Community School Partners

Grab and Go Meals

Allentown School District continues to offer healthy breakfast and lunch for remote learners! Students can pick up meals Monday - Friday, every day, between the hours of 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at any school. On Fridays, students will continue to receive a 3-day weekend. meal bag. Students attending hybrid learning on Fridays will also receive a 3-day weekend meal back to take home. Click here for details.

Weekly Storytime

Start off each week with a Social-Emotional Learning story read by one of Roosevelt’s amazing staff members. Each story has a prompt at the end that your child can draw or write a response to. It’s the perfect before bed or day off activity! Follow Roosevelt Elementary School on Facebook for a new story each week.

Backpack Buddies

Second Harvest Food Bank provides highest-need students with sustainable meals for the weekend through the Backpack Buddies weekly food service.

Food Cupboard

Food assistance available to students and families.

Bear Essentials

"Bear Essentials" provides clothing assistance for Roosevelt Elementary School students and families.

Collections from Donors

Our Community School corporate partner Capital Blue Cross and other community partners help to meet a variety of school needs.

Teddy Town Hall & Family Nights

Teddy Town Hall and Family Nights offer exciting opportunities for family engagement with the Roosevelt school community.

Relationship Building

Community School Coordinator Samantha Johns aims to build positive relationships with staff, students and families.

Community Partners Build Shelves and Organize Uniforms For Students' Return to the Classroom

Volunteers from TeenWorks^TM, Capital Blue Cross and local labor unions combined efforts to build shelving and sort and organize uniforms at Roosevelt Elementary School, a Community School in the Allentown School District. In an effort to make the transition from virtual learning to the classroom for students easier when they return in September, volunteers organized the clothes so students will be able to find their size effortlessly. Click here to read more.

 

Students Receive Holiday Gifts Thanks to Capital Blue Cross and Lehigh Valley Labor Council

This year, Roosevelt had a tremendously successful holiday gift drive due to the tremendous efforts of Capital Blue Cross and the Lehigh Valley Labor Council.  These organizations recruited many supporters who decided to donate gifts for Roosevelt families.  This initiative culminated in an event where the donated gifts were delivered to Roosevelt via a police and fire truck escort, where many volunteers were waiting to unload the gifts into the school.  The donated holiday gifts were distributed to families during Roosevelt's annual Holiday Gift Shop program, where families are afforded the opportunity to "shop"" for items for their children.  This year the program supported over 100 students. Read the story on WFMZ.com.

 

Community Partners Donate Desks to Students

Twenty students now have a dedicated space for learning from home thanks to a donation by Bethlehem-based law firm Cohen, Feeley, Altemose and Rambo. Team members from Capital Blue Cross, Cohen, Feeley, Altemose & Rambo, United Way TeenWorks and Lehigh Valley Labor Council members gathered to assemble 20 desks and 20 chairs for students at Roosevelt Elementary School. Click here to read more.


 

Meet Community School Coordinator Samantha Johns

Welcome to Teddy Town, Miss Johns! Miss Johns' job is to help surround students with a community of support that empowers them and their families at Roosevelt Elementary School. Students and families can connect with Miss Johns for support with:

• basic needs
• clothing
• food insecurity
• shelter and housing needs
• school supplies

Miss Johns will coordinate programming including after-school programs, whole-school initiatives and family engagement events. Contact Miss Johns by email at johnss@allentownsd.org or by phone at 484-765-4468.