Kramer Elementary

Happy Friday, Kramer Families!

What a fantastic week at Kramer Elementary! Our Field Day was a huge success filled with smiles, laughter, and teamwork. We were incredibly fortunate to have beautiful weather and so many amazing volunteers who helped make the day special for our students. Thank you for your time, energy, and support!

Our 4th grade students enjoyed an exciting trip to Governor Bebb Park where they explored nature and spent time learning outside the classroom. Meanwhile, our 3rd grade students worked hard during MAP testing, and we are so proud of their effort and perseverance.

Looking ahead to next week, we are excited for the Kramer Mile on Monday! We would love for families and community members to join us along Sycamore Street to cheer on our students as they participate.

Kramer Mile Schedule:
• Kindergarten & 1st Grade – 2:05 p.m.
• 2nd & 3rd Grade – 2:15 p.m.
• 4th & 5th Grade – 2:25 p.m.

We hope to see you there as we celebrate our students and encourage them along the route!

We still have a few field trips in the next two weeks. Please remember that ALL parents and guardians must have a background check on file with the board office in order to attend any field trip. This process can take a few days, so we encourage you to plan ahead. Please reach out to the main office if you have any questions.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership. We appreciate all you do to help make Kramer such a great place to learn and grow—have a wonderful weekend!

Student government has done a fantastic job organizing and numbering our lost and found! See the PDF below and if you see something that belongs to your student, fill out the Google form and we can get the item to you!

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Reading Corner May Newsletter

As we approach the end of the school year, we want to address the issue of “Summer Slide”. Younger students are at greater risk of losing skills learned throughout the school year because they are at a crucial stage of development. According to Scholastic, “Summer Slide” has been a topic of research since at least 1996. There are many ways to keep this from happening to your student, without making summer reading boring.

Some examples of this:

Keep books in your students’ hands by visiting the library or the Bookmobile. (You will need a library card.) Link to Lane Library

E-books can be found for free with your library card at HooplaDigital.com

Look for a “Little Free Library” in your neighborhood. One can be found outside your elementary school.

Activities:

Create a cozy reading space for your student with lights, comfy pillows, and stuffed animals to read to.

Go camping with your student in your living room with a blanket fort, flashlight, and a good book.

Participate in a summer reading bingo challenge. Here is one you may like from Scholastic! Summer Reading Bingo

Most importantly, please read with your child over the summer!

YOU are the best teacher for your child!

Health Reminder: Flu and Seasonal Illness

We are seeing an increase in flu and seasonal illnesses at school. To help prevent the spread of

illness, please keep your child home if they have a fever (100°F or higher), vomiting or diarrhea,

significant cough, sore throat with fever, body aches, extreme fatigue, or flu-like symptoms.

Students should be fever-free for 24 hours without medication and symptom-free for 24 hours

after vomiting or diarrhea before returning to school. Thank you for helping keep our school

community healthy.

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Student Fees:

Fees have been loaded to Payschools Central If you wish to pay online. You can also pay in the office with cash or check.

Lunch Accounts:

As a reminder, you are able to add funds to your student's lunch account through the Payschools Central system. If your student's account reaches -$50 it will be rolled into your school fees. Please be mindful and keep your student's account current. You can use Talawanda EZ Pay, send a check or cash to the school office to take care of your student's balance.

Free and Reduced:

If you would like to apply for free or reduced lunches, please reach out to the Kramer office or Kramer social worker, Chelsea Pike. We can help walk you through the online application or help you fill out a paper form in the office. If you qualify for FREE lunch, your fees will also be waived. (EXCEPT for 5th grade Chromebook fee) If you qualify for REDUCED, fees will be reduced by 85% (EXCEPT for 5th grade Chromebook fee) and meals will be FREE.

Final Forms:

Remember, if you have any changes to your information (phone number, address, who can pick up your student, etc) throughout the school year, change it in Final Forms! The office is notified of these changes and will update our information. IF you have an address change, you must submit new proof of residency to the office before we will update your address.

PAX is in full swing at Kramer! The students are getting involved and it has been wonderful to see them take part in implementing PAX in their classrooms and in the building! Take a look at the attachments below to learn more. We would love for you to ask your child about PAX and what it means to be a good PAX leader.

T- What did you try?

G- What are you grateful for?

I- What inspired you this week?

F- What was fun this week?"

Kramer Mile 2026

We are a school where student learning thrives and children feel good about the place they call their school. We believe that this is because of the incredible students that attend our school, the awesome staff who believe that relationships with students are key to optimal learning and more importantly the incredible support of our families. We could not engage in the wonderful learning opportunities and the fun things we do here without your monetary support. Please know that no amount is too small. Your ongoing backing and support are both truly appreciated.

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Have you connected your Kroger Rewards card to the Kramer PTG yet? Each account can be connected to ONE nonprofit. When you use this feature, Kroger donates a percentage of your expenses to our PTG. You just have to sign up once!

https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards

CLINK THE LINK BELOW TO SEE MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS ON THE TALAWANDA COMMUNITY PAGE! 🔽

PEOPLE UNITED FOR SELF HELP

PUSH provides grants to low-income homeowners in the Talawanda School District for critical and emergency home repairs. Call Jeanne or Sabrina at 513-523-8100 for more information. Application is attached. Http://www.push-oxford.org/

Every May, Older Americans Month recognizes the contributions of older adults, highlights aging trends, and reaffirms commitments to serve our older community members. The 2026 theme is “Champion Your Health”.

Throughout the month of May, Oxford Seniors, Age-Friendly Oxford, and the Coalition for a Healthy Community, Oxford Area are partnering to highlight and offer programming focused on promoting physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being at all ages.

You can participate by playing “Community BINGO” with us! It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1) Print your own or pick up a Community Bingo card at any of the following locations:

Oxford Seniors, 922 Tollgate Dr., Oxford
Oxford Lane Library, 441 S. Locust St.
The Knolls of Oxford, Clubhouse or Front Desk
Scripps Gerontology Center, 396 Upham Hall, on campus

2) Every time you do something listed on the card, mark it off. The goal is to get “BINGO” as many times as possible. A “BINGO” is marking off any 5 squares in a straight line – either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

3) Bring your completed BINGO card to the Intergenerational BINGO Party on Sun. May 31 from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Oxford Seniors for prizes, snacks, and FUN!

A PDF version of the BINGO card is attached if you'd like to print one at home.