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!

Monday, October 29, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had a restful weekend.  Congratulations on wrapping up the first quarter of the year!  I hope today is quiet and productive for you and I hope that you feel good about the work that you and your students have accomplished thus far.  

Dear Roosevelt families,

I hope you had a restful weekend.  Though it may be hard to believe, we are nearly at the end of the First Quarter.  Please look for an email from Julie and/or Andre about our upcoming Saturday School on 10/27.  We have a few staff birthdays to celebrate: Tory Rodgers (Tuesday), and Elena Garcia-Velasco (Sunday). Happy Birthday, everyone!

Monday, October 15, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

    I hope you had a restful long weekend.  As usual, I had big ambitions of completing a number of task and only got through a partial list of my to-do items.  Though it may be hard to believe, we are two weeks away from completing Quarter 1.  If you haven’t done so recently, please review your class calendar with students this week.

We have a few staff birthdays to celebrate: Madeline Harmon (Tuesday), Noel Tamez (Thursday), and Joel Hanawalt & Jeff Lothe (both on Saturday), and, last but not least, Emi Hanawa (Sunday). Happy Birthday, everyone!     

Monday, October 8, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

    I hope you had a restful weekend.  We have a few staff birthdays this week: Marguerite Buyer (Tuesday), and Amy Ambrosio and Josh Ziady (Wednesday). Happy Birthday, everyone!     

This is a bit of an unusual week.  We have PSATs on Wednesday - 9th graders will participate in a series of job talks; 10th and 11th graders will take the PSAT; and 12th graders will work on completing their graduation requirements.  All students will be dismissed by 1:15.  Thursday, we have a last-minute assembly at 2:15.  We will run the afternoon Flex schedule.  The assembly on Thursday will feature a special visitor and will allow us to launch this year’s RESPECT program.  Friday is a day off for students and staff.

Monday, October 1, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

    Welcome to October!  I hope you had a restful weekend.  My son, Mateo, turned 6 last week and my daughter, Maya, is turning 9 this week.  It’s a busy couple of weeks in our family!  We have one staff birthday this week: Barb Macon (today). Happy Birthday, Barb!  Here are some announcements for the week ahead.  Also, we’d like your feedback on Back to School Night: tell us with this survey.

Monday, September 24, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

    I hope you had a restful weekend.  We have one staff birthday this week: Laurel Auda-Capel (Saturday). Happy Birthday, Laurel!  Here are some announcements for the week ahead.  Thank you again for a wonderful Back to School Night.  If you haven't done so already, please fill out this survey which will show us what worked well and what you would like changed about Back to School Night.

Monday, September 17, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

    I hope you had a lovely weekend.  My family and I watched the Thorns win a spot in the National Women’s Soccer League final.  They might win their second consecutive title when they play next Saturday.  Pretty exciting!

    Thank you to all of you who helped make our Homecoming such a success.  Many thanks to Ms. Tamez and Student Leadership for a fun assembly, thank you DJ Jeff for a well-attended dance, thank you to our PTA and alumni for a tasty BBQ and more, thank you to Mr. Margolis and our student musicians for gracing us with their tunes, and thank you to our football players and coaching staff for a well-played and exciting football game.  I know that many others contributed, too.  Thank you!

Jeff Spalding, a retired PPS administrator, will serve as our Vice Principal substitute until we find a more permanent solution.  Jeff will start on Monday.  We will let you know what Jeff’s areas of focus will be once our admin team has a chance to meet.  Please join me in welcoming Jeff back to Roosevelt.

Several of our colleagues have birthdays this week: Rachel Haber (Mon), Keri Hughes (Wed), Josh Jones & Renee Mitchell (Fri), and Melissa Marsland (Saturday). Happy Birthday to you all!  Here are some announcements for the week ahead:

Monday, September 10, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt families,

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt staff and families,

Monday, August 27, 2018

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Dear Roosevelt Families,

Thank you for all for a fun and productive week last week.  I know I’ve said this before but I do want to say it again - it is an absolute honor to work with such a caring, capable, and dedicated staff.  I look forward to a great year ahead.

Students at Grant High School were invited to attend a flag-raising ceremony during lunch Thursday to recognize Native American Heritage Month, and school officials weren’t sure how many students would go outside on a chilly day. What they saw was a huge throng of students filing through the front door at the Marshall campus (Grant’s temporary home) to watch.

Sen. Ron Wyden wanted to hear questions from students, and he went to the right place last week when he held a forum in the Franklin High School auditorium.

Matthew Bacon-Brenes, a teacher mentor and a leading advocate for dual language immersion in Portland Public Schools, has been awarded a Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence for 2019 from the NEA Foundation and Horace Mann.