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Roosevelt High School
Parent eNews 04.23.2021
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ATTENTION FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORES & JUNIORS - VOTE FOR ASR PRESIDENT
Voting extended thru 4/28
Learn about the candidates, watch the campaign video and read through the candidate bios. All students in grades 9-11 are eligible to vote (sorry seniors!). Thanks for voting!
Roosevelt Athletic Boosters - Calling all Sports Reps!
We are looking for parent representatives for all RHS sports (school and club) to join the Roosevelt Athletic Boosters. Our goal is to have a parent rep for every sport played at RHS. If your student plays a sport, please consider joining us and representing that team. The Roosevelt Athletic Boosters’ (RAB) mission is to enhance the athletic programs and physical education classes at Roosevelt High School by providing resources beyond what the Seattle Public Schools fund. We are looking for parent reps for the 2021-2022 school year, as well officers for the RAB leadership team. Open positions include President, Webmaster, and Fundraising co-chairs. Please contact current president Krissy Grey if you are interested.
Students Will Not Take State Tests This Spring
Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal made the following statement:
"I have made the determination that Washington state will not be administering the Smarter Balanced Assessments or the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science this spring. Instead, our assessment window for the 2020–21 school year will be in the fall — a timeline consistent with guidance provided by the Department to satisfy federal testing requirements." Read more about the plans for student assessments here.
Focus Groups Regarding Graduation Pathway Options
The Washington State Board of Education is seeking participants for focus groups to give feedback on Graduation Pathway Options. The one hour focus groups are being conducted online via Zoom. If you would like to participate in a focus group, please register here.
- Special Education Focus Group to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of existing pathways for students receiving special education services, what is needed in the future, and share ideas to address areas of weakness.
- Mastery-based Learning Focus Group to discuss whether or not the current graduation pathway options incorporate Mastery-based Learning and if not, help identify what types of pathway options or amendments are needed to include Mastery-based Learning in the graduation pathway options.
- Student Only Focus Group to discuss, with students, what they need in terms of graduation pathway options, what they feel is not currently available, and what is really working for them.
Student and Family Survey on Graduation Pathways
Graduation pathways help students prepare for their next steps on their journey. Are today’s pathways what our students need? The Washington State Board of Education would like your feedback by May 2nd in this short survey.
Secondary "Incomplete" Grades
If your student earned an “Incomplete” final grade during the first semester of this school year, they have until the end of the second semester to complete a learning plan to earn a letter grade and course credit. If your student has reached out to their teacher regarding a learning plan but have not received one, email ccr@seattleschools.org.
Stock the Pantry & Help Roosevelt Students & Families in Need
With some students returning to in-person learning, the RHS PTSA Packs for Teens pantry is expanding to support students with weekly packs as well as continued deliveries to families. Please help us to provide needed food, toiletries and cleaning supplies by shopping the pantry wish list or donating.
Purchase Grad Class Gear: Senior Class t-shirt ; Junior class t-shirt & sweatshirt ; Sophomore Class t-shirt & sweatshirt
JOIN THE PTSA BOARD 2021/2022 - OPEN POSITIONS include VP of Class Funds, Advocacy Chair, Membership Chair and more. Full list: Open Positions
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Become a Member of our PTSA! Help support all our great programs. JOIN NOW!
Do you have an announcement for the eNews? Submit content for the RHS eNews by Wednesday at 5pm to the RHS Parent eNews editor (rhs.ptsa.comm@gmail.com) and it will be published the following Friday.
Do you need more information or more resources? Check out the RHS PTSA website or reach out to your PTSA Advocacy Chair, Natalya Yudkovsky, at natalya.yudkovsky@gmail.com.
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Race and Equity Community Gathering Wednesday, April 28th, 7-8:30pm
Our fabulous equity consultant, LaJuana Johnson, is back to facilitate the second of three community engagement sessions. Join us in cultivating a wise and compassionate culture at RHS. In this month’s meeting we will explore and define racial equity terminology, and talk about what a racially equitable Roosevelt community looks like to you. We will also take a deeper dive into the racial equity work RHS staff, families and students are doing. New and returning families and students are welcome to attend. Please register here.
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Daily Attestation Procedure Tip
Adults can give their student permission to complete their own attestation. Next time you fill out the questions from your email, look for the guardian student approval question located just under the question: “Do you plan to come to School/Site today? The responder can then click: “I want to update the delivery preferences or grant my student permission to complete the screening” Then, they can grant permission by answering the following question: "I believe my student understands the questions being asked in the Daily Health Screening and grant permission for Seattle Public Schools to accept their response. ” If the answer yes, then a text boxes opens to add the student text number. Adding a student email to the Screening is not an option. Parents/guardians who give permission for their student to complete the Screening, can “opt out” of emails/texts in the “update the delivery preferences” section.
Returning to In-person
SPS return to in-person info VIDEO
Free and Reduced Meal Applications
Did you know that the Free & Reduced Meal applications have benefits beyond free breakfast, lunch, and snack? Families with children on free/reduced meals may be eligible to receive reduced fees for field trips, pre-college exams, and more!
SPS Family Update: Return to In-Person Instruction
As your student transitions back to in-person learning, please use this family guide as a reference for key updates and procedures. A reminder that all students need to complete a daily health screening before entering the building. The screening needs to be done by 10 a.m. for in-person learning in the afternoon. Please watch this video for more information. You will receive the screening by email at 5 a.m. every school day. You will also have the option of receiving this screening by text message or providing your student permission to complete their own daily health screening. This option will be included in the emailed screening on April 19.
Contact Tracing at SPS
SPS is working to mitigate risks by creating a robust contact tracing program. This program works alongside our daily health screenings. If there is a case of COVID-19, we are prepared to limit exposure and stop the spread. Learn more
SPS Return to In-Person Health and Safety Protocols
Reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission is everyone's responsibility. Local, state, and federal health guidelines have informed the development of the SPS COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols. SPS has been using these protocols since the beginning of the pandemic. Here are the top 10 things families need to know, in English and with links to translations in 8 languages.
Language and Translation Supports
SPS has created web pages in each of our community's top six languages: Amharic, Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
2020/21 School Year Calendar
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Race and Equity in the Community
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NAACP Youth Council
The NAACP Youth Council is a Seattle-based organization that advocates for racial equity and sensitivity policies in the Seattle Public School System. We were founded in 2017, with the goal of bringing youth voices into discussions on issues that affect them. We now represent over ten high schools in Washington State, with our members representing many ethnicities across those schools.
Roosevelt Alumni For Racial Equity (RARE) Monthly Open Discussion -Monday, April 26, 5PM
Zoom This month’s meeting will feature Ann Boyd of the Roosevelt Race and Equity Committee (REC) along with other parents of current RHS students. The format will be a presentation about REC and its goals, including proposals for improving racial equity issues at RHS, followed by an open discussion session. Everyone is welcome to attend!
ADL Northwest No Place for Hate Youth Summit - Sunday, May 23, 12:00-2:30 PM
ADL Northwest’s inaugural summit is FREE and open to ALL Washington State 8th-12th graders. Building on ADL’s No Place for Hate initiative reaching over 30,000 students in the Pacific Northwest, the Summit will provide students with an opportunity to deepen their anti-bias and leadership skills, get inspired, and see themselves as change makers. Register here.
RARE Fundraising Campaign Following First Scholarship Awards!
Roosevelt Alumni for Racial Equity (RARE) has announced an exciting Matching Challenge to reach its overall funding goal of $250,000, which would allow two annual scholarships to be awarded in perpetuity to students of color at RHS! Each dollar raised will be matched equally by a pledged donation from existing RARE donors! Learn about this year’s scholarship winners here.
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Academics, College, and Career
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SPS April Scholarship Bulletin
Internship & Volunteer Opportunities
RHS Career Center Announcements
North Seattle College Running Start Info
Running Start is a program that allows 11th & 12th grade students enrolled in a WA State public high school to take college courses at Washington's 34 community and technical colleges. Students earn both high school and college credits for these courses. The priority application date for fall quarter 2021 is May 3rd. Learn more here.
Seattle Film Institute Info Session - April 24th @ 12 PM PT
Seattle Film Institute, the Northwest’s only accredited film school, offers career focused, hands-on undergraduate (BA) and graduate programs in filmmaking, producing for film, acting for film, digital arts, animation, & game design, audio production & sound design and composing for film. Please register below!
Register Now
Young Executives of Color (YEOC) - UW Foster School of Business
YEOC is a FREE nine-month college pipeline hosted by the UW Foster School of Business. Students attend sessions one Saturday every month on the UW Campus. The program serves and cultivates the academic potential of underrepresented high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the state of Washington.
Deadline: May 1st, 2021 Apply Now
Interested in jobs that protect human health and the environment?
Saturday, April 24th 10am Register
Join King County staff members for a virtual event to explore careers in clean water. Professionals will be leading short sessions to share details for their job, their career story, and advice for getting hired. Careers in the field: Civil Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Water Quality Analyst, Mechanic, Treatment Plant Operator, Electrician, Community Relations, Environmental Educator, Project Manager
Summer Programs
If you haven’t decided how to spend your summer, you may want to think about the possibility of participating in a summer program. If summer programs interest you, you should act soon! Application deadlines come early in the year. Please visit the RHS Career Center Website's Summer Programs tab!
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Congratulations to our Golf Teams. The girls team won the Metro League Championship and the boys team finished 3rd!
Still looking for a spring sport? Registration is open for the Roosevelt Boys Lacrosse 2021 Spring Season. Boys lacrosse is an ASB club sport and all levels of experience are welcome, including beginners! Interested players should visit the team website to register. Questions can be directed to Coach Drew Wright. Scholarships are available upon request.
For the Season 2 sports schedule, please click here.
Make your ASB payment by clicking here. This payment is required for athletic participation.
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Community Events and Resources
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Information about the 15th Ave NE Paving Project and how it may impact travel around Roosevelt this Spring and Summer.
Ballard High School Presents the Musical “Spring Awakening”
Live-streamed on May 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 pm
“Spring Awakening” follows three teenagers in a small village who experience the dawn of their own sexuality. They inevitably awaken to both joy and pain, with little direction from the adults around them. The original play from 1891 was so scandalous for addressing sex violence and suicide that it was not staged until 1906. This contemporary production was first staged on Broadway in 2006. Tickets are $25 at www.showtix4u.com. Make it dinner and a show: Alison’s Coastal Kitchen Takeout has put together a spring-themed, takeout dinner box ($55 for two) to enjoy with the show. Preorder now (with 24-hour notice).
2021 Crosscut Festival - Online May 3-8
The Crosscut Festival brings journalists, politicians, authors, and newsmakers from our community and across the nation together to take a hard look at the people, policy and events that shape our lives. This year's speakers include Jane Goodall, Ibram X. Kendi, Nancy Pelosi, Judy Woodruff, Rick Steves, Bill Nye, Pramila Jayapal, Robert Reich and many more. View the full schedule here! Tickets are generally pay-what-you-can.
Fighting Words Poetry Contest
How can poetry be an effective response to current events and under-reported stories? How can we use poetry to connect global issues to our local and personal contexts? Students are invited to explore these questions and make their voices heard in their entries to the Fighting Words Poetry Contest hosted by the Pulitzer Center for Education. Any current K-12 student in the United States or internationally may enter. Students may write in any language, and are welcome to submit multilingual poems. Cash prizes will be awarded. Deadline May 15.
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Vaccination Walk-Ups Now Available for Older Adults and “Good Neighbors”
The City of Seattle is making vaccinations available to older adults on a walk-up basis - no appointment is needed. All people 60-years-old and older are eligible to walk-in to the Community Vaccination Hubs located in Rainier Beach (Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Atlantic City Boat Ramp at 8702 Seward Park Ave S, 98118) or West Seattle (Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 2801 SW Thistle St, 98126) and get vaccinated without an appointment. To address mobility barriers the City has also launched the “Good Neighbor” program, which allows one person accompanying an older adult to get a walk-up vaccination as well. More Info
Packs for Teens
Need a pack? Please contact Erin Bailey, our Academic Intervention Specialist, if your family or student would like support.
Student Meals
Students can pick up breakfasts and lunches Monday-Friday, 10:45AM-1:15PM at 40 area schools, including Bryant Elementary, Sand Point Elementary, Eckstein Middle School, Nathan Hale High School, and Olympic Hills Elementary. You can find more details on student meals and how to apply for Free and Reduced Lunch here. *new change, meals no longer available for adults
Need Immunizations?
Is your child behind on immunizations, but you are concerned about going into a clinic? Roosevelt Teen Health Center is offering car visit vaccinations (sorry, no COVID vaccines yet). Please use this link to contact us or call 206-527-8336.
Guide for Urgent Care
Not sure whether you should take your child or teen to urgent care or the emergency room: Seattle Children’s has a new guide in English, Spanish and Arabic. Urgent care doesn't do well visits, sports physicals, or return to play after concussion. You can contact your primary care provider, or the teen health center will gladly assist you with those services. Call to make an appt. 206-527-8336 or go to this link to register.
Roosevelt School-Based Health Center
The Neighborcare Health Center at Roosevelt offers both remote and scheduled, in-person visits to students. If you are interested in scheduling an appointment for you or your child, please send an email to alexandram@neighborcare.org. If you or your child are not yet registered, you can complete a registration form here.
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Laptop Problems?
If students are unable to log on or need assistance: please call or email our tech support team. The team is available, Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Call: 206-252-0100. Email laptops@seattleschools.org.
Roosevelt Centered Tech Support
RHS librarian Deb Gallaher has compiled a treasure trove of Roosevelt centered tech support information here.
Technology Resource Centers
- New site: the Roosevelt High School technology resource center will open March 23.
- Closure: the John Marshall Building technology resource center closed on March 19.
Find a schedule and all locations on the Technology Resource Center page.
How-to Videos for Common Platforms
Need help with Schoology or Teams? How-to videos, including translated versions, are now available. These videos will teach you how to log in, navigate your student’s school courses, submit assignments, and more.
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Earn Community Service Hours in our own community by volunteering every Sunday from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, NE 65th Street under the I-5 bridge. Volunteers serve home cooked meals. Service includes setting-up/taking down tables and chairs, serving food, separating trash/recycle or handing out toiletries. Are you in? Sign up for the next serving date and be put on the mailing list: ravennapopupkitchen@gmail.com
University Food Bank (https://www.udistrictfoodbank.org/involved/). Ages 15-17 accompanied by a parent/guardian. magparkpantry@udistrictfoodbank.org Hannah (Volunteer Coordinator) 206-523-7060 ext. 706. Description: Volunteers are helping to distribute food to customers 6 days a week. Volunteers assist with packing premade non-perishable boxes, shopping for customers, sorting donations, restocking shelves and helping maintain a clean and safe grocery store.
Volunteer to Connect With Older Adults
RHS students looking for a volunteer opportunity can enroll in the Sages and Seekers program. This program pairs students with older adults to have conversations about life and work to dismantle the stigma around aging.
Internship & Volunteer Opportunities
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