Thank you, custodians! Multicultural Night + more October events and updates

Happy October, Roxstar students, friends, and families!

At our first community meeting of the year, we were excited to welcome some new parents. We spent most of our time getting to know each other and talking about priorities for the year. We heard what some parents want to see at our community meetings and throughout the year. We heard interest in immigrant rights, special education services, and creating diverse spaces for parents to meet. And we heard that people love attending school events, assemblies, and outdoor education.

Now it’s your turn! Take our brief 5-question survey to let us know what you care about. It only takes a few minutes, and all questions are optional. We want to hear from you whether you want to share just one idea or many.

This month we’ve got one of the best events of the year, multiple happy updates, and a new library song!

• Upcoming Events
  • Multicultural Night: Fri, October 10
  • Playground Playdate: Sat, October 18
  • Roxhill Monthly Community Meeting: Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) with Ms. Amber, Mon, October 20
• Thank you Mr. Dong & Mr. Hakeem! Custodian Appreciation Day
• Carpool Connections
• Back to School Fundraiser & Dineout Successes!
• We ❤ Our Volunteers!
• Library Update and new song from Mr. Robert!
• Principal Bruno’s Roxhill Family Updates

Upcoming Events

One of the best events of the year is next week! Join us for Multicultural Night as we celebrate Roxhill’s beautiful diversity. For all who are able, please bring a dish you want to share with the Roxhill community.

We need volunteers to sign up to help set up the event, or to help clean up.  Set up includes putting out tables and benches, setting out drinks and dinnerware, and preparing the serving tables.

Come see old friends and meet new ones during our monthly school playgroup meetup! These events are especially popular with our Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade families. Bring a snack to share, if you are able.

Come to our second community meeting of the year! We’ll be joined by special guest, Ms. Amber, our school counselor. She will share information about how Roxhill supports students’ social and emotional learning. Bring your questions and come ready to learn!

There is a lot of learning happening at Roxhill. Meet the School Counselor (Mrs. Amber) to learn more about the Social Emotional Learning that is happening at Roxhill. From Mood Meters to Kindness Campaign and everything in-between.   Hear more about what your student will be practicing this year or find ways to support your child’s social emotional learning at home.

We invite all families and caregivers to join us for our monthly meetings, organized by Friends of Roxhill. Pizza, childcare, and Spanish interpretation are provided.

Requests for transportation:

• 4 students near 24th Ave SW and Holden need rides to and/or from school
• 1 student near 22nd Ave SW and Dakota needs a ride on Wednesday and Fridays
• 1 student on Barton Ave SW needs a ride to and from school

Offers for transportation support:

• One family can offer walking support to and from school between from 32nd Ave SW and Webster
• One family can offer rides home for up to 2 students in the direction of 22nd Ave SW and Thistle
• One family can drive 1 student in the direction of 28th Ave SW and Dakota

Library Update and new song from Mr. Robert!

All students visit the library weekly. If your student brings library books home (at the teacher’s discretion), please encourage your student to keep library books in backpacks when not reading so that books don’t get lost at home. Here is the weekly schedule:

• Monday – Class of Mr. Mac and both Head Start classes
• Tuesday – Classes of Ms. Turner, Ms. Math, and Ms. Prynne
• Wednesday – Classes of Ms. Sorensen and Mr. Popelka; Mr. Robert visits the classes of Ms. Ellen and Ms. Ashley
• Thursday – Classes of Ms. Kyoko, Ms. Gamache, and Mr. Martin
• Friday – Classes of Ms. Anna, Ms. Green, and Ms. Beal

Mr. Robert creates a new library song (played at the beginning of each library visit) every two months by taking the music of a popular song and changing the lyrics. Here is the library song for September/October:

Watch “Readin' – Sept & Oct 2025 Roxhill Library Song” on YouTube