Roadrunner Review

• October 20: Breast Cancer Awareness. Wear Pink.
• October 23: PTO Trunk or Treat (6-7:30pm)
• October 30: Half Day (Dismissal at 11:40am)
• November 3: No School (Staff Professional Development)
• November 20: Half Day (Dismissal is at 11:40am)
• November 25-27: No School (Thanksgiving Recess)
• December 8: Half Day (Dismissal is at 11:40am)
• December 10: Half Day (Dismissal is at 11:40am)
• December 8 and 10: Parent/Teacher Conferences (Time to be determined)

• District Calendar: https://www.wwcsd.net/our-district/district-calendar/#docaccess-050c0e81d483a12f99df36b2621ea8f9

Dear Families,

We are excited to partner with you this school year as we implement Capturing Kids’ Hearts (CKH). This is an initiative focused on building positive relationships, emotional safety, and self-managing classrooms.

Our core philosophy is simple: "If you have a child’s heart, you have a child’s mind." When students feel safe, valued, and connected, they are better equipped to learn, grow, and treat others with respect.

What You May Hear Your Child Talking About at Home:

• "Good Things": We start our class periods by sharing positive moments. This builds community, empathy, and a strong sense of family among students.

• The Social Contract: Rather than a traditional list of teacher-imposed rules, our students work together to create a Social Contract. They agree on how they want to treat each other, how they want to be treated by the teacher, and how to handle conflict when it arises.

• The 4 Questions: When a student struggles with behavior or makes a poor choice, teachers use four guiding questions to help them reflect and take ownership of their actions:

1. What are you doing?

2. What are you supposed to be doing?

3. Are you doing it?

4. What are you going to do about it?

• Affirmations & Encouragement: Students and staff regularly share compliments and "put-ups" to uplift one another and reinforce a positive environment.

How You Can Support Us at Home:

• Ask your child: "What was a 'Good Thing' shared in your class today?"

• Discuss the Social Contract concept—talk about how you can practice respect, listening, and responsibility in your own household.

• Reach out anytime if you have questions about how we are supporting your child's social-emotional and academic journey.

Thank you for your continued partnership and support!

Warmly,

MR. Watson

Roosevelt-McGrath Pink Out

Tuesday

October 20, 2026

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Hi Roadrunners!

Our Trunk or Treat event is Friday, October 23rd, from 6:00–7:30 PM, and the PTO is still looking for volunteers to decorate their trunks and pass out candy!

Interested in hosting a trunk? Please sign up using the link below:

https://forms.gle/VkrU6Cu9M5TkQQN66

We are also still collecting candy donations, so any contributions are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for always supporting our students, families, and PTO events. We couldn't do it without you!

Roosevelt-McGrath PTO

Costume expectations:

• No weapons/No look-a-like weapons

Thanks for showing your Roadrunner Red Spirit every Friday!

Our Roadrunner spirit wear on-line store: https://shop.game-one.com/michigan/wayne-westland/roosevelt-mcgrath-elementary

Go Roadrunners!

Congratulations to the following classes for winning Roadrunner Red Friday last Friday:

• Mrs. Mullican
• Mrs. Thompson
• Mrs. Troike
• Mr. Planck

Go Roadrunners!

Please click on this link regarding our partnership with student attendance: https://www.wwcsd.net/resources/our-families/aim-for-8/

Join the Roosevelt-McGrath PTO!

Our PTO works together to make Roosevelt-McGrath an even better place for our students and families!

Can’t attend the monthly meetings? That’s okay! You can still be a valuable part of our PTO. We need volunteers who can help in many different ways—whether that’s helping plan an event, contacting businesses for donations, volunteering at our events, sharing ideas, or helping behind the scenes.

There’s no requirement to attend every meeting or volunteer for everything. Any amount of time or help you can give makes a difference!

Please fill out the form if you are interested in helping our school!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdda_lxZPLL7PVpLSIy_Rsc-H9AtiIIpBUR-W315duI-msQxg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=116272725343006386408

Dear Families,

We are sending this letter to all parents to raise awareness about head lice so you can take steps at home to help prevent your child from becoming infested. Any time children come together, particularly at the start of the school year or after social groupings like Girl/Cub Scouts, Brownies, Little League, dance groups, or sleepovers, Halloween costume sharing, head lice cases are commonly detected.

Recent studies show that head lice are seldom spread in the school setting. Direct, physical, head-to-head contact is the usual method of transmission. Lice do not jump or fly. They survive only briefly away from the human head and have difficulty crawling or clinging to smooth surfaces.

Check your child’s head weekly for lice and/or nits (eggs). Mature lice, which are no bigger than a sesame seed, avoid light and are hard to see. Lice eggs or “nits” are usually found close to the scalp, usually within one-quarter inch. They appear as tiny whitish ovals that are “glued” to the hair shaft. They cannot easily be flicked away, as dandruff can.

Head lice do not transmit disease and are not a serious medical condition. They cannot survive on your pets. If you find head lice on your child, please notify the school and treat them with lice shampoo following the package instructions. A second treatment may be required in seven to ten days. Continue to examine the child and all family members for three weeks and treat only if live lice or if nits are found one quarter inch or less from the scalp.

Check Regularly – Treat Quickly

Help Keep Head Lice Off Your Child

• Check your child’s head weekly for signs of head lice.

• Teach your child not to share or trade personal items such as hats, combs, brushes, headbands, and barrettes.

• Contain long hair in braids or ponytails, especially in younger children.

• Teach children to avoid head-to-head contact.

For more information regarding head lice or its treatment, please feel free to contact your local health department. Also, please click on the links below for information regarding lice:

• WWCS Communicable Disease Response & Management.pdf (Page 4 for information about lice)

• MI_HL_Manual_Final_2013.pdf(Page 4 in the manual presents lice myths and facts.)

Sincerely,

Mr. Watson

Parent Connection is a web-based service that gives parents the ability to access student data via the Internet. Parents use a confidential personal identification number (PIN) and password to view their student’s attendance, grades, assignments and other information online.

ParentPortal Login

All Families MUST Update/Verify Contact Information in Parent Connect

● Log in to your ParentPortal using your PIN and password and click on the red “Back to School

Registration” link at the top of the page.

● Click through each link confirming or changing any information and then click "submit and

save."

● If you have more than one student, you MUST repeat this process for each child so that we have

accurate contact information for each student in an emergency.

NEW FAMILIES : Please visit our Enrollment page for all information regarding enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year.

CURRENT FAMILIES : Please visit our Update Registration for Current Students page.

Please update your address, telephone number and emergency contact information for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year.

You will have access to which teacher your child has and bus route information by clicking this link very soon: http://zangleweb.resa.net/WayneWestland/parentconnect

The District is working on a problem with Parent Connect.

Also, please remember that everyone must update their child’s information on Parent Connection and review important school policies. IMPORTANT: Please update registration for current students. This must be done for all current students. Please click on this link: www.wwcsd.net/reenrollment

Wayne-Westland Community Schools provides busing services to elementary students who reside over one (1) mile from school, and middle and high school students who live over one and one-half (1.5) miles from school are eligible for transportation services.

After the student's registration is completed or updated in MiStar ParentConnection and the dwelling meets the qualifications, if you want your child to ride the bus, you MUST check YES, or a bus route will NOT be assigned.

Nut Restrictive

• We are a “NUT RESTRICTIVE” school. You are not permitted to bring any nut products to school or buses. We will always support the safety of our Roadrunners. As a result of a Roadrunner having a serious nut allergy condition, we are now officially a NUT RESTRICTIVE school. Any exposure to peanuts or nuts through contact or ingestion can cause a severe life threatening reaction. If your child has eaten peanuts, peanut butter, or nuts prior to coming to school, please be sure your child’s hands have been thoroughly washed prior to entering the school. It is important that no nuts or food items that contain nuts are brought into our school or buses. Thank you for your assistance in providing our students with a safe learning environment. Nut Free Snack Options
• Breakfast and lunch is free for all students: Menu-https://www.wwcsd.net/schools/elementary-schools/roosevelt/lunch-menus/

Fish and Shellfish Restrictive

• We are a fish and shellfish restrictive school. No fish or shellfish products are permitted at school or on buses. We will always support the safety of our Roadrunners. As a result of a couple Roadrunners having serious fish and shellfish allergies, we are officially a fish and shellfish restrictive school. Do not bring fish and shellfish products to school such as tuna fish and sushi.

Thank you for your support.

The District Crisis Team has developed these important documents and they are posted on our district website. We encourage all families to review this information to be fully prepared and informed.

Please take a few moments to go over these materials, so we can work together to prioritize the safety and well-being of our students and staff.

• Types of Emergency Drills
• Timeline of a Lockdown
• Emergency Information Guide for Families

This link Prosecutor Worthy School Threat Letter 2025 (English).pdf is an important letter from Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy reminding families that any student who makes a threat of violence toward their school or district - whether intended as a prank or not - may face serious legal consequences. Under Michigan law, it is a crime to make a threat against a school or district, even if the person had no intent or capability to carry it out.

Wayne-Westland Community Schools takes all threats seriously and will work closely with law enforcement to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

We encourage you to talk with your children about their online presence, digital responsibility, and the seriousness of making any threat.

Please do not pick-up children between 2:45 and 3:20pm. We respect that some appointments or obligations will require you to pick-up your child(ren) early from school. If you have an appointment and you must pick up your child early, please expect delays and please come before 2:45 pm. In the spirit of safety, our dismissal process involves all staff and it is very difficult to get available staff to get a student early from their classroom and bring them to the office between 2:45 and 3:20 pm. Please do not pick-up children between 2:45 and 3:20pm. This greatly affects our safe and efficient dismissal process. Thank you for your continued support.

Does your student need medication administered during the day?

Parents must complete this medication form for any student needing medication at school: https://wwcsd-cdn.fxbrt.com/downloads/district/medication_administration_form.pdf

We cannot administer any medication to students unless we have this form completed and on file at school. This includes prescriptions and over-the-counter medications such as aspirin, Rolaids, Benadryl...etc. Please call the main office (734-419-2720) if you have any questions.

We know that pets are a huge part of many families. However, please do not bring your pets to school when walking your child(ren) to and from school. Student arrival time and dismissal time can be a very anxious time. Bringing your dog or cat when you are walking on campus to drop-off or pick-up your student can be very sensitive for some kids and adults. We do not want anyone accidently bitten or scratched. Safety first.

Thank you for supporting our kids and families by keeping your dogs and pets at home.

The purpose of this information is to act as a reminder to revisit safety discussions and review safety tips with your child(ren) at home. Student safety is our highest priority and we appreciate every one helping to keep each other safe. The intent of this communication is not to alarm children and families. The goal of this information is to provide tools for families and kids to feel safe and to be safe. Fortunately, we live in a society where most people are good-intentioned. However, there are some people in our society who take advantage of others and do bad things. For that reason, we need to be vigilant and cautious. If there were ever any reported stranger danger safety concerns in our Roosevelt-McGrath area, please know that the school would immediately send out a stranger danger email and voice message informing you of any safety concerns.

Here are some safety tip suggestions to help guide discussions with your children at home:

• Think SAFETY first. Report any incident to your parents and/or school personnel, and most importantly, the police by calling 911.

• Always walk with one or more fellow students when going to and from the bus stop or anywhere else.

• Do not walk alone.

• If a stranger approaches and attempts to have a conversation with you, do not respond to him or her. Don’t talk with them. By responding, you could encourage their actions.

• Do not accept anything from a stranger.

• Do not get in the vehicle of a stranger, regardless of what they tell you.

• In the event a stranger pursues you, go to the nearest door and knock loudly, and yell, if necessary. While we would not typically knock on the door of someone we do not know, when a stranger is pursuing, we must take every action to ensure safety. Keep in mind, when you approach someone’s door, the stranger has no idea whether you know the people living in that residence. Such action alone may deter the stranger and prompt them to leave the scene immediately.

• Additionally, please know that any teacher, school staff member, school bus driver, Wayne Westland or city service vehicle may also be a safety resource during these events.

Champions Before & After School Program provides a safe, fun, and academic enrichment environment for students before and after school in grades K-5 across all elementary buildings. Our programs offer homework help, hands-on activities, STEM projects, and social-emotional learning to support the whole child. ENROLL NOW

• 30% discount for District employees

• Families may qualify for no-cost tuition through the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (DHS) Child Care Assistance Program. For more details, talk with your Champions Site Director.

EMU Bright Futures After School Program: EMU Bright Futures After School Program is a FREE program serving students in grades 2nd - 12th. EMU BF serves only students in the following schools: Wayne Memorial, Adams, Franklin, Edison, Elliott, Graham, Hamilton, Hicks, Roosevelt, Schweitzer, Taft and Walker. Bright Futures meets after school for 2.5 hours, Mondays through Thursdays, tentatively starting on September 21st. Each day consists of academic enrichment, dinner and clubs, with specific focuses on social-emotional learning and community building.

A reminder for our school community, Care Solace is a complimentary and confidential service provided by the Wayne-Westland Community School District. This service is FREE to students, families and staff. Care Solace helps connect individuals to mental health or substance abuse providers by locating a therapist that meets their specific needs. Note: Care Solace is not a crisis line. They will call providers for you, verify insurance, and even help you make an appointment. If you would like to use Care Solace to help you find a provider:

• Call 888-515-0595. Support is available 24/7/365 in any language.

• Visit caresolace.com/wwcsd and search yourself or click “Book Appointment” for assistance by video chat, email, or phone.

Care Solace is not a crisis service. If you or a loved one are experiencing an emotional crisis or thoughts of suicide, support is available. The National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provide free, confidential support and are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For those experiencing a suicidal crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling or texting 988 on your phone, or visit 988lifeline.org/chat/ to chat with a trained mental health professional, who can provide help.

Email: talagam@wwcsd.net

Website: https://www.wwcsd.net/schools/elementary-schools/roosevelt/

Fax: 734-595-2126

Attendance Line: 734-419-2727 (reporting a student absence)

Office Hours: 7:50 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Mark Watson

Principal

Email: watsonm@wwcsd.net

Phone: 734-419-2720