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Nuts and Bolts
 Welcome to our Community Standard. This newsletter will be sent to you twice per month and highlight both what has happened and what is coming up.

Our calendar at Roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us is always up to date with the latest information and our FB page is updated at least once per day, please click on the link below to check it out!

If you have questions, please contact ckjome@mpls.k12.mn.us 
EVERY FRIDAY IS SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY! 

Upcoming Events


March 15..Personal Project DUE for 10th graders
March 25..ODD Finals
March 25..The Greater Good
March 26..EVEN Finals
March 31..Honors Celebration
April 2-11..Spring Break
April 12..4th Quarter Begins
April 21..Health Career Fair Part 2
April 22..The Greater Good
April 27..ACT for All Juniors
May 27..The Greater Good
ANNOUNCEMENT

Topic: Community conversation after an update and Q&A on the science of COVID 19 with Dr. Michael Osterholm director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the U of MN, an epidemiologist who advised Biden’s transition team.

Registration is OPEN for Spring Adult Enrichment Classes with Minneapolis Community Education
Minneapolis Community Education provides virtual enrichment classes for community connection, growth and learning. With diverse online programs curated for adults, families, youth, people age 55+, and adults with developmental disabilities, we have something for everyone. To check our spring classes, go to the virtual brochure . You can register at mplscommunityed.com beginning March 8. Register before March 26, ONLINE, and use the code Discover Community to get $5 off most classes. 

For questions or help with registration, please contact Roosevelt Community Ed @ kim.lazarski@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612.668.4828
Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Be That Neighbor
For
Blackness is . . .Festival, May 21-23, 2021
Calling all young, black poets. The MN Black Theatre Circle, in partnership with Be That Neighbor, and the Guthrie Theater, will be accepting applications for a poetry contest for Blackness Is…, a theater-inspired arts festival that will celebrate Black voices and empower Black liberation in locations throughout the Twin Cities May 21‒23, 2021.


The theme of the poem is ‘Blackness is . . . .’ To submit your poem, send your name, age, physical address and a copy of your poem or a video to cjkittock@gmail.com. There will be a cash stipend for poets whose work is chosen. Winning poets will be included in a video celebrating the past, present, and future of Black theater in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Deadline: April 26th
ATHLETICS

 Support our Athletes by looking at the weekly calendar of events! 

Website to keep you up to date!! http://www.rhsathletics.com/
Senior Oliver Mueller finished in 4th place at the Boys Alpine Skiing State Tournament on Wednesday!!
Counseling/Career & College Center News

Great opportunity to recover credits over spring break!!!
Spring Break Academy will run from April 5 through April 9 through Distance Learning.
Period 1 is from 10:00 – 11:30
Period 2 is from 11:30 – 1:00
Each period is worth one quarter credit. Students will be required to attend class each day for the full period(s) and complete the assigned work in order to earn credit. 
Students wishing to register for Spring Break Academy should fill out this google form: RHS SBA Link for students 
The deadline to register for Spring Break Academy is March 19 at 3 p.m., no exceptions or extensions.
If you have any questions, please let your counselor know!

Bilingual Seal Information:
Minneapolis Public Schools is offering senior students the opportunity to earn a Bilingual Seal. Any 12th grade student who speaks, reads, and writes in a language other than English is eligible to register for the Bilingual Seal assessment. Students may even earn college credit, depending on their assessed proficiency level! 

Tests are available in the following languages through the AAPPL (ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages) assessment: 
Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Hindi, and Thai. 

The AAPPL assessment will be administered at home through computer proctoring. 

Please use this FORM to register now! The registration deadline is March 12th. The test will be available from March 22nd through April 11th, 2021. It can be done in 4 parts and will take about four hours to complete. 

Please direct any questions to the MPS Bilingual Seals Coordinator:


$$$ Seniors, Remember: It's (still) scholarship season! Please keep checking the Roosevelt Scholarship List for up-to-date information about open scholarships! $$$

Also, if you need help completing your FAFSA or Minnesota Dream Act Application, contact the CCC or GEAR UP staff right away! (contact info below)

Opportunities for Juniors:
ACT has been rescheduled to April 27th. More details to come!
Want an ACT prep book? You can pick one up at the front of RHS. Just ask for one of the free ACT books!

GenesysWorks Application is OPEN to all eligible Juniors
  • Juniors, you should have had a GenesysWorks info session in your class this week. GW is a paid internship opportunity, specifically for Juniors interested in IT.
  • If accepted, students would do a 20 hour/week paid internship in the IT field during their senior year. Students would attend class for 1/2 the day and work at their paid internship for the other 1/2
  • Find out more information about GenesysWorks by clicking here
  • APPLICATION DEADLINE has been extended to March 14th! APPLY NOW!
Questbridge College Prep Scholars Program:
The 2021 College Prep Scholars Program application is now open! The deadline is Wednesday, March 24. Find out more information and start your application today by clicking here!
  • Applying to college can seem daunting, and the prospect of paying for it can seem even more overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be. The College Prep Scholars Program equips high-achieving high school juniors from low-income backgrounds with the knowledge, confidence, and resources to apply to top colleges.
  • Why apply as a junior? Being a College Prep Scholar is a notable distinction that shows our 45 college partners that you are a competitive candidate for admission. In addition, your application will automatically carry over for the National College Match when you’re a senior, giving you a head start on applying for a full four-year scholarship to our college partners. College Prep Scholars are historically five times more likely than other applicants to receive full four-year scholarships through the National College Match.
  • Visit their website to find out more!
Please check the CCC Google Site and the RHS Counseling Website for more resources and information about upcoming deadlines and events!

The RHS Counseling Team:
Kate Knight-De Leon Counselor of Record for Last Names A-F
Katelyn.Knight-DeLeon@mpls.k12.mn.us, Google Voice #: (612) 293-0081
Mark Heymans, Counselor of Record for Last Names G-M
mark.heymans@mpls.k12.mn.us, Google Voice #: 612-405-3801
Sandra Kroger, Counselor of Record for Last Names N-Z
sandra.kroger@mpls.k12.mn.us, Google Voice #: 612-460-7325
Amanda Justen, Career & College Center Coordinator
amanda.justen@mpls.k12.mn.us, Google Voice #: 612-460-1588
Eric Rodgers, Career & College Center Coordinator
eric.rodgers@mpls.k12.mn.us, Google Voice #: 612-567-6897
Brooke Magid Hart, Gear Up Counselor
brooke.magidhart@mpls.k12.mn.us, Google Voice #: 612-888-1544
Estephanie Romero, GEAR UP Site Coordinator
estephanie.romero@mpls.k12.mn.us, Google Voice #: 612-405-2891
WHAT'S GOING ON AT SCHOOL
Hey all you Teddy Fans...We have some new swag available that supports our CTE Auto program!! Store is open for two weeks. Thank you St. Manes for making a generous donation to keep the cost down for the jackets.
REPEATS

Haven't picked up class materials or senior signs/class shirts?

FRONT DOOR

Monday 9-3
Tuesday 9-3
Wednesday 9-3
Thursday 9-3
Friday 9-2
Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors...Time to start ordering your yearbooks! $40

Seniors, you do not need to order! Your yearbook is a part of your senior fee.
JOIN US FOR A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL
VIRTUALLY
Byol (bring your lunch) 12-1pm second TUESDAY of every month
Join Zoom Meeting
 
Meeting ID: 955 5637 2014
Passcode: 3tnJpR
Would you like to help give scholarships to Roosevelt students and grants to staff without it costing you a penny? Do you ever shop at Amazon?  

Instead of going to amazon.com, go to smile.amazon.com. Register and select Minneapolis Theodore Roosevelt High School Foundation as your charity. Each time you shop at smile.amazon the Foundation will receive a small percentage of your purchase.

You just have to remember to go to smile.amazon.com instead of Amazon…..same merchandise, same prices, same service. Thank YOU!
Check out our FB and Twitter pages for photos of what's happening around here.



Join us on Instagram...followtheteddy
20 hours of Service Per year is expected of every student, every year. 
Check out this site for volunteering opportunities..https://seniorcommunity.org/become-a-volunteer/
Shovel at your house or your neighbor.
Walk around for an hour in your neighborhood and pick up trash. Remember to wear gloves and BE CAREFUL.
Do a household chore that isn't expected.

Check out these websites to come up with another idea.
  1. https://www.volunteermatch.org/search?l=Minneapolis%2C+MN%2C+USA
(You can search by word, so if you are looking for an "art" based volunteering opportunity, or a "children" based opportunity, "senior citizen", etc.


If you have questions before that, please email Christol.Schultz@mpls.k12.mn.us.

If your student is doing their hours OUTSIDE of the school, please have them send in a paper that is signed, dated and phone number listed for the organization or person that they helped.
Looking for a way to get service hours at home? Freerice.com You will have to set up an account, your school email will work for that.

How does Freerice work?
As you play Freerice and answer questions right, advertisements appear on your screen. When you see one of these advertisements, you trigger a financial payment to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support its work saving and changing lives around the world.

In the game, these payments are represented via grains of rice. The amount of money generated when you see an advertisement can vary, but is roughly equivalent to what the World Food Programme spends to purchase 5 grains of rice.

There's a bunch of different categories and different languages, pick one that's fun for you!

Take a picture when you've earned 250 grains of rice and send it to Ms. Christol to get 1 hour of community service.