Lander Elementary Friday Newsletter

Lander Families,

The second quarter is underway and our students are demonstrating the ability to follow routines. They are participating in their learning and come to school prepared and ready to learn. Thank you for your continued support and participation in your child’s educational experience.

We are excited about our Book Fair next week and appreciate all the support from our Parent Teacher Group to organize this event. This year we will have our family shopping night on Monday, 11/14. Students will have an additional opportunity to shop with their individual classrooms on Wednesday 11/16 and Thursday 11/17. Please note that due to the set-up of the Book Fair in the MPR, students will be eating in their classrooms for a couple of days next week.

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.

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.

Friday, November 11: No Classes, Staff Development Day

Monday, November 14: Book Fair Family Night, MPR, 5:30-7:30 pm

Wednesday, November 16: Students Visit the Book Fair

Wednesday, November 16: Lander Night at the Board of Education, 6 pm

Thursday, November 17: Students Visit the Book Fair

Thursday, November 17: Lander Night at Marco's Pizza

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, 30th and December 1st: Holiday Shoppe in the Gym, 5:30pm-7:30pm

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

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.

If you have any Chromebook login issues, please contact rmiozzi@mayfieldschools.org.

Visit our Technology Department Website for additional technology information.

It is REQUIRED for a parent/guardian to complete the Online Annual Update through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal BEFORE the first day of school so that the school has the most current and accurate information for each student.

Annual Update OLR is the electronic process for parents to go into the Infinite Campus Parent Portal in order to update and confirm all student data that is currently in our system. This must be completed for each student even if there are NO changes. You will need to go through each step and click submit. This MUST be done BEFORE the first day of school. For step by step instructions, please see the link below. *If you do not update your OLR, your child cannot attend field trips and should not be accessing technology. If you need assistance with this process, please contact our main office.

Annual Update OLR Instructions

If you need assistance with your Parent Portal Login, email: ichelp@mayfieldschools.org

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