PTSA Parent Email
June 4, 2012
THE ROOSEVELT PTSA PARENT AND GUARDIAN EMAIL BULLETIN
June 4, 2012
CALENDAR
June 5 – EOC biology exam (Sophomores), 2 hour late start, 10am
June 5 – Incoming student welcome event, 6:30pm
June 6 – Moving Up Assembly, 10:30am (schedule)
June 6, 8 & 9 – RHS Jazz Concerts, 7:30pm
June 11 – PTSA Meeting & Election of Officers, 7pm
June 19 - Graduation - 5:00 PM, Memorial Stadium
June 20-22 – Finals (grades 9-11), see schedule.
June 5th Late Arrival and June 6th Schedule
Tues, June 5th, all tenth graders will take the biology end of year course exam for HSPE in the Theatre at 8:00 a.m. Period 1 will start for all students at 10:00 am. Periods 2 and 3 will be held on June 5th.
Wed, June 6th, school starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Periods 4, 5 and 6 will meet with the Moving Up Assembly following period 4. See the class schedules for June 5th and 6th.
Welcome Incoming 9th Graders - June 5th
Tuesday, June 5th at 6:30 p.m, we cordially invite all incoming 9th graders and their parents/guardians to come to the Roosevelt Theatre. We will have a short program with Administrators, Counselors and Support Staff, so new Rough Riders can put names to faces. We will have available the Summer Reading Assignment, and the Student Store will be open, with refreshments and Roosevelt clothing items. We will also have in the Commons tables with coaches, parent Sports Booster representatives, and representatives from clubs, so that families can find out about some of the available activities. Also, for any students who want to change course selections, or have other questions about next year, counselors will be available after the general program to meet with students and parents/guardians.
Final RHS PTSA Meeting of Year:
June 11, 7pm at RHS Library - with refreshments!
PTA Members: Please stop by and cast a ballot between 7 and 8:00pm even if you can’t stay for the whole meeting - we need your votes registered! Also we are still recruiting for a treasurer and one co-president for next year.
Join us to hear from Principal Brian Vance, meet other parents, elect officers and approve our budget for next year. We need a quorum of PTA members to elect officers for 2012-13 (candidate slate published in last week’s e-news), and vote on a budget for July 2012-June 2013. We will also present our Golden Acorn Award to an outstanding volunteer.
Roosevelt Jazz End-of-Year Concerts Opportunities for Roosevelt Jazz lovers to hear each group at their end-of-year concerts:
June 6th - Jazz Bands II and III
June 8th --Jazz Band I
June 9th --Vocal Jazz
All concerts are free and will be at 7:30pm in the RHS Performing Arts Theater.
Auditions for next year will be held in June. Here is the schedule:
Vocal Jazz auditions are June 4th, 5th and 6th by appointment. Email Mr. Brown .
Sunday, June 10th at noon - all incoming 9th grade saxophone and brass on at noon
Monday, June 11th at 3pm - returning saxophones
Tuesday June 12th at 3pm - returning brass
Calling All Junior Parents
It is a tradition at RHS that Junior Class parents and students help with graduation. We need 10-12 volunteers to assist with grad check-in, ticket collection, monitoring the seating area and post-ceremony duties. Graduation is Tuesday, June 19th at 5:00 PM at Memorial Stadium. Volunteer shifts begin at 3:45 and end at 6:30. Additionally, we need 1-2 parents to serve as the lead(s.) The lead parent will attend the first 30 minutes of the graduation dress rehearsal on June 18th at 1030 am, and be in contact with Ms. Boswell and Deci Evans(parent chair of graduation committee, class of 2012.) If you are interested in helping out, please contact Allison Fitzgerald, junior parent rep aafbwh@msn.com.
RHS Band Neighborhood Parade and BBQ
June 9, noon. End of the year party for all band members, family and friends! Band members will regale the locals with a mad march around the neighborhood and return to RHS for sumptuous grilled burgers and hot dogs. Group photo day as well. Festivities begin @ 12noon. Potluck for salads, desserts, chips and drinks; Band Boosters provide burgers and dogs, buns and condiments. Set up/clean up help needed: contact Kathy O'Rourke at burtonbeach@comcast.net if you can lend a hand. Need more info? Mary at macmarymm.aol.com. See you there.
New RHS Sports Boosters website
Check it out for the latest RHS sports news: boosters.rhssports.org.
SENIORS
Graduation Tickets
Each family was allocated 8 tickets; if you need more than 8 tickets, please contact Marjorie Gamble in the front office. Families are asked to return tickets they will not need to the Roosevelt Front Office in order to accommodate those needing more than 8 tickets. As a reminder, Graduation will be held in Memorial Stadium on Tuesday, June 19th at 5:00 pm. Thank you, from the Class of 2012 Parent Reps
COUNSELING & CAREER CENTER NEWS
Scholarship Bulletin #13 now online
Find it in the list of links on the Counseling Center website. Look for more scholarship information on the RHS scholarship page.
2012 Summer Opportunities
Go to RHS website: www.rhsseattle.org and go to the Counseling Center website.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Host Families needed for exchange students
- Host families needed in July for French students. Connections, Inc., based in Woodinville, WA, is again bringing a small group of teens from France to Seattle July 12 - August 2nd. Last summer we placed many with RHS families and it was a wonderful experience for everyone involved. The students will be taken on organized site-seeking trips Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. That leaves them free to spend weekends with their host families. If you can host during all or part of this time period, please contact Patty Turnberg, the Seattle Coordinator and former RHS mom, at p.turnberg@comcast.net.
- Your home could welcome a student (you choose boy or girl) and they would attend the high school closest to your home. The non-profit foundation is A.F.I.C.E, (www.afice.org) Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange. If you are interested, or have questions, please contact Kristi York, AFICE Area Coordinator, 206 387 6554. kyork@spu.edu.
- CIEE is seeking warm and welcoming host families for high school exchange students who will arrive in the area in August 2012. Be a part of this unique educational adventure! Open your heart and your home. Your family will not only gain a new family member, but also learn about a different culture, its values and traditions and more. CIEE high school students stay with their host families for either 1 to 2 semesters (five or ten months) while attending your local high school. CIEE students have their own funds for school lunches, clothing and personal spending needs as well as medical insurance. Please call Lynn at 206-368-0493 and make a difference in our world. For more information, go to http://www.ciee.org/highschool/.
RHS Annual Fund Drive webpage. It’s not too late: your contributions will still be an enormous help, so keep sending them in!
FIND OUT EVEN MORE.
Twitter: @RooseveltHS.
PTSA newsletter: Rider Record
Parent volunteers 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.
To submit articles for the Weekly PTSA Parent Bulletin, please submit by Friday at 5pm to PTSA Communications.
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!