Drop-off & Pick-up

Map of Valet Zone at Roosevelt Elementary School

Roosevelt has new drop-off and pick-up procedures for 2024-25 in order to create a safe and calm transition to and from school.  

There will be no student supervision before doors open at 8:50 a.m. when students should go directly to their classroom for breakfast.  

Morning (AM) Procedures:

By foot: Students walking to school should be dropped off at the front entrance on Roosevelt Ave. 

By car: Students being dropped off by car should be dropped off in the valet zone only.  Drivers can go one-way through the valet zone, entering on Gregory St. and exiting on Sherman St. Staff will be there to open car doors and greet students as they walk to their classroom.  

By bus: Students arriving by bus will be dropped off in the bus zone, greeted by staff, and walked to their classroom.  

Afternoon (PM) Procedures: 

By foot: Students walking home from school can be picked up outside the front entrance on Roosevelt Ave.  

By car: Students being picked up by car should do so in the valet zone only. Drivers can go one-way through the valet zone, entering on Gregory St. and exiting on Sherman St. Staff will be there to open car doors as students load up to go home.  

By bus: Students departing by bus will be walked to the bus by staff for transportation home.  

Pre-school families: 

Preschool families should drop off and pick up students directly to/from a staff member.  

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Our Story

Historic Roosevelt Elementary is located in Roosevelt Heights on the East side of Tacoma, Washington.  Built in 1921, the original building was a three-story brick structure. In 1972 there was an addition to existing site when a fire devastated Tayet School located behind Lister Elementary.  The classrooms were relocated to the Roosevelt School site. The school was rebuilt in 1987 with some of the original stonework included in the replicas of the entrances.

A special painting of Roosevelt Elementary hangs in our main office.  Painted by former student , Peter Romer, it depicts the school in 1955 when the artist attended the school as an immigrant from Germany.  The painting was created in Mr. Romer's studio in Germany and presented to the Roosevelt community in 1987.
Painting of students in front of a school