Monday, January 26
Kindergarten Sea to School Visit at 9:00am
PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14 (Note: the date was changed due to the mayor’s awards ceremony on 9/23) The PTA will be discussing the status of current fundraisers and direct donations 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, January 27
First Grade Sea to School Visit at 9:00am
Navigating Middle School/Teen Success (1st of 8 week series) at 6:00pm in Room 14 for parents of students in grades 5-8. (Sponsored by Foothill College’s Family Engagement Institute)
Wednesday, January 28
Restaurant Fundraiser at The Old Spaghetti Factory! The Old Spaghetti Factory at 2107 Broadway Street in Redwood City will donate 15% of net sales back to Roosevelt on Wednesday, January 28. Please remember to bring the white flyer that came home on Thursday. Extra flyers will be available in the school office until 3:30pm on Wednesday. We hope to see you there!
Thursday, January 29
Progress Reports are being sent home for grades 6-8
Friday, January 30
Student of the Month Assemblies
Family Fun Night – Movie Night! (more information below)
Important Dates…
February 2 – Arithmatickles Math Assembly for grades 5 – 8 at 1:15pm
February 2 – Arithmatickles Family Math Night for grades K – 4 at 6:00pm
February 3 – Family Engagement Institute (FEI) at 6:00pm for parents of Middle Schoolers
February 6 – Lockdown Drill
February 11 – Teddy Roosevelt Day (more information below)
February 12 – 100th Day of School (events planned for grades K-2)
February 13 – No School – President Lincoln’s Birthday
February 16 – No School – Presidents’ Day Holiday
February 17 – 5th grade students leave for Outdoor Education
February 20 – 5th grade students return from Outdoor Education
March 12 – Rm 28 PBL presentation at 8:15am
Family Movie Night…
Roosevelt’s PTA will be hosting a Family Movie Night on Friday, January 30 and presenting the movie Mr. Sherman and Peabody! Come and enjoy the fun! Doors open at 6:00pm for pizza, popcorn, candy, etc. Bring pillows and blankets and let your kids come in their pajamas. The movie begins at 6:30pm. Movie nights are always so much fun and a great way to end the week! Our 1st grade families are being asked to volunteer for this event. 1st grade parents are being asked to pop the popcorn, pass out food and help with set up and clean up. If you can volunteer, please contact the school office at 369-5597 or email 1st grade parent Melanie Centeno at melanieandrodney@yahoo.com
Do You Have an iPhone?…
You can now add our parent blog as an app button on your iPhone to make accessing the blog even easier! On your phone, go to www.rooseveltparents.com. Then select the “share” button. Select “Add to Homescreen” then select “Add” – that’s it! You should now see a button with a raccoon on your phone’s homescreen. Selecting it will automatically open the parent blog!
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, 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
Yosemite…
6th grade families need to turn in their payments for this year’s Yosemite week. Payments may be turned in to the school office. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted.
Teddy Roosevelt Visit…
Principal Girardi is organizing a day for the students to honor and learn about our school’s namesake, former president Theodore Roosevelt. Ms. Girardi has arranged for a very special Teddy Roosevelt performer to come to our campus on February 11. This event is not included in the PTA budget so the PTA is trying to raise the funds for this event and has created a GoFundMe account for donations. We are asking Roosevelt families to share the link of this GoFundMe effort on their own Facebook pages to get donations to this cause. Even if you cannot donate any money to the cause, please SHARE it on your Facebook page. The more exposure we are able to get on social media, the better chance we have of getting outside donations. Here’s the link with some more information www.gofundme.com/rooseveltvisit
Princess Ball…
We need your help! The Princess Ball is coming in March. If you are interested in helping plan this event please let us know. We need your help make this a successful event! (2nd grade families are being asked to help with this event) Questions? Contact Nicole at lynch5600@aol.com
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.
BoxTops!!…
Start saving up those BoxTops again! Our next challenge is with Henry Ford Elementary. The challenge start date hasn’t been decided yet, but it will be February or March. Let’s see if we can collect more BoxTops than the parents at Henry Ford and make their principal wear Roosevelt spiritwear every Friday for a month! We won our last challenge with Adelante and we brought in just over $600 worth of BoxTops! Let’s see if we can top that with this next challenge!
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.
AimHigh…
Applications are available for the AimHigh summer program for incoming and returning 5th and 6th grade students held on June 22 – July 24. Applications are due on April 3. Spaces fill up fast! Questions? Please talk to your child’s teacher or go to www.aimhigh.org for more information.
Have a great week!
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