Roosevelt Reader
November 29, 2018
PRINCIPAL'S CORNER
Dear Roosevelt Parents/Guardians,
This Friday your child will receive the first trimester report card. This document reflects the hard work and progress your child has made during the school year. In addition, the report card indicates areas for growth and improvement. I encourage you to take time to review the report card with your child. Below I have listed some suggestions to consider as you discuss the report card:
*Let your child give you his/her first impressions of the report card. Allow your child the opportunity to highlight areas of strength and interest.
*Let your child point out areas for growth and improvement
*Work with your child to identify goals and some simple steps your child can take to realize those goals.
*Pay attention to the backside of the report card. This shows progress your child is showing with appropriate school behavior.
*Take time to carefully review the progress being made in our specials program such as Art, Music, PE, etc…
*Ask your child to comment on their overall school experience. Have them comment on their friends in class and at school. Have them discuss their daily schedule of activities.
Report card time is an opportunity to celebrate progress and the love of learning. Keep your child motivated and inspired by making time to discuss the school year and the many experiences your child is having in elementary school. Finally, feel free to contact me at any time if you have any questions regarding our educational programming.
Have a wonderful day!
Dr. Dwyer
Inspire every child to discover, learn, achieve, and care.
NEWS BULLETIN
The Greatest V-Show!
This year marks the 47th year for the Roosevelt V-Show! The show is performed entirely by our students and is a wonderful mix of comedy, singing, and dancing all under the bright lights of the Roosevelt stage.
There are no auditions and every child from Kindergarten through 5th grade is welcome to participate.
V-Show performances (4 in total) will be on March 1, 2, and 3.
Registration begins today through December 14th.
Kindergarten through 4th Grade: Click here to register
5th Grade Only: Click here to register
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Pizza Orders for January through May
CLICK HERE to place your pizza order.
Orders submitted now will provide students with pizza from
January 9, 2019 through June 5, 2019.
If your student currently receives pizza, the last pizza from that order will be served on December 19th. If you want your student to continue to get pizza Wednesdays after Winter Break, you must submit another pizza order now.
Deadline to order pizza is December 19th at midnight!
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Cold Weather Guidelines at Roosevelt
During the cold weather months, we will implement several measures to keep students warm and safe. Below are some guidelines we will be following:
Inside During Arrival:
If the temperature feels like 10 degrees or colder…Beginning at 8:30am students will wait inside until the bell rings to go to class.
Inside During Grade Level Recess:
If the temperature feels like 10 degrees or colder…Each grade level team will decide if they go outside for a ten minute recess or remain inside.
Inside During Lunch Recess:
If the temperature feels like 0 degrees or colder….Students will remain inside for the 30 minute recess lunch period.
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Put Your Child’s Name on Everything!
As winter approaches, students are bringing more clothing items to school each day. Write your child’s name and teacher’s name on hats, gloves, coats, lunch bags, boots, backpacks, and all other items. This will avoid your belongings being placed in our lost and found.
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Be a Safe Driver!
· Park legally – don’t block crosswalks or double park
· Respect school neighbors – please do not park in or block their driveways.
· Parents and children should not use the Staff parking lot
· Do not make U-turns or turn around in driveways.
· “Attended” parkers must stay in their vehicles at all times.
· Obey “kiss ’n go” zones on Prospect Avenue
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NEW! Health & Wellness Resources webpage launched!
In District 64, we regularly support our students through individual and group counseling as well as our social-emotional learning programs so that students are able to engage in all that school has to offer.
As a follow-up to the recent showing of the documentary film, Angst, about teen anxiety, District 64 would like to further support our students and families by providing information about community resources available in Park Ridge and Niles as well as links to where you can find additional perspectives from other reliable organizations. Visit our new webpage here.
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“Be the Nice Kid.”
The Roosevelt LRC has a new mural painted on one of it’s walls. The mural is based on a motivational message written by Bryan Skavnak. You can read about him in the link below.
https://www.bethenicekid.com/about/
The original artwork was created by Kathy Meade, who is on the Kindness Committee. Natalie Gerny, the assistant Art teacher at Roosevelt, painted it based on Kathy’s work. Through the collaboration of the PTO, this mural will be permanent art that will help to remind Roosevelt students to always