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 Friday Tigers,

Buses will be canceled for Roosevelt next week. Please see detailed message below.

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Please note no school on 10/10 due to Parent Teacher Conferences. Be sure to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences. The link is shared below. Our goal is 100% participation. Please help us in reaching our goal. Thank you for your continued support and partnership.

Golf is coming to Roosevelt...see the flyer below and don't miss out on this new and exciting, after school opportunity. Flyer below.

Main Office - 734-744-2775, 8:00 am and 4:30 pm.

In Partnership,

The Roosevelt Elementary Team

Three buses will be cancelled from Oct. 7 - 11:

Bus K, Bus L and Bus M, which service students at Buchanan, Cooper, Emerson, Franklin, Riley, Roosevelt and Stevenson. The cancelations are for one week, for both AM and PM routes. Please see the drop off and pick up expectations for a smooth and safe experience.

Parents, please consider setting up a carpool with other Roosevelt friends and families. Some important tips to a successful and safe arrival and dismissal include:

• Reduce your speed while entering and exiting the parking lots, do not speed or cut in line
• When dropping off your student, please pull all the way forward. This allows space for other vehicles behind yours to drop off their children simultaneously

• Be sure your student(s) are packed up and ready to exit the vehicle (backpack, water bottle, jacket, lunch box, etc... all should be easily accessible to your student and staff members)
  
• Be cautious of other traffic, especially pedestrians, as you pull away from the designated drop off area
  
• Remain in your vehicle at all times and do not park in the loop
• Roll your window down and tell the adult who you are picking up
• Keep loop entrance/exit unobstructed, do not block the in/out

We expect an increase in vehicles. We also know our community is patient, kind, and prioritizes safety. It may take a few extra minutes getting everyone dropped off or picked up, but that's okay.

Please pay attention to staff wearing pink safety vests. We will have lots of staff helping with a safe arrival and dismissal next week!

See maps below for where to go.

PTA sponsored events:

Thank you to all who participated! Our event and fundraiser was a complete success! At the

event this year PTA was so excited to see so many families show up and have fun – over 2,000

packets of color were distributed this year so we know everyone had fun!

Tigers, we ended up meeting AND exceeding our goal! 18 students this year reached the Super

Star status, 39 students will be joining Mrs. Shahin at our in-school ice cream party (TBD) and

119 students earned a pair of colorful sunglasses!

Mrs. Sleep’s class won the classroom contest, by raising over $1,900 and earning themselves a

pizza party!

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Now that October has officially arrived we have already started planning for our annual Boo

Bash to be held on Friday October 25 th at 6pm. There will be many opportunities to volunteer if

interested, main one being bringing your vehicle and decorating a “trunk” and passing out candy

to our kids. Additional details will be made available over the next few days via Facebook so

please STAY TUNED!

Membershp:

Our PTA is excited to welcome our newest members who joined this past week! Thank you so

much to the below families for joining and supporting us this year. We strongly encourage your

family to join if you have not already done so, it helps stay connected to important information

that is shared throughout the school year, provides a support network of parents and a great

sense of community within the school. Please sign up today for just $10 for your entire family,

covering the entire school year!

https://tigers.givebacks.com/store/items/15562

Newest 24-25 PTA families:

Johnson Family

Newby Family

Jones Family

We are also launching an exciting new referral program! For every new member a current

member refers, they will be entered into a drawing (to take place at January PTA meeting) to receive

an officially licensed Detroit Lions cooler tote (with backpack straps), Roosevelt drawstring bag*,

Roosevelt water bottle* and an official Roosevelt umbrella! **# of bags/bottles would be given

for each Roosevelt student

It’s that time of year again! Please take a moment to sign our Roosevelt School-Parent Compact.

What is the School-Parent Compact?

The Roosevelt School-Parent Compact is a shared agreement that describes how parents, students, and school staff will work together towards a common goal of student achievement in alignment with the State’s high academic standards. This compact demonstrates the importance of a partnership and outlines key roles that each member is responsible for in order to support student learning throughout the school year.

How to review and sign?

Parents/guardians you have 2 options to sign the compact. There is a digital compact and signature form (visit the link below) or you can sign a physical paper copy at Parent Teacher Conferences. Note: If you have more than one child at Roosevelt you will have to fill out a digital form or sign a paper copy for EACH student.

Teachers review and sign the compact prior to conferences.

Students review and sign the compact, at school, with their teacher and classmates.

Linked is the digital Compact and Signature Option for parents/guardians>

Roosevelt School-Parent Compact & Signature

If you have questions regarding this compact please reach out to your child's teacher or Mrs. B.Garbutt (Roosevelt Academic Interventionist)

Email: bgarbutt1@livoniapublicschools.org

Check out this matching activity. See how your child answers these questions.

Tiger Tuesdays are off to a great start at Roosevelt! All students are encouraged to show their Tiger pride on Tuesdays by wearing Roosevelt gear or our school colors of blue and orange!

Our PBIS expectation focus for next week will be in the cafeteria. We are working on keeping our cafeteria clean and holding students responsible for cleaning up their messes after eating. Please talk with your child about how they eat and clean up in the cafeteria. We are also looking for volunteers to assist in the cafeteria any day from 11:40-12:30. If you can help, please let Mrs. Serazio know at jserazio2@livoniapublicschools.org. Thank you in advance!

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.

This week in Art, our cub crew artists either finished their "fish" paintings from last week or began a new project. We had fun painting on bright orange paper. We will continue these next week to create adorable black cats - just in time to kick off Halloween season!

Grades 2-4 continued working on our Spiderweb art using the element of art, "Line." We added lots of color using watercolor pencils. Many of our artists added lots of detail and neatly drawn lines to finalize our projects.

Young 5's through 1st grade continued our "Alphabet Soup" projects and began gluing our pieces together. Now it really looks like a bowl full of alphabet soup! We will add a spoon and napkin to finalize our awesome artwork.

See you next week in Art!

Ms. Salvia

Our students have been diving into hands-on STEM activities this month, exploring the world around them in creative ways!

• Kindergarteners learned about the four basic needs of living things and put their knowledge to the test by designing and building nests for birds.
• First graders explored light through interactive centers, using flashlights to reflect and diffract light, and experimenting with color cards to mix different colors.
• Second graders investigated heat insulators by testing hand warmers and comparing how different materials protect against heat loss.
• Third graders are hard at work with their VEX IQ kits, building simple machines to understand mechanics and engineering principles.
• Fourth graders embraced the design process, creating imaginary plants that are specially adapted to survive in various environments, fostering their creativity and problem-solving skills.

We’re excited to see the students’ growth and can’t wait for the next round of discoveries!

See you next week!

Mr. Morrow

Book checkout has now been going on for about a month in the newly renovated LMC. More and more books are added each week as additional shelving continues to open up. You can keep up with what your child is checking out by opening up Follet Destiny here and logging in with your child's username and password, then heading to the heading "my stuff" and "checkouts."

This week after checkout, student's in second through fourth grade tried out "Typetastic," a new typing program I came across. The reactions were mostly positive from students. This, as with many of the other programs and websites we access during library are accessible through our Symbaloo page in the Library Media Center section of the Roosevelt Website. You can check it out here. After conferences next week, we will begin a four week unit on Digital Citizenship.

Mr. Pinta

It's Hispanic Heritage Month and we are celebrating in the music room!

3rd and 4th graders learned a cup routine to the song "La Raspa" also known as the Mexican hat dance. They also read rhythms and played instruments to the song "Los Machetes." We will continue learning about Hispanic Heritage throughout the month.

Kindergarten through 2nd grade continued the songs they have been learning since the beginning of the year. They also learned the dance to "La Raspa!"

PE with Mrs. Lee! 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 have been working on teamwork and using equipment safely, respectfully and responsibly. Our Cub Crew is enjoying playing with the equipment. Teamwork is the emphasis this week because we all know that teamwork makes the dream work.

Healthy heart wishes,

Mrs. Lee

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.

10/4 PTA meeting, 9:00 am, Idea Factory

10/9 Parent Teacher Conference Evening only

10/10 Parent Teacher Conferences All day, evening

10/25 Boo Bash, Popcorn Day,

10/31 Black and Orange 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