Dear Parents/Guardians,

We have some exciting events coming up this spring for everyone to enjoy. First, the annual Roosevelt V Show will be next weekend on March 1 and 2. Tickets are available through the PTO website.

This summer we will install both a new primary playground and a new intermediate playground! Soon I will be emailing all families the new playground designs with a special "video tour" for everyone to enjoy. Special thanks goes to our team of teachers and students providing input on our new Roosevelt playgrounds. This is an exciting project made possible by the fall referendum.

Have a great day!

Dr. Dwyer, Principal

February 27: Spring Conferences (invite only)

February 28: Ramadan begins at sundown

March 1: V Show

March 7: Report Cards emailed home

March 18: Elephant and Piggie Night 5:30-6:30 (see below for details)

March 24- March 28: Spring Recess

March 31: School Resumes

April 1: Election Day

PowerSchool Parent Portal Password Update: District 64 cares about the security of your student's personal information. Effective December 13th, we will be requiring all parents to create a minimum 12-character password for their PowerSchool Parent Portal account. Strong passwords are of the utmost importance - they protect your electronic accounts and devices from unauthorized access, keeping your sensitive personal information safe. The more complex the password, the more protected your information will be from cyber threats and hackers.

At this time we have 317/ 577 returning students who have their forms completed in Power School.

Registration for the 2025-2026 school year is now open! As previously communicated by District 64, the registration deadline will be noon on Friday, March 14. If you register your child and pay the fees by the deadline, you will receive the early bird discount. You must fill out and submit registration forms by Monday, March 10, at 3:00 pm to take advantage of the fee discount. This allows our staff time to verify documents and send out invoices so you can pay them by noon on Friday, March 14. Any families who do not register by this date will receive a records release, as we assume you’re going to another district.

To begin registration, please visit your PowerSchool parent portal at ps.d64.org. Once logged in, please click on “forms” on the left hand side, click on the “enrollment” tab, and then begin completing the forms for the 2025-2026 school year. If for any reason you can not log in to your parent portal and you have tried resetting your password, please contact the main office at 847-653-3506 or you can email sflint@d64.org for assistance.

Once registration is submitted, you will receive an invoice from the District Office within 3-5 days. Please note, this is NOT a registration approval. You will receive a separate email confirming registration approval.

With the weather continuing to fluctuate please make sure your student has an appropriate, labeled, extra change of clothes for their locker. On the first warm day of this year, the office gave out 8 pairs of pants! Students have spills, falls in puddles, slips on wet patches and more during outdoor activities. Having an extra set of clothes (underwear, socks, pants, shirt, hoodie, etc.) allows the student to change and get back to class in a timely manner. It also allows families to not have their day interrupted by coming to school with an extra change of clothes. We appreciate your partnership in keeping the students of Roosevelt safe and warm.

Headline: Gr 3-8 IAR schedule - Help your child be ready

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness Test, an assessment for all students in Illinois in grades 3-8, will be administered in District 64 from April 1-April 11.

The best preparation for the IAR has been the quality instruction our teachers have provided this school year. However, there are things you can also do to promote your child’s success:

• Make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep and eats a healthy breakfast before each day of testing.

• Provide your child with words of encouragement. While we don’t want our students to feel anxious about any assessment, we do want them to do their best.

• The IAR is an online assessment and students will be using their Chromebooks to complete these tests. Please make sure your child brings his or her Chromebook to school each day, fully charged.

Below is our school’s schedule for test administration: (UPDATE BELOW)

Tuesday, April 1: ELA Test 1

Wednesday, April 2: Math Test 1

Thursday, April 3: ELA Test 2

Friday, April 4: Math Test 2

Tuesday, April 8: Math Test 3

Thursday, April 10: Field Test

If you would like to learn more about the IAR tests, sample tests are available for your review. Thank you for your support in helping your child be prepared for upcoming testing.

Students spend approximately half the lunch hour eating and the remainder at supervised recess outdoors, weather permitting. Students will have indoor recess once the temperature gets to 0 degrees. We will continue to go outside until the "feels like" is below 9. Please make sure your student is dressed appropriately for the temperature outside.

We asked and the Roosevelt Community helped out!

This is the current view of the lost & found! Thank you for taking the time to label items that come back and forth to school, especially during the winter months when it is easier to lose a glove, hat, or scarf.

We appreciate your continued cooperation in our effort to minimize our donation.

Click the photo to the right for the direct link to the D64 Parent Handbook device policy (p. 24).

Parents can help ensure smartwatches are set to not allow notifications from other apps by placing the device in a mode that does more than silence it. You can find steps on how to set up Schooltime mode here. Android users can find parental controls by following these steps.

If your student/students need to change their regular daily routine please take the following steps:

1. Email the homeroom teacher with the details

2. Email the office Mrs Flint sflint@d64.org or Mrs Ellsworth kellsworth@d64.org

no need to send separate emails

Our text messaging system is used in various ways, including notifying staff and the community of a school closing due to weather. Anyone who’d like to receive these messages has to opt-in to get them. It’s important to note that the text messaging services will not replace any school emails or calls you receive but will be used supplementally to bring you important information quickly.

If you’ve already signed up for the text alerts in the past, you do not have to do it again.

How to receive text messages:

• You must opt-in to receive text messages. To do so, you will need to text “Y” or “Yes” to 67587.

• If you’d like to no longer receive District 64 text messages, you have to send “Stop” to 67587.

Once you text “yes,” you will receive a confirmation text from SchoolMessenger that is similar to the following:

“You’re registered 4 SchoolMessenger notifications. Reply stop to cancel, HELP for help. Msg&data rates may apply. Msg freq varies. schoolmessenger.com/txt”

There is still time to register your child/children for our 2nd session of the Rainbows for all Children peer groups. The first session for this school year begins Tuesday, Sept. 10th at 5:30 pm. This free program will meet weekly, for 1 hour, at the Park Ridge Community Church and provides a safe space for students in 1st - 8th grade to share their experiences associated with loss of a loved one and/or a changing family dynamic due to divorce, deployment, etc. Trained facilitators help encourage communication while identifying, navigating and discussing feelings amongst the group.

Please use the Google form link below to sign up your child and/or to be added to our email communications list. Any questions or interest in volunteering to become a facilitator, please contact rainbows64@att.net . For more info about Rainbows, please visit: https://rainbows.org/

Rainbows Student Peer Group Sign up

Please fill out this Google form to sign up and/or to be added to our communication list."

Rainbows Student Peer Group Sign up

Please take some time to label all of your student's items that come to and from school. Items that are labeled are returned to students at a much higher rate. Twice a year the lost & found items are donated to The Kid's Pantry. Each donation has over 6 large garbage bags of items that are unclaimed and not labeled, help us by labeling your student's items.

Please refrain from entering the staff parking lot during school hours. This lot is for staff only. The only exception to this is the use of the handicap spaces. Please help students and staff be safe by abiding by all signs around campus.

· Park legally – don’t block crosswalks or double park

· Respect school neighbors –please do not park in or block their driveways.

· Parents and children should not use the Staff parking lot

· Do not make U-turns or turn around in driveways.

· “Attended” parkers must stay in their vehicles at all times.

· Obey “kiss ’n go” zones on Prospect Avenue

• Students may have healthy snacks during the day in the classroom. Snacks must be peanut-free and nut-free

Please keep dogs on a leash and on the sidewalk during drop off and dismissal times.

If students report to school tardy, they must check in at school door # 5 (office) with an adult. If procedures are not followed, students will be marked unexcused.

To report an absence, please call the school office anytime, day or night, to access the

voicemail system. Roosevelt's office phone number is 847-318-4235.

For your reference, please see the school hours below:

Please see the following school hours with special attention to Wednesdays.

8:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday - 8:45 a.m. - 2:40 p.m.

Kindergarten half day students: 8:45 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.

Wednesday: A.M. - 8:45 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.