Roosevelt Reader

Dear Parents/Guardians,

October is an exciting month!

We are looking forward to Tiger Trot this Friday and Halloween at the end of the month. We are also very excited about our expanded school garden. The fall harvest was amazing, and we are thrilled to see our harvest being donated to a local food pantry. Please take a look at the pictures and more information below in this newsletter.

Please note the many other important activities within this newsletter.

Take care,

Dr. Dwyer, Principal

Reminder from Dr. Dwyer:

Health Forms Due by October 11 (hard deadline!)

Upload forms to powerschool by October 11 at 3pm to avoid your child being excluded from school. Forms can be found at: https://www.d64.org/health-services/ towards the bottom of the page.

The nurse office is sending out reminders to the parents of Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, and new students who are missing forms.

Tiger Trot - Rain Date: October 4th

October 1, 8, 15--Conference by sign-up only

October 10: Camp Duncan-5th Grade

October 11: No student attendance--Institute Day

October 14: No School-Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 22: Dine To Donate @ Harp & Fiddle

October 25: Hide and Seek Primary Grades

October 31: Halloween (detail below)

November 1: Picture Retake Day

November 1: First Day of Diwali

November 8: Intermediate Hide and Seek

Tiger Trot Running Times

K- 9:15-9:45

1- 10-10:30

2- 10:45-11:15

4- 12:45-1:15

3- 1:30-2:00

5- 2:15-3:00

HALLOWEEN WILL BE CELEBRATED AT ROOSEVELT SCHOOL

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31

We are delighted to continue the Roosevelt tradition for Halloween. Students are encouraged to wear a Halloween costume to school. In addition, we are planning a whole school parade outside (weather permitting) and a classroom party inside during the school day. Below are some key details about Halloween at Roosevelt School:

• Students will come to school in costume. (Students may wear a Halloween mask during the parade only).

• Room parents are asked to contact classroom teachers about plans for the holiday celebration.

•Students may bring an extra set of clothes to change into after the parade. We want everyone to be comfortable during the school day.

• Children should not bring any food/candy to share.

• At 9:00am, the parade will begin. Students will parade around the Roosevelt track.

• All children will parade slowly, so there will be plenty of opportunities for pictures and videos.

• Please remember to help your child make safe and respectful decisions about his/her costume. Students may wear a mask in the parade, but not during school. Please, no make-up, no weapons, fake blood, or inappropriate dress.

Overall, we all want to have a safe and happy Halloween, and we look forward to seeing you at the parade.

Happy Halloween!

Roosevelt will be collecting gently used Halloween costumes for children for The Honeycomb Project.

Donations will be collected 10/9 and 10/10 by the front office via the PTO.

A HUGE thank you to all of the students from Mrs. Malartsik, Mrs. Breen's, and Mrs. Tanaka's classrooms!

Our amazing harvest (15lbs 2.9oz of green beans!) was because of the kid's focus, attention to detail, and great work ethic. The first harvest was donated to the New Hope Food Community Food Pantry.

Thank you, all, for taking such wonderful care of our Roosevelt garden!!

There is more to come from this mighty space, check back to see what is growing or check out Roosevelt parent, Katie Shamis, VK Gardens.

Join Green Teams from across District 64 on Saturday, October 5th from 1-3 pm for a Woodland and Park Clean-Up Event. We will meet at Belleau Lake (2137 Busse Hwy, Des Plaines). Long pants, hard-sole shoes, hats, and gardening gloves are recommended. Also, bring a 5 gallon bucket (if you have one). Plastic bags & gloves will be provided.

Click the photo to the right for the direct link to the D64 Parent Handbook device policy (p. 24).

Parents can help ensure smartwatches are set to not allow notifications from other apps by placing the device in a mode that does more than silence it. You can find steps on how to set up Schooltime mode here. Android users can find parental controls by following these steps.

How To Sign Up For D64 Text Alerts

Our text messaging system is used in various ways, including notifying staff and the community of a school closing due to weather. Anyone who’d like to receive these messages has to opt-in to get them. It’s important to note that the text messaging services will not replace any school emails or calls you receive but will be used supplementally to bring you important information quickly.

If you’ve already signed up for the text alerts in the past, you do not have to do it again.

How to receive text messages:

• You must opt-in to receive text messages. To do so, you will need to text “Y” or “Yes” to 67587.

• If you’d like to no longer receive District 64 text messages, you have to send “Stop” to 67587.

Once you text “yes,” you will receive a confirmation text from SchoolMessenger that is similar to the following:

“You’re registered 4 SchoolMessenger notifications. Reply stop to cancel, HELP for help. Msg&data rates may apply. Msg freq varies. schoolmessenger.com/txt”

There is still time to register your child/children for our 2nd session of the Rainbows for all Children peer groups. The first session for this school year begins Tuesday, Sept. 10th at 5:30 pm. This free program will meet weekly, for 1 hour, at the Park Ridge Community Church and provides a safe space for students in 1st - 8th grade to share their experiences associated with loss of a loved one and/or a changing family dynamic due to divorce, deployment, etc. Trained facilitators help encourage communication while identifying, navigating and discussing feelings amongst the group.

Please use the Google form link below to sign up your child and/or to be added to our email communications list. Any questions or interest in volunteering to become a facilitator, please contact rainbows64@att.net . For more info about Rainbows, please visit: https://rainbows.org/

Rainbows Student Peer Group Sign up

Please fill out this Google form to sign up and/or to be added to our communication list."

Rainbows Student Peer Group Sign up

Please take some time to label all of your student's items that come to and from school. Items that are labeled are returned to students at a much higher rate. Twice a year the lost & found items are donated to The Kid's Pantry. Each donation has over 6 large garbage bags of items that are unclaimed and not labeled, help us by labeling your student's items.

Please refrain from entering the staff parking lot during school hours. This lot is for staff only. The only exception to this is the use of the handicap spaces. Please help students and staff be safe by abiding by all signs around campus.

· Park legally – don’t block crosswalks or double park

· Respect school neighbors –please do not park in or block their driveways.

· Parents and children should not use the Staff parking lot

· Do not make U-turns or turn around in driveways.

· “Attended” parkers must stay in their vehicles at all times.

· Obey “kiss ’n go” zones on Prospect Avenue

• Students may have healthy snacks during the day in the classroom. Snacks must be peanut-free and nut-free

Please keep dogs on a leash and on the sidewalk during drop off and dismissal times.

If your student/students need to change their regular daily routine please take the following steps:

1. Email the homeroom teacher with the details

2. Email the office Mrs Flint sflint@d64.org or Mrs Ellsworth kellsworth@d64.org

no need to send separate emails

If students report to school tardy, they must check in at school door # 5 (office) with an adult. If procedures are not followed, students will be marked unexcused.

To report an absence, please call the school office anytime, day or night, to access the

voicemail system. Roosevelt's office phone number is 847-318-4235.

For your reference, please see the school hours below:

Please see the following school hours with special attention to Wednesdays.

8:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday - 8:45 a.m. - 2:40 p.m.

Kindergarten half day students: 8:45 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.

Wednesday: A.M. - 8:45 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.