What's New at Roosevelt Middle School

The Spring 2019 Online Student Art Galleries are now live featuring art from the district’s elementary, middle and high school students!

View the Galleries

These galleries area a way to highlight the remarkable products of art education in the district. It’s a digital attempt at bringing the work of our student artists at all levels into your home – because art is created for others to take in.

Our thanks to the DRA for our grant that allowed us to install an additional three 55” hallway monitors this school year. These are great for sharing information with students, along with pictures of events and student learning. Here are three students with one of the new monitors by the gymnasium on the west end of the building.

The Winter 2018 Online Student Art Galleries are now live featuring art from the district’s elementary, middle and high school students!

View the Elementary Gallery

View the Middle School Gallery

View the High School Gallery

This gallery is a way to highlight the remarkable products of art education in the district. It’s a digital attempt at bringing the work of our student artists at all levels into your home – because art is created for others to take in.

Chris Burke

Christopher Burke, an 11-year teaching veteran who uses real-world examples to make his mathematics lessons come alive, is the Iowa Department of Education’s 2019 Teacher of the Year, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today at Dubuque’s Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School.

“Chris Burke exemplifies the great teaching that is taking place in Iowa schools,” said Gov. Reynolds. “His passion for inspiring students to learn math in a real-world context and his enthusiasm for serving as a coach outside the school day underscore the extraordinary commitment of educators in communities across our state.”

Burke, 35, who is also a teacher leader at the middle school, is one of many educators in his family, including his wife, mother and sister. His wife, Betsy, also teaches at Roosevelt.

In the program’s 60-year history, this is the first time a Dubuque teacher has received the Teacher of the Year award.
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ERMS will be partnering up with the Live Like Jack foundation by collecting food to create Thanksgiving Bags. LLJ has been creating Thanksgiving bags since 2015 and their goal this year is to serve over 500 families! We are providing our students and staff with this opportunity to participate. You can help by purchasing the following items:

Can of Green Beans
Can of Sweet Potatoes
Can of Cranberry Sauce
A Box of Stuffing
A Box of Instant Mashed Potatoes
A Can of Gravy or Gravy Packets
A Package of Muffins or Cornbread Mix
A Box of Cake or Brownie Mix or Similar Dessert
A Jar of Instant Ice tea or Jug of Pre-Made Ice Tea

Mrs. Williams would like you to come check out the Book Fair during Fall conferences. You can also check out the link below to find out more!

Book Fair Link

ERMS will have a Garden Club Greenhouse thanks to some generous sponsors: Bard Materials, Farm Credit Services of America, HyVee, Sustainable Dubuque, Theisen’s, Whole Kids, Grandview Gallop Association, and 5210. We can’t wait to get started on this new adventure! Go to our ERMS Facebook Page for more pictures and a video!

Please consider bidding on a poem book created by students in House 6-2. All proceeds go to Children’s Miracle Network.

Bidding has closed. Thank you.

The Dubuque Community School District is pleased to announce the appointment of Bobbie Jones as assistant principal at Roosevelt Middle School, pending approval by the Board of Education at its May meeting. Jones will assume the position left vacant by Brenda Duvel, who will become the principal of Kennedy Elementary School next year.

Jones currently serves as teacher on special assignment at the district level, focusing on special education curriculum and services. Throughout her time in the district, Jones has significant experience in data-based decision making, professional development and curriculum implementation. She has coordinated the district’s Extended School Year program, managed budget areas, provided staff guidance and support, and developed strong special education collaboration with curricular areas. She has served on a variety of building leadership teams, district committees and site councils, and was a member of the statewide IEP (Individualized Education Program) Management System Review Group.