RS Weekly Update

Just a reminder that STUDENTS do not have school on Monday, October 13th. Our Manville School District faculty and staff will be participating in professional development.

🚌🎀 OCTOBER 🎃

Monday, October 13th - No School for Students❌

Tuesday, October 14th - NED's Mindset Mission Assembly

Wednesday, October 15th -

• 🚌 3rd Grade Duke Farms Field Trip
• 🪀 Yoyo Sales begins and ends on October 24th

Thursday, October 16th - Health, Wellness, and Safety Fair @ Roosevelt

• 🚴🏻‍♀️ Bike Rodeo with RideWise from 5:00-6:00 PM - 3rd & 4th Grade students ONLY

October 22nd - Wear a RED shirt🔴🎀

October 23rd-31st: Red Ribbon Week

October 29th & 30th - 4th Grade NJLSA Adaptive Field Assessment

🍂 NOVEMBER 🦃

November 6th & 7th - NO SCHOOL❌

November 17th - Picture Day Retakes

November 18th, 19th, 20th - Half Day (1:15 Dismissal) Parent Teacher Conferences

November 26th - Half Day/Early Dismissal 1:15 PM

November 27th & 28th - NO SCHOOL - Happy Thanksgiving

**Manville School District Calendar can be found at the bottom of our newsletter.

Explore Bike Safety Fun and Educational! Open to 3rd & 4th Grade Students only. A bike rodeo is a fun and interactive yet educational event where children can learn and practice bike handling and road skills in a safe friendly environment.

Join us on Thursday, October 16th from 5:00-6:00 PM on the Roosevelt School Playground for a Bike Rodeo - 3rd and 4th Grade students ONLY - Must bring your bike and helmet to participate.

RideWise Photo Release Form

RideWise Waiver Bike Rodeo Event Release Form

October 2025

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA) Adaptive Field Test will be administered to all fourth-grade students at Roosevelt School on Wednesday, October 29, and Thursday, October 30, 2025. Testing will take place each morning for approximately two hours.

This Adaptive Field Test is part of the New Jersey Department of Education’s effort to pilot new, computer-adaptive items that may be used in future NJSLA assessments. The purpose of the field test is to ensure that the questions are fair, accessible, and appropriately measure grade-level standards. While individual student scores will not be reported, participation helps improve the quality and accuracy of future statewide assessments.

To help your child do their best, please:

• Ensure that your child arrives to school on time each testing day.

• Encourage a good night’s sleep and a healthy breakfast.

• Remind your child to bring their fully charged Chromebook each day.

• Reassure your child that this assessment is simply an opportunity to try their best and help the state improve the test for all students.
  

We appreciate your partnership in supporting our students as they participate in this important statewide initiative. If you have any questions about the NJSLA Adaptive Field Test, please contact your child’s teacher or the main office.

Sincerely,

Kelli Eppley
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction

Last week, a train was stopped at the North 13th Avenue crossing for several hours. Please remind your child(ren) that crossing the train tracks while a train is stopped is never safe or acceptable. Students will not be marked late if arrival is delayed due to a train stoppage - please just notify the main office. We ask for everyone’s cooperation in keeping safety the top priority.

Later this fall, the district will be holding Train Safety Assemblies to reinforce these important safety lessons with all students. Thank you for helping us keep our Roosevelt Colts safe!

Demolition has begin on our North 4th Ave. steps! This work is expected to last 1–3 weeks. Just few reminders that our arrival and dismissal has been move to the school’s front entrance on Brooks Blvd. 🚧 Arrival & Dismissal at Brooks Blvd. Entrance

✅ DO:

• Use the Brooks Blvd. front entrance for arrival and dismissal

• Only use the North 4th Ave. Drop & Go Zone during arrival - Student should NOT be dropped off on North 5th Ave.

• Follow staff directions and posted signs for student line-up and pick-up

• Park only in designated areas/gravel parking lot

• Be patient and allow extra time for arrival and dismissal during construction

• Use sidewalks, crosswalks, and follow crossing guard directions for safety — they are there to keep everyone safe. Safety is our top priority.

❌ DON’T:

• Do not drop off or pick up students on Brooks Blvd. OR North 5th Ave.

• Do not block Drop & Go Zone, driveways, North 5th Ave. Parking lot or fire lanes

• Do not enter restricted or fenced construction areas at any time

• Do not leave cars unattended in the drop-and-go zone.

This week at Roosevelt School, we celebrated Fire Prevention Week with some exciting and educational activities! On Thursday, students participated in a fire drill, attended a fire prevention assembly, and had the chance to explore real fire trucks, thanks to our local firefighters. Each student went home with some fun fire safety swag to remind them of the important lessons they learned. Be sure to ask your child about the fire safety tips they discovered and continue practicing fire safety at home!

On Wednesday, students who were selected for our school clubs were notified. Congratulations to the lottery winners for the Art Club, Intramurals Club, and Music/Chorus Club! Information about club meeting dates were sent home via email to parents.

Our school is participating in survey data collection using the New Jersey School Climate Improvement (NJ SCI) Survey to help obtain multiple perspectives on aspects of school climate. Collecting data is important for understanding strengths and needs in our school and how it feels to be a member of the school community.

Your voice is important to us, and your opinions will help us to address current priorities. Take our short survey by October 13th.

Link to take the survey and enter the password: parent

During the month of October our character education theme is RESPECT. The first week of October is national Week of Respect. Students at Weston will engage in activities focused around the theme of Respect and treating others with kindness. Please see our WOR flyer for dress down days. Our lessons for each grade level will be based off this topic.

Breakfast: Students purchasing breakfast should arrive at 8:25 AM.

Lunch and Snacks: Students can purchase lunch and snacks through Aramark. Parents, please make sure you're logging into MySchoolBucks to track your child's spending and manage their meal accounts.

Dietary Restrictions: If your child has dietary restrictions or should not be purchasing snacks, please reach out to Aramark Food Services directly to make the necessary arrangements. We’re here to ensure that every student has access to nutritious meals that meet their needs.

Caryn Savitsky - Aramark Food Services

Food Service Director K-12 Education - Manville School District

(908) 231-8500, ext. 8519

csavitsky@manvillesd.org

Roosevelt School partners with Jointure for before care services AND Middle Earth for our after school program. Information about both programs can be found on the Roosevelt School Website.

The Jointure Before Care - 7:00 AM to 8:35 AM

Middle Earth Aftercare - 3:10 PM - 6:10 PM

Middle Earth Aftercare Program does NOT run of half days!

🚨Please note that there is currently a waitlist for the Middle Earth after school program!

Parents & Guardians -

We’re excited to share that our schools will now be using ParentSquare for all district and school communications, replacing Remind. ParentSquare allows you to receive messages via email, text, or app, view calendars, RSVP to events, and access student documents securely.

You should have received an invitation to activate your account, it's quick and easy. We encourage all families to join and stay connected with our school community!

Directions for how to connect with this communication system can be found below!