PTSA Parent Email
June 19, 2012
THE ROOSEVELT PTSA PARENT AND GUARDIAN EMAIL BULLETIN
June 19, 2012
Final PTSA Bulletin of the 2011-12 school year. Have a great summer!
CALENDAR
June 19 - Graduation - 5:00 PM, Memorial Stadium
June 20-22 – Finals (grades 9-11), see schedule.
SENIORS
Senior SPREE Attendees
"Do's" and "Don'ts" of this fun overnight event:
Graduation takes place at Memorial Stadium from 5 pm to 6 pm on Tuesday, June 19th.
You should have received eight (8) tickets for the ceremony and details for graduation in May (sent by mail). Reminder - if you will not be using all of your allotted tickets, please return them to the main office so other families may use them.
SPREE: The All Night "Top Secret Location Party"
When: Arrive at 9:45pm on Graduation night (you'll have time for dinner between the graduation ceremony and leaving for SPREE). Don't be late! Buses will leave promptly after checking everyone in.
Where: Meet at Roosevelt HS Parking Lot. There will be a master list outside on the school wall with each student's name and the bus they signed up for if they have forgotten. The buses will be labeled: Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, Niki Minaj, Drake, Tupac, and Snoop Dogg.
Attire: Comfortable clothes - and dress in layers, you will be inside AND outside.
Tickets: Tickets are not issued for this event - 'just think, nothing to misplace!! Your students will be on our Master List at check-in.
NOT ALLOWED: CELL PHONES, iPODS, drugs, alcohol, weapons, backpacks, purses, water bottles.
(If your student brings these items to the bus, the bus chaperones will have to take them. Chaperones will bag / label and keep them until Wednesday morning.)
Bring: Cameras & a "Ready to Rock it" Rough Rider Attitude
Return: 5am pick up on Wednesday, June 20 back at the RHS parking-lot. (Yes, you'll have to be there early....)
KIDS: Check the Facebook Page: 2012 RHS Senior
We hope this helps for planning purposes with your family.
Eileen Rumpf, Connie Edwards and Reine Di Jullio
COUNSELING & CAREER CENTER NEWS
Summer HSPE
If you missed a day of the HSPE this year, you can sign up to take the summer HSPE at https://eds.ospi.k12.wa.us/TestRegistration/.
The dates for the summer HSPE:
August 14: Writing, Day 1
August 15: Writing, Day 2
August 16: Reading
You can sign up at one of the three testing locations; Ballard, West Seattle or Franklin. When you sign up you will need your SSID # for registration. If you need more assistance email Erin Bailey at eebailey@seattleschools.org
FREE SAT PREP FOR JUNIORS
Juniors, do you want to be prepared to take the SAT in fall 2012 but cannot afford expensive classes? 826 Writing Center at 8414 Greenwood Ave. N is offering free SAT tutoring July 10, July 17, July 24, and July 31, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Students will learn test taking strategies and take practice tests. Space is limited. Sign up by e-mailing Katie Robson, Programs Assistant: katie@826.seattle.org.
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
The UW Office of Admissions wants your opinion (with corrected link). We're redesigning our online college application and we want your opinion about the design. Who better than students? The UW will be at Roosevelt Monday 6/18 and Wednesday 6/20, in the library after school to conduct anonymous interviews with students interested in volunteering their time to help improve the form. We know this is a busy time of year so our thanks in advance — and rest assured that nothing you say in the interview will ever affect your application for admission to UW, should you choose to apply.
The review will take about 15 minutes. Your comments will directly influence the design as the UW updates and improves the online application experience for more than 30,000 students every year — here in Seattle and around the world. To show our appreciation, we have some small gifts for you.
Corrected link for UW research sessions
UW sends their apologies to anyone who tried to access the sign up page. There was an error with the link provided. If you are interested in participating in the UW Office of Admissions research session, please sign-up with this corrected link: www.admit.uw.edu/RHSResearchProject.
If you have questions, call Graham Gill, who is working with the UW on this web design project, at 206-288-5800.
FREE SUMMER LANUGAGE CAMP FOR ARABIC AND CHINESE OneWorld Now! is offering our summer language camp for Arabic and Chinese. Register today! Camp is July 2 to July 20, 2012, from 9:00am to 3:00pm (weekdays only), at Seattle University. The Arabic and Chinese camp is open to incoming 9th–12th grade students in the Seattle area.The summer camp is completely FREE! You can register online at www.oneworldnow.org. Registration ends June 18, and spots are limited!
Host Families needed for exchange students
- The World Affairs Council in Seattle is recruiting local host families for our summer youth leadership programs for high school students between the ages of 15 to 18 years old from Mexico (July 20-August 4), Zambia (August 1-15), and Iraq (August 2-13). The students, who speak English fluently, have been selected by the U.S. Embassy in their respective countries from a pool of thousands to become ambassadors for their country. Host families with a teenage child in the household are encouraged to apply! We are also looking for families to host college students from the Middle East (July 28 - August 2). We have extended the deadline! Applications are still being accepted. Please direct any questions to Rachel Paris-Lambert at rparislambert@world-affairs.org. Further details are listed on the World Affairs Council Website on the Homestay Program page.
- HOST VISITING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS! FIUTS hosts help to welcome new University of Washington students and scholars from around the globe for their first week in the Pacific Northwest. By offering your hospitality and friendship as a FIUTS host, you can promote dialogue, cultural exchange, and international goodwill. Learn more about hosting and sign up today! This summer FIUTS has several programs that you can get involved with: WCE Summer China Programs: host visiting Chinese grade schoolers for a weekend in July, Host visiting high school students from Azerbaijan as they visit Seattle for 12 nights as part of a US State Department program to promote friendly relations and civic engagement between Azerbaijan and the US, Youth Leadership Program with Bosnia & Herzegovina: Similar to the Azerbaijan program, hosts can welcome visiting high school students from Bosnia as they study leadership and community building skills, or Welcome Week Hosting for Fall Quarter: For families that want to host new international students coming to the UW, our welcome week program is a great way to start learning about the world. Students come for their first week in Seattle, and homestay families help them to get acquainted with their new home in the Pacific Northwest to ease their transition into life in the US. Learn more here: http://www.fiuts.org/community/homestay.
- 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.
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.
Have a great summer!