PTSA Parent Email
March 18, 2013
THE ROOSEVELT PTSA PARENT AND GUARDIAN EMAIL BULLETIN
March 18, 2013
RHS Annual Fund Reaches $76,000!
Big thanks to everyone who donated to the 2013 RHS Annual Fund! As of this morning at 8am we had reached over $76,000 - your contributions have helped us reach our goal of protecting one staff position in our school budget! Even though the initial school budget is ready for submission, your contributions will still be an enormous help for next year. The on-line donation link stays open all year so keep sending your contributions in – all donations will be used to fund staff positions!
-- RHS Annual Fund Committee
CALENDAR
Mon, 3/18: Meeting for Parents/Guardians of Special Ed Students, 7pm
Wed, 3/20: College Information Night for Families of Juniors, 7pm
Thu, 3/28: Science Boosters Lecture, 7:30pm
Thu, 4/4: April Foolz Band and Orchestra Concert, 7:30pm
4/15-4/19: SPS Spring Break, No School
RHS calendar and the Daily Bulletin,
RHS Main Office: 252-4810 / Attendance: 252-4814
ANNOUNCEMENTS
RHS Parents/Guardians of students receiving Special Education Service: Parent/Guardian Meeting, Monday, March 18, 7-9pm in the RHS Library. We are starting an informal group for RHS parents/guardians of students receiving special education services. The idea is to have a place where we can meet each other, get support, share ideas and resources, and discuss common issues and concerns. All interested parents/guardians are welcome. Contact: Peggy Peterson at pegpete56@yahoo.com, RHS PTSA Special Education Liaison.
College Information Night for Juniors and their Parents/Guardians: Tuesday, March 20 at 7pm in the RHS Theater. Counselors Wendy Krakauer and Sarah Chapman will be hosting a college information night for juniors and their parents/guardians. The focus will be on four year colleges, and the agenda will include information about searching for colleges that are a good fit, college admissions requirements, SAT and ACT college entrance exams, and the college application process. There will also be a panel of seniors sharing the wisdom of what they have learned about their college search and application process. We would love both student and parent/guardian to attend, but student only or parent/guardian only is fine too. Call the counseling office at 252-4827 if you have questions about this very practical workshop.
Join Us! Roosevelt PTSA Board nominations for 2013-14: We are looking for people to support the students at Roosevelt by serving on our PTSA Board in both elected and appointed positions - our nominating committee would love to hear from you! Please send us an email if you’d like more information or if you or someone you know might be interested in serving. We’d love to have you join us!
Saroja Reddy, Arian Colachis and Laura Dorsey
(please contact us care of: rooseveltptsa.pres@gmail.com)
Upcoming Science Lecture. Thursday, March 28th at 7:30pm in the RHS Library. The Roosevelt Science Boosters are sponsoring a free evening lecture: Dr. Samuel Wasser, Director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington will give a talk on "Using DNA Forensic Science to Combat the Illegal Ivory Trade". All are encouraged to come learn about how modern techniques of DNA mapping and sequencing, many of which have come out of the Human Genome Project, are being employed to save the lives of some endangered animals.
Roosevelt High School earns top honors at Northwest Orchestra Festival Musical groups from Seattle’s Roosevelt High School took top honors Saturday in three divisions at the 40th Annual Northwest Orchestra Festival hosted by Mount Hood Community College. Read more here.
Senior Awards Night Volunteer Lead Needed.
Senior Awards Night is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29. It is a Roosevelt tradition for parents of juniors to work with Dr. Beaston to help make the evening special with decorations and refreshments. There is already a list of willing volunteers to help, but we are looking for a coordinator. Last year's Lead is available to offer advice and a resource file, and there is some money available from the PTSA to support the event. If you would like to help coordinate this event, please contact Dr. Beaston ASAP at lbeaston@seattleschools.org Thank you!
Diversity Week Fundraising – See Your Impact. The campaign runs through the month of March. As a part of the Diversity Week events, we partnered up with See Your Impact.org to move beyond the food and dance. This amazing organization worked with students to choose three local and three global charities to raise awareness and funds. Please check out roosevelt.seeyourimpact.org for more information about homelessness here in Seattle, healthy gardens for families in Olympia, WA and Rwanda as well as much needed medical attention and education access for students in India and the Dominica Republic. We are reaching out to students, parent and the greater community to help support our chosen causes.
COUNSELING & CAREER CENTER NEWS
The Summer Opportunities bulletin is posted on the Counseling Webpage. Follow the links from www.roosevelths.seattleschools.org - go to Services / Counseling / Summer Opportunities (link at the top of the page). Time now to plan for an extraordinary summer. (Dr. B)
SENIORS
Diplomas Seniors, come to the main office to see Mrs. Gamble to check the spelling of your name for your diploma.
Update on 2013 Spree: the all night, drug-and-alcohol free post graduation party. Tickets will go on sale every Thursday during lunch beginning February 21. (No sales during Diversity Week.) We've had to adjust the pricing since we first published information in the Rider Record. Tickets are $85 through 4/11/13. Beginning 4/12/13, the price will go up to $140, and we'll keep selling tickets until 5/9/13. After 5/9/13, we will sell any remaining available tickets at an even higher price, if there is space.
When you purchase your ticket, there are 2 forms you need to complete: ticket order form and a release form . Please submit both completed forms with your payment on one of the Thursday sale dates. The forms can be downloaded from the RHS Seniors facebook or the Senior Events page on the PTSA website (rhsseattle.org).
Scholarship BulletinThe Roosevelt Scholarship Bulletin (#7 now available) & the Seattle Schools Scholarship Bulletins can be found on several ways:
1. Connect Edu: (for Roosevelt, Seattle Schools S. Bulletins, and scholarships sent from Connect edu) Connect Edu: Sign onto Connect Edu> My Portfolio >Documents >click on desired Scholarship (blue)
2. RHS FUSION website: Go to roosevelths.seattleschools.org - select “academics”, then “scholarships”.
3. RHS Fusion website: Go to Services > Counseling > Scholarships
Early notification of some scholarships frequently comes in the Daily Bulletin. (Dr. B)
STUDENT CLUBS/GROUPS
Spirit Week this week Tuesday, Hollywood Day; Wednesday, Alaska Day; Thursday, Portland Day; Friday, Green & Gold Day!
Join ASR? Interested in joining ASR for the 2013 – 2014 school year? Packets for ASR President, VP, Secretary & Treasurer are now available outside of the ASR Room 109. Packets for class councils will be available on Monday, March 11th. Questions? Come to the ASR Room after school.
Tolot Tickets. $20. The theme is Sleepless in Seattle and will be held at the Olive 8 Hyatt in downtown Seattle on March 22 at 8:30 pm.
Read more about student activities in the Daily Bulletin.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Green Lake Library celebration You are invited to a celebration of new open hours at the Green Lake Branch Library on Sunday, April 7 from 2 - 3:30. Thanks to the passage of the Library levy, 15 more branches will be open on Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. beginning in 2013. The Green Lake Library Sundays are Special Celebration will feature refreshments and a craft event for families, along with the Check-Out Challenge game and information about new Library services. You can find more information at www.spl.org.
Roosevelt Neighborhood Association General Meeting Tuesday March 26 at 7:30PM in the RHS Library. The developer for the 66th Street apartments will be presenting their design. This will be a fairly detailed presentation and you will be able see images of how the buildings will really look (not just big colored blocks). We will also have City Council Member Tim Burgess and a presentation from the American Red Cross.
The Source: a new look and feel Seattle Public Schools is pleased to introduce an updated version of The Source – a website used by families, students and teachers to communicate and collaborate for academic achievement. This update combines the familiar data of The Source with a new front end for your child’s class assignments and scores.
Parents & guardians can log in to the new source & transfer their account here.
Guided tour of the new Source interface (pdf).
LINKS AND RESOURCES
RHS Fusion Website: roosevelths.seattleschools.org
RHS PTSA website: rhsseattle.org
Follow Principal Vance on Twitter: @RooseveltHS.
RHS Student Newspaper: therooseveltnews.org
RHS Athletics Calendar
RHS Sports Boosters: boosters.rhssports.org.
Contact RHS Drama Boosters: Friends of Roosevelt Drama
RHS Orchestra Boosters: rooseveltorchestra.org
RHS Band Boosters: riderband.org
RHS Jazz Boosters: rooseveltjazz.org
RHS Science Boosters: rooseveltscience.org
RHS Foundation: rooseveltfoundation.org
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