The annual Bard Fest begins next week! The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, Nov. 17 – The Taming Of The Shrew
Wednesday, Nov. 18 – Midsummer’s Nights Dream
Thursday, Nov. 19 – Comedy Of Errors
Friday, Nov. 20 – Midsummer’s Nights Dream
Monday, Nov. 23 – Comedy Of Errors
Tuesday, Nov. 24 – The Taming Of The Shrew
Students from the classes will have tickets.
HAP (Holiday Assistance Program) begins on Thursday, November 19.
Your student’s House will be collecting nonperishable items as well as cash donations. All of the proceeds and food items go to families from Roosevelt! We’ll be collecting through December 10.
PAR Business Meeting – Friday, Nov. 20 8:45 in Room B-11
Immigration Simulation is on Tuesday, Nov. 24.
Contact your 6th graders Cultural Connections teacher if you have questions.
If you’d like to volunteer to help on that day, please email Nancy Collie at collie_n@4j.lane.edu.
Chamber Strings/Concert Band
Will perform on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the D-Gym
New Volunteer Opportunities
Posted on the Volunteer page.
Reminder:
There is a lot of sickness going around so please be sure and keep your student home if they are not feeling well. Remember that if they have a fever, they should not return to school until the fever has been gone for 24 hours without the help of fever-reducing medication. For additional information and updates, please check the 4j web site: <http://www.4j.lane.edu/flu>http://www.4j.lane.edu/flu
Please call the Attendance Line and leave us a message if your student is not coming to school! (790-8525)
Thank you!
Ellis Island Revisited!
The 6th Grade Immigration Simulation is an amazing learning experience developed by the Cultural Connection teachers that needs PARENT VOLUNTEERS in order to succeed.
The "B" gym will be transformed into Ellis Island where volunteers will assume the roles of Ellis Island "officials" to determine if each immigrant meets the criteria required to be an American citizen.
DATE: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
TIMES:
Session #1 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Session #2 10:15 am- 12:00 pm
If interested, please e-mail or call:
Cheryl Walsh (484-9965): <mailto:wczwalsh@msn.com>wczwalsh@msn.com
Shari Bostelman (343-2834): <mailto:izzyfern@yahoo.com>izzyfern@yahoo.com
Student Directories are available to purchase in the Main Office
$2, or $1 for students on free or reduced lunch.
The following information may improve safety for students to bicycle to school…
The City of Eugene has developed a new leaf-program web site that will make it easier for cyclists to report problems with leaves in bike lanes and also to know which bike routes recently have been swept. To use the new online service, go to <http://www.eugene-or.gov/leaf>www.eugene-or.gov/leaf. To report problems with leaves in bike lanes, go to the tab or button marked “bike lane service request” and fill out the easy-to-use, map-based form. The information is fed into the Public Works maintenance management system so crews can quickly evaluate and respond to problems. The tab marked “priority bike lane cleaning history” shows where priority bike lanes have been cleaned in the past several days.
Hey all you green thumbers!
The Roosevelt Middle School 'Green Team' is looking for you to donate your old gardening equipment. We are just breaking ground so those old shovels; hoes and rakes are in high demand for our students to get going. Please contact Chad Heidtke at heidtke_c@4j.lane.edu to donate items to the RMS 'Green Team'.
Homework Club
Need help getting your homework done? Starting Monday, October 26 students can participate in our new morning Homework Club from 8:00-8:50 am; In addition to our after school Homework Club from 3:15-4:30 pm.
PAR (Parents at Roosevelt)-Parent Education Series
The purpose of our evening PAR Parent Education Series is to meet the needs of the RMS community with information and educational topics relevant to parents of pre-teens and teens.
If you have suggestions of topics or speakers for future meetings, we’d welcome your input. In addition, we would appreciate your input as to whether or not you would prefer to have the PAR business meetings, currently held in the mornings, to be scheduled in the evening, in conjunction with the parent education meetings.
Coming Attractions:
Dec. 10, 2009: “Respect – The Number One Issue for Parents of Teens”
Please contact us with any suggestions or comments you may have.
Deb McCarty , (345-3123 or dlmmc@msn.com)
Melanie MacKinnon, (485-3124 or melaniem50@gmail.com)
Thank you and see you at the meeting!
4J Flu Prevention
Know what to do about the flu! Action steps for parents to protect your family this school year.
Public health officials recommend four main ways to help keep you and your family from getting sick with the flu at school and at home:
• Practice good hand hygiene by washing your hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing. If soap and water are not available, alcohol-based hand cleansers also are effective. Avoid other ways viruses can be easily transmitted, such as sharing personal items (e.g. drinks, food, utensils).
• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow or shoulder, not into your hands.
• Keep children at home if they are sick with flu-like illness. Stay home for at least 24
hours after there is no longer a fever or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing
medicine. Symptoms of the flu are a fever (over 100 degrees Fahrenheit) along with
symptoms such as cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, and feeling very tired. A little sniffle is not a reason to stay home, but influenza is! Keeping sick students at home means that they keep their viruses to themselves rather than sharing them with others.
• Get your family vaccinated for both seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu when vaccines are
available. Seasonal flu vaccines are available now, and H1N1 flu vaccines are expected to be
available to priority groups, including children, beginning in October. Watch for flu clinics at your doctor’s office, clinic, pharmacy or elsewhere, and take advantage of them as soon as available. If you are not sure about whether or not you should get the vaccine, call your
healthcare provider for advice.
Other recommended steps to prepare for the possibility of flu include: update your emergency contact information at your schools; plan for child care at home if your child gets sick or their school is dismissed; and identify if you have family members who are at higher risk of serious disease from the flu and talk to your healthcare provider about a plan to protect them during the flu season.
For more information:
Eugene School District 4J: www.4j.lane.edu/flu
Oregon flu information: flu.oregon.gov
National flu information: www.flu.gov or call 1-800-CDC-INFO
Hey, Students! Safety Tips for Riding LTD
If you plan to cross the street after getting off an LTD bus, please cross behind the bus. The rules are different than when you are riding on a yellow school bus, where the driver expects you to cross in front of the bus. Here's why: Regular traffic is not allowed to pass a school bus that is stopped and has its red lights flashing. But traffic is allowed to pass by an LTD bus. If you cross the street in front of an LTD bus, you may not see oncoming traffic before it's too late. We want you to be safe!
SAFE PLACE: Did you know that LTD is part of the national Safe Place program? The program allows LTD bus operators and staff to provide youth with immediate help and safety. If ever you feel threatened, you can ask a bus operator to help you! And as a daily practice, it's a great idea to sit toward the front of the bus, closer to the driver.
Arrival & Departure at RMS
There are limited areas for student pick-ups and drop-offs at RMS...
To help relieve the congestion around the school we ask that you use the Preferred Parking Lots at Amazon pool (off Hilyard at 26th) or near the baseball fields (Amazon Parkway and 24th).
You may also use the parking area on the south side of 24th (up to the crosswalk at Patterson). If you use this area please be extra careful of cyclists in the bike lane, pedestrians, buses coming out of the driveway and other traffic.
Absolutely NO pick-ups or drop-offs are to be done in the D-Gym parking lot, on Patterson, or in front of the school in the bike lane.
(Download PDF of this map)
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