Summit Road STEM Elementary

Thank you to all of our families who joined us for Curriculum Night—we loved seeing so many of you engaged in your child’s learning journey and connecting with our staff. We are also proud to share that Summit Road STEM has officially been named a Purple Star School, recognizing our commitment to supporting military-connected students and their families. In addition, our first round of Exemplars has been shared, celebrating students who are modeling what it means to be Safe, Patient, Accepting, Responsible, and Kind each day. We are off to a strong start, and it’s because of the partnership we share with you.

Summit Road STEM is proud to be part of the Ohio Code Scholar Program, an initiative from the Ohio Department of Education focused on preparing students with the coding, design, and problem-solving skills needed for the future. Through this program, we recently received new 3D printers, which are already being put to use in the Innovation Station as they design and build mini droids in Mrs. Meisel’s class. These droids will be built and programmed by our 5th grade students to complete exciting tasks, blending creativity, and connect with real-world technology. The entire project takes almost the entire school year!

While the Innovation Station is a hub for hands-on projects like this, innovative learning is happening all throughout the school day in general education classrooms, where students are challenged to think critically, solve problems, and design solutions.

Here are a few questions you can ask your child to SPARK a conversation:

• What problem did you solve in class this week?
• How did you use creativity or design thinking in your work?
• Can you tell me about a time you had to think of more than one solution to a challenge?

Mrs. Sam Sargent, M.Ed., M.A.T., Licensed School Counselor (LSC) & Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

E-Mail: ssargent@reyn.org

Phone: 614-501-5687

Send Attendance Information to:

Maggie Lawson (Secretary): maggie.lawson@reyn.org or

Report absences by 10:00AM to not get an automated phone call.

Please remember to communicate any change of transportation to the front office by 2:30 each day. You can e-mail, Talking Points, or call the front office.

Arrival:

Doors Open: 8:50

Tardy Bell: 9:00 (If you are in line at 9:00, your child will not be counted tardy)

Dismissal:

Students begin leaving building: 3:30

All students out of building/Last pick up: 3:45

In the map below, cars will follow the arrows. Students will be waiting for parents who are in line, and released to cars in the loop. No students will be released to parents not in the car line. No students will be able to be released to parents parking in the lot for dismissal.

Bus Info:

Please note that we (as a building) attempt to notify families of late buses, but we are not always notified either. We will attempt to send a talking points message to the families affected as soon as we can.

Bus information is found in PowerSchool. More info is below.

October

6-10 - Homecoming Spirit Week (Info Below)

9 - Homecoming Parade @ 5:00 at Livingston High School (Parent must attend with child(ren))

10 - Walk-a-Thon

16 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (Scheduled with teacher)

17 - No School

20 - No School

22 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (Scheduled with teacher)

22 - 23 - 3rd Grade Ohio State Test (Reading/Writing)

24 - Report Cards go home

31 - Fall Harvest Celebration - No Costumes (Teachers will send info home)

We are using TalkingPoints as our main communication method. Parent/Guardians will be automatically enrolled with your phone number and e-mail addresses on file in the office.

It is very important that your phone number is updated so you can stay up to date with information from the building! To begin, TalkingPoints will automatically allow us to communicate with text messages to your phone. If you wish, you can download the TalkingPoints Parent app to your phone. This allows you to do more advanced features such as react to messages, RSVP to events, and more. Downloading an app is optional.

Any changes in phone number, e-mail address, or other important information should be communicated to the front office as soon as you can.

Change of addresses are required by Ohio Law, and should be communicated with our welcome center. Maggie in the Summit front office can help with this process.

Teachers send home a weekly newsletter with photos, upcoming events, and current happenings. Please be sure you are checking your child's newsletter! If you are not receiving Talking Point messages, please call the office.

Hello Summit Road Families and welcome to our 5th Annual Walkathon Fundraiser event! This is a super fun event for the whole school and an important fundraiser for Summit. We will raise money leading up to the actual event in September. We will have music and some giveaways to motivate us along the way. More information will be at our Meet the teacher Night.

Walk-a-thon donations are collected through our personalized webpage at 99Pledges, https://app.99pledges.com/fund/summitroad5. Our goal is to raise $10,000. You will receive an email from 99Pledges with a link to your student’s pledge page. Simply share your link with friends and family to make their flat rate donations. It's that simple! No keeping up with miles or laps, just one flat rate donation. If you don’t receive a link, you can search and find your student’s page by clicking the button below.

Purpose of Walk-a-thon

Funds raised from our Walkathon will be used to support our Environmental STEM focus by helping to update our Makerspace for students, purchase books, classroom supplies, and materials for our gardens, courtyard, and Ecolab, help cover the cost of transportation for field trips, purchase materials and resources for our Culinary and Ornithology Labs; and other special school events/activities. The more money we raise, the more we can support our students and STEM program at Summit! *If sponsors are unable to use the 99Pledges site, we will gladly accept cash, check, or money orders. Contact Mr. Jacobs with questions regarding the fundraiser.

Walk-a-thon Event

Our Walk-a-thon will take place on Friday, October 10th, 2025 at 9:30, parents are invited to attend! Start raising money TODAY!

Prizes:

Popsicle - 10 dollars donated in your name

Student Pizza Party - 100 dollars donated in your name

Summit Road STEM Water Bottle - Top earner for homeroom class

Candy Bar - The largest number of donations in grade level (any amount)

PowerSchool is our information system that we use for report cards, attendance, and keeping emergency contact information up to date. Please click the link below for more info and to gain access to PowerSchool. If you need help with the system, please call the front office.

District Code: HDNS

We love to celebrate birthdays, however, due to our high number of students who have severe allergies, we are asking families to not bring in perishable items to school for their child’s classroom. stickers, pencils, trinkets, etc. are acceptable, if you wish. Please check with your child’s teacher prior to sending in any items.