Lander Elementary Friday Newsletter

Lander Families,

Thank you for signing up for our Fall Conferences. Our teachers value the time they have with all of you and look forward to discussing your child’s growth. We are excited about the number of families who are able to participate and look forward to the continued growth we know our students will demonstrate throughout the year.

We had a great time at our Fall Fun Fest this past week. Thank you to all our PTG parents who volunteered their time to help to make our event a success. We appreciate all the parents and community members who participate in our parade and carved out time to support our students. Thank you to Ms. Angie for incorporating and engaging in Fall activities with our students/families who did not participate in the classroom event. It was a great day and our students were smiling throughout the building.

Our third-grade students got to attend their Holden Arboretum field trip and lucked out with beautiful weather. This is always a highlighted experience for our students and staff. Thank you to all our parents who were able to attend and experience this with our students.

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.

Please use the link below to sign up for Fall Conferences. Please sign up with your child's homeroom teacher. Specialists will be available to meet if there is a concern, but it is not necessary or recommended to meet with all of them.

Sign Up for Fall Conferences: Meet the Teacher

Parent Guidelines: Meet the Teacher Directions

Thursday, November 3: Dinner Around Town, Arrabiatta's

Thursday, November 3: Fall Conferences by appointment, 3-9 PM

Friday, November 4: No Classes, Fall Conferences by appointment 7:30-3:00

Friday, November 4: Otis Spunkmeyer Pick Up Day, 1:30-5:45, Lander Gym

Thursday, November 10: Fourth Grade to Severance Hall

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 28 through December 2: Dinner Around Town at DiBella's Subs

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.

• Kindergarten
• First Grade
• Second Grade
• Third Grade
• Fourth Grade
• Fifth Grade

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