Roosevelt SHOUT!
March 1, 2019
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Mar 7
RIS Two Lunch Thursday
Mar 13
RIS Community Service Day
Mar 21, 22, 23
Bye Bye Birdie - RIS
Mar 27
Coffee with the Counselors - RIS cafeteria 9am
Mar 29
Student/Staff Volleyball game RIS vs. EIS - EIS gym 5pm
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RIS Community Service Day - March 13th
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On March 13, Roosevelt will take part in the district-wide Community Service Week. This will be an opportunity for all students to participate in
hands on projects to benefit our community
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This year, we will be partnering with the Westfield Rotary Club's Project Hunger backpack program. This program provides weekend food to Westfield elementary students who are food insecure and who typically receive the free/reduced federal lunch program while at school during the week.
To reach our goal of creating 600 snack packs, we are asking RIS families to donate items. To make it easy to donate, we have created an Amazon Wish List that has all of the items we need. Just go to our list at
http://a.co/coDaZPT and order and the items will be shipped directly to Roosevelt. If the Roosevelt school address doesn't appear as an option for shipping, please enter the following info: RIS PTSO, 301 Clark Street, Westfield, NJ 07090.
If you'd like to volunteer to help at the school on community service day, please click
here.
Thank you for your generosity and for supporting your RIS students for Community Service Day!
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RIS Coffee with the Counselors - March 27th
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You are invited to
Roosevelt Intermediate School’s
Coffee with the Counselors
Please join us for Coffee with the Counselors to learn more about “Social Emotional Learning”
and how it is being infused into everyday life at RIS.
Date:
Wednesday, March 27
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Time:
9am
Location:
Roosevelt School Cafeteria
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RIS Two Lunch Thursday Program - March 7th
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Mark your calendars! Our next collection for the Two-Lunch Thursday program will be Thursday, March 7.
Please send in an extra lunch to school to help those in need at St. Joseph's Social Service Center. Lunches should include a sandwich, fruit or vegetable, and a drink.
Due to the success of our first collection, we are looking for a second volunteer to drive lunches to St. Joseph's in March. Click
here
to sign up to drive.
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Bye Bye Birdie at RIS - March 21st - 23rd
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Important Information for 8th Grade Parents
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8th Grade Yearbook Information
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There are some
important dates
coming up regarding
YEARBOOKS
for the 2018/2019 year.
PRICES GO UP FOR YEARBOOKS on MAY 6th!
From now until then, books are
$32.00. As of May 6th, they will be $37.00.
Use this
link
to purchase your yearbook.
Please do not hesitate to contact either one of the RIS yearbook advisors with any questions or concerns:
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Attn: 8th Grade Parents - WHS PTSO Open Board Positions
Application Deadline Friday, March 8th
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Please consider being part of the process that helps enhance the educational experience for students and encourages communications between WHS and parents.
The WHS PTSO Board is looking to fill the Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer positions as well as a Vice President position. Candidates must have a student enrolled at Westfield High School for the 2019-20 school year and be able to attend PTSO Executive Board meetings at WHS one morning each month during the school year. For more information about job responsibilities or to apply for an open position, submit your full name, address, email, phone along with why you wish to be considered to
whsptso@westfieldnjk12.org
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Parent volunteers needed for WHS Career Night Panel! Tuesday, April 30th at 7:00pm
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Are you a small business owner, doctor, nurse, attorney, social worker, electrician or plumber? Or do you have a career in Music/Drama/Fine Arts, Publishing/Writing or STEM? If you answer YES to any of these occupations, the WHS PTSO needs you for the upcoming Career Night on Tuesday, April 30th at 7:00 pm.
The PTSO is looking for Westfield parents who are willing to share their career path story with WHS students, particularly those who started in one career and moved to another. The goal of the Career Night is to show students the many different career options available. If you have questions or are interested in being on the panel, please email
whsptso@westfieldnjk12.org
by March 22nd.
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Westfield Schools TED Talks - Social-Emotional Learning
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Westfield Public Schools continues the release of its TED-style Talks on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).
Empathy and respect for different backgrounds and viewpoints are themes that appear throughout Social and Emotional Learning. But nowhere are they more prominent than in the third SEL competency, Social Awareness. As Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Programs, Paul Pineiro explains in
this segment of our TED-style Talks on SEL
, developing social awareness among our students begins the moment teachers greet students on the first day of school for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten.
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WHS Forum on Waste Management - March 7th
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The Network for Responsible Public Policy (NFRPP) and Westfield High School are co-sponsoring a forum on waste management and recycling on Thursday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in WHS Cafeteria B, 550 Dorian Road in Westfield. The forum is open and free to the public. A suggested tax-deductible donation is $10. Please RSVP at
www.nfrpp.org
. For more information on the forum and its expert speakers,
click here
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Beauty and the Beast at EIS - March 7th - 9th
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SAVE THE DATE to see Beauty and the Beast at Edison Intermediate School on Thursday, March 7 at 4 p.m. and on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9 at 7 p.m. Ticket information coming soon!
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26
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Annual Awareness Expo - March 13th
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SAVE THE DATE for the 26
th
Annual Awareness Expo on Wednesday, March 13 from 7:15 – 9:45 p.m. at Edison Intermediate School. The event is sponsored by the Westfield PTC Special Education Committee and offers four informative sessions. The Expo is open to the public and free of charge. Pre-register at
this link
. For more information, including sessions and presenters,
click here
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Sweet Charity at WHS - March 14th - 16th
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The Westfield High School Theatre Department will present
Sweet Charity
on March 14, 15, 16 at 7:30 p.m. Inspired by Federico Fellini’s “Nights of Cabiria,”
Sweet Charity
explores the turbulent love life of Charity Hope Valentine, a hopelessly romantic but comically unfortunate dance hall hostess in New York City. The WHSTD production features more than 130 student actors, technicians and musicians and capitalizes on the myriad talents of the WHS fine arts students.
Tickets will be available February 24, 2019 by visiting
whstd.booktix.com
. For more information, visit the WHS Theatre Department
website
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Please Donate to WHS Helping Hands Fund
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The Westfield High School Helping Hands Fund (WHSHH) assists WHS families in times of dire financial need due to serious illness, death, or an extraordinary life situation. Please consider making a donation made payable to the Westfield Foundation (with WHSHH 2019 written on the memo line) and mail to Westfield Foundation,
P.O. Box 2295, Westfield, NJ 07091
. More information can be found
HERE
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Make a Poster for the WHS Green Team
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The Westfield Green Team is calling on Westfield intermediate and high school students to create Earth Day 2019 posters to be displayed in downtown store windows. This is not a contest. The Green Team hopes to use all of the posters. Please
click here
to read important poster guidelines. Entries must be submitted to the student’s school office by Friday, April 5, 2019.
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WHS Strive Club Annual Charity Concert Auditions
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The Westfield High School Strive Club is hosting its
annual charity concert
this May. The club is looking for all kinds of talent to perform at the show and invites YOU to try your hand at the performing arts during auditions on April 10 and April 11 starting at 3:30 in Cafeteria B at Westfield High School. This is your chance to shine!
Auditions are open to all Westfield students and residents and are on a first come first served basis, unless you contact the organizers at
whsstriveclub@gmail.com
beforehand to receive a priority time
slot.
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As part of the Westfield Public School District’s new website, you’ll find a
Community Flyers
section under the
Family Resources
tab. Here you will find information about upcoming events sponsored by non-profit organizations in Westfield. We’ll also continue to alert you to these events in our newsletter and encourage you to click on the link provided for specific details.
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The Westfield Historic Preservation Commission invites middle and senior high school students to submit a work of art or creative writing that imagines a favorite place in Westfield as it may have existed in another era. Any original essay, story, poem, drawing, painting or model may be entered. The deadline for entries is Monday, April 15. Please see
this flyer
for details.
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The College Woman’s Club of Westfield is hosting a free panel discussion for parents on
“The Ins & Outs of the College Admissions Process”
on Thursday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room at 425 E. Broad Street. Guest speakers include Westfield Public Schools K-12 Director of Guidance and Counseling Maureen Mazzarese, Westfield Board of Education President Peggy Oster and two private admissions counselors. Seating is limited and registration is required. Please register by March 3 at
cwclubwestfield.org/events
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The Westfield Recreation Department invites candidates over the age of 16 to apply for
Summer 2019 counselor positions in its Playground Program
. The Recreation Department also offers a Counselor-in-Training (CIT) Program for high school students under the age of 16. For more information, contact Lauren Harmer at (908) 789-4080, ext 4088 or
lharmer@westfieldnj.gov
. The department is currently hiring lifeguards for the 2019 season at Memorial Pool as well. Inquire at (908) 789-4080 or
hre@westfieldnj.gov
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Help support a good cause and join the Westfield UNICO for a Flapjack Fundraiser to support Will DeGregorio, the 9-year-old son of Kara Shields, a Special Education teacher at WHS.
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As part of the Westfield Historical Society’s
First Wednesday Luncheon series
, Dr. John Lesher will explain the federal redistricting system and what every voter should know. The luncheon will be held on March 6, with check-in at 11:45 a.m. at the Echo Lake Country Club, 515 Springfield Avenue, Westfield.
The luncheon fee of $35 (WHS members) and $40 (non-members) should be paid in advance and received by Friday prior to the event at Westfield Historical Society, P.O. Box 613, Westfield, NJ 07091. Please make a reservation at
westfieldhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
or (908) 654-1794.
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Registration is now open for the 2019 season of the Westfield Lacrosse Club. Any boy or girl in grades
K-8
who would like to play lacrosse in the spring for the Westfield Lacrosse Club should log onto the club’s website for all necessary information and to register.
www.westfieldlacrosse.com
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