Roosevelt Community Council, St. Louis, MO

The RCC's next meeting is Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 4:30 pm, in Room 023 at the school, 3230 Hartford St.  Planning for our May 29th fundraiser for the 2016 Roosevelt Football Breakfasts will be on the agenda. The fundraiser will be at Riley's Pub at the corner of Arsenal & Arkansas, starting about 12:00 noon to about 7 pm. The photo below is from the SLPS Foundation "Ed Talk" at Roosevelt on January 12, 2016. Dr. Crystal Gale is the principal at Roosevelt.

A reminder that the RCC meets tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 pm in Room 023 at the school. Planning for the May 2016 fundraiser for 2016 Football Breakfasts will be on the agenda, as well as the Roosevelt 1960s Rough-Rider Scholar-Athlete Scholarship and other matters. Please feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in getting involved. 

The RCC will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, at 4:30 pm at the school, in Room 023. Parking is available on the east side of the building off Compton. Enter through the main front doors up the steps off Hartford. Our meeting room is on the ground floor of the building.

The  St. Louis Public Schools Foundation  held one of its "Ed Talk" programs at Roosevelt High School yesterday. The program was about the alignment between Roosevelt and district transformation strategies and the recommendations of the Ferguson Commission. Excellent program and presentations. Link to Post Dispatch story on the program:   ferguson-commission-and-st-louis-public-schools-share-common-reform/article Here are some photos from the program, courtesy of St. Louis Public Schools: Panel of speakers L to R:  Dr. Kelvin Adams, Superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools; Mr. Aaron Jennings, Washington U. Brown School of Social Work Urban Education Initiative; Mr. Rich McClure, Co-Chair of the Ferguson Commission. Not pictured (see below) - Dr. Crystal Gale, Principal of Roosevelt High School.  Senior Tiana Preston, Student participant and part of the Audio-Visual team working with Mr. Murphy to record the program.  Students in the Marin...

A reminder that the RCC will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, January 5th, at 4:30 pm at the school, 3230 Hartford St. We hope to see everyone there. Parking is on the east side of the building (off Compton Ave.), then walk around and enter through the main front doors, up the steps off Hartford, and enter through security. Our meeting is on the ground floor level on the west side of the building in Room 023. 

Jim Bennett of the Roosevelt Alumni Association took a few pictures at our RCC meeting yesterday afternoon. The meeting was held in Room 023 at Roosevelt, which has the alumni memorabilia display. Our meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month at 4:30 pm and last about one hour. Topics this month included the Roosevelt afterschool program and the 1960s Alumni Rough-Rider Scholar-Athlete Scholarship. In these photos, RCC members were puzzling over a draft letter. Don Owens, Bill Gilbert, Craig Schmid Rev. Paula Cooper Patrick Moore, Norah Ryan

Many of the same issues are present in St. Louis Public Schools. Roosevelt High School has brought in resources to assist students with many of these issues, including the Mercy Health Clinic at the school and the Parents as Teachers program for students who have children. Here's a link to the St. Louis Post Dispatch story: jennings-school-district-gets-full-accreditation-after-showing-improvement/article