Welcome to a new year, continuing our season "It's All An Illusion"!
Our remaining shows include:

• The Tempest Thurs.-Sat. Mar. 7-9 @ 7:00 P.M. Main Stage Theatre
• Social Justice Festival: Gender Expression in partnership with Portland Playhouse Mon.-Tues. Apr. 15-15 @ Portland Playhouse
• Senior Shorts Thurs. May 9 @ 7:00 P.M. Black Box Theatre and Main Stage Studio

You can get your tickets today at www.roosevelttheatre.org Please consider adding a donation to your ticket purchase. Between now and the end of February, if you donate $50, and you indicate "CommuniCare" with your donation, your dollars will be matched 10:1 by the Schnitzer CARE Foundation. Our goal is to raise the maximum $1500 and we're already over a third of the way there. Those funds will be granted by Roosevelt Theatre students to local nonprofits and RHS clubs.

Want to support our CommuniCare program even more? DON'T MISS OUR ESCAPE ROOM "Pit of Despair"! With only two months remaining, book your 30 minute escape room experience fully designed by students today, using the same link as above. ALL funds raised go toward the same mini-grants.

Thank you for supporting RHS Theatre, Opening Act Theatre Company, and Thespian Troupe #7289. Remember: Educational Theatre Builds Character. See you at a show! - Ms. Jo Strom Lane

The Roosevelt High School course guide for 2019-20 is now available as a PDF under the Academics - Course Guides page of our website. A Spanish version is also there.

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

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Dear Roosevelt families,

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

Monday, March 11, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

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

Monday, February 25, 2018

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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

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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:

Monday, January 7, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate Serbian Christmas!  Welcome, also, to our last regular week of classes before the end of the first semester.  We have Flex Days on Wednesday and Thursday of this week and S1 Finals next Wed-Friday.  

George Bishop has a birthday this week (Thursday). Please wish him well.  Here are a few announcements:

Dear Roosevelt families,

Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!  I hope you had a restful break with friends and family.  I had the wonderful privilege of spending time with my family, my in-laws and my sister and niece in Hawaii.  The cousins, ages 2 to 9, spent lively time with each other while the grown-ups, ages 39 to 79, got a chance to slow down and enjoy the natural beauty.  I am excited to be back at work and look forward to what 2019 has to bring.

Mike Heisler (last Friday) and Shannon Kittrick (yesterday) both had birthdays over the break. Kia Swain has one this week (next Monday). Please wish them well.  Here are a few announcements:

Monday, December 10, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

Welcome to your last week of school before winter break.  It’s going to be a great week!  Please wish a happy birthday to Clair Roix and Brandon Morehouse (both Thursday) and Mary Davies (Saturday) this week.  Here are a few announcements:

Monday, December 3, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

Welcome to December!  Thank you to all of you who attended our 8th Grade Preview Night last week.  We had a very strong showing of prospective students and families - the highest that I’ve seen.  Our teachers and staff did a wonderful job representing the various opportunities our students have here at Roosevelt to explore their interests and prepare for the adventures that await beyond high school.  If last week’s turnout is any indication of next year’s enrollment, our student numbers are likely to keep increasing.  

Birthdays: please wish a happy birthday to Jennie Cha (Wednesday) and Ben Mihelic (Thursday) this week.

Tuesday, November 26, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you spent a couple of enjoyable days off with friends and family.  My dad is visiting from Serbia for a couple of weeks.  It’s such a treat seeing him surrounded by grandkids.  

Teachers, thank you for your hard work during conferences last week.  It seemed as though everyone had a strong turnout of students and families.  This is a testament to all the prep work you did prior to the conferences and the relationships that you’ve already built with students and families.  I hope that the conversations you had and the connections that you’ve built will help students be successful in the weeks and months to come.  Many thanks to all the support staff who helped with setting up and taking down the conferences.  We definitely couldn’t have done it without you.  Special thanks go to Tammy for her vision and attention to detail. 

Please read the memo below carefully.  There are several important announcements and dates that everyone needs to be aware of.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt Staff,

    I hope you had a restful weekend.  Birthdays this week: Joe Kuhlman (Monday) and Ben Nieman (Tuesday). Happy birthday, guys!  There are several important announcements and reminders for this week so please be sure to read the memo carefully.

Monday, November 5, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

    I hope you had a restful weekend.  We have one birthday this week (Clair Roix, today). Happy Birthday, Clair!  Congratulations to all of our Fall Sports Athletes on wrapping up a successful season.  One of the things that I am most proud of is how well our student athletes performed in the classrooms.  This fall the Roosevelt Athletes averaged a 3.2 GPA while the non-athletes averaged a 2.7 GPA.  Many thanks to all of our teachers and our coaches for helping our student athletes succeed on and off the field!

This week, we announced to our families and staff that all schools in Portland Public Schools will be closed on Wednesday, May 8. To recover the lost instructional hours, we have decided to use our last designated makeup day as the final day of school, on Wednesday, June 12.

In this week's PPS Pulse: Alliance at Meek students create book on mushrooms; James John, West Sylvan teams win state titles in Battle of the Books

April is National Arab American Heritage Month, and Portland Public Schools has joined the recognition of the important contributions by Arab Americans.

Two teams from Portland Public Schools won state championships at the Oregon Battle of the Books at Chemeketa Community College in Salem on April 6. James John Elementary School’s team won the title for grades 3-5, and West Sylvan Middle School’s squad prevailed in the 6-8 division.