AP ENGLISH LITERATURE SUMMER WORK

Mrs. Tracie Talerico (ttalerico@pps.net)

Greetings! AP English Literature students are expected to complete the following work PRIOR to the start of school in August 2019. Please be sure to read ALL directions CAREFULLY:

1.   Students will need to obtain a copy of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. Students are to read this text in its entirety! You may use any version of this text, including the online version found here: 

WARNING: Hosseini’s text includes the following: rape, homophobia, sexually explicit content, offensive language, and suicide. If you struggle with reading about any of these issues, please let me know ASAP!

2.   After you have read The Kite Runner, select FIVE prompts (out of the 10 prompts ), and write TWO paragraphs for EACH of the prompts you selected (a minimum of 10 paragraphs TOTAL!). Please click here for the prompts!

3.   Please write your responses on a Google Doc using your APPS4PPS account, or write your answers on a piece of paper.

Weekly Memo

Monday, June 10, 2018

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Just World

Dear Roosevelt Staff,

Welcome to our last three days of the 2018-2019 school year!  Please make sure to check out this New York Times article about some of our student activists, including Kaiya Yonamine and her new documentary, Our Island’s Treasure.  It is not often that our students’ advocacy receives national and international attention.  Here are a few announcements for the (short) week ahead:

Class Rotations

Monday: Finals periods 1,2,3 followed by flex

Tuesday: Finals periods 4,5,6 followed by flex

Wednesday: Finals periods 7,8 followed by flex

Upcoming Events:

June 10-12 - Finals for grades 9-11

June 12 - Last day of school - end of 4th quarter

June 13 - Staff Social @ 3:30

June 14 - Q4 Final grades due

Birthdays This Week - We have two Rider staff with birthdays this week: Rich Rintoul (Wednesday) and Betsy Tighe (Thursday). Happy birthday, guys!

Food Pantry Summer Hours - Roosevelt's food pantry summer hours start Thursday, June 20th from 12:30 until 2:00 pm. We will be opened all summer except on the 4th of July. Everyone in the surrounding community is welcomed to join us this summer.

Summer Athletics Camps - Here are the complete offerings for our Athletic Summer & Fall programs of workouts and camps. - Sanjay Bedi

More New Staff for 2019-20 - We would like to introduce the newest member of the admin team!  David Valenzuela will be joining the Rider Family as our second Vice Principal.  David comes to us from Madison High School where he was a Dean of Students and teacher this year.  David taught science at Madison for five years, and he was instrumental in the creation of their Biomedical Science CTE Program.  David is deeply committed to building strong relationships with students and staff, and he has a strong sense of equity and how equity shapes our work as educators.  We are confident he will be a great addition to our admin team, and we are so excited that the admin team is in place before the end of the school year. Please join us in welcoming David! - KD & Dan

Family Engagement Position - Our Family and Community Engagement position is now posted (posting# 1913 (Student Success Advocate (260)). The ideal candidate would be ready to coordinate and align the work of our various partners, to build new and existing partnerships with our families and community partners, and to help coordinate social services to support our students and families. Please share with friends and colleagues. - Filip Hristic

15th Annual NW Justice Forum: Restorative Justice: Inviting Every Voice  - Join the conversation and explore what it means to "Invite Every Voice" through topic tracks including: Racial Equity, Strengthening Community Partnerships: and Responding to Victim's Voices - http://www.nwjusticeforum.com/  - Barb Macon

Documentary by student  - Kaiya’s documentary is here! It features many indigenous leaders of our island and our very own student leaders. Please watch and help share. Thank you to everyone for all of your support and love through this process! - Moé Yonamine

https://vimeo.com/340517922

From your PTSA -

Stay Informed! We’ll be spending a little time working on some new projects over the summer, including some pretty big changes to how parents and the community can be involved at Roosevelt. If you’re curious to learn more, be sure to reach out to one of the board members listed below. And, to make sure you don’t miss out on some of the events that we’ll have even before school starts up, please sign up for our newsletter here.

Save the Date! Trivia Night at Lagunitas Community Room on Friday, August 30th from 6 pm to 9pm. More details to follow, but we already have some AMAZING prizes lined up for our raffle. You don’t want to miss this! This is 21+ event.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact one of our board members:

Sarah Carter Adams        president.rhs.ptsa@gmail.com

Edgar Navas                     vp.rhs.ptsa@gmail.com

Amy Hash                         secretary.rhs.ptsa@gmail.com

Scarlett Lynsky             treasurer.rhs.ptsa@gmail.com

Lorrie Landers              membership.rhs.ptsa@gmail.com

More information about the PTSA can be found on our website, our Facebook page at or on Instagram @roosevelt.ptsa.

Senior’s Website as Homelessness Resource - Do you need help finding any of the following; food pantries, clothing pantries or shelters? Do you want to earn more service hours that can lead to possible scholarships? Visit the website below to help answer those questions, and receive more information about homelessness. - Pearl Kirchmeier

https://learn-about-homelessness.webnode.com

Staffing Update for This Year - We were notified by PPS Security that Demetrius would be moved to another school for the rest of the year.  The school was apparently in need of additional support. This is obviously a big loss and disappointment for us.  We hope to get Demetris back for next year. Many thanks to Steven and Temo for maintaining their high level of responsiveness with a smaller team. - Filip Hristic

End-of-year Tips for Google Classroom- “As the school year winds down, most teachers go through some sort of check-out procedure for their physical classrooms, making sure everything is properly organized or put away for the summer. In much the same way, you may want to do some clean-up and close-out steps for your digital classroom ... Google Classroom.” Check out these great end-of-year Google Classroom cleanup tips from Eric Curts. He also includes a podcast version and a video version in the link above. - Melissa Lim, Learning, Teaching & Technology

Student Announcements Link - Would you like something put into the Rider Announcements that go out to students on Mondays and Thursdays? If so, here’s the form to use! - Noel Tamez

Do you have an article you would like included, regarding an upcoming event at Roosevelt, or great news about our kids? Email Kim Castle by noon Friday to be included in Monday’s Weekly Memo. Do you want to see a previous weekly memo? They are located on the Roosevelt website under “Principal’s Message.”

Weekly Memo

Monday, June 10, 2018

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Just World

Dear Roosevelt Staff,

Welcome to our last three days of the 2018-2019 school year!  Please make sure to check out this New York Times article about some of our student activists, including Kaiya Yonamine and her new documentary, Our Island’s Treasure.  It is not often that our students’ advocacy receives national and international attention.  Here are a few announcements for the (short) week ahead:

Monday, May 20, 2018

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Just World

Dear Roosevelt Staff,

Thank you everyone who came and supported this year’s Unity Fest.  Special thanks go to Moe and Travis and our student organizers for taking the lead in creating a memorable celebration of our students’ culture and voice.  I’m also grateful for all our teachers, parents, and partner volunteers who helped with the countless logistical details that required attention.  Hope you enjoy these pictures from last Friday.  If you didn’t make it to this year’s Unity Fest, please plan on attending next year year.  Your presence and support matters.

Here are a few announcements for the week ahead:

Monday, May 13, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

Congratulations to our Softball players and their coaches for becoming the 2019 PIL Champions.  Our team finished the regular season with a big win on Friday and won their second PIL title in four years!  This means that we won the PIL title in Football and Softball in the same year.  I’m curious to know the last time that happened!  

Many thanks to all our families, and especially Ms. Sarah Carter, for showing appreciation for our teachers and staff last week.  I feel very fortunate to work with such dedicated educators and am grateful for the support and appreciation that our families share for our staff as well.  

Finally, please join us for an important conversation about Phase IV in the library on Tuesday from 3:30-4.  Teachers will have Dept. Meetings from 4-5.  Several district officials will be here to get a better understanding of the Roosevelt hopes and needs for this final portion of the modernization work.  They will meet with students from 2:45-3:15 and with staff & community members from 3:15-4:00.  As I mentioned last weekd, the district is hoping to prioritize expanding space for our CTE Construction program and to add additional classroom space that we will definitely need.  Both of these make sense to me.  As you might imagine, however, there are other ideas out there about how this space should be used.  Please join us on Tuesday to share your priorities and to ensure that Phase IV includes what our students need the most.

Here are a few announcements for the week ahead:

Monday, May 6, 2018

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Just World

Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had a restful weekend and I hope you got to enjoy some of this glorious spring.  We are entering the last quarter of the school year.  I know that the next few weeks will feel busy.  I appreciate everyone looking for ways to support each other and encouraging our students to finish strong.

This week is the Teacher Appreciation Week.  Please join us for a staff breakfast in the Family Room on Tuesday morning and staff lunch on Friday, also in the Family Room.  Please stop by The Fixin To on Friday after school, if available.  Thank you to our PTA and all the parent volunteers who are helping organize the Teacher Appreciation breakfast and lunch this week.

Here are a few announcements for the week ahead:

Monday, April 29, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

Many thanks and big congratulations to Ms. Tamez and Leadership students for helping organize a great prom this year.  Our students looked wonderful and had a great time.  Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy.

Here are a few announcements for the week:

Monday, April 22, 2018

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Just World

Dear Roosevelt families,

    I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend.  It looks like we have a dry week ahead of us.  Thank you for all the work that you are doing to keep students attentive and engaged as we approach the end of the school year.  I was feeling pretty encouraged last week after numerous conversations with students who were working to improve their grades and attendance.  Let’s keep encouraging and support our students to finish strong.

If you haven’t seen it already, here is an inspiring video about some of our inspiring students.  Thank you to all the coaches, teachers, and mentors that are making the difference in the lives of these and other students.  Here are a few announcements for the week:

Monday, April 15, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

    I hope you had a restful weekend.  My in-laws are in town from Alaska and we made a quick getaway to Newport this weekend.  I appreciated being reminded of what a beautiful place we live in.  

    Here are some announcements for the week ahead:

Monday, April 8, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had a restful weekend and a productive grading and planning day yesterday.  Malone and I were busy on Monday with a combined total of 11 interviews.  I’m happy to say that so far, we have found 3 exceptional candidates that we hope will join us at Roosevelt.  Many thanks to Adriana, Moé, Tory, Keri, Barb, Andrea (‘19), and Sage (‘21) for helping out with interviews.  I will keep you posted as we begin to finalize some of the vacancies and as we prepare to post other vacancies for external candidates.

Please note that we have a staff meeting today in the library starting at 3:30.  Also, Dan and I have a mandatory training that we need to attend on Thursday and Friday, unfortunately.  Jeff and Andre will be here to provide support as needed.

Monday, April 1, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had wonderful spring break.  I spent three days in Black Butte with family and friends.  My kids went downhill skiing for the first time and absolutely loved it.  I’m happy to say that nobody got hurt.

As I am sure you are all aware, we are just a few days away from starting the last quarter of this school year. Next Monday, 4/8, is a grading and planning day.  Q3 grades are due on Tuesday, 4/6.  We are also entering the hiring season.  We have several vacancies for next year (please see below).  We will be busy with interviews starting next week.  I hope to have  strong teacher and student participation on our interview panels.  

Please take some time on Monday and Tuesday to go over classroom and school expectations.  Here are just a few key reminders:

• Students who are more than 5 mins. late need to have a tardy slip
• Hallway passes are not allowed during the first/last 15 minutes of class
• Only one student out of a classroom at a time.
• Students should not be given a pass to work in unsupervised location

Monday, March 18, 2018

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Just World

Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had a restful weekend.  Here are a few announcements for the week ahead.

Monday, March 11, 2018

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Just World

Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had a restful weekend.  Here are a few announcements for the week ahead.

Monday, February 25, 2018

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Just World

Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had a restful weekend.  Congratulations to our Boys and Girls Basketball teams for making into the state playoffs.  Special thanks go to all our coaches who invested countless hours to support our student athletes.  Both teams have much to be proud of!  Boys taken on South Salem on Tuesday night and Girls taken on Oregon City on Wednesday night.  Good luck Riders!

We are scheduled to receive next year’s staffing on Tuesday morning.  The district is facing a $17million shortfall which will invariably have a negative impact on staffing.  The good news is that our enrollment is supposed to keep increasing.  This ought to increase (or hold steady) our staffing allocation.  I will share staffing information with Department Leads on Wednesday afternoon during our monthly meeting.  On Tuesday, 3/5, departments will take a closer look at forecasting data and staffing allocations, and will begin thinking about program offerings for next year.  Our admin team needs to make final staffing decisions by Friday, 3/8.  As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Here are some additional announcements and reminders for the week ahead:

Tuesday, February 18, 2018

College Ready ‐ Career Focused ‐ Committed to a Just World

Dear Roosevelt families,

 I hope you had a restful weekend.  Believe it or not, we are almost half way through Q3.  Grades are due next week (2/26).  Please be sure that your grades are up to date.  Also, we are entering the staffing (and master-schedule-building) season.  Next year’s staffing will be released on 2/26 and we will have until 3/8 to make decisions around adding/cutting positions.  Once I have more specific information about next year’s staffing levels, I will be sure to let you know.  On a positive note, it looks like we will have another big class of 9th graders.  That is generally good new as far as staffing is concerned.

Here are some additional announcements and reminders for the week ahead:

Monday, March 4, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had a restful weekend.  Congratulations to all our winter athletes who wrapped up their season last week.  Big shout out goes to our Boys and Girls Basketball teams who made it to the State Playoffs.  Our girls did us proud last week by beating Oregon City in the first round of the State Playoffs.  I remember us losing to Oregon City 5 years ago in the first round so last week’s win was especially sweet.  Our Riders battled hard on Saturday, too, but ultimately lost to Sheldon. 

Congratulations to Johanna Amani and Keola Morley, as well, for receiving a Student Leadership and Parent Volunteer recognitions at the Celebrate North Portland event on Saturday night.  Our Jazz Band also wowed the crowd with some impressive tunes.  Thank you, Jason!

I am attending a CTE conference in Nashville from Monday-Wednesday so please reach out to Dan and Jeff if you need anything.  I hope to be available by email, though the Nashville agenda seems pretty full.  I look forward to getting some more ideas about how to leverage, integrate, and expand our CTE offerings.

Here are some announcements and reminders for the week.

Monday, February 11, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had a restful weekend.  I’m still trying to get over my cold and hope to be fully recovered soon.  Here are some announcements and reminders for the week ahead:

Dear Roosevelt parents,

Welcome to the Black Lives Matter At School National Week of Action.  This week we join schools across the country who are committed to ensuring racial equity and justice in education.  I know that many of you have been preparing relevant curriculum for this week.  Thank you!  For those of you who are still in need of inspiration and guidance, we’ll take time on Tuesday to dig into Teaching for Black Lives.  The books finally arrived last week!  Tuesday, 2/5, is our Fourth Annual Hoodies Up Day!  Our student leaders have been working hard to create another powerful Hoodies Up Day.  Many thanks to to all the teachers and staff who have been putting in the long hours in preparation for this event.  I know that our students see you and appreciate you.

Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you are having a restful weekend.  More than half of our students (54%) made honor roll this semester. Our largest group getting All As was freshmen: 20% of our freshmen made all As. 37 students had perfect attendance (no absences) all semester, and 13 of those also had no tardies all semester.  All these students and families are receiving a phone call from me to say, “Congratulations and keep up the good work!”  Our initial analysis of S1 course passage rates indicates that we have a growing number of students earning credits in core content areas.  Thank you for all your hard work this past semester in helping our students experience success.

Birthdays this week: Sue Brent’s is Monday, Vanessa Crock’s is Wednesday, Brenda Ramos’ is Friday, and Rob Melton’s is Saturday. Here’s hoping they each have a great birthday. Here are a few announcements.  

Wednesday, January 23, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt Staff,

Congratulations on wrapping up first semester.  I hope you are pleased with your students’ work and can find some time to rest and relax this weekend.  I know that there are papers to grade and assignments to evaluate.  Be sure to take care of you, too.  I also want to appreciate you for doing a great job with taking attendance.  You’ve taken class attendance more than 95% of the time for the last few weeks. Let’s keep it up!

Birthdays this week: Cathy Nguyen’s birthday is Friday, David Schouten’s is Saturday, and Steven Collazo’s is Sunday. Here’s hoping they each have a great birthday. Here are a few announcements.  Please note that we have a morning assembly on Friday, 1/25.

Monday, January 14, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

 Welcome to our last week of first semester.  Our finals, as you know, are Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  I hope everyone had productive Flex Tutorials last week.  Thank you for all that you’ve done over the last few days and months to help our students finish the semester well.  This week we have a very confusing class schedule.  Please be sure to go over it with students in all your classes on Monday.  Here are a few announcements:

 Listos para la Universidad. Enfocados en la Carrera. 
Comprometidos con un Mundo Justo 

Lunes 10 de junio, 2019 

Estimadas familias de Roosevelt,

¡Bienvenidos a nuestros últimos tres días del año escolar 2018-2019! Por favor, asegúrese de revisar este artículo del New York Times sobre algunos de nuestros activistas estudiantiles, incluyendo a Kaiya Yonamine y su nuevo documental, El tesoro de nuestra isla. No es frecuente que la defensa de nuestros estudiantes reciba atención nacional e internacional. Aquí hay algunos anuncios para la (corta) semana por delante:

 Lunes 3 de junio, 2019 

Estimadas familias de Roosevelt,

Tuvimos una ceremonia de graduación maravillosa ayer. Gracias a Cecilia y Dan por tomar la iniciativa para asegurarse de que todo transcurriera sin problemas y gracias a todo nuestro personal que vino a felicitar a nuestros estudiantes de último año. Sé que eso significaba mucho para ellos. Sobre todo, gracias a todos los adultos que hicieron su parte para ayudar a nuestros estudiantes a madurar desde jóvenes de primer año hasta graduados orgullosos. Mi corazón estaba henchido ayer, y espero que el suyo también lo estuviera. 

Aquí hay algunos anuncios para la próxima semana:

Espero que haya tenido un fin de semana tranquilo. Créalo o no, estamos comenzando nuestra última semana con nuestros queridos estudiantes de último año. Hoy es el último día de clases para los miembros de la Clase de 2019. El miércoles y el jueves son los exámenes finales. El viernes, tendremos el horario de Asamblea por la mañana. Los estudiantes de último año desayunarán después de registrarse en su primera clase del período, tendremos la asamblea de los Premios para los estudiantes de último año después del primer período, y el resto del día será, en su mayoría, el tiempo de salida para los estudiantes de último año. Los estudiantes de 9º a 11º grado tendrán clases regulares el viernes, aunque todos deben asistir a la asamblea de los Premios Senior.

Maestros de estudiantes de último año, asegúrese de comunicarse con las familias y consejeros de cualquier estudiantes de último año que se encuentre en peligro de no graduarse, si aún no lo ha hecho. Los estudiantes de último año deben completar todos sus requisitos de graduación al final del día el jueves. Los estudiantes que no hayan terminado no podrán desfilar el 2 de junio, y deben planear regresar la próxima semana para terminar sus requisitos de graduación. Aquí hay algunos anuncios para la próxima semana:

Listos para la Universidad. Enfocados en la Carrera.
Comprometidos con un Mundo Justo

Estimadas familias de Roosevelt, 

Felicitaciones a nuestros jugadores de Softbol y sus entrenadores por convertirse en los Campeones de PIL 2019. ¡Nuestro equipo terminó la temporada regular con una gran victoria el viernes y ganó su segundo título de PIL en cuatro años! Esto significa que ganamos el título de PIL en Fútbol y Softbol en el mismo año. ¡Tengo curiosidad por saber la última vez que sucedió! 

Muchas gracias a todas nuestras familias, y especialmente a la Sra. Sarah Carter, por mostrar aprecio por nuestros maestros y personal la semana pasada. Me siento muy afortunado de trabajar con educadores tan dedicados y estoy agradecido por el apoyo y aprecio que nuestras familias comparten por nuestro personal también. 

Finalmente, únase a nosotros para una conversación importante sobre la Fase IV en la biblioteca el martes de 3:30-4. Los maestros tendrán reuniones de departamento de 4-5. Varios funcionarios del distrito estarán aquí para comprender mejor las esperanzas y necesidades de Roosevelt para esta parte final del trabajo de modernización. Se reunirán con los estudiantes de 2:45-3:15 y con el personal y miembros de la comunidad de 3:15-4:00. Como mencioné la semana pasada, el distrito espera priorizar la expansión del espacio para nuestro programa de construcción CTE y agregar salones de clases adicionales que definitivamente necesitaremos. Para mí ambos tienen sentido. Sin embargo, como puede imaginar, existen otras ideas sobre cómo se debe usar este espacio. Únase a nosotros el martes para compartir sus prioridades y asegurarse de que la Fase IV incluya lo que más necesitan nuestros estudiantes. 

Aquí hay algunos anuncios para la próxima semana:

Espero que haya tenido un fin de semana tranquilo y que disfrutado algo de esta gloriosa primavera. Estamos entrando en el último ocho semanas del año escolar.

Esta semana es la semana de apreciación al maestro. Gracias a nuestro PTA y a todos los padres voluntarios que están ayudando a organizar el desayuno y el almuerzo de Reconocimiento a los Maestros esta semana.

Aquí hay algunos anuncios para la próxima semana:

The new mascot and nickname for Franklin High School will be Lightning. The process to determine a new identity for the school was finalized Tuesday, when the Portland Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero’s recommendation.

Dear PPS Community,

We have come to the end of what has been an ambitious and groundbreaking school year at the Portland Public Schools. I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to our amazing students, their supportive families, our dedicated teachers, hardworking support staff and dynamic school and district leaders who made it all work.

This week in PPS Pulse: A full summer of modernization and improvements projects; district launches enrollment and program balancing process

This summer promises to be the biggest of the PPS bond program so far. School modernization and improvement projects will touch almost every school over the coming months with security upgrades, new roofs, asbestos remediation, new fire alarms, ADA improvements and a seismic retrofit in the works.