Roosevelt Wildcat Weekly

🎃 Halloween Costume Guidelines — RMS 👻

For a fun and safe Halloween on Friday, October 30:

• Costumes must be school-appropriate.

• No weapons (real or toy).

• Costumes should allow safe participation in all school activities.

Check the flyer for more details and tips!

Please RSVP here

The RMS Fall Festival is serving up the BEST $5 meal deal in town!

For just $5, enjoy your choice of:

• Hamburger or Cheeseburger Combo

• Hot Dog Combo

Both meals include chips and your choice of water or soda!

Just want a snack? À la carte items are only $2 each!

SKIP THE LINES & PREPAY!

Spend less time waiting for food and more time enjoying the Fall Festival with your family!

PREPAY HERE:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/o/fundraising/campaigns/hub?formId=538083df-87a2-4063-86bf-d0dfcb239789&tab=overview

Every purchase supports RMS PTA and helps us continue bringing fun events and opportunities to our Wildcats!

What a fantastic day at the 22nd Annual Vista Unified Festival of the Arts! Our Wildcats shone on stage and throughout the festival, proudly representing Roosevelt’s creativity and talent.

Our Wildcats truly embodied the spirit of the arts: creative, collaborative, and full of pride! 🐾💙

Students worked very hard and created AMAZING portraits of their heroes. Their art was showcased at the Festival of the Arts!

Mixed Chorus

A big thank you to our PTA, volunteers, and everyone who supported us during the Scholastic Book Fair! 📚❤️ Your time, generosity, and dedication helped make these days a success. We appreciate your continued support in encouraging our Wildcats to discover the joy of reading! 🐾📖

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We feel so grateful and honored to welcome this beautiful celebration of Filipino culture to our school!❤️

Thank you for sharing your dances, traditional chants, and cultural exhibit with our Wildcats. Your contribution helps celebrate diversity, strengthen our community, and create a deeper appreciation for the richness of Filipino heritage! 🌺

Google form link here: https://forms.gle/GZQn8hh9bq6wwX6m7

Our STEM students stepped into the role of scientists as they explored pluripotent stem cells and how they can develop into different types of cells in the human body!

Students first designed and built their own Plinko machines to randomly determine what their stem cells would become! 🎯 After completing their machines, students received colorful Orbeez to represent their stem cells and sorted them into three major cell types:

🟠 Mesoderm: develops into muscles, bones, and the circulatory system.

🔵 Ectoderm: develops into the skin and nervous system.

🟣 Endoderm: develops into the lining of the digestive system and organs such as the lungs.

To finish the challenge, each student got to take home their very own petri dish filled with their tiny “cells”! 🧫

This hands-on challenge combined biology, engineering, creativity, and a little chance to make learning about stem cells exciting and memorable! 🌱🧪

"In Ms. Klopfer and Mrs. Bullard's Math 8 classes, students this week created their Listening Maps to kick off their Linear Patterns unit, as well as did hands-on learning with our very own RMS Function Machine."

"The Math Department met and collaborated on topics such as data from state assessments, math standard alignment across grades 6 through 8, as well as common resources for our Fall Student-Led Conferences."

Thank you to all the volunteers who always support us with this program. We appreciate you.

BRIGHTER BITES PROGRAM AT RMS

Hello Wildcat Families!

RMS Invitation Summer Trip 2028

We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming trip to Japan in Summer 2028, and your student is invited! This life-changing experience will help students build confidence, independence, and global perspective.

We’re holding a one-time informational meeting to share everything you need to know—and spots on this trip are limited:

Find meeting info and RSVP here: https://rsvp.eftours.com/v6jp5a9

Why attend?

- Learn how to save $250 with early enrollment.

- Get first access to limited spots.

- Learn about what we’ll see and do, academic opportunities, trip cost, and more.

In the meantime, please visit EF’s website to get answers to common parent questions. EF Tours is our trusted travel partner, with 60 years of experience helping students explore the world safely and affordably.

I hope to see you there and look forward to sharing how this trip can be a powerful and unforgettable chapter in your child’s life!

Hope to see you soon,

Mr. Guerzon

This is an important opportunity for families to share their experiences, questions, concerns, and recommendations about student technology use during the school day. Survey responses will be considered alongside student and staff input, the district’s technology-use audit, research, and community forum discussions.

The survey will remain open through Sunday, October 11, and the findings will be reviewed during the Tuesday, October 20, community forum. It should take about 10 minutes to complete. The findings become more useful when we hear from a broad range of families, so please complete the survey and encourage other VUSD families to take it as well.

Please CLICK HERE to take the Tech Time Review Family Survey (English)

AM-PM is FREE for ALL families at RMS, and there is no waitlist! Please register with the QR Code.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your student’s counselor.

6th Grade Last Names A-L- Ms. Licona nancylicona@vistausd.org

6th Grade Last Names M-Z- Mr. Way- coryway@vistausd.org

7th Grade- Ms. Licona nancylicona@vistausd.org

8th Grade- Mr. Way coryway@vistausd.org

Wellness Counselor (all grades)- Mrs. Johnson danijohnson@vistausd.org

As part of our dual obligation to educate students and ensure their safety when at school, Vista Unified has continued its cell phone policies for the 2026-27 school year. Elementary and middle school students will be prohibited from using personal electronic devices, such as cell phones and smartwatches, while on school campus. Students in grades TK-8th grade will be required to turn off all personal devices and store them away in their backpacks while on campus.

For more information about the new rules about limiting cellphone use, please check the VUSD link: https://www.vistausd.org/departments/superintendent-s-office/news/vista-unified-podcast-addresses-cell-phone-rules

Need information, resources, or just a friendly face to talk to? Ms. Gabby, our Family and Community Liaison, is here to help you with anything you may need in the Parent Center. Whether you need community resources, want to connect with teachers, want to join school activities, or just want to stop by for a quick chat, she’s always happy to help. The Parent Center is your space—come in, say hello, and let’s work together to support our students and families!

You may contact Ms. Gabby at gabrielathompson@vistausd.org or call (760) 726-8003, ext. 63013.

The Reading Club will start on October 27!

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Every Thursday

Sewing Club for Parents!

Join us!

FROM MISSION VISTA HIGH SCHOOL!