Save the date for Maze Days

Kinder Play Dates

Important Dates

3 PTA End of Year Family Picnic // Picnic Familiar de Fin de Año del PTA 5-7pm

7 Obstacle course/water play party // Fiesta de obstáculos y juegos de agua

8 Minimum day for all students // Día mínimo para todos los estudiantes

8 8th grade graduation // Graduación de 8º grado 5pm and party // y fiesta 8pm

9 Last day of school – SUPER minimum day // Último día de clase – SUPER día mínimo

Last PTA Meeting of the school year!

We will be voting on next year’s enrichment activities, the new upper campus playground and next year’s officers. (Note: A member must be enrolled for 30 days in order to be eligible to vote.) Please join us!

Link here

Meeting ID: 856 4430 0963
Passcode: roosevelt

Volunteer for the Art Show

We need help to make the art show happen. Can you volunteer this Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday? If so, please fill in this form and let Ms Marni know you can help.

Family Picnic

Join us on Friday June 3rd from 5:00pm – 7:00pm on the school’s lower campus for a family picnic to celebrate the end of the school year! PTA will provide dinner, dessert and activities. We will need volunteers for this event. If you’re able to attend please sign up to help! Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Earthquakes game was awesome!

Thanks to everyone who came out for an awesome afternoon watching the Earthquakes. It was a great afternoon!

Variety Show – What a night!

Congratulations to all the children who participated in the Variety Show. Thank you to everyone who helped. Special thanks to teachers who lead class acts, Ms Pacheco and Ms Kamlley for supporting the students with feedback and checkins. Ms DaCosta for running the backstage area, and Ms Mercer for supporting the effort. We had 22 acts of talent and courage. We cannot wait to do it again next year!

Earthquakes game – get your tickets!

Come cheer for the Quakes at Paypal Arena with your fellow raccoons on Sunday, May 22 at 4:30pm!! 50% of ticket fees will go to Roosevelt School, and we will have our own Roosevelt section at the game. Purchase tickets for the game using this link. See this flyer for details.

End of Year Family Party- June 3

Mark your Calendar for the end of the year family dinner on Friday, June 3, 5-7:30? Will be at Roosevelt at the Lunch Shelter or MUB. Dinner will be provided. Fun and games to end the year!

PTA Elections

Are you interested in joining the PTA board for the 2022/23 school year? We need your help! All positions are open, so if you’re interested please reach out to any of the current board members to chat. It’s a lot of fun and it’s not as much work as you might think. Elections will be coming up in May so don’t wait! For more information on the different roles, contact PTA President, Allison Fujimoto at allison@roosevelt-pta.com.

Variety Show this Friday!

Come one come all and see the variety show this Friday at 6pm at MIT Auditorium located on the MIT campus at 400 Duane Street, Redwood City. We will features several classes performing as well as individual and group performances from our students. Please come and support!

Earthquakes game – get your tickets!

Come cheer for the Quakes at Paypal Arena with your fellow raccoons on Sunday, May 22 at 4:30pm!! 50% of ticket fees will go to Roosevelt School, and we will have our own Roosevelt section at the game. Purchase tickets for the game using this link. See this flyer for details.

End of Year Family Party- June 3

Mark your Calendar for the end of the year family dinner on Friday, June 3, 5-7:30? Will be at Roosevelt at the Lunch Shelter or MUB. Dinner will be provided. Fun and games to end the year!

PTA Elections

Are you interested in joining the PTA board for the 2022/23 school year? We need your help! All positions are open, so if you’re interested please reach out to any of the current board members to chat. It’s a lot of fun and it’s not as much work as you might think. Elections will be coming up in May so don’t wait! For more information on the different roles, contact PTA President, Allison Fujimoto at allison@roosevelt-pta.com.

Jogathon Prize Updates!

Congratulations to the whole school for meeting and exceeding our school wide fundraising goal. This means our school will get to have a Bounce House/Obstacle Course and Water Party during the last week of school. Details to come. We will need volunteers, please contact emily@roosevelt-pta.com if you can help coordinate or be there day of! Also, if you or someone you know have access to bounce houses, please also contact Emily at the address above. 

Congratulations to our TOP FUNDRAISING STUDENT & Mason Balico from Mrs. Sudol’s class and Anthony Escudero in Mrs. Pacheco’s class, respectively. Thank you for all of your fundraising efforts for our school! Mason, you have won a Nintendo Switch and a $100 GC. Anthony, you have won a Nintendo Switch Lite and a $50 GC.

Congratulations to the 8th Grade class for being the top fundraising class of 6th-8th grade. You have earned the joy of dropping a water dunk bucket on select teachers and principals! 

Congratulations to the following K-5th grade classes for meeting their goals and winning their choice of a pizza/donut party:  Mrs. Torres, Mrs. Mallari, Mrs. Tsutsui, Mrs. Sudol, Ms. Lunde, Ms. Mueller, Ms. Kamlley, Ms. Tse, Mr. Mosso, Ms. Schene, Ms. McCaffrey, Mrs. Tsuchiyama, Mrs. Pacheco, Ms. Ha, Ms. Testa, Ms. Santana, Mrs. Barrios
PTA will be in touch with teachers/room parents to coordinate parties.and finally……

Congratulations to our raffle drawing winners. Prizes will be distributed this week in class or for large prizes or electronic prizes we will communicate with families. If you have questions or would like you coordinate about your child’s prize, please contact emily@roosevelt-pta.comThank you very much, again, for all of our efforts in this fundraising push. What a great community effort!

To see the full list of winners, click here – prize list winners

Teacher Appreciation Week

Don’t forget this week is Teacher Appreciation Week. Look for a message from you class’ parent representation or express your appreciation in your own creative way!

Variety Show Rehearsal this Thursday, May 5

This Thursday May 5 is the Variety Show rehearsal in the cafeteria from 1:30- 2:15 for upper campus students and lower campus students can start at 2:15 -3:00. We will move through the acts as quickly as possible. All acts that are ready to perform at Thursday’s practice will be included in the show. If your student’s class is performing, they do not need to go to rehearsal. The teachers will ensure they are ready to perform.

The show will take place May 13 at the MIT auditorium tentatively at 6pm with upper school acts before intermission and lower school acts after intermission. We are confirming the timing with the team at MIT. We have a number of classes doing ensemble performances, which is very exciting, but we may need to work out a few details on how to best accommodate all the acts.

Please stay tuned for an update on performance details, and if you have any questions please contact whitney@roosevelt-pta.com or 650-740-9337.

PTA Elections

Are you interested in joining the PTA board for the 2022/23 school year? We need your help! All positions are open, so if you’re interested please reach out to any of the current board members to chat. It’s a lot of fun and it’s not as much work as you might think. Elections will be coming up in May so don’t wait! For more information on the different roles, contact PTA President, Allison Fujimoto at allison@roosevelt-pta.com.

Earthquakes game – get your tickets!

Come cheer for the Quakes at Paypal Arena with your fellow raccoons on Sunday, May 22 at 4:30pm!! 50% of ticket fees will go to Roosevelt School, and we will have our own Roosevelt section at the game. Purchase tickets for the game using this link. See this flyer for details.

Jog-a-thon was a huge Success!!

PTA Meeting Tuesday – 6pm

Please join us for the PTA meeting Tuesday at 6pm

Link here
ID: 856 4430 0963
Passcode: roosevelt

Join the PTA Board

Interested in joining the PTA Board for the 22/23 school year? Come to the pta meeting on Tuesday to hear about the roles and how you can get involved.

April Dates

• April 25 SBAC testing begins // Comienzan las pruebas de SBAC
• April 25 School Site Council meeting // Reunión del consejo escolar 4pm
  • Link here
  • ID: 818 4447 2375
  • Passcode: Roosevelt
• April 26 PTA meeting // Reunión del PTA 6pm
• April 29 Coffee with the Principal/ Cafecito con la directora  8:30 am
  • Link here
  • Meeting ID: 834 0266 3340
  • Passcode: Roosevelt

May Dates

•  May 5 – directly after school – Variety Show rehearsal – cafeteria
• May 13 – Variety show, start time to be confirmed – @ MIT auditorium

JOGATHON IS THIS WEEK!!!!!!

• Have you registered your student yet? – Register Here
• Not able to register, but need to turn in donations? – Use this form – Please turn in to the office or teacher with the students
• Want to help? We can still use a few volunteers. Sign up here. Must be a district approved volunteer.
• Come support our students and cheer them on this Thursday, April 21st. It is such a fun event for kids after all of their hard work earning for our school!!! (If you haven’t been cleared from the district to be on campus, you can cheer from outside the fence on the lower campus)

• 8:15am-8:35am: 2nd & 3rd grade
• 8:45am-9:05am: Kinder & 1st grade + Sudol’s class (K-2)
• 9:15am-9:35am: 4th grade
• 10:35am-10:55am: 5th grade & 6th grade
• 11:05am-11:25am: 7th and 8th grade + Tran’s class (6-8)

Join the PTA Board

Are you interested in joining the PTA board for the 22/23 school year? We NEED your help! All positions are open, so if you’re interested please reach out to any of the current board members to chat. It’s a lot of fun and it’s not as much work as you might think. Elections will be coming up in May so don’t wait!

Parents’ Night Out

8th Grade Car Wash

Earthquakes Game – Fundraiser!

San Jose Earthquakes Game- Sunday, May 22nd 4:30 pm, Paypal Park, SanJose

Cheer for the Quakes with your fellow raccoons! Purchase tickets for the game using this link. 50% of ticket fees will go to Roosevelt school and we will have our own Roosevelt section at the game.

Enrichment update: Ballet starts soon!  Check the PTA website for details.

April Dates

Jog-a-thon Updates

Early Fundraising Winner

Congratulations to Kindergarten student Mason Balico! Mason’s name was picked from among the more than 50 students that have already reached their fundraising goal for this year’s Jog-a-Thon.

Ohhhhhh, We’re (nearly) half way there!

We have almost reached 50% on our fundraising goal! We have raised $19,655. Let’s have a strong Let’s have a strong week this week. If you haven’t registered your child yet, please sign them up here.

(http://pledgestar.com/roosevelt94061) If you need a copy of any of the Jog-a-thon packet information forms, you can find them on the Jog-a-thon page of the website.

Variety Show – Great tryouts

We had more than 20 acts try out for the variety show. We are off to a great start. If your child has an act they would like to do, but wasn’t quite ready for tryouts, you can still submit an act via video to whitney@roosevelt-pta.com. Send a video before April 25 to have it considered for the variety show.

We will be emailing parents with some specific feedback on acts this week. If your child is participating, please be sure to have them continue to practice and refine their acts leading up to the May 5 rehearsal.

Important Dates:

May 5 – Rehearsal @Roosevelt

May 12 – Dress rehearsal @ MIT

May 13 – Variety show @ MIT

PTA Elections

Are you interested in joining the PTA board for the 22/23 school year? We NEED your help! All positions are open, so if you’re interested please reach out to any of the current board members to chat. It’s a lot of fun and it’s not as much work as you might think. Elections will be coming up in May so don’t wait!

Earthquakes Game – Fundraiser!

San Jose Earthquakes Game- Sunday, May 22nd 4:30 pm, Paypal Park, SanJose

Cheer for the Quakes with your fellow raccoons! Purchase tickets for the game using this link. 50% of ticket fees will go to Roosevelt school and we will have our own Roosevelt section at the game.

Enrichment update: Piano starts soon!  Check the PTA website for details.

Welcome back from break! Don’t forget to use your COVID-19 test tonight.

Jog-a-thon Updates

T-shirt contest winner!

Thank you to all of the students who submitted their unique and creative works of art for our Jog-a-thon t-shirt contest. We received hundreds of submissions and it was hard to narrow it down. The students voted at lunch on Thursday and the winner this year is……..Kyle Estrada from 7th grade.

Congratulations, we can’t wait to wear your design!! Kudos to the runner ups fourth grader Emma Verley and Anette Ximena Mendieta Ugalde of 5^th grade for their near wins!

Runners up designs

Fundraising update

Jog-a-thon is off and running and the fundraising has begun! The school has raised $11,300 so far, we are more than 20% of the way towards our goal. Way to go Raccoons! Only 70 students are registered so far, so if you haven’t registered your child yet, please sign them up here

(http://pledgestar.com/roosevelt94061) If you need a copy of any of the Jog-a-thon packet information forms, you can find them on the Jog-a-thon page of the website.

Variety Show Tryouts Tuesday

Tryouts are Tuesday, April 5 after school in the Cafeteria. Parents who are authorized volunteers may be on campus to assist your child in tryouts. Please enter via the office. For parents who can’t make it, no worries. These first tryouts we will give feedback to each group on anything they need to work on to get ready for the show, and all acts that are ready to perform on May 5th will make it into the show.  For acts that need development, we may arrange a check in practice in mid April.

For tryouts, we will provide a keyboard, mic and amplifier that can play devices with a USB-C, Apple, or audio headphones jack. Remember acts need to be 3 minutes or shorter and “G” rated.

If your child is young and uncertain about the process, we can escort kids from the office to tryouts and back. You can reach out to Whitney Glockner Black (whitney@roosevelt-pta.com or 650-740-9337) if you have any questions or want to touch base about your child’s tryout.

Important Dates:

April 5th 2:30pm: Tryouts –  outside the cafeteria in the outdoor lunch area

May 5 – Rehearsal @Roosevelt

May 12 – Dress rehearsal @ MIT

May 13 – Variety show @ MIT

Earthquakes Game – Fundraiser!

San Jose Earthquakes Game- Sunday, May 22nd 4:30 pm, Paypal Park, SanJose

Cheer for the Quakes with your fellow raccoons! Purchase tickets for the game using this link. 50% of ticket fees will go to Roosevelt school and we will have our own Roosevelt section at the game.

Enrichment update: Piano starts soon!  Check the PTA website for details.

PTA Meeting Tuesday 3/22 – 6pm

PTA Meeting this Tuesday March 22nd at 6:00pm. Get involved. It’s easy. Join us for this week’s PTA meeting to find out what is happening on campus.

Join Zoom Meeting – Link
Meeting ID: 856 4430 0963
Passcode: roosevelt

Jog-a-thon Fundraising drive has begun!

The Pack is back!! We kicked off fundraising with a Jog-a-thon  themed assembly featuring our fiesty mascot, the raccoon. Fundraising packets went home last week, so look for them in your child’s backpack if they didn’t share it with you. We already have 51 kids signed up and are almost 10% to our goal. Way to start strong! Sign up this week and get started with your fundraising.

Volunteers Needed!

Are you interested in helping with the Jog-a-thon? Sign up here. Please note that all on-campus volunteers will need to be approved through the district. Make sure to get approved as soon as possible! Steps on how to get approved (Level 1) can be found here: Volunteer – Redwood City School District (rcsdk8.net)

Jog-a-thon  – Prizes needed

We are working hard to offer some great prizes for the Jog-a-thon, but we need your help! Are you willing to donate a gift card or experience that our students might like? Please help us make the Jog-a-thon an exciting experience for all the kids. Contact Emily Schannep (emily@roosevelt-pta.com)  if you are able to help us build the prize booty

Jog-a-thon – T-shirt contest

All submissions are in, and voting will take place next week

Packets for fundraising will be headed home soon. Keep an eye out!

Variety Show – Auditions April 5 after school

The Roosevelt Variety Show returns on May 13 2022 at the MIT Auditorium for a whole new year of talent packed entertainment!  Tryouts will be held the week of April 5 after school in the cafeteria.Do you have a talent to share with the raccoon community? Come show us at the Variety Show! All acts are welcome!

Important Dates:

April 5th 2:30pm: Tryouts –  outside the cafeteria in the outdoor lunch area

May 5 – Rehearsal @Roosevelt

May 12 – Dress rehearsal @ MIT

May 13 – Variety show

Tryout Guidelines

• Please prepare your act before tryouts and come with your whole group and any needed materials

• Acts need to be 3 minutes or shorter and G rated
• Bring any needed music on a phone or audio player that can connect to a USB-C or Apple Thunderbolt attachment

For questions, please email whitney@roosevelt-pta.com

Upcoming SEPTAR Meetings

SEPTAR, the Special Education PTA of Redwood City is sponsoring two special presentations by Ellen Cookman, a certified estate planning, trust and probate lawyer and Chris Welton, a Wealth Management Advisor, who both work with families of loved ones with special needs. Spanish interpretation will be available for both meetings.

Parenting When You’re Gone on Tuesday, March 22, 6-7:30pm. A step-by-step guide for setting up an estate plan for children who will need guidance. Zoom Registration: https://bit.ly/SEPTAR322. For more information, please see this flyer.