Mark your calenders for the following events at Roosevelt: 
Monday, January 12
Reading Fair projects due! Drop them off in the School Office from 7:30-8:00am or 2:00-4:30pm in the Cafeteria. All project boards MUST be checked in to receive a competition number. Please double check the Reading Fair Project Checklist, so make sure that your child’s boards has all of the required information. Points are deducted for any missing information. Remember: your child’s name must be on the BACK of the board. Good luck to all of the entries!
Limo Ride to In-N-Out for students that sold World’s Finest Chocolate
Site Council Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
Tuesday, January 13
Reading Fair judging begins at 8:30am in the Cafeteria. Our judges will be arriving on campus after 8:00am.
Reading Fair Reception! Come and see all of the entries at 6:00pm in the Cafeteria. Awards will be announced and prizes given at 6:30pm.
Wednesday, January 14
4th grade Field Trip to Ano Nuevo
Thursday, January 15
Kaiser Permanente “Peace Signs Assembly” for grades 3 – 5. The assembly and follow up workshops are designed to teach the students about conflict resolution, skills to respond to bullying, how to show empathy and respect for others and the importance of seeking help from trusted adults when faced with bullying and violence
Friday, January 16
Peace Signs Classroom Workshops in grades 3 – 5
Important Dates…
January 19 – School Holiday – Martin Luther King Day
January 21 – Parent Education Night – Peace Signs Assembly and Dinner
January 23 – 8th grade Field Trip — College Bound! – Stanford University
January 26 – Kindergarten Sea to School Visit 9:00
January 26 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
January 27 – First Grade Sea to School Visit 9:00
January 28 – Restaurant Fundraiser at Spaghetti Factory
January 30 – Student of the Month Assemblies
January 30 – Family Fun Night – Movie Night (1st grade families asked to volunteer)
Trivia Question…
In honor of this week’s Reading Fair, just how important is it to read every night? 
If your child reads for just 20 minutes each night during the school year, about how many words will he/she have read by the end of the school year?
a. 8,000 words
b. 282,000 words
c. 1,800,000 words
Make your guess and find out if you’re right at the bottom!
On the Parent Blog…
We will be doing an end of the month wrap-up post each month. If you are taking pictures in the classroom while volunteering or if you are chaperoning on a field trip, please send in your pictures! I’ve heard from parents that they love getting a glimpse at what their child’s class is doing every day, and they like seeing what they can expect at each grade level. So, please keep that in mind through the month of January. Thanks! www.rooseveltparents.com
Outdoor Education & Yosemite…
5th & 6th grade families are asked to please turn in their payments for this year’s Outdoor Education and Yosemite weeks. Payments may be turned in to the school office. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted.
Princess Ball…
We need your help! The Princess Ball is coming in March. If you are interested in helping plan this event please join us: Saturday, January 17th at 10am in room 14 Help make this a successful event! Questions? Contact Nicole at lynch5600@aol.com
Spanish Class…
The next Afterschool Spanish class starts on Wednesday, January 21st. This class is open to 15 students, 4th -8th graders who are Native Speakers only. Grammar usage and writing will be emphasized. The 8-week session will run through early March and the cost is $40 per student. Maribel Prado will be teaching the class. Look for the flyer coming home this week and sign up early. Another Beginning Spanish class may be offered in the spring if there is interest.
School Garden…
Looking for a way to help our kids get back to nature at Roosevelt? Please join the garden volunteer group. We really need more volunteers to get our kids out into our newly remodeled garden. We currently offer twice monthly Open Garden lunch sessions, but there are too many kids who want to go to the garden and not enough volunteers. It will only take a couple of hours a month. Or, come up with your own volunteer garden ideas and we’ll help you make it happen. There’s a great opportunity to enter the San Mateo County Fair with our garden – but we could use some extra hands and volunteer energy. Email Megan Goulden at megan.goulden@gmail.com to sign up.
Raccoon Bucks…
In addition to the ice cream truck that has parked next to Schaeberg Library every afternoon at dismissal time, there is now an ice cream cart at the Schaeberg gate. If you are giving your child money for the Snack Shack, they may be using it to buy from one of the two vendors on the street. If you would like to make sure that your child only buys snacks from the Snack Shack, you can purchase Raccoon Bucks that are acceptable currency for any item at the Snack Shack. Raccoon Bucks are available for sale at $1 each in the school office.
Jiji Math at home…
Your child can log into his/her Jiji Math account and complete any assigned homework added by your child’s teacher.
Your student will also have to enter the name of their school. ST Math will accept many variations of our school’s name. For example, Jiji Math will accept lots of different entries including “Roosevelt School”, “Roosevelt Elementary”. Have your student click on the homework button and enter their 13-character picture password.
Kindergarten students who are still using 8 character passwords will not be able to access ST Math@Home until they learn their full password.
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
Trivia Question Answer…
The correct answers is c. 1,800,000 words! For answer b. 282,000 words, a student would only have read for 5 minutes a night. For answer a. 8,000 words, a student would only have read for 1 minute a night.
The student reading for 20 minutes a night would have read the equivalent of 60 school days. The student reading for just 5 minutes a night would have only read the equivalent of 12 school days. That’s a HUGE difference for just 15 minutes a night! And that extra 15 minutes translates into enormous gains in school.
Have a great week!
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