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Principal’s Message

Hi Riders,

It’s hard to believe it’s almost October.  This week is Homecoming and Spirit Week!  The Homecoming dance is on Saturday - 7:00 - 10:00pm.  Only current Roosevelt students can attend.  Doors to the dance close at 8:30pm so make sure your student gets here before then.  Students enter through front doors for the dance.

We have heard from Fred Meyer that our students are not all showing respect when they are out in the community during lunch.  We will have staff at Fred Meyer this week to help reset expectations that all Riders are good community members.  Please talk to your student about the importance of being a positive member of our community even when no one is watching.  

Go Riders!

KD

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Sep 23, 2024

Principal’s Message

Hi Riders,

Happy fall!  Progress reports will be out next week.  Make sure you do your yearly verification in ParentVue to ensure you have access to your student’s progress report in ParentVue.  The district does not plan to print and mail progress reports or report cards.

Next Saturday is our fall campus clean-up. Join us in the roundabout to help get the grounds ready for Homecoming next week!

Go Riders!

KD

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Sep 16, 2024

Principal’s Message

Hi Riders,

This week marks the first week of Latinx Heritage Month!  Our MEChA students are planning activities and events to celebrate our Latinx students and community at Roosevelt.  More than 40% of our students are Latinx and many of these students are also members of indigenous communities from across the Americas.  Our strength at Roosevelt is our diversity, and our Latinx students add so much to our community.  Happy Latinx Heritage Month!

Go Riders!

KD

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Principal’s Message

Hi Riders,

The first week of the 2024-25 school year is off to a great start!  Please read the Rider Family News each week for important information and celebrations of our students and our programs.  Also, check Trivory to see upcoming events and other important information.  

Go Riders!

KD

Hola Familia Rider, 

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Hola familia Rider,

Para las noticias de esta semana, por favor siga el enlace: Revista Rider

Hola familia Rider,

Para las noticias de esta semana, por favor siga el siguiente enlace: Revista Rider

Hola famila Rider,

Para las noticias de esta semana, por favor siga el siguiente enlace: Revista Rider

Hola familia Rider,

Para las noticias de esta semana, por favor siga el siguiente enlace: Revista Rider

The Dr. Matthew Prophet Education Center, the rather staid home to Portland Public Schools administrative staff, had a very different look on Monday evening when it hosted the world premiere of “The Return of Emergetron.”

The red carpet event was in celebration of a new film starring students – and for students – about the many emergency scenarios they might encounter in a typical school year.

Portland Public Schools’ Comprehensive School Psychology program was recently named the recipient of a prestigious $5.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for its proven track record of improving student well-being and academic performance. 

The renewable, school-based mental health grant will be used to provide comprehensive school psychology services to 18 Title I schools across the district for the 2024-25 school year. This is up from 11 schools served in the previous year. Through the duration of the grant, 25 schools designated as Title I at the time of the grant award will receive comprehensive school psychology services.

When Beckham Weatherby picks up his tuba, the rest of the world falls away. 

“I don’t get that nervous and I don’t get stage fright at all,” he said. “I guess I got lucky with how my body reacts to performing in front of crowds.”

Which is something the McDaniel High School junior has done quite a bit of lately. Not only is he a member of the prestigious Portland Youth Philharmonic (PYP) and the PYP conservatory orchestra, but he recently earned first prize in the tuba solo performance category at the Oregon State Solo Music Championships.

The first things you notice when you walk into Ellie Jensen’s classroom at Boise-Eliot/Humboldt Elementary School are peace and warmth. Then you hear the laughter of children. Then you just might see two posters hanging on the walls that tell you a great deal about the kind of teacher she has been for the past 50 years. The posters simply say, “Leave a little sparkle wherever you go” and “Be a friend.”

Jensen, known as “Miss Ellie” to the hundreds of students she has taught in her half a century as a Portland Public Schools educator, can’t help but light up a room. And she is a friend to all children.