipadminiIf you’ve turned in your $130 pledge to the PTA, but haven’t turned in your raffle ticket, please do so before October 30. If you are making monthly payments and you pay your $130 pledged amount by the 30th, 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?

Did you already pay the $130 pledge but haven’t received your goody bag, raffle ticket and green shirt? Please contact our PTA treasurer Guy Taylor at guytaylor123@yahoo.com

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!