Roosevelt Community Council, St. Louis, MO

The Roosevelt Community Council will meet on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at 4:30 pm in Room 007 at the school, 3230 Hartford (at Compton - Hartford is the next street south of Arsenal). One of our agenda items will be forming a committee to seek out grants to fund a continuation of the student video project that we saw last month. (See prior post with info and some photos.) Roosevelt Football Breakfasts Coffee Fundraiser - Roosevelt Breakfast Blend coffee is still available for purchase at LaMancha Coffeehouse. Stop by and pick up a pound or two (whole bean or ground), and have a muffin and a cup of coffee at the same time. The price is $12.00 per pound plus sales tax, with all profits going to the Roosevelt Football Breakfasts. The coffee is a Brazilian single-origin and we have had favorable feed-back on the quality of the coffee. LaMancha is located at 2815 North 14th Street, one half block north of the historic Crown Candy Kitchen (N. 14th Street and St. Louis Avenue), an...

A student at Roosevelt High School is featured in this Post Dispatch story: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/a-way-back-for-missouri-teens-who-opt-out-of/article_d247c232-4e89-5ba8-983e-45339b0581e4.html#.USYqa7gTdX0.email

Special Report from Jim Bennett, Roosevelt Alumni Association Students at Roosevelt High School presented student-created videos at a program on Tuesday, February 11, 2013. Three videos were presented, followed by Q & A sessions with the student creators. The videos are:    "Stray Rescue" directed by Nicole Morris and Ciara Morrow   "One Step at a Time" directed by Jasma Steed, edited by Leondre Hill and Manal Hamed  "What's That Smell?" directed and edited by Quinsonta Boyd The project facilitators were from the Pentimento Project , and the program was made part of the afterschool program at Roosevelt. Mr. Charles Murphy, the school's AV teacher, also provided support for the program, and the presentation was made in the school's TV studio in rooms 036-042. More info about the Pentimento Project here: http://pentimento.tv/ I looked up the name "Pentimento". A pentimento (plural pentimenti ) is an a...

The Roosevelt Community Council will meet on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at 4:30 pm in Room 007 at the school, 3230 Hartford. The school is having a School Community Service Project on Saturday, February 16, from 10 am to 1 pm, at the school. Lunch will be provided. RSVP to the school at 314-776-6040. The Conscious Choice program, a program for young women who are students at RHS, continues to provide education and mentoring at the school. The program is designed to support young women in delaying motherhood, in order to allow them to complete high school. The program includes a writing competition for seniors with a grand prize of a college scholarship. Contact Ms. Gwendolyn Myers at the school (314-776-6040) for more information.

The Roosevelt Community Council will meet on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 4:30 pm in Room 007, on the ground floor of the RHS building. The school is located at 3230 Hartford. Parking is on the Compton side of the building -- enter through the main entrance off Hartford (if the entrance off Compton is locked). We are re-ordering the Roosevelt Breakfast Blend coffee, and there should be a fresh batch ready for purchase at LaMancha Coffeehouse on Wednesday of this week. Stop by and pick up a pound or two (whole bean or ground), and have a muffin and a cup of coffee at the same time. The price is $12.00 per pound plus sales tax, with all profits going to the Roosevelt Football Breakfasts. The coffee is a Brazilian single-origin and we have had favorable feed-back on the quality of the coffee. LaMancha is located at 2815 North 14th Street, one half block north of the historic Crown Candy Kitchen (N. 14th Street and St. Louis Avenue), and offered to sponsor this fund-raiser...

Just a reminder that the Roosevelt Community Council will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 at 4:30 pm at the school at 3230 Hartford in Room 007 on the ground floor of the school. Parking is located on the lot on the Compton side of the building. Update on the Roosevelt Breakfast Blend coffee fundraiser - we have figured out that we received 1 pound bags of coffee in the first shipment instead of 12 ounce bags, so the price will be adjusted to $12.00 per bag plus sales tax.

We will have some bags of coffee available for purchase at the December 11th Roosevelt Community Council Meeting, 4:30 pm in Room 007 at the School. Whole bean or ground, 12 ounce packages. The price will be $10.97 for 1 package, $21.95 for 2, etc., including sales taxes. Checks can be made out to LaMancha Coffeehouse. The plan is to get a head start on fundraising for the 2013 RHS Football Breakfasts!!!     Roosevelt Breakfast Blend Coffee   Looking for some special coffee to give or serve for the Holidays??   Buy   Roosevelt Breakfast Blend Coffee, whole bean or ground, and support the Football Team at Roosevelt High School, South St. Louis City.   Each 12 ounce package of coffee is $10.00, plus sales tax.   All profits from the sale of this coffee go to support Roosevelt High School Football Breakfasts - community-supported breakfast for the team before home games.   For more info about the Football Breakfasts go to:...