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.”
