Week of February 9 – February 13

Monday, February 9
Site Council meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14.  On the agenda for this month’s meeting: measure W budget allocation, school safety and facilities updates (phone/data lines, paint and fencing). All are encouraged to attend and Spanish translation is available.

Tuesday, February 10
Free chess lessons during lunch time recess for grades 1 – 8 (Sponsored by Roosevelt PTA – thanks to parent donations to the Roosevelt Enrichment Fund)

Wednesday, February 11
Girls on the Run registration forms due (more information below)

Teddy Roosevelt Day!  (more information below)

8th grade Parent Meeting at 6:30 in Room 14 to discuss graduation events.

Thursday, February 12
Kindergarten on Early Bird Schedule (8:00am – 12:10pm)

100th Day of School (events planned for grades K-2)

Friday, February 13
No School – President Lincoln’s Birthday

Important Dates…
February 16 – No School – Presidents’ Day Holiday
February 17 – 5th grade students leave for Outdoor Education
February 17 – 4th grade Field Trip to Exploratorium
February 18 – Coffee with Principal Girardi in Rm 1 at 8:00am
February 20 – Deadline for 2nd AR Reading Goal
February 20 – 5th grade students return from Outdoor Education
February 20 – YMCA Family Night at 6:00pm in the Cafeteria
February 23 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
February 27 – BoxTops Challenge Ends! (Roosevelt vs Henry Ford)
February 27 – Deadline for 2nd AR Reading Goal (5th grade only)
March 3 – SPARK Match Night at 6:00pm in the Cafeteria
March 7 – Princess Ball
March 9 – 13 – Parent/Teacher Conferences (Minimum Day Schedule) (Middle school students attend w/ parents)
March 12 – Rm 28 PBL presentation at 8:15am
March 13 – 8th grade Field Trip – College Bound! – Foothill College
March 16 – Site Council Meeting at 6:00pm in Rm 14
March 19 – Earthcapades Assembly for grades 1 – 5
March 20 – GATE testing for grades 3 – 5
March 25 – Spring Picture Day (Free Dress)
March 27 – Shakespeare Day for grades 7 – 8
March 30 – PTA Meeting at 6:00pm in Room 14
April 20 – 24 – Spring Break

Yard Duty Positions Available…
Roosevelt needs at least 2 people for regular or substitute yard duty. The hours are approximately 11:00am – 1:15pm. For more flexibility, you may sign up for just a few days per week or be available when a regular yard duty person is absent. The school pays $12 hour. If you are interested, please contact Gwen in the school office. You will have to fill out an application with the district and get fingerprinted. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.

Teddy Roosevelt Day!…
On Wednesday, February 11, the students of Roosevelt will be visited by our nation’s 26th president and our school’s namesake, Theodore Roosevelt!  Principal Girardi has arranged for a very special Teddy Roosevelt performer to come to our campus and visit each grade level. Roosevelt teachers have also been given books to share with their classes about Teddy Roosevelt.

Our visitor has also agreed to perform at the Redwood City main library at 6:30pm on February 10. If you want to see some of what he’ll be doing at Roosevelt on the 11th, you’re welcome to attend that performance. www.redwoodcity.org/LIBRARY/events.html

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. Right now we’ve collected 45% of our goal! Here’s the link with some more information www.gofundme.com/rooseveltvisit

Girls on the Run…
Roosevelt is once again offering the Girls on the Run program to girls in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. Led by 2nd grade teacher Maureen McPeek, the girls will play games to build fitness, work on self esteem and run in a 5K on May 9 with Girls on the Run teams from all over the Bay Area. Classes are held after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays on the Roosevelt lower campus. Flyers went home in the Thursday folder with information about the program including costs. Registration forms are due on February 11. There are only 16 spots available, so sign up right away!

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!