PTSA Parent Email
September 19, 2011
THE ROOSEVELT PTSA PARENT AND GUARDIAN EMAIL BULLETIN
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
A WEEKLY SPLASH OF RHS NEWS Your quick guide to programs and activities for families of Roosevelt High School students. Check www.rhsseattle.org for important articles received after this weekly post.
TONIGHT! PUBLIC HEARING ON ROOSEVELT REZONE Monday, Sept 19, 6pm. RHS Auditorium. A new Sound Transit station will be built underground on the QFC lot on 12th Avenue. There is a City legislative rezone proposal to increase density and provide more affordable housing around the station by raising height limits near the project. Height limits would go from 40ft to 65ft south of Roosevelt HS and from 65ft to 85ft across 12th Avenue west of the school. Email your RHS PTSA co-presidents Sharon Rodgers and Peter Nestingen with your comments: this will have a big impact on Roosevelt HS and we would like to share the top concerns and values at the Public Hearing. Background information: City Council Aug 10 meeting video, City Documents, Roosevelt Neighborhood Association.
RHS PTSA BACK-TO-SCHOOL RESOURCE NIGHT FOR FAMILIES Wednesday, Sept 21, 7pm. Roosevelt Library. Meet with Mr. Vance and fellow parents who can help you figure out the best places to get involved at Roosevelt. This is your opportunity to get your questions answered!
CLASS OF 2012 PARENTS/GUARDIANS MEETING Wednesday, Sept 21, 7pm. RHS Theatre. Please join us for important information about your student's senior year. Roosevelt's Head Counselor, Wendy Krakauer, will outline the steps for College applications and post-high school planning, Amy Schwentor will explain and answer your questions about the Senior Class Project, and the Class of 2012 parent group will discuss opportunities for involvement in the many graduation-related activities planned for your student's Senior year. You won't want to miss this one!
DRAMA FEST AUDITIONS Wed. and Thurs at 2:45. Audition materials are posted on the drama website at www.rooseveltdrama.org. Sign up on the audition sheet: door of room 154 – the Black Box. Students need to print out the audition form as well and bring it with them to the audition. R.. VanKempen.
SOPHOMORES: TAKE THE PLAN This practice test for the ACT is available to all sophomores – you are strongly encouraged to participate. It is an excellent way to prepare for college entrance exams and to continue sorting out career interests. The PLAN will be administered September 28th in the Roosevelt theatre 8:00 – 11:00. You can sign up in the bookroom September 20, 21, 26 and 27 before school and during both lunches. The cost is $12.00. Fee waivers can be obtained from your counselor. You will be taking the PSAT in October; having scores from both the PLAN and PSAT will help you to determine whether the ACT or the SAT is your preferred test for college admission. Frank Heffernan,RHS Counselor.
FIRST SEMESTER ACADEMIC PE WAIVERS FOR SENIORS Seniors, if you still need TWO or THREE PE classes to graduate and plan on taking care of one of those classes with an academic waiver for first semester, please pick up a waiver form from the counseling office, complete the form (along with necessary signatures and providing your first semester schedule on the back), and turn it in to your counselor by the end of the school day Monday 9/19. In general you are eligible for an academic waiver only if you have six classes, have never been a TA in your high school career and your first semester schedule is full with academics/performing arts/annual, news staff/ASR/other graduation requirements. NOTE: students at any grade level who are wanting to get a PE waiver for sports outside of Roosevelt: see your counselor to discuss the strict eligibility requirements, pick up the time log form which you and your coach will both need to complete before applying for the waiver and keep in mind that if you want a waiver for any outside sport for the 2011-2012 school year, then you need to complete all requirements/submit the waiver and log before the end of the 2011-2012 school year—we cannot give you any waivers for any school year other than the current school year. See your counselor with questions. Wendy Krakauer, Head Counselor.
TRYING TO MAKE SCHEDULE CHANGES? September 9 - September 20 Students may come in and sign up for appointments with their counselor to see if they can change their schedules, class size permitting, Note: we do not normally make teacher changes within a subject unless we are moving you to a smaller class. Wendy Krakauer, Head Counselor.
HOST FAMILY NEEDED A host family is needed for a High School Foreign Exchange student for the 2011/2012 school year. A potential host family is needed for students coming from the following countries: Germany, Brazil, Sweden, Spain, Vietnam, Austria, Denmark, South Korea, China, Norway, Belgium, Thailand, Japan and France. Students come with good English skills, full health insurance and their own personal spending money, and mainly the desire to be a member of an American family. We ask our families to provide a bed (shared room is okay with similar age range) and meals eaten with the family. For more information about the students and the program, contact Jamin Henderson at 360-661-0552 or j.henderson33@hotmail.com.
THE RIDER RECORD The Rider Record is a PTSA publication sent monthly by email. A paper copy of the September issue was included in the First Day packet. You can read it online here.
Corrections to the September issue: 1. BAND EMAIL - The email address for the band list is incorrect. Join the Band email list by sending an email to: rhs-subscribe@riderband.org. 2. END-OF-COURSE MATH EXAMS - Students in the class of 2015 and beyond must pass both end-of-course exams to meet the mathematics graduation requirement. 3. END-OF-COURSE SCIENCE EXAM - Students in the class of 2015 must pass the biology end-of-course exam in 2012 to meet the science graduation requirement.
FIRST DAY PACKET HELPERS Thank you to all the parents and students who helped collate and stuff 1750 First Day Packets on Rough Rider Day last week. We had a great team and were done by noon!
WHAT IS THE PTSA? The PTSA supports many programs at RHS as well as sponsors and maintains the RHS website, weekly bulletin communications and the monthly Rider Record publication. Without your membership and donations, we would not be able to support these communications. Thank you for your support!
FIND OUT EVEN MORE.
RHS calendar: Continuously updated with RHS events and information www.rhsseattle.org/calendar.php.
RHS Health Center: Visit this free resource for students at www.rhsseattle.org/teenhealth.php. Call 206-527-8336 ext. 3 for more info. See all the vaccines offered at the Teen Health Center at Vaccines.
RHS home page headlines: Lists upcoming events and important information www.rhsseattle.org.
Roosevelt News: An archive of the student published newspapers at www.therooseveltnews.org.
Senior events: A page especially for senior families to keep up with all their events at www.rhsseattle.org/seniorEvents.php.
College visits and Career Center events: Check out the list of upcoming college visits www.rhsseattle.org/careerCalendar.php.
RHS scholarship and student opportunity bulletins: See info on scholarships at RHS scholarships.
RHS Science: Learn more about the world around you at the Science Department’s website.
RHS Sports: Find team links and athlete registration/forms at www.rhsseattle.org/athletics.php.
To submit articles for the Weekly PTSA Parent Bulletin, please submit to PTSA Communications.