Welcome back and Happy New Year!

Mark your calendars for the following events at Roosevelt:calendaricon

Monday, January 4
Teacher Training Day – No School

Applications due for Parent Advisory Council. We need two parents to represent Roosevelt! (more information below)

Tuesday, January 5
Classes Resume

Friday, January 8
First Friday of the Month – Free Dress

Important Dates…
January 11 – Water Conservation Drawing awards at City Hall
January 12 – Outdoor Education Meeting for 5th grade parents

Superintendent’s Advisory Council of Parents…
If you’ve wanted to get involved somehow, but haven’t known how, here’s your chance! This is a REALLY easy commitment of attending just 5 evening meetings this year. So far the district hasn’t received any applications from Roosevelt parents.

Superintendent Dr. John Baker is forming a Superintendent’s Advisory Council of Parents to provide him with information about important issues facing the district.  The group will be comprised of up to 2 parents from each school in the district, and will meet from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on the 3rd Thursday of each month from January-May, 2016. Applications are due by December 18. If you’re interested, go to http://bit.ly/21nzNLw

Spirit Wear…
All sizes of sweat pants and hoodies are in stock. Spirit wear may be purchased in the school office. Please be aware that the office is quite busy at the start of each school day and at dismissal, so please be patient with our office staff.

Street Signs…
Another big thank you to our 100%er families for donating their $150 to Roosevelt’s PTA!

Nine families won the chance to rename a hallway at school and the signs are now hanging. The Main Hallway is now Indiana Avenue and to get to the Cafeteria, you need to take Scooby Lane! Is your child’s classroom now on Skywalker Blvd or Windy Way? The next time you’re on campus, take a look!

A big congratulations to our winners and another thank you to our generous families! Your support has enabled the PTA to pay for our Art teacher Mrs. Perez, field trips (up to $20 per student), and SMART boards in the 3 – 8 classrooms. Our PTA would like to be able to fund so much more this year, so please support our PTA’s fundraising efforts!

Future Chef Competition!…
Students through 5th grade are invited to enter the Future Chef competition for the 2015/2016 school year. This year students can submit their recipes for their favorite healthy breakfast. Recipes will be collected through January 15, 2016. The contest will be held at Hawes Elementary School on February 25, 2016 from 3:00-5:00 pm. A finalist from each school will be selected to participate in the contest.

Judging will be based on the following criteria: Originality, Kid friendly, Ease of preparation, Healthy attributes, Plate presentation and Taste. All participants will receive a certificate, medal, embroidered chef coat, and chef hat. The winner of the event will then be entered into our National competition. Entry forms are available in the school office.

“Like” us on Facebook…
We’ve been posting a lot more content on our school’s Facebook page so be sure to “Like” the Roosevelt page to get school and district updates and pictures from the classrooms in your news feed.www.facebook.com/RooseveltElementarySchool

If you’ve liked our page but are not seeing any updates in your timeline, you need to start liking or commenting on occasional posts to have them show in your timeline regularly. You can also click on the “Liked” box and in the pull down menu select “Get Notifications”.

Have a great week!