Roosevelt

Greetings, RMS families:

Welcome back, and here we go… we are ready to start the 2024-25 school year!

This email communication is in lieu of the back-to-school packet we historically have sent in the mail. Below are some quick updates for your planning purposes and attached to this email are beginning-of-the-year documents and forms. We know it is a *lot*, and we hope you can find some uninterrupted time in the next week to peruse it. We appreciate your attention!

We’re really looking forward to the school year starting and welcoming students back! I am excited to be stepping into the Interim Principal position this year and to welcome Kelsea Wilson as our new Assistant Principal. It has been wonderful to work with the Roosevelt community, students, and staff the past 11 years as the Assistant Principal, and I’m incredibly excited to continue the work we have been doing together. I believe wholeheartedly in what we are doing at Roosevelt, in centering equity, in fostering empathy, and infusing compassion all while creating an extremely high quality and rigorous educational experience for our students.

The Roosevelt staff remains dedicated to continuing our connection with and support for every member of our school community. Our focus has long been on inclusion, belonging, and fostering a sense of community, and to that end, as we start our year, we’d like to re-share our school’s commitment statement:

The Roosevelt Middle School staff stands together against bigotry, harassment, bullying, and any form of discrimination. We support a learning community where there is cooperation, fairness, and mutual respect. We believe students learning at the highest level is the rule… not the exception. The RMS staff believes in a world where everyone… our students… our staff… our parents… and our community celebrate the strength and power of diversity.

We stand together as a united school committed to supporting the success of all students. Regardless of where a student worships, where a student comes from, what language a student speaks at home, a student’s ability, the color of a student’s skin, or who a student loves, every individual adds to the mosaic of our school community. Our differences, not our similarities, are what make us stronger as a whole.

Before the start of school and throughout the year, we welcome your ideas and questions about the Roosevelt Middle School experience. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me or Kelsea.

First Days of School

We’ll see our 6th grade students by 9:00 am on Wednesday, September 4 for our 6th Grade Welcome Day; breakfast starts at 8:30 am and doors open at 8:15 am. Students do not need supplies on this day. We have a special welcome program planned, led in part by our student CORE leaders, just for our 6th grade students. Dismissal is at 2:35 pm. Bus routes are running on the regular Wednesday school.
We invite any ‘new to Roosevelt’ 7th and 8th grade students to a short, one hour welcome program at 12:30 pm on September 4.
We look forward to welcoming all students on Thursday, September 5 at 9:00 am; breakfast starts at 8:30 am and doors open at 8:15 am. Students start their day in House, our advisory, on 9/5. There, they will get their schedules, lockers, and planners and reconnect with friends and peers. We’ll have House class lists posted in the forum for all students.
A reminder for new and returning students… at Roosevelt, cell phones and other electronic devices are off and away in lockers all day. This includes Smart watches. As a staff, we’re committed to an educational environment where students can work and interact with each other free from the distractions these devices can bring. We kindly ask for your support with this endeavor, and we request that families not message their students during the school on their devices, if they have them. If families do need to communicate with students during the school day, please call the office (541-790-8500) and have a note delivered.
Breakfast and lunch are free for all students this year.
Coffee, boba, soda, juice, etc. are not permitted inside the building. Students are welcome and encouraged to bring a water bottle. Roosevelt has filtered water filling stations.
Please note from the attached bell schedule, 4j middle schools are moving to a 7 period day, and Wednesday is our early release day.
Please mark your calendar for Thursday, September 12 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm for our first Parents at Roosevelt (PAR) meeting and informal Open House event.
Please also note that Thursday, September 19 from 6:30-8:25 is our Curriculum Night for families. We hope you will come in to meet your student’s teachers and learn about their classes.

Back to School Documents

4J Annual Permissions and Notice of Legal Rights, 2024-25. We’ve updated these permissions as Google forms-- no paper, printer, or access to email needed! Click on the link below to complete. If you would prefer to complete the forms on paper, you may download the attached forms, complete them, and return them to the office. Forms also are available for pick up in the office.
- Click on this form to complete in English.
- Haga clic en este enlace para completar el formulario en español.
Bell schedule and year-long calendar, 2024-25. Our bell schedule is linked here and attached. Our year-long calendar is linked here and attached and the district calendar is available on the 4j website.
Our 2024-2025 RMS Student Handbook, which contains a wealth of important information about the RMS program, is linked here.
Roosevelt’s School Pay, to submit back to school fees and purchase yearbooks is linked here.

Free LTD Transit Pass!

All students in 4J schools can get a student pass to ride Lane Transit District (LTD) buses for free.
Student transit passes can be used to travel anywhere within the LTD service area. Student passes can be used at any time—after school, on weekends and during school breaks, as well as to get to and from school each day.
To get a free LTD student transit pass, available as a tap card, middle school students can request their own passes at the front office.
Passes are valid from September 1 of the current school year to September 30 of the following year and can be renewed by the school each year for ongoing free service.

The Start of the Year…

... is exciting and can be expensive! We invite anyone who needs additional support to contact Skye Stier (stier_s@4j.lane.edu) or Alison Wagner (wagner_a@4j.lane.edu). Our school supply list is linked here... and though we do our best to provide every student with the supplies they need, we could also use your generous support at the beginning of the year. If you’d like to make a thoughtful donation, you can do so at RMS School Pay by clicking here. This is also where you can purchase the RMS Yearbook and support our RMS Library. We truly appreciate any additional funding from our families, for our families.