Redwood Reader

National Reading Week in 2025 will be from March 2–6, with March 2 being Read Across America Day. The week and day are celebrated to promote reading and encourage children to love reading. To celebrate this Redwood will host a spirit week with reading themes activities and giveaways. Please see the calendar below for daily themes.

Redwood Families,

This is just a reminder that the district will have an early release day Thursday, March 6th. Full Day Kindergarten and first through fourth grade students will start their day at the normal time, but will be dismissed from the elementary buildings at twelve noon. Dismissal will follow the same procedure as always. Walkers will begin exiting at 11:55 and car riders at noon.

For students in half day kindergarten, students who normally attend the afternoon session will attend on the 6th, but will be attending in the morning from 8:50-11:35. If your half day student is a bus rider, you will receive notification listing pick-up and drop-off times from the classroom teacher, if you do not, please contact the teacher or school office.

There will be NO Champions Program in the afternoon on the 6th. Students who typically attend afternoon Champions must be picked up at the 12 noon dismissal time.

All full day students will eat their lunches in their classrooms on the 25th. Lunch will start at 11:15 am and end at 11:45 am for all students. Students will have an opportunity to pack or buy their lunches as normal. There will be no extras offered on the early release day. If your child wants to receive a school lunch that day, there will only be one lunch option available.

The lunch option for the 6th will be:

Chips and Salsa

Cheese stick

Apple Slices

Milk

If your Student attends the LEAPS program, AM LEAPS will attend their normal session on the 6th, there will be NO SCHOOL for PM LEAPS on the 6th of September.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the school. (440)933-5145

Thank you,

Holli Weber

Parent teacher conferences will be held the evening of Wednesday, March 5th, and during the day on Friday, March 7th. If you wish to schedule a conference with any of your student's teachers please click the link below and sign up for an available slot.

LINK

Redwood will host its annual Spring Book Fair March 3-5. We are looking for parent volunteers to help our students shop. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up.

Sign up HERE

Redwood's students will be able to shop book fair March 3-5th. As an alternative to cash, students may shop using e-wallet set up in advance. Click below for more information or to set up your child's e-wallet today.

E-Wallet

Thank you to everyone who participated in Kids Heart Challenge. Redwood was able to raise 8000 dollars for this worthwhile cause. As promised for reaching our goal Mr. Hayne was pie'd by our top fundraisers.

Congratulations Carson Ramsey for being the TOP 3rd grade reader for the Cleveland Cavaliers Score with Reading Challenge!

A great Family Gift IDEA

MAKING RESERVATIONS
A dedicated website is now available for your attendees to book their hotel rooms online. Reservations can be made starting Sep 11, 2024 at this web address:

Booking Website:
https://book.passkey.com/e/50896614

Avon Lake PTA Council is comprised of its own Executive Board which works with representatives from all of the Avon Lake PTA units and the Avon Lake School District to share ideas, help work as a medium to address challenges faced by the units and the district in addition to being a liaison with Ohio and National PTA.

PTA Council is seeking volunteers to serve on its Executive Board for the 2025-2026 school year. Open positions include Treasurer, Secretary, VP Fundraising, VP President Elect and Scholarship Chair. Meetings are held roughly 4 times during the school year. Scope of responsibilities is much less time-consuming than at the individual units and our Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent attends our meetings. One requirement to serve is that you must be a member of one of the Avon Lake PTA units.

If you are interested in serving on PTA Council or have questions about positions/responsibilities, please send an e-mail to Audra Avarello at ajavarello@hotmail.com by March 1. Thank you for considering serving on this Board.

More information can be found on our website: https://alcsptacouncil.weebly.com

Notes from the Nurse:

I am starting to see an increase in Flu A positive in our students. Lorain County is reporting that the seasonal influenza this week and last week is HIGH (link for the report: https://odh.ohio.gov/know-our-programs/seasonal-influenza/influenza-dashboard). As per school policy, students should be fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication before returning to school. Other symptoms to consider for the flu would be: persistent cough, ear pain, sore throat, headache and fatigue. Please reach out to your building nurse for further questions.

Kim Rose, RN

Redwood and Erieview Nurse

Redwood Elementary/LEAPS (440) 933-5145 ext. 6102

Erieview Elementary (440) 933-6282 ext. 4203

Calling all recyclers! The Redwood art room is always in need of the following: plastic grocery bags, newspaper, and egg cartons (plastic or styrofoam only). If you have any of these items, please drop them off in the art room. Thank you!

Calling Parents of all Redwood Artists! Don't forget to sign up for Artsonia, the online tool to view your student's artwork and purchase gifts made with their creations! Artsonia produces quality items such as mugs, t-shirts, canvas prints, jewelry and more- all adorned with your little artist's masterpiece! 20% of all sales come back to benefit the Redwood art program. Simply visit this link https://www.artsonia.com/connect/FZ3SDSC2 and enter the Redwood code of FZ3SDSC2. If you have already signed up for Artsonia, your information is saved and you don't need to do anything!

March

3-7th- Right to Read Spirit Week

3-5th- Spring Book Fair

5th -Evening Conferences

6th- Early Release Day 12 Noon

7th- No School for Students Conference Day

10th- No School For Students

Camp Invention® is coming back to Avon Lake! After earning rave reviews from

campers, parents and educators, this action-packed program is returning with a brandnew

program, Discover! From June 9th to June 12th, children in grades K-6 will collaborate

with friends to take on fun, hands-on STEM challenges, like creating a custom claw

machine, exploring penguins in Antarctica and more! Each experience inspires creativity

and boosts confidence. Register now through Dec. 31, 2024, using

code GIFT35 to save, and you’ll be entered to win your registration for free! Visit

invent.org/gift for more info.

Please remember that all daily absences must be reported to the school attendance line. If you do not call your student off from school, we are required by law to call and check on the reason for the student's absence . Please contact the school attendance line at 440-930-8291 prior to the school day starting.

We invite all Redwood families to join the Redwood PTA! Attending meetings is not a requirement to be a part of this great organization. Click on the image below to sign up today.

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Store link for Avon Lake: https://1stplace.sale/7283

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Website

Website: https://www.avonlakecityschools.org/redwood
Location: 32967 Redwood Blvd, Avon Lake, OH 44012, USA
Phone: (440)933-5145
Twitter: @RedwoodAvonLake