Roosevelt Community Council, St. Louis, MO

A reminder that the Roosevelt Community Council will meet tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, Dec. 1st, at 4:30 pm in Room 023 at the school, 3230 Hartford. Park on the east side of the building in the lot off Compton and walk around to the main entrance off Hartford to enter through security. The room is on the bottom level of the building on the west side.  A report on the Urban Debate League tournament that was held at Roosevelt on Nov. 14 is pasted in below, fyi.  I have been asked how women interested in volunteering at Roosevelt can get involved with the Conscious Choice program, which is program for women students at the school to encourage them to delay motherhood. The people to contact are Laura Craig or Karen Askew. Emails:  Craig, Laura Y < laura.craig@slps.org >   Karen Askew < askewka@slu.edu > Urban Debate League Tournament 2 Recap 11-16-2015: SLUDL Continues to Grow! On November 14th, Roosevelt High ...

Reminder that the RCC will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 in Room 023 at the school. The room is on the ground floor on the west side of the building. Enter through the big front doors up the steps off Hartford. One of our agenda items will be a discussion of the issues raised by Tower Grove East block captains about students out of school, and how to address this. Other items will include the school's November 20 day of service, and an update on the afterschool program.

A big thank-you to Jim Bennett for the photos and the information. The Homecoming football game was Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. The game was against Lift for Life, a charter high school. Roosevelt lost by a touch down. We had our second Football Breakfast that morning too. The Marine Corps Junior ROTC program cadets were the volunteers for the breakfast. Aaron (Nhat) Phu, Roosevelt Graduate, photographed at St. Louis University on 9-26-2015. He has a BS and an MS in Engineering and is working on a doctorate. Photographed next to a statue of Astronaut Swigert in the rotunda of McDonnell Douglas Hall at SLU. Senad Toric, RHS senior and MC JrROTC sergeant.  In addition to assisting with the Football Breakfast, the cadets barbecued brats and hot dogs at the close of the game for the team and others. Homecoming court on the football field, 9-26-2015 Sara Haag, new art teacher at RHS Young Roosevelt Alumni Group at Homecoming The Class of 1990 at Homecoming ...

The room the Roosevelt Community Council meets in, Room 023 at the school, is now home to an expanded collection of Roosevelt alumni memorabilia. The collection was arranged in honor of the 90th Anniversary of the first graduating class at Roosevelt, which was in 1925. On Tuesday, October 6th, 2015, the RCC meets at 4:30 in Room 023. The room will be open at 4 pm, prior to the meeting, for anyone who would like to come and view the collection.  Here are some photos of the display in Room 023, taken on Saturday, September 26th, prior to the Homecoming Football game (and after our second Football Breakfast)*: (*Thank you to Bill Gilbert for the photos) The framed photos are from the school's collection, and the other items are from the Roosevelt Alumni Association.

We have received about 10 responses to this so far. Posting it here so more organizations can respond. Roosevelt  High School would like to develop some community service opportunities for its students, and is seeking input about this from nearby nonprofits, including your organization. We would greatly appreciate it it you would answer a few questions about whether your organization might want to utilize student volunteers from time to time. Please click on the link below to answer the questions. Also, please feel free to forward this to other nonprofit organizations in the area (63118). (Nearby zip codes - 63110 and 63104 - OK too!!) Thank you for your assistance!!  http://goo.gl/forms/nJImABk15o

"Football Breakfasts" means providing breakfast for the Roosevelt High School football team before its Saturday home JV and Varsity games. About 85% of the students at Roosevelt are eligible for the school's free or reduced price meal program during the school week, but there are no such meals on Saturdays. The RCC began supporting the breakfasts about 8 years ago , when Mr. Terry Houston, then principal, asked us to provide volunteers for the breakfasts. The breakfasts were his idea: they are a way to both support the team and connect the community to the school. The volunteers help set up, help serve, and clean up after the breakfasts. Currently, the RCC raises the funds for the breakfasts, hires the caterer to provide the food, and recruits the volunteers. We held a fundraiser in May at Riley's Irish Pub in Tower Grove East to raise funds for the breakfasts. The balance of the funds comes from donations. The caterer is Euylan Welch of WelchOne Catering. We al...

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