October Family Newsletter

October 2nd: No school-Mid-Quarter

October 9th: No School-Statewide In-service

October 16th: Coffee with the Principals 9:00-9:30 AM

October 23rd: Vision Screen for all K-5 students

October 30th: Student of the Month Assembly 1:50 PM

October 30th: Costume Walk 1:30- Blacktop

We made it through our first full month of school! September was filled with new beginnings, new routines, and lots of learning as students and staff settled into the rhythm of the school year. As we move into October, we are excited to continue building strong routines, meaningful relationships, and a positive school community together.

October is a wonderful time to reflect on the importance of responsibility, character trait for the month. At school, we are helping students understand that responsibility means taking ownership of our choices, following through on commitments, and doing our part to contribute to a positive community. These are skills that grow even stronger when school and home work together.

One of our greatest priorities is continuing to build meaningful partnerships with our families. Your involvement, ideas, questions, and feedback are incredibly valuable to us. Whether it is attending a school event, volunteering when opportunities arise, supporting learning at home, or simply sharing your perspective, there are many ways to be part of our school community.

To help strengthen that connection, we invite you to join us for Coffee with the Principals on Friday, October 16 from 9:00–9:30 a.m. Coffee and pastries will be provided, so please stop by, say hello, ask questions, share ideas, or simply spend a little time connecting with us. We would love to see you!

We want families to feel connected, welcomed, and heard. If you have ideas about how we can increase family involvement or strengthen our partnership with you, we are always open to feedback.

Thank you for trusting us with your children and for partnering with us to help every student grow, learn, and thrive. Together, we can continue building a strong and supportive school community.

Dr. Kelly Smith

Principal

Roosevelt Elementary

When is your child too sick to come to school? If your student is not feeling well, please keep them home to help prevent others from getting ill.

Exclusionary Guidelines:

**Fever: 100.4 or higher excluded until fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication.

**COUGH: MAY RETURN AFTER symptoms improving for 24 hours (no cough or cough well controlled.)

**DIARRHEA: three or more watery or loose stools in 24 hours OR sudden onset of loose stools OR student unable to control bowel function when previously able. • MAY RETURN AFTER 24 hours after diarrhea resolves OR after seen and cleared by a licensed healthcare provider or LPHA for specific diarrheal diagnoses

**VOMITING: at least 1or more episode that is unexplained. • MAY RETURN AFTER 24 hours after last episode of vomiting OR after seen and cleared by a licensed healthcare provider

**SKIN RASH: MAY RETURN AFTER symptom-free, which means rash is gone OR sores are dry or can be completely covered by a bandage OR with orders from doctor to school nurse

Online Registration for 2026-2027 School Year We are sitting at 93% of our families have completed the Online Registration!! If you have not completed the online registration, please go to the Medford School District website to complete your students OLR or stop By doing the OLR it makes sure we have the most up to date information in our systems.

If your student is going to be absent, please call our main office at 541-842-3840.

Our office hours are 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday-Friday.

ALL medications that your child needs to take during the school day, including over the counter, needs a form filled out by parent and medication turned into the main office.