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.
Friends of Roosevelt Foundation (aka RooFriends) board is looking to fill 1 open position on the 2021-2022 Friends of Roosevelt Foundation Board of Directors. • No experience necessary • Parents, guardians, community members are all welcome • Meetings are once a month • Board terms are 1 year and board members may be re-appointed annually…
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Volunteering has been a little different lately, but we still need your participation to support our staff and students. After School Enrichment (ASE) Coordinator: Currently, the coordinator would organize a few online enrichment classes to supplement the electives offered by the school. Under normal circumstances, this is a very popular and extensive program. We are…
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Thank you so much to all of the parent and community volunteers that have helped us get through the first 3 months of this school year! In partnership with the school staff, we’ve been able to provide a relatively smooth start to a very unprecedented school year. Although we’ve settled in a bit, we still…
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Dear Parents & Students, It is crucial for you to return any textbooks students may have from last school year. The school needs to check in these books in order to have enough supply for next quarter. They are low on inventory. Your help is appreciated! The next opportunities to return textbooks are: Wednesday, September…
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The weeks before school starts are filled with activities needed to jump-start the year! We need volunteers to support the school staff especially in this unprecedented time. Join us in preparing our students and their families for a smooth start to the 2020-21 school year. Volunteering may look a little different this year, but we…
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The weeks before school starts are filled with activities needed to jump-start the year! We need volunteers to support the school staff especially in this unprecedented time. Join us in preparing our students and their families for a smooth start to the 2020-21 school year. Volunteering may look a little different this year, but we…
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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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Hello Roosevelt Families – I’d like to tell you about an exciting potential fundraising event we would like to start at Roosevelt this spring: The RMS Sports-a-Thon! (think jog-a-thon but for middle schoolers) This sports-a-thon will be for all students, held during PE class and will, hopefully, help raise some funds for our school. The kids…
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RooFriends needs help to balance its budget. We raised almost $6,000 on the drizzly Friday of our December Nights fundraiser, but we cancelled the rainy, big money, Saturday. Last year RooFriends raised $25,000 during these two days to support After School Enrichment and IB Programs. We need to make up for this loss in our…
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The Friends of Roosevelt Foundation 