The Friends of Roosevelt Foundation
The Friends of Roosevelt Foundation, or RooFriends, is committed to raising the money and providing the people power to help our students succeed in school and in their lives.
RMS Orchestra Students (Spring 2020) Perform “Spring” from The Four Seasons – Vivaldi RMS Musical Tree Campaign (Day 4): Teaching Band and Orchestra with up to 40 students with many different instruments is challenging. Doing so virtually is even more challenging! RMS Music Director Mr. Elias Kocivar has reached out to qualified musicians to act as…
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RMS Student (8th Grade) BandLab Original Music Composition (Audio) RMS Musical Tree Campaign (Day 3): During this challenging time, RMS Music Director Mr. Elias Kocivar has come up with creative ways to teach music and keep his students engaged…remotely! In addition to instructing students to play music on brass, string and percussion instruments, he is…
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“RMS Music Notes” VIDEO RMS Musical Tree Campaign (Day 2): Greetings, RMS Community! THANK YOU to so many who have already donated to the RMS Musical Tree Campaign! We appreciate your contributions. RMS Music remains active through volunteer efforts and donors’ generosity. In November 2020, the Music Boosters coordinated access to the San Diego Symphony’s…
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Roosevelt still needs your support to help fund NEWSELA for our students! One of the ways RooFriends is supporting our teachers is by raising funds for this additional software program. Roosevelt’s goal is $12,000 and as the school year kicks off, we have raised just over $2000. Click below to learn more and to donate!…
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As we all know, the start of this school year is going to be quite different than any other year. The staff at Roosevelt is doing their best to provide the optimal learning platforms to the students in order to achieve an enriching educational experience. While the district is providing funds for some of the…
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Dear families and music lovers, Thank you to so many of you for your contributions. The Musical Tree Fundraiser was a big success. Your generous donations added up to $3,455!! With the $1,000 matching donation from the Harris Family, RMS Families raised $4,455! This will help our students get the music supplies they need, and…
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February 10-13th Campaign All the greatest musicians who ever lived had someone who supported their passions when they were young. Will you help our music students out? Donate today and give them the opportunity to learn from music festivals and become the best musician they can be. **The Harris family has offered to match up to $1000 from 2/10 –…
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Roosevelt MS Community, Students, Families & Friends, This President’s Day Weekend is an opportunity for us to help our school!! RooFriends has scheduled parking fundraisers on three “Very Busy” days: Feb 15, 16 & 17 (Sat, Sun & Mon, 12:00-2:00 PM). Last year, RooFriends parked just one day over President’s Day Weekend and earned over…
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Check your emails for your ASE acceptances because we just sent 232 emails! We’ve gone through 158 applications to place students in 15 classes being offered this semester. The most popular programs were Roosevelt Theatre Company (with some kids getting wait list status) and Running Club. Sadly, we did not meet minimum enrollment for Hip…
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