Good Morning Roosevelt Tigers, 

Please find an update regarding the Board of Education Meeting tonight and information about the i-Ready assessment scheduled for later this week. We will send our usual weekly update on Friday as well. 

Return to Learn Plan:

The Return to Learn Plan will be discussed at the Board of Education’s committee meeting, which is set for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 21, 2020. Please click on this link for additional information. 

i-Ready Diagnostic:

Beginning on September 23, 2020, your child’s teacher will be reaching out to families and students about taking the i-Ready Diagnostic at home.  Kindergarten will not be taking this assessment until later in the year. The test can be taken through October 6, 2020.  PLEASE do not have your child take the i-Ready Diagnostic until your classroom teacher has instructed them to do so.  On the left hand side will be teacher assigned lessons that they may continue to take at this time.  Students will be taught about the diagnostic during a live (synchronous) teaching session during this testing window of 9/23-10/6.  

In years past, students took this assessment at school. Please note the assessment is adaptive and is designed to challenge your child.  

What is i-Ready? 

i-Ready is an online program for reading and/or mathematics that will help your student’s teacher(s) determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year. 

The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your student’s needs. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. For example, correct answers will result in more difficult questions, while incorrect answers will yield easier questions. Because of this, your student will end up encountering questions that are too difficult for them to answer.  We know it is very difficult to watch your student struggle when they don’t know the answer.  Please do your best to encourage WITHOUT helping them get the answer.  

The data that is collected from this diagnostic is used to help us determine which students will require additional support during our intervention blocks.  It is important that we receive the most accurate picture of your students current abilities.  We encourage their best effort.  Their diagnostic results will be available at the end of the test.  A parent sheet with this information, will be sent home with the students when they return to school.  Virtual students will receive their assessment data at a later scheduled time confirmed by their classroom teachers. Click here for additional information. 

Have a TERRIFIC week!

Respectfully,

Mrs. Diana Shahin, Ed.S.

Happy Friday Roosevelt Tigers!!

What a great start to the year! We’ve successfully held our family Meet and Greets and had a chance to meet many of our parents and students. Seeing our students in the building, even for a short while, really filled our hearts with joy!

Thank you for coming to retrieve your materials and check in with us. If you missed the opportunity, we will gladly schedule a time for you to stop by the Main Office and collect your child’s materials in the near future. Please call Mrs. Pac at 734-744-2775 to make arrangements.

Roosevelt Snapchat Filter: 

Stop by the building and use our Roosevelt Tiger Filter to take a picture! We’d love to see you on Twitter @RooseveltTigers #LivoniaPride

Save the Date:

 September 25th is Roosevelt Pride Day! Show your pride by dressing in your favorite Roosevelt Tigers gear, blue or orange. Snap a photo and share with us on Twitter and on the PTA Facebook! 

PTA: 

 This week was exceptional. Our first PTA meeting was a success led by our new President, Jessica Ecker! If you missed the meeting or important information, email PTA4roosevelt@gmail.com

Thanks to our PTA for an amazing dinner Thursday and delicious breakfast treats on Friday. What a generous gift to start the year. The staff thoroughly enjoyed every bite! 

The Fun Run is back...check out the details here! The last day for collections is October 9, 2020. 

Mark your calendar for our October PTA meeting on Tuesday, October 6, at 7 p.m.! The meeting will be virtual (via Zoom). Join us to connect with other families and discuss our plans for the month. Login details  shared below:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78607939333?pwd=S3hCZi8xL2g2M1Z3WjJOUVluR2tyZz09

 Meeting ID: 786 0793 9333

Passcode: PTA1234 

PTA Membership: Sign Up Today!

We still count on members of our PTA to help build this sense of community, and we strive for 100% membership.  It is $7 for an individual but covers your family membership as well.  If you have additional PTA questions please contact Deanna Busse at deannabusse@gmail.com

Join our membership here:

https://tigers.new.memberhub.store/store?fbclid=IwAR22pdBDnfncC4pJht_bjruj7RIpI44cUKTYOBAxzrtOY_E0YoaESExZV3A 

Information is forthcoming regarding our first fundraiser for the year. The kick off date is September 14, 2020. Our updated calendar is attached here. 

Please join the PTA facebook page, see the link! https://www.facebook.com/groups/916508051720013/about  

Screen Shots/Recordings:

We know that the first days of school can be fun and exciting but we are asking everyone in the Roosevelt Community to please refrain from taking pictures of your child's Zoom or Google Meet screen and posting publicly. Thank you for respecting the privacy of our students!

Library Program:

During the summer, the Livonia Public Schools media specialists reached out to the Livonia Public Library to form a collaboration so that all Livonia Public Schools students have the opportunity to receive a Public Library Card!

It is simple - you only need to fill out a single Google Form! With this library card, students will have access to ebooks, audiobooks and more that they can access from a Chromebook, a desktop or laptop, or through an app on a phone or other mobile device. Students may also have access to the curbside pick-up services for physical books. The public librarians will send an email with your student’s library card number to your student’s LPS email. Due to the volume of requests from LPS students, they’ve asked that you please allow up to one week to receive your confirmation email.

You can view the form here and complete it now. You only need to fill it out once per student. We ask that if your student already has a library card, you still fill out the form so that we know which of our students have access to these resources. Please have your student(s) watch the video with you - they can meet the Livonia public librarians!

Here are the links:

Quick Video from Livonia Public Librarians

Student Library Card form

Sensory Path:

Our sensory path has been installed this August! It’s ready for our friends to hop, skip, jump and count their way down the hall! We cannot wait for our first customers to try it out! 

Important Reminders:

Full learning days this week will include three learning sessions.

• Grades 1, 3 will be at 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm    
• Grades K, 2, 4 will be at 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm
• Asynchronous learning will begin this week
• Special Area teachers will be joining live lessons over the remainder of the month

We’ve begun our wonderful adventure together this week. It has been sad without our favorite little people but it will make our reunification that much more enjoyable! We look forward to many more weeks of learning and laughter! Thank you for your continued support!

Respectfully,

Mrs. Diana Shahin, Ed.S.