Lander Elementary Friday Newsletter

Lander Families,

Happy Friday! I hope you all had a wonderful week and are ready for the cold weather. Despite the change in temperature, our students enjoyed being outside. We will always capitalize on the opportunity to get our students fresh air and give them the opportunity to release some energy.

We had a lot of celebrating going on this week at Lander. On Tuesday, Mrs. Schmidt, Mrs. Macauda and I pushed around the “Pride Paw Prize Cart” all day and recognized all our students for following the 4 P’s. Students received different rewards based on how many Pride Paws they received during the first quarter. We are so proud of all of our students and cannot wait to celebrate students for their Pride Paws in the second quarter. Please continue to encourage your students to be Prompt, Polite, Prepared and Productive. We appreciate your collaborative efforts and your help in making our school community a better place.

Thank you to our PTG for organizing the Book Fair. We had a great turnout at family night and our students enjoyed shopping with their classes during the day. Thank you to all our parent volunteers who helped make the operation run smoothly. Additionally, thank you for purchasing items off our teachers’ wish lists, and helping to fill their class libraries.

Due to the short week next week, this will be our last SMORE before the holiday break. Please note school will only be in session next Monday 11/21 and Tuesday 11/23. The holiday break will be from 11/23-11/25 and school will not be in session. We want to wish all our students and families a wonderful break. We are so thankful for all of you and can’t thank you enough for sharing your wonderful children with us.

We will continue to support and assist you in any way we can. Please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher, school counselor, our office team, or the administrative team with any questions or concerns. We are looking forward to collaborating with you to ensure your child has a successful year.

Take Care,

Steff

Please see the updated information below regarding logistics for the upcoming weeks and school year.

Dear Families,

We are SO excited to get our Student Council underway for the 2022- 2023 school year. Miss Ambrose, Mrs. Stepanek, and I are looking forward to working alongside your children to find positive ways to grow our leadership and positively impact our school and the Mayfield community. This is an opportunity for any 4th or 5th-grade student who would like to join so please encourage them to consider signing up and bringing home the information to you! Details are as follows:

When: Mondays from 2:30-4:00

• Transportation will need to be provided and your child will need to be picked up promptly by 4. We will begin dismissal around 3:45
• A calendar of specific dates will come home once the permission slip is returned.

Where: Lander Elementary School

Students will come home with a permission form and it needs to be returned no later than 11/29 in order to plan for our first meeting in December.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any other questions. My email is mcrosby@mayfieldschools.org We are so very excited for a chance to help our Lander Leopards grow their leadership and their caring hearts through volunteer efforts to continue to grow students with others in mind!

With Gratitude,

Molly Crosby, Toni Stepanek and Alicia Ambrose

Any student who was absent on picture day September 15th as well as, any new students will have his/her picture taken on Picture Re-Take Day, December 2nd. The order form is below with the ordering information and the retake day password (re693lander). If you would like your student's picture retaken, please return the complete, uncut picture package on December 2nd.

Mayfield’s Art Docent program provides classroom art enrichment presentations for students in grades K-3* and is entirely organized and driven by adult volunteers. The program runs from January through May of each school year. Docents spend approximately one hour in the classroom each of those months presenting a set curriculum of artists and their works. A presentation includes a brief biography of the artist, a discussion of a specific work of art in the curriculum, and a fun art project. EXPERIENCE IS NOT NECESSARY. Training will be the first week of January and the curriculum will be provided. The program is currently being updated and revamped to include a wider variety of artists, connect works with the current elementary curriculum, and utilize works from the Cleveland Museum of Art- a FREE world-class museum! Please click here to fill out the sign-up form if you are interested in participating!

*If we get enough volunteers the program will be extended to grades K-5.

Join us for the Holiday Shoppe in the Lander Gymnasium

November 28th - Last name A - F

November 30th - Last name G - O

December 1st - Last name P - Z

Please bring a reusable shopping bag!

Helpers Needed! We need many volunteers, please sign up on Sign Up Genius.

This is a special time of the year to be thankful and for giving!

Let's warm some hands, heads & hearts

The PTG is asking each child to donate a NEW pair of mittens, gloves, or hat!

Order online or visit in-store at: 1340 SOM Center Road, Mayfield Hts 44124

Help us continue Olivia's dream by spreading joy to children in need this holiday season!

November 25 - December 16

All toys must be new and unwrapped.

Wednesday, November 23: No School, Conference Comp Day

Thursday, November 24 & November 25: No School, Thanksgiving Break

November 29th through December 5: Dinner Around Town at DiBella's Subs

November 28th: Holiday Shoppe for last names A-F, in the Gym, 5:30pm-7:30pm

November 28th - December 15th: Mitten Mission

November 30th: Art Club

November 28th: Holiday Shoppe for last names G-O, in the Gym, 5:30pm-7:30pm

December 1st: Holiday Shoppe for last names P-Z, in the Gym, 5:30pm-7:30pm

December 2nd: Picture Re-Take Day and 5th Grade Panoramic

December 7th: PTG Meeting, Library, 7 pm

December 11th through December 17: Five Below Fundraiser

December 15: Lander Night at Marco's Pizza

December 16th: December Classroom Parties

December 19th through January 2nd: Winter Break

January 3rd: Classes Resume

January 4th: PTG Meeting, Library, 7pm

Thank you for adjusting to our new procedures in the car rider line. In order to alleviate a traffic jam on Lander to Mayfield Road, we need to unload as many cars as possible in the back of the building. Moreover, our staff is prepared for students to unload from the corner of the sidewalk to the drop-off doors. While we can understand students wanting to be dropped off right at the door, we need to unload about eight cars at a time to keep things moving. If a staff member is signaling for your child to get out of the car, please let your child out so we can keep the line moving. Just a reminder, students should be exiting out the right side, and we ask that adults stay in the vehicle to continue the flow of traffic.

The national, free school meals have ended. Households must apply for free or reduced-priced meals. The free reduced meal application is also used to determine eligibility for free or reduced school fees and/or P-EBT benefits. Please complete an application if you are interested in applying for any of the above benefits. Applications can be submitted online by logging into your Parent Portal (Infinite Campus) and clicking on More-Meal benefits. You can click on the link below for more info:

https://mayfieldfoodservice.com/index.php?sid=1561050133104&page=lunchapps

Breakfast will be available to all students. Students will get their breakfast from the servery line when they enter the building and proceed directly to their classrooms where they will eat. Breakfast will be served from 8:00-8:15. Prices will be charged according to the student's National lunch program status, and will pay at the time of the purchase.

Bus schedules are posted. Please use the link below.

Mayfield School Bus Schedules

Reminders:

• Bus schedules are tentative and may need to be adjusted. Your patience is appreciated.
• Students should be at their stop 10 minutes before the expected pick-up time.
• Buses cannot wait for tardy students and must remain on schedule.

• All Kindergarten students must be met at the bus stop by an adult or they will be returned to school and a parent/guardian will need to pick them up.

Right At School provides before and after care for Lander students on site in our school MPR. We also have several area daycares that transport to and from Lander, that list is below as well.

Our District Calendar has gone digital! Our District Calendar will be automatically updated as dates and events are changed. You can access the District Calendar via this link:

Mayfield City Schools District Calendar

Please feel free to reach out if you need anything:

Steff Cicerchi, Principal scicerchi@mayfieldschools.org
Nicki Rucci-Macauda, Assistant Principal nrucci-macauda@mayfieldschools.org

Rebecca Schmidt, School Counselor rschmidt@mayfieldschools.org

Rebecca Szilagyi, School Psychologist rszilagyi@mayfieldschools.org
Bonnie Varanese, School Secretary, bvaranese@mayfieldschools.org

Nicky Digeronimo, School Secretary, NDiGERONIMO@mayfieldschools.org

Kathy Schmidt, Health Care Paraprofessional, kschmidt@mayfieldschools.org

We are Lander Elementary School, home of the Lander Leopards! We serve approximately 500 students in grades K-5th from the Mayfield Heights Community. We consider ourselves a family and work to ensure that our students feel safe and welcome.

Email: scicerchi@mayfieldschools.org
Website: http://www.mayfieldschools.org/landerelementary_home.aspx
Location: 1714 Lander Road, Mayfield Heights, OH, United States
Phone: 440-995-7350
Facebook: facebook.com/LanderSchool
Twitter: @LanderElem