We promote a passion for learning and a philosophy that puts the needs of children and their education first.

To educate, challenge and inspire every student to achieve personal success and become a confident contributor to society.

Happy Holidays to all our beloved Roosevelt Tigers and their loved ones. We are grateful to our families for their continued partnership and look forward to seeing you all next calendar year. Monday, January 6, 2025, we are back to school! We hope you enjoy your precious time away from school. May it be filled with laughter, happiness, and good health.

Lunch for January 6th will be chef's choice.

Report cards with essential information on your child's progress are available now on Parent Connect. We highly recommend that you check it out. See attached. If you are having trouble logging in, please reach out to Mrs. Pac, she can assist you.

Should you have any questions before then, please reach out to the Main Office - 734-744-2775, between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm.

In Partnership,

The Roosevelt Elementary Team

Dear Community and Staff,

The holidays are upon us—a time for joy, connection, and creating meaningful memories with loved ones. It’s also a season that can bring its own pressures, like planning visits, managing gift budgets, and organizing events. With everything on your plate, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

While traditions and celebrations are meaningful, it’s just as important to care for your mental well-being. National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month reminds us to be mindful of stress and take steps toward self-care. Here are a few tips to help make your holidays more manageable and joyful:

• Modify traditions if needed. It’s okay to adjust traditions if they feel overwhelming. Your mental health takes priority.
• Learn the power of saying "no." If a commitment feels too much, give yourself permission to decline.
• Plan ahead. Use a calendar to stay organized and avoid last-minute tasks that can create unnecessary stress.
• Share your feelings. Talk to someone you trust if you're feeling anxious or missing a loved one. You are not alone.
• Take time for self-care. Make sure to rest and recharge, even as you care for others.

If you’d like professional support, Care Solace is available to help connect you or your loved ones to mental health services. This is a complimentary, confidential service provided by Livonia Public Schools.

How to Access Support:

• Call: 888-515-0595 (Multilingual support available 24/7/365)
• Visit: www.caresolace.com/livonia
• Search for providers independently or click “Book Appointment” to get assistance via video chat, phone, or email.

Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a peaceful start to the new year. May you return from winter break rested, recharged, and ready for what’s ahead!

PTA would like to welcome and thank the below families for becoming our newest members!

Short

Wright

Southard

PTA is still recruiting for new members - please consider "Giving the Gift of Membership" or signing up yourselves if you are not currently a member - sign up and get entered into a raffle to earn a DETROIT LIONS portable 18 can cooler!!

We celebrated with our students who earned the ice cream party from Color Run this past Tuesday and the kids all had a blast, some pictures below.

With the holidays coming up it would be a great time to "Make a Difference" by thinking of ways to help others and participating in our Youth Making A Difference initiative - more information in below flyers.

Have you started the 20 minute Challenge? It’s never too late. Join us and let’s make it a habit!

Mrs. B. Garbutt and Ms. Gordon continue to challenge you to dedicate just 20 minutes of your day to reading at home. This could be reading on your own, listening to someone else read, or taking turns reading with a family member or friend.

Why read for 20 minutes?

There are many academic and social benefits to reading daily. In the past round ups you have been introduced to 6 of them, and although there are many more, here is the final benefit we share with you, and one of our favorites, especially as we prepare for the upcoming holidays.

Our final benefit we share with you is…

7.) Relaxation: Reading is a great strategy to help children, and adults, relax and wind down. Studies show that reading can help lower blood pressure, slow heart rate, and relax muscles. Consider adding reading into your daily routines. You could dedicate time to reading after dinner, after putting your pajamas on, or maybe even make it the last thing you do before lights go off and you go to bed. As the holidays approach, and oftentimes stress levels rise, remember to dedicate time to relax and read.

Keep the routines going Roosevelt students and families and continue to read 20 minutes a day! You’ve got this!

Please remind your children that warm clothing is needed for school as they will be going outside for recess for any temperature that is above 15 degrees Fahrenheit (real feel). Be sure students wear winter coats, gloves, hats, and winter boots when necessary. If you need winter gear, please let Mrs. Serazio know. We want everyone to stay warm and healthy!

Please be sure to label all snow gear as it we find many lonely mittens, hats and scarfs all over the school.

Please read the playground and weather guidelines below, from our Elementary Handbook. Remind your child that throwing snow is NOT allowed!

This month’s mindset focus will be on Mindfulness. Please ask your child throughout the month how they may engage in mindfulness in their day to day lives.

Mindfulness Meditation for Kids | BREATHING EXERCISE | Guided Meditation for Children

December can be a busy, busy, BUSY month for many families. As part of our Social Emotional Curriculum, this month our district is focusing on the character trait of Mindfulness. To embrace a "Mindful Month", please take a look at the activity sheet below as a family and take a moment to pause and reflect during this busy time. If you tried some of the activities or chose your own to try, please let me know at jserazio2@livoniapublicschools.org.

Thank you to all the families who returned the PBIS commitment sheet included with our pamphlet. Our staff and students are dedicated to being respectful, responsible, and safe as stated in our Positive Behavior Matrix. Students can earn “red tickets” for following the matrix expectations. Every Friday, teachers pull two red tickets, and the students can come to the lobby for a special prize!

If your child has a medical condition and/or requires medication at school, please download the forms your child needs for school, based on their health conditions (Life-Threatening Food and/or Insect Allergy, Allergy IHCP, Asthma, Diabetes, Seizure Disorder). New forms must be completed by you and your child’s physician each year (dated after the last day of school of the previous school year). Please ensure that the forms include both your signature and your child’s doctor’s signature. We cannot dispense any medication without these completed forms. Forms can be found on our school website under the parent tab as “Health Forms”.

Medications and forms can be brought to the school office anytime moving forward. Don't delay in sharing medical updates as you get updated information.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Serazio at jserazio2@livoniapublicschools.org.

We have had a very fun week in Art! This week, all grade levels enjoyed working on some winter-themed projects using a variety of materials such as paint, markers, watercolor, and cut paper. I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe winter break! We look forward to more fun in art in the new year.

Happy Holidays! See you next year!

Ms. Salvia

This last PLTW update for 2024 features some winter themed stem challenges that our students engaged in. This week we focused on using our problem solving skills to build a model of an igloo using toothpicks and clay, we built and and used "snowball launchers" using some basic materials. Snowball launchers challenged students to adjust and be persistent while trying to launch a snowball into a target. As we move into the new year we will begin with a new PLTW module to challenge our learners.

As you spend time with your families during our break from school keep an eye out for "reusable" materials that we could use in PLTW. Things like clean caps, containers, interesting items that you might otherwise throw away, paper tubes from wrapping paper, or anything else that could be used to fuel our creative building would be greatly appreciated. You can bring these items in a bag labeled for "PLTW" or "Mr. Morrow" and left at the front office.

I am grateful to work with you and your students and I hope that you have a wonderful break filled with family and smiles.

See you next year!

Mr. Morrow

What a nice finishing week to 2024 at Roosevelt in the library. After some checkout fun (finding "Readolph" the Elf and guessing our Emoji Phrase) students looked through their books, played on the Lego Wall, Magnet Wall or made another choice. Students chose between some fun holiday options on their Chromebook in the Learning Lab. Some grade levels had draw and color options as well.

Over break, Mr. Pinta would really appreciate checking homes for missing books. Counter tops, couch areas, bedrooms and night stands, underneath these areas, in cars(at both houses if applicable). Using this link you can see the latest books your child has checked out. Click "login" in the top right corner and login using your child's information, which can be found in Parent Connect under "Network Information." Once logged in as your child, look for "My Stuff" and then "Checkouts." Thanks for the help.

Have a great holiday vacation,

Mr. Pinta

How do you feel? I feel great! There is lots of moving going on in the gym. To ensure student safety, please have your student wear tennis shoes/athletic shoes to school on their PE day or keep an extra pair in their locker or in their backpack. Students this week were working on caroling around the tree, using rhythm sticks for Rudolph the Rednosed reindeer song and of course Penguins versus Polar Bears in a snowball fight! Our Cub Crew is enjoying playing with the equipment.

Healthy heart wishes,

Mrs. Lee

It's been a very musical week in the music room for all of our Roosevelt Tigers! Each grade level sang along and played jingle bells to holiday songs! Some favorites were "All I Want For Christmas Is You," "Last Christmas," and "Jingle Bell Rock!" I hope everyone has a wonderful winter break! See everyone in 2025!!!

We love volunteers and chaperones...one important step before signing up to serve in some way is to complete the necessary ichat security check for ALL volunteers and chaperones. The link below can always be found at the Roosevelt homepage under "Quick links" on the right hand side.

Our PTA is looking for your support! They are a dynamic group of parents that work tirelessly to ensure our students, staff and school have what they need and have a great time throughout the year.

Our PTA Board:

Rebecca Schilling- President

Nichole Roberts- 1st VP

Lauren Szabo - 2nd VP

Sam DeCapite- Secretary

Jason Broomfield - Treasurer

Membership Chair - Alyssa Boyce

Any questions please reach out to pta4roosevelt@gmail.com

We have some good news! LPS has a new "Community Hub" on our website, under the Points of Pride News section. This hub contains community flyers for programs and events in our area. Click the button below to check out the community offerings. This site will replaced the more traditional paper flyer we've used in past years.

12/23-1/3 Winter Break - Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanze, Happy New Year

1/7 PTA Meeting 6pm, Idea Factory

1/20 MLK Day - No School

1/23 Skate Night @ Riverside

1/31 Crazy Head Day/Popcorn Day

K-4 Full Day 8:55 am - 4:00 pm

Lunch 11:40 pm-12:30 pm

ASD Full Day 8:30-3:30 pm

Half Day Dismissal will be 12:10 pm, ASD 11:30 am

Office Hours 8:00-4:30 pm

Email: dshahin@livoniapublicschools.org
Website: https://www.livoniapublicschools.org/Domain/27
Location: 30200 Lyndon, Livonia, MI, USA
Phone: 734-744-2775
Facebook: facebook.com/ourschool
Twitter: @RooseveltTigers