Roosevelt Reader

Dear Parents Guardians,

As we approach the middle of the school year, I am delighted to walk into classrooms and see our students securing important skills and concepts to ensure their success. Likewise, you will have the opportunity to attend the Roosevelt Open House on Thursday, February 13 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm (Please enter at Door 5).

Each grade level team is also developing a “theme” for the evening. Please mark your calendar and visit your child’s classroom to see their learning environment first hand.

Please join us for an exciting Roosevelt Open House.

Also, spring parent/teacher conferences will be February 27. However, the spring conference is by teacher invitation only. Your classroom teacher will be contacting you if there is a need to have a conference together.

We have a busy month ahead so be sure to check out the calendar for a complete list of events and activities.

Take care,

Dr. Dwyer, Principal

February 4 & 6: CogAT testing 2ng grade

February 7: International Night (see below)

February 13: Open House 6-7:30

February 14: Institute Day - No Student Attendance

February 17:Presidents' Day - D64 Schools & Offices Closed

February 27: Spring Conferences (invite only)

March 1: V Show

March 24- March 28: Spring Recess

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.

The District 64 1:1 Digital Learning Program started in 2014. The purpose of our 1:1 Digital Learning Program is to provide tools and resources to our 21st Century learners.

District 64 is now conducting a comprehensive Student Device Evaluation as part of our 1:1 Digital Learning Program. The goal of this evaluation process is to ensure that our student devices support the district’s vision, mission, and strategic plan, provide learners with access to needed curriculum, and are affordable and sustainable for the future.

We are asking families to complete this survey. Your responses will help inform the District's next steps in regards to our 1:1 Digital Learning Program and student devices.

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.