Hi Rough Riders,

Sorry you have not heard from me in a while.  I’ve just finished renovating our old office (see My Office is a Dive) and we are moving back this week. 

Lisa Lee Reed and I went to a Roosevelt Alumni meeting this week at Roosevelt High.  It was the first, back to the old school, for Lisa in a long long time.  The Principal, Ann Mahi, gave us a tour and showed
us the improvements as well as needed repairs. I took some pictures of the
senior patio and it is in pretty good shape...except it’s not being used as much!
I did tell them we want to enclose the patio to be used for community
organization meetings...they like the idea.

The meeting was attended by Ann, the Principal, Herb, a major supporter to
education, Leila and Garrett from the Roosevelt Alumni and Foundation.  We
discussed the needs and wants as well as how to get others involved.  The
needs and wants are endless and that will never change!  The biggest problem
today is computer technology.  You know the comment about buying a computer, “when you buy one it is already out-dated”.  Can you imagine a school buys a bunch of new computers and Apple just introduced the IPad!!!!  The internet has brought the world into the classroom, if only we can open the doors or is it windows?

The Alumni is aging and is trying to get younger members to bring new goals to the table. They have asked Lisa and me to get involved...we did not say “yes”, but we did not say “no”.  We told them we have our own set of goals and want to stay the course of what’s been working for us all these years.  I will attend their next meeting and report back to you on my findings.

The Alumni’s next big event is the RHS 80th anniversary coming up this October at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.  We bought a table for the 75th anniversary and it was a great evening honoring alumni and teachers of Roosevelt. I’ll get more info and see if you want to attend.

Time to let you go, till the next Roundup!

Vincent