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📚✨ FVR Days in Señora Morales’ Class! ✨📚

Our students have been loving FVR — Free Voluntary Reading — a fun and engaging way to dive into the Spanish language! 🇪🇸

They get to choose their own Spanish books and spend about 10 minutes each FVR day getting lost in their stories. It’s honestly the cutest thing watching them get excited about reading an entire book in another language. 😍📖

We love seeing their confidence grow with every page they turn! ❤️

🔋❤️ Charge for Charity starts THIS Monday! ❤️🔋

We’re kicking things off with Warm-Up Day — so wear your comfiest pajamas to school! 😴✨

To support our community, we’re collecting gloves, mittens, and socks all week long. Every donation helps keep someone warm this winter. 🧤🧦❤️

Let’s show up cozy and make a difference together!

🎉 December Students of the Month! 🎉
Help us celebrate these outstanding students who continue to lead with hard work, positivity, and dedication. We are so proud of each of you!

Our students LOVE their mentoring time — the smiles say it all!
Just 1 hour during lunch can make a huge difference in a child’s confidence, connection, and success.

Want to make an impact? Become a mentor with TeamMates and help students reach their full potential.
✨ Sign up here: siouxfallsteammates.org

December has officially started, which means it’s time to kick off our annual Charge for Charity Week! 🎁
Here are the days for next week, including what to donate and where each item will go, so your Ad Rooms can join in the fun while giving back to our community. Encourage everyone to show their spirit—grade levels will compete all week long for the coveted Spirit Stick! ✨

Last week, students in the Jobs for America's Graduates program wrapped up their 3rd annual JAG Leadership Forum, a program they have created in partnership with students and staff from the other three JAG programs across the District. After weeks of research and preparation, Roosevelt JAG students traveled to Jefferson High School, where they participated in four sessions with local civic, business, and industry leaders to learn about important leadership and professional topics.  Please enjoy this video about the JAG program!


https://youtu.be/OoybMseynD8?si=5Q1jXpIIeaQ9ZMpr

This morning, RHS Alumni Isaac Mazariegos returned to speak with our NHS students about his journey at Georgetown University! Isaac is now in his second year studying International Economics and shared valuable insight, advice, and inspiration for our future leaders.


Once a Rough Rider, always a Rough Rider! 💛

📢 Reminder!
There is NO SCHOOL November 26–28. Enjoy the long break, rest up, and spend time with your loved ones! 🍂

We can’t wait to see all of our Rough Riders back on December 1! 💛

Last week, our Women’s Empowerment Club assembled 45 food and snack bags for students needing a little extra support over the long holiday break . Each bag was filled with nonperishables and a handwritten note to spread encouragement and care ❤️🥫🍎

We are Roosevelt. We are One!!

Happy ESP day!!!

We wanted to take a moment to say how thankful we are for our amazing Educational Support Professionals!

You always lend a HAND, POP in wherever you’re needed, and do a hundred EXTRA things that keep our schools going.

Thanks for everything you do. You make a real difference here at RHS!! 🙂

National Honor Society has been hosting tutoring sessions in the library every Monday & Tuesday during ad room! Our senior tutors are doing a great job helping with homework, assignment organization, and study habits.  We are thrilled to see all the progress being made as they study for tests, complete assignments, and work on projects! 

If you need helping with ANY assignments and/or classes, come to the library! National Honor Society would love to help you!

🦃As a reminder, Thanksgiving Break is almost here!
School will be closed November 26–28, so enjoy the extra time to relax, recharge, and spend time with family and friends. We hope everyone has a safe, cozy, and restful break! 🧡🤎

Keep the spirit going for our Heritage Month Dress-Up Days! ✨

Tomorrow’s theme: Ribbons. Show your pride by wearing a ribbon skirt or adding ribbons to your hair!❤️

🌮🎉 It’s Taco Tuesday!
Celebrate November 18 the right way—grab Qdoba from 4–8 PM and support the RHS 2026 Senior Class Party!
25% of sales are donated! 💙💛

Go Riders!!!

Big things happening in RISE Home Maintenance! 🔨⚡
Yesterday's lesson: learning to safely use a power drill! The students have already built a birdhouse, a lamp, AND a sprinkler this year—talk about hands-on learning! 🙌
Can’t wait to see what they build next! 🧰💡

Things are getting spooky stylish in Mrs. Janak’s Interior Design class! 👻 Students are putting the finishing touches on their haunted house projects, using their knowledge of design elements, principles, and housing styles to bring eerie creativity to life. From gothic details to haunted elegance, these designs are sure to impress! 🕸️✨ Stay tuned to see their final haunted masterpieces! 🏚️💀

Cadets of the month for Sept/Oct 2025. Cadet Becca TeRonde, Cadet Wyatt Fontaine, Cadet William Zufall, and Cadet Brandi Harald. All have shown significant leadership potential and greatly impacted our cadet corps so far this year. We are grateful for their contributions to the program and their community. Can’t wait to see how they grow even more over the year!

💙 Happy School Psychologist Week! This week we’re celebrating Bruce — our amazing school psychologist who puts his heart into everything he does. Bruce is dedicated, compassionate, and truly passionate about supporting our students, especially those with disabilities. He’s always there to listen, advocate, and make sure every student feels valued and included. 🌟 We’re so grateful for all the care, energy, and love you bring to our school community, Bruce — you make such a difference every single day! 💛

🎓 On College & Career Day (Oct. 28), our sophomore students had the opportunity to explore Southeast Technical College!

They learned about different programs, toured the campus, and discovered new possibilities for their future. 💡✨

📣 REMINDER📣

There will be NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day!

Let’s take a moment to honor and thank all who have served our country. ❤️🤍