PTSA Parent Email
November 7, 2011
THE ROOSEVELT PTSA PARENT AND GUARDIAN EMAIL BULLETIN
November 7, 2011
A WEEKLY SPLASH OF RHS NEWS More ways to get RHS news: 1) the November Rider Record, 2) the Daily Bulletin, 3) follow the RHS twitter feed: @RooseveltHS and 4) check the home page headlines - for important articles received after this weekly post.
VOTE TODAY – MAIL YOUR BALLOT BY TUESDAY VOTE YES! – TO THE FAMILY AND EDUCATION LEVY The RHS PTSA Board voted to endorse a “YES” vote on the Families and Education Levy.
NEW!!! SENIOR YEARBOOK PHOTOS - ROWLAND STUDIOS ON CAMPUS ON NOV. 11TH We’re almost there! We’ve added one more day for Senior Yearbook Photos on Thursday, November 10th during both lunches. Bring your smile and $25.00. Let’s get the last 100 of you Seniors in the yearbook.
WRESTLING AT RHS Monday, Nov 14th, practices start from 3-5 pm. Wrestling is an inclusive co-ed, no-cut sport for every sized student athlete. Wrestling can be a great way to build strength, speed, and agility for other sports as well. Wrestlers should have their forms and paperwork turned in PRIOR to the start of formal practices. If you haven’t been already been contacted by a wrestling parent or coach, please make sure to email info@RHSSports.org with your name and phone number so that you can keep up to date with wrestling info.
FALL SPORTS AWARDS NIGHT Tuesday, November 15th at 7pm in the Theater. Come help recognize the effort and successful seasons of Roosevelt student-athletes. Look for team-specific announcements about team meetings before or after the all-team Awards.
AFTER-SCHOOL DRIVER TRAINING CLASS AT RHS Starts November 16. If you are interested in taking the after-school driver training class (M/W, 2:40-4:40PM) call the Traffic Education office at 252-4735 for information.
JAZZ NUTCRACKER – DEC 3RD & 4TH The award winning Roosevelt Jazz Band will be performing its 14th annual Jazz Nutcracker Saturday, December 3rd at 7:30pm and Sunday, December 4th at 2:00pm. Written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, the Jazz Nutcracker, performed by the Roosevelt Jazz Band, is sure to get your holiday season off to an uplifting start! Come and enjoy one of these fine performances in our own beautiful Roosevelt Performing Arts Theater. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students/seniors. To order tickets visit www.rooseveltjazz.org or call 523-2192. Tickets are also available at the door.
INTERESTED IN PLAYING BOY’S LACROSSE THIS SPRING? Captain’s practices will be starting soon, which will give players new to the sport an opportunity to try it to make sure they want to play a full season. It also gives returning players a chance to get in shape and work on stick skills. Registration opened on November 1st, giving parents plenty of time to pay registration fees before the start of our season on February 27th. Registration packets will be available on the website and will be emailed to everyone that is on our current distribution list. Questions? Please contact our RLC President for answers.
SAVE THE DATE: RHS SPORTS AUCTION This year's Hall of Fame Sports Auction will be held on Saturday, February 4th at the Mountaineers Club in Magnusson Park. For more information about the Athletic Boosters and to purchase your tickets to the Auction, please go to the Athletic Booster's website rooseveltathleticboosters.org and click on "Auction".
NOTES FROM THE COUNSELING & CAREER CENTERS
SCHOLARSHIP BULLETIN #3 NOW ONLINE Find it in the list of links on the Counseling Center website. Look for more scholarship information on the RHS scholarship page.
COLLEGE REPS VISITING RHS THIS WEEK
Mon 11/07: Univ.WA-Bothell Campus - 12:30 p.m.
Thu 11/10: Southern Cal.Institute of Architecture - 1:00 p.m.
(Dates and times listed in the Daily Bulletin and the Career Center events calendar.)
HOST AN EXCHANGE STUDENT
World Learning and the World Affairs Council in Seattle are partnering to recruit host families for 10 Brazilian teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18 from January 11— 23, 2012. The students, who speak English fluently, have been selected by the U.S. Embassy in Brazil from a pool of thousands to become ambassadors for their country. Host families must have a teenage child in the household who attends Roosevelt High School. Get a host family application from Mrs. Magidman in room 239.
Ergon, in partnership with NorthWest Student Exchange, is seeking families to host a 16-17-year-old Italian exchange student for a semester or year. Italian families are in turn happy to host your child during summer vacations. Ergon specializes in rigorous selection criteria insuring that students are responsible, motivated, proficient in English and carefully matches students with host families. For further information, please email Gunnel Tanimoto, Seattle coordinator at italexchange@gmail.com .
FIND OUT EVEN MORE.
Parent volunteers Your Help Is Needed – Sign up online now to Volunteer!
RHS Health Center: Visit this free resource for students at www.rhsseattle.org/teenhealth.php.
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.
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.
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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. If you misplaced the PTSA membership envelope from your first-day packet please download the membership form and send it in with your check - thank you for your support!