Lander Elementary Friday Newsletter

Lander Families,

It is hard to believe we are in the month of December. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are getting ready for the winter holidays. We have a lot to be thankful for at Lander School and in the Mayfield City Schools. We are so proud of your children and look forward to continuing on this journey with all of you.

Thank you to our PTG for organizing the Holiday Shop this week. Our families enjoyed the experience and we appreciate all your hard work. Thank you to all of those who participated in the event and volunteered your time to make it successful. PTG is taking donations for the Lander Elementary Mitten Mission until Thursday, December 15th.

Our students are working hard and continuing to participate in different learning experiences. Students are engaged and certainly are excited about learning. Please continue to talk to your children about Lander and all the opportunities for them at school.

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.

As we approach the Winter months, please note that students will be going outside. Please ensure students are prepared with appropriate jackets, hats, gloves, boots, and snow pants when appropriate.

Please reach out to our Lander Staff if we can help with any of the items listed above.

There are still a few opportunities for parents to sign up to volunteer during the Winter Parties.

Check the Sign Up Genius to volunteer.

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

Present a hard copy of the flyer at the time of purchase. Unfortunately, the store cannot accept digital images from a phone.

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.

If your student would like to participate in holding the American Flag on the ice during the National Anthem. Please purchase your tickets then click the sign-up genius link to sign up for the limited number of slots available. If you are unable to make it for any reason, please delete your name off of the sign-up genius. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E48A4AA2CA6FA7-monsters

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.

December 7th: PTG Meeting, Library, 7 pm

December 11th through December 17: Five Below Fundraiser

December 12th: Wear your favorite Flannel

December 13th: Candy Cane Day! Wear Red & White

December 14th: Pajama Day

December 15th: Winter or Holiday Accessory Day

December 15th: Lander Night at Marco's Pizza

December 16th: Ugly Holiday Sweater Day

December 16th: December Classroom Parties

December 19th through January 2nd: Winter Break

January 3rd: Classes Resume

January 4th: PTG Meeting, Library, 7 pm

January 5th: Dinner Around Town, 56 Kitchen at Eastgate

January 6th: Art Docent Training, 6:30-7:30 PM

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