Roosevelt families, we want to understand your thoughts about the job we are doing in providing a quality education for your children. We use your feedback to keep improving what we're doing at Roosevelt:

• Please complete the survey by May 31 in English or Spanish: https://bit.ly/3FyPLMu.
• Please complete 1 survey per child in a YSD school.
• If you prefer a paper copy of the survey, please call our Roosevelt office at (509) 573-1700, and we'll mail one to you.
  

Your feedback is important and we want to know what you think are our strengths and opportunities for growth. Thank you!

Thank you, families and students, for your help with this spring's state testing! So far, 3rd-5th-grade students have finished the Smarter Balanced Assessment in English/Language Arts, and our 5th-graders have completed the Washington Comprehensive Assessment in Science.

This week, all 3rd-5th graders will take the Smarter Balanced Assessment in Math. Here's how you can help:

• Talk to your child about doing his/her best, answering every question, and checking his/her work.
• Ensure that your child gets at least 8 hours of sleep the night before the test.
• Ensure that your child gets to school on time, eats breakfast, and is ready to start.

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Roosevelt Families—As your child returns to school next fall, it’s important to make sure they are up to date on all their required vaccinations for the 2022-2023 school year. There are important changes to these requirements for next year.

To get ready, the Washington State Department of Health strongly encourages you to schedule your child’s immunization visit as early as possible with their doctor or health care provider, so your child is up to date well before the first day of school. Summer months are a great time to get your child caught up with immunizations. Schedule your appointments early, since doctors' offices' schedules quickly fill up in August. Turn in your updated immunization paperwork to Roosevelt by August 20. This is especially important if your child is transitioning to Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten, or 7th grade, because each of these grades has new requirements.

Please contact our Roosevelt school nurse, Mrs. Sandra DeBord RN BSN, at (509) 573-1712 if you have any questions. Thanks!

Congratulations to our winning language students who did an OUTSTANDING JOB using Imagine Learning to build their English skills! Here are our 2 top performers in each grade level. Each of these students won a free Lego set!

• Kindergarten: Moises and Renata
• 1st grade: Jesus and Jazlyn
• 2nd-grade: Jorge and Maggie
• 3rd-grade: Axel and Fernanda
• 4th-grade: Eduardo and Zoe
• 5th grade: Martin and Arizbet

• Visit Yakima School District's Highly Capable Program webpage for more information and to download a referral packet in English or Spanish.
• Highly capable students are students who perform or show potential for performing at significantly advanced academic levels when compared with others of their age, experiences, or environments. Outstanding abilities are seen within student's general intellectual abilities, specific academic abilities, and/or creativity.

• Our district has a variety of services for students who qualify for the Highly Capable Program (HCP): differentiation, flexible grouping, independent study, enrichment, independent projects, supplemental instruction in area of interest, content acceleration, and supplemental materials in the area of interest.

Visit our YSD COVID information page for the latest testing and vaccine updates, data, safety updates, and more. Here are some of the important changes:

• Masks are now optional.
• Visitors can enter the building, and volunteers fall under the vaccination requirement
• Anyone with COVID-19-like symptoms is required to be sent home for a minimum of 5 days (cough, shortness of breath, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, lost of taste or smell, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea). Students may return after day 5 IF the symptoms are mostly improved. IF returning to school days 6-10, the individual is required to wear a well-fitted mask OR test negative with an antigen or at-home test after day 5 before returning without a mask.
• The FREE YSD COVID-19 testing site is open for students, YSD staff, and their immediate families on Mondays through Fridays from 1-4 pm. The testing site is located at the new Health and Wellness Education Center at 331 N. First St.