Happy end-of-the-school-year! Roosevelt PTA wishes you an excellent summer and thanks our school community for your support this school year. This newsletter looks back on our efforts and forward to the next school year.
We did it! Fundraising updates
Congratulations Raccoons! Thanks to your hard work, we raised $95,000 this year; that is 125% of our goal!!! Together with a one time gift of $25,000 we will be able to bring some exciting new improvements and programs to campus.
Pond and Reading Garden
We all love the pond, and now it’s going to be even better! We plan to improve the area outside the library and pond with creative seating, shade, and landscaping to create a calming outdoor space for students to read and enjoy the fish pond. We will also be able to make much needed repairs to the pond to protect our precious fish.
Garden is back!
We are very excited to re-introduce the garden program for all grades next year. In partnership with Each Green Corner, a local non-profit, each class will have access to vital education on natural ecosystems and food production while playing in the dirt.
More support for field trips and outdoor education
Our students benefit so much from field trips and outdoor education. Next year we will be able to provide more support for these vital programs so teachers can help expand minds and horizons for all children.
Jog-a-thon wrap-up
Jog-a-thon was a great day for our runners, and we raised $37,272. Congratulations to our Grand Prize winner, Anders Onguka and Runner Up: Lauren Buck! We should be proud that 203 students raised money, 144 students met the goal of $80 and 10 classes + 8th grade made their goal. The winning classes are Ms. Kamlley, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Mallari, Ms. Barrios, Mrs. Tsuchiyama, Ms. Taylor, Ms. Heon, Mrs. Emery, Ms. Lunde, Mrs. Holland and 8th grade!
Thank you to our generous sponsors for covering our costs (Dehoff’s Key Market, Woodside Pediatric Dentistry, W.L. Butler, Andrews Orthodontics, CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc, Mountain Mike’s Pizza, Burgos Design Group, Creative Gates, Allison Fujimoto Sotheby’s Realtor, & Donut King) and to all the volunteers who make Jog-a-thon our best community event.
Water Party this week!
Since we made our school-wide Jog-a-thon goal the students have earned a Water Party on Thursday June 6, 11:30am-1:30pm. We are looking for a few volunteers to help. If you’re available please sign up here.
Looking forward
PTA is powered by parents!
As our children graduate, we need parents of younger children to carry on the work of the PTA. We are still looking for a vice president to replace our president in 2025-26. We need an assistant treasurer to learn the job and take over for our treasurer after her term. We also have a newly created role to help guide the garden and pond program. Please reach out to president@roosevelt-pta.com if you are interested in these or any other small roles.
Spirit Wear
Stock up on spirit wear for the new school year! New Roosevelt spirit wear is available and going forward can be purchased on demand at the Roosevelt Swag Shop: https://roosefelt.myshopify.com/. Sample sizes will be available at Maze Days, but the new spirit wear will be sold online only. Excess inventory of vintage spirit wear- in limited sizes- will be sold at Maze Days for 1/2 price.
Save the dates!
- Kinder Playdate: Saturday 8/3, 10am-12pm on the upper campus playground. Join this playdate for incoming kindergarten and TK students to get to know each other before school starts.
- Maze Days: Friday 8/9, 8:30-11am and 12-2:30pm. Come for back to school information in addition to your class assignments.
- First Day of School: Wednesday, August 14
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