ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Parent Newsletter
April 1, 2013
Nola Starling-Ratliff, Principal
262-359-6097
The mission of Roosevelt Elementary School, a uniquely diverse learning community that values optimal student
learning, is to empower all students to become successful community members and lifelong learners by using best
educational practices and resources to ensure various opportunities to contribute, participate, and learn within a
safe, nurturing environment.
April 1-5, 2013
April 8, 2013
April 10, 2013
April 11, 2013
NO SCHOOL-SPRING BREAK
School Resumes
PTO Meeting-6:00 P.M
Popcorn Day .25
Career Day
April 12, 2013
EARLY DISMISSAL-11:55 A.M
Battle of the Books
April 13, 2013
Drug Awareness Brunch 8:30 A.M.-Indian Trail
April 15, 2013
5th Grade Youth Symphony Concert-11:00 A.M.
April 17, 2013
Jump Rope Assembly
Market Day-4:00-5:00 P.M.
April 18, 2013
Emergency Tornado Drill-1:45 P.M
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Safety Patrol Fieldtrip
April 19, 2013
EARLY DISMISSAL-11:55 A.M.
April 19, 2013
Battle of the Books
Movie Night 6:00 P.M.
April 20, 2013
Earth Day
April 22, 2013
Roller Skating Begins
April 25, 2013
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
Chat’N’Chew-Chinese Throughout the Year-6:00 P.M.
April 26, 2013
EARLY DISMISSAL-11:55 A.M.
April 26, 2013
National Arbor Day
April 27, 2013
ACADEMIC SHOW CASE
*See attached calendar for other dates/events
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE SEMIFINALIST
Congratulation! James Mason has been named a semi-finalist in the National Geographic Bee. He is now eligible to
compete in the 2013 Wisconsin National Geographic Bee in Madison.
DRUG AWARENESS WINNERS
Congratulations to all of our Drug Awareness Winners. Please check the newspaper to see our groups and individuals
who will be receiving awards on April 13th.
YOUTH POWER CLUB
Congratulations to the Youth Power Club. They submitted a grant to help children and adults who are having medical
treatments in the hospitals. They did an outstanding job presenting to the Youth As Resources Board and were
awarded $460 to make care bags to brighten the day of others. If you have any pens notecards, new coloring books or
puzzles, we can add those to the items that we will purchase so we can serve more patients. We are very proud of this
group!
5TH GRADE PARENTS
We hope you visited your child’s Middle School this past Wednesday evening. We also recommend you sign your
child up for Gear Up which is a summer orientation program.
PTO
We are in need of PTO officers for next school year. If you are willing to serve please call Julie Blair, our PTO
president at 262-344-0912 or julie.mommyof 2@gmail.com
CALENDAR CHANGE
There are two changes to our school calendar. The following days will be full days of school instead of half daysJune 7th and June 11th.
ART SUPPLY DRIVE FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Roosevelt’s Brownie Girl Scout Troop 7362 is sponsoring an Art Supply drive for the Cancer Wing at Children’s
Hospital. We will be collecting items through the month of April. Items needed include: crayons, markers, water
color paints, colored pencils, paper, construction paper, sketch books, coloring books, paint by number book, paints,
play dough, stickers, glue, glue sticks, scissors, small art kits or projects or other related craft like items. All donations
must be NEW and the dollar store has many of these items. Please send any donations to school and marked them
Girl Scouts.
CORE VALUE FOR APRIL
HOPE is the core value we will be focusing on in April. Our District defines this with the following descriptions: a
sense that a positive out come is possible even in dire situations, a realistic optimism, faith in each other perseverance.
Please be sure to discuss this value with your student and look for situations that demonstrate the presence of hope.
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE-LEARNING PROFILE
Our Learning Profile characteristic for April is “balanced”. Look for the nomination forms after spring break so that
you can nominate your child. If you haven’t nominated your child yet for the March word of principled”, please do so
as soon as possible. Our application to become a candidate school has been submitted. Many teachers have already
received Level 1 training. Three staff members will travel to Green Lake this month to network with teachers from
other Wisconsin International Baccalaureate schools.
SUMMER SCHOOL AT BRASS June 17—July 19, 2013
**NOTE-SUMMER SCHOOL WILL NOT BE HELD AT ROOSEVELT THIS SUMMER!
You will be notified if your student is encouraged to attend summer school. A brochure including registration
information will be sent home in the Wednesday folder. Classes that will be offered this year at BRASS include:
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Getting Ready for First Grade
Extended Year for Math and Reading Grades1-4
Kindergarten, first and second grade teachers will recommend students for summer school. In grades 3-5,
performance on the WKCE test, as well as unit test, class performance and other indicators will be used to determine
whether students are encouraged to attend summer school. Fifth grade students who are encouraged to attend summer
school will attend summer school at the middle school they will be attending in the fall of 2013.
FROM OUR CHINESE TEACHER
Dear Roosevelt Parents, How time flies! This is the year of the Snake! Roosevelt students have been awesome. They
have learned so many things about Chinese people and the Chinese New Year. We wrote food fortune on the red
paper and we made lanterns in art class as New Year decorations. Students worked in groups to make their Chinese
New Year poster. Recently, we just finished the Chinese Zodiac animals. Student enjoyed the song and the story of
twelve Chinese zodiac animals. We will finish the topic of colors. We are drawing pictures, playing games and doing
activities to practice new words. In April, there will be a Chat’N’Chew about Chinese throughout the year. We will
show you our achievements in the Chinese language and culture. Hope to see you there. Happy Spring Vacation Mr.
Zhang Yong!
TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS AND SONS TO WORK DAY-APRIL 25
“Exposing girls and boys to what a parent or mentor does in the course of a work day is important, but showing them
the value of their education, helping them discover the power and possibilities associated with a balanced work and
family life, and providing then an opportunity to share how they envision the future and begin steps toward their end
goal is the key to achieving success” Carolyn McKecuen.
Students are allowed to participate and be marked ‘present’ for the day. In order to track attendance, please have
participating students submit a ‘prearranged absence request’ form.