PTA Fundraising update

Great news: we are well on our way to making our $77,000 fundraising goal this year! We’re very optimistic about bringing the garden program back for the 24/25 school year. In the meantime, our community is helping to take care of the garden through maintenance days and recently, a local Cub Scout Troop volunteered and weeded the garden. Thank you! Fundraising is critical in the last 5 months of the school year. Look for ways you can give with an Easter See’s Candy fundraiser, restaurant nights, and of course our biggest fundraiser of the year, the Jog-a-thon.

Jog-a-thon news

On May 16, 2024, Roosevelt students will participate in our 6th annual Jog-a-thon (JAT), the primary annual fundraiser that raises money to pay for the programs funded by the Roosevelt PTA! With your help, we hope to raise approximately $80 per student. New this year, we will be creating fundraising webpages for all students who are in the school’s Online Directory. If you opted out of being in the directory, but would like to have a JAT fundraising site auto-created for your student, please send your student’s name and your email to Jenny Barnes at jenny@roosevelt-pta.com. If you have any JAT questions, come by the PTA table at the Reading Fair on Friday, February 9 at 5:30pm.

Volunteer opportunities with the PTA

We are always providing ways for you to get involved in the Roosevelt community. Volunteering is a great way to get to know people and give back! Here are a few volunteer opportunities we are looking to fill:

IT & Web Support
Are you tech savvy and have a few extra hours to lend the PTA support? We need to upgrade crucial infrastructure such as: website security, wordpress, email, website content. Please contact Whitney at whitney@roosevelt-pta if you can help with one or all of these needs. 

Variety Show
The Variety Show is happening again this year in May. It’s a wonderful event full of students dancing, singing and sharing their talents with the Roosevelt community. We need a parent volunteer to take the helm and participate in auditions and pra

ctices, day-of logistics (lighting/sound/program), and concessions. The total commitment is 12-16 hours: please contact Whitney to volunteer.

Eat out for the PTA

Please join us for our next Roosevelt restaurant fundraiser on Thursday, February 15th (all day) at Redwood City Barbeque, 640 Woodside Rd. Mention Roosevelt School and a portion of your purchase will be donated to the PTA. Save the date for Chipotle on Tuesday, March 5th (4:00-8:00pm), 861 Middlefield Rd (english flyer, spanish flyer)

Key Dates in February

2 Upper campus celebrates 100th day of school
5 No school for staff professional development
8 Reading Fair boards due
9 Reading Fair family event 5:30pm
12-16 8th graders at Yosemite
19-23 Presidents’ Week – no school
27 School Site Council meeting 4pm
27 PTA meeting 6pm