Roosevelt Reader

Welcome back to the school! This year we are excited to share the new ROARS theme to guide our behavior expectations. We have new posters and stickers to share with everyone. On the first day of school we held an assembly to review ROARS with all students.

Next week is "Safety Week". We will conduct a lockdown drill, weather drill, and fire drill during the week. Essentially, these are "inside drills" and "outside drills". For the lock down drill and severe weather drill, we will share with students that there are times when it is safer to be inside the classroom, so we will practice remaining in place. For fire drills, it is safer to be outside the school, so we practice this too.

Overall, we have some important updates for you, so please take a moment to review the many events and activities happening within the first few weeks of school.

Dr. Dwyer, Principal

August 30- Parent Night 5:30pm to 7pm

September 7th- Camp Duncan 5th grade trip

September 8th: Back to School Bash 5:30-7:30pm

September 4th--School and District Offices closed--Labor Day

September 14th- Chess Club Starts

September 29th: Picture Day

Please click the link to see the schedule for the night.

Parent Night Schedule

Join the PTO to enjoy many of the PTO events. Plus, receive the weekly blasts and have access to the school-wide student directory.

Join the PTO

PTO membership is $30/ family as we begin to increase our events and programs from last year. We encourage every family to join the PTO. When you become a PTO member, there is no expectation to attend meetings or to volunteer your time. By purchasing a membership, you help make our many programs and events possible and affordable. With your membership you will receive:

• Access to our complete online student and family directory (all families are included in the directory)

• Our email blasts each week which include all information on programs and events at school

SIGN UP TO BE A ROOM PARENT

Room Parent sign ups will open at 10 am Friday, August 25.

Please consider signing up as a room parent! There are FOUR Room Parent slots available per classroom. Room Parent Responsibilities include:

*Collect classroom contributions

*Plan 3 (in person) classroom parties

*Coordinate Teacher Appreciation week for your classroom

*Maintain communication from the PTO to classroom parents

Please be respectful of other families and only sign up for ONE classroom at this time. If openings remain and additional sign ups are needed, it will be communicated in a future email blast.

This event is a fun way for our Roosevelt students and families to celebrate the start of the school year. Stay tuned for more information from the PTO regarding this event. Also, the Book Fair in our library will be held the same night.

Click here to learn more about chess club.

Dear Roosevelt Parents/Guardians:

District 64 continues to provide a safe environment for all students, staff and community members. As required by the Illinois School Safety Drill Act (105 ILCS 128/20), during each academic year, schools must conduct a law enforcement lockdown drill to address a school shooting incident. This drill shall be no later than 90 days after the first day of each school year, that addresses an active threat or an active shooter within a school building.

Law enforcement lockdown drills must be conducted on days and times when students are normally present in the school building and must involve participation from all school personnel and students present at school at the time of the lockdown drill, except that administrators or school support personnel in their discretion may exempt students from the lockdown drill. Our local law enforcement shall observe the administration of the lockdown drill.

As also required by Illinois, schools must provide sufficient information and notification to parents and guardians in advance of any walk-through lockdown drill that involves the participation of students.

Roosevelt School will conduct their first lockdown drill on Monday, August 28.

Schools must also provide parents and guardians an opportunity to exempt their children for any reason from participating in the walk-through lockdown drill. If you wish your child to be exempted from the law enforcement lockdown drill, please contact the Main Office at (847) 318-4235.

If your child is exempted from the drill, we will provide alternative safety education and instruction related to an active threat or active shooter event to provide those students with essential information, training, and instruction through less sensorial safety training methods.

Thank you for your support in ensuring a safe and healthy environment for our students and staff.

Sincerely,

Dr. Dwyer, Principal

This is the view from the lost & found today! We are hoping to keep this empty by having all families label everything. Please take the time to label items that come back and forth to school each day. Any labeled items will have a significantly higher rate of being returned to their owner.

Students may have healthy snacks during the day in the classroom. Please be mindful of nut allergies when packing snacks.

· 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

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

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

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.

For your reference, please see 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.

Cell phones and other electronic devices are to be powered off and kept in the student’s locker during the school day. Any digital communications device (e.g., “smart” watch, GPS tracker, etc.) must be kept in the student’s locker during the school day.

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. For instance, with an Apple Watch, a parent can put the device in “Schooltime” mode, which limits how the student can use the watch during school. Schooltime mode also easily allows staff members to see that the watch is configured to not be a distraction during school. You can find steps on how to 24 set up Schooltime mode here. Android users can find parental controls by following these steps. Parents can configure wearable smart devices in other available ways as long as students cannot communicate with the device or use any apps during school.