Message from the Principal 
Thank you to the incredible PTA members for putting on a truly wonderful Spooktacular Bingo night. It was a such a fun night, and it’s always so exciting to see the Roosevelt community gather together to have fun.
As many of you know, the Superintendent’s Advisory Council have shared their ideas regarding the future of Redwood City School District, and Dr. John Baker has already held a couple of community forms. If you were not able to attend those, you still have the chance this week, as there are two more. On Thursday, November 1, a community forum will be held at Hoover Community School Cafeteria from 8:30-10am and later the same day from 6-8pm at the Kennedy Middle School Gym.
You also have the option to weigh in on the ideas put forward by the various sub-committees or share your own ideas. Go to this form to let your thoughts be known: http://bit.ly/2yD5KHY
The Jog-a-thon is less than two weeks out! We are very excited for this event, and I hope your children are too. Keep up the excellent job fundraising—we are just past halfway to our target of $45,000! Keep it up!
I hope to see many of you on Wednesday at the Halloween costume parade starting at 8:15am. If your child is participating, please have them come to school in costume, but make sure they bring regular clothes to change into afterwards. We are making Wednesday a free-dress day.
Please make sure you have signed up for your parent-teacher conference(s). The two official conference days are Monday, November 19 and Tuesday, November 20, although some teachers are offering times the week prior.
On Monday, November 5, we will be hosting a Parent Information Night about the American education system. Michelle Remond will be leading this talk in both English and Spanish. It will be held in the upper campus. A light dinner and childcare will be provided. While the talk is aimed at TK-1st grade parents, anyone new to the U.S. education system is welcome to attend.
For those of you who are around on Saturday, November 10, we will be having a Garden Work Day from 9am-12pm. Zoe, our amazing gardening teacher, will be organizing it, and we need as many volunteers as possible.
– Principal Tina Mercer
This Week
- Tuesday, October 30
- Free Farmers’ Market (normally on Mondays, but just moved to Tuesday for this week)
- Wednesday, October 31
- Free Dress
- Halloween Costume Parade | 8:15am
- Fall class parties | 9:15am
- Thursday, November 1
- Community Forum 8:30am Hoover Community School
- Community Forum 6pm Kennedy Middle School
- Friday, November 2
- Free Dress
- Intruder Drill | 9:30am
Important Dates
- Monday, November 5
- Information Night about the US Education System | 6pm
- Thursday, November 8
- Friday, November 9
- Free Dress
- Back-up Jog-a-thon Date (if weather prevents November 7)
- End of first trimester
- Saturday, November 12
- Garden Day 9am-12pm
- Monday, November 12
- Veteran’s Day -NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday, November 13
- World Kindness Day
- Monday, November 19
- Parent Teacher Conferences—NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday, November 20
- Parent Teacher Conferences—NO SCHOOL
- Wednesday, November 21
- Thanksgiving Break – NO SCHOOL
- Thursday, November 22
- Thanksgiving Break – NO SCHOOL
- Friday, November 23
- Thanksgiving Break – NO SCHOOL
Roosevelt Rockin’ Jog-a-thonJog-a-thon Update
Just 11 days to go until the 2018 Roosevelt Rockin’ Jog-a-thon. We’re more than halfway to our goal, but don’t stop rockin’ for Roosevelt now! And congrats to Torres’ Kinder class and Hinojosa’s Grade 3 class for joining Tsuchiyama and Mosso in reaching their classroom goals! Pizza or donut parties are comin’ your way!
Also – classroom runtimes are now posted to our Jog-a-thon page, here!
Also-also – we’ve had a 2018 Jog-a-thon lap bracelet sighting – and they’re looking pretty sharp. More laps means getting into “rare” bracelet territory.
| # | Classroom Leaderboard | Goal | Raised | % to Goal |
| 1 |  Tsuchiyama – 1st Grade |
$ 1,920 | $ 5,433 | 283% |
| 2 | Mosso – 1st Grade |
$ 1,840 | $ 3,255 | 177% |
| 3 | Torres – K |
$ 2,240 | $ 3,294 | 147% |
| 4 | Hinojosa – 3rd Grade |
$ 2,080 | $ 2,190 | 105% |
| 5 | Tse – 2nd Grade | $ 2,160 | $ 1,932 | 89% |
| 6 | Coffey – 1st Grade | $ 1,760 | $ 1,500 | 85% |
| 7 | McPeek – 2nd Grade | $ 2,240 | $ 1,480 | 66% |
| 8 | Mallari – K | $ 2,320 | $ 1,423 | 61% |
| 9 | Weindel – 3rd Grade | $ 2,240 | $ 1,358 | 61% |
| 10 | Bamberger – TK | $ 2,000 | $ 965 | 48% |
Discovery Day at AT&T Park – This Saturday
Discovery Day at AT&T Park
Saturday, November 3rd, 2018
11 AM-4:30 PM
This FREE event is unlike any other – with dynamic demonstrations, engaging experiments, geeky games and astounding activities for all ages! This super-charged, super-fun celebration will include hundreds of hands-on activities, untold opportunities to meet local scientists and engineers, and even the chance to run around the bases! The entire ballpark is packed to the rafters with science content: on the field, at every entry/exit, and every level of the ballpark.
Learn more here: http://www.
Fall Book Fair Coming Soon!
It’s that exciting time of year when the weather gets cool, the leaves start to change, the holidays are on the horizon, and BOOK FAIR is on the way! Our annual Fall Book Fair is November 13-16.
The Book Fair will be open:
- TUESDAY, 11/13, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
- FAMILY NIGHT Please come to our traditional Cookies & Cocoa Night for an enjoyable evening filled with fun activities and lots of books!
- WEDNESDAY, 11/14, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- THURSDAY, 11/15, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- FRIDAY, 11/16, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Please plan on visiting the Book Fair with your child to help promote reading, support the library, and have some family fun! (P.S. This is an easy enjoyable way to get your holiday shopping done early as well!).
To shop online (Nov. 13-30) or sign up to volunteer at the fair, visit our book fair website: http://www.scholastic.com/bf/rooseveltelementaryschool8
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE AT THE BOOK FAIR!
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