Lear North Elementary 5580 Lear Nagle Road North Ridgeville, OH 44039 Office: (440) 353-1178 PTA Attendance: (440) 353-1121 News January 2016

School Hours: 9:05 a.m. - 3:40 p.m. A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Early Release Days: 9:05 a.m. - 2:40 p.m. Happy New Year! Please remember that this is flu season and several students have been out sick. If your child is vomiting at school, remember that they must be out for 24 hours from the time they stop In This Issue vomiting. You should also call the office if they are out sick. We would like to thank the PTA for the wonderful holiday parties and also all your From the Principal...... 1 help with the Holiday Shop. It was fun and exciting for students. From the PTA President...... 2 PTA Officers...... 2 Students will be taking their new round of STAR test on January 7 & 8, Important Dates...... 3 2016. We will also be implementing STAR math as well. If you would Committee News...... 4 like further information about these tests you can visit this link. It Family Fun Night...... 5 is a parent’s guide that will provide a break down about each test. Dodgeball Tourney Info...... 6-7 http://www.renaissance.com/Products/Star-Assessments January Lunch Menu...... 8 PTA Membership Form...... 9 Lear North’s character committee will focus on the character trait Responsibility for the month of January. Students will earn yellow bracelets for showing this trait. Be sure to ask your child if they have earned a bracelet for showing Responsibility.

Thank you again for all of your support for the schools!

Andrea Vance

Lear North PTA Newsletter │ Page 1 A MESSAGE FROM THE PTA PRESIDENT

Happy New Year Lear North!

It’s hard to believe that we are almost halfway through the school year! President December was packed with a lot of exciting events and I want to thank Sarah Kader everyone that helped make all of them huge successes. We had VERY [email protected] generous donations for Adopt a Family and are so thankful for the ability to make a difference for several families this holiday season! Thank Vice-President you to the head room parents and classroom volunteers for planning Susan Dornan and executing fun and festive winter parties for our kids. Thank you to [email protected] Miss Berry for your patience and time organizing the wonderful holiday concerts. Lastly, thank you to everyone that helped set up, clean up and Treasurer help the kids pick out gifts during Holiday Shop. We couldn’t have done Christina Zaremba it without all of you! [email protected]

In January we have a few great events to look forward to. January 26th Recording Secretary at 6:00pm we will have Natale Badillo and Regan Suetta of Kenneth A. Renee Dornan De Luca, PhD & Associates, Inc. and Julie Merda of Connecting for Kids [email protected] speaking about “Strategies to Help Anxious Preschool and Elementary- Aged Children.” All are welcome to attend! Thursday January 28th will Corresponding Secretary be our winter family fun night event, a Valentines Day Dance at NREC Elizabeth Burz community room from 6-8pm. We hope to see you there! [email protected]

Lear North Dollar days has raised about $750 so far for new iPADs. Council Delegate Thank you to everyone for participating and showing your support. The Molly Darnell January dollar days will be January 12th (pajama day) and January 26th [email protected] (stuffed animal day). Council Delegate Thank you again for all of your help and support! position open

Sarah Kader Alternate Council Delegate position open

Lear North PTA Newsletter │ Page 2 Important Dates! 2 0 1 6 COMMITTEE NEWS Advocacy JAN. Mollly Darnell I am very excited to report that President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a bipartisan bill that would give the Jan. 4 Classes Resume states greater control over the nation’s public schools but still maintain Jan. 7 & 8 STAR Testing annual testing to gauge student progress. Under the legislation, Jan. 15 No School / Records Day states and districts would come up with their own goals for schools, design their own measures of achievement and progress, and decide Jan. 18 No School / MLK Holiday how to turn around struggling schools. That’s instead of Washington Dodgeball T-shirt Jan 22 mandating what critics had dubbed a one-size-fits-all approach to orders due governing the country’s 100,000 public schools. Strategies to Help Anxious Jan. 26 Children Presentation Valentine Dance Jan. 28 Volunteer Coordinator Historian 6-8 p.m. at NREC Susan Franz Molly Darnell Visit the District Website for Thank you so much to the A volunteer took photos during up-to-date event information. volunteers who helped with the the Holiday Party and Concert, http://www.nrcs.k12.oh.us/Default.aspx winter parties and making the but please share with me any Education Center look great for great photos you get. I will our concerts. If you need any be working on an End of Year LEAR NORTH PTA volunteers for your upcoming Slideshow! You can email photos MEETINGS 2015-16 events please send me an email to [email protected] 4th Tuesday each month at [email protected] 7:00 p.m. (Lear North Library) babysitting is provided Sept. 22 Oct. 27 Nov. 24 Jan. 26 Feb. 23 Mar. 22 Apr. 26 May 24 (Installation Dinner)

Lear North PTA Newsletter │ Page 3 STRATEGIES TO HELP ANXIOUS PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY-AGED CHILDREN January 26 at 6:00 p.m. at Lear North Natale Badillo and Regan Suetta of Kenneth A. De Luca, PhD & Associates, Inc. and Julie Merda and Sarah Rintamaki of Connecting for Kids will be giving a presentation on “Strategies to Help Anxious Preschool and Elementary-Aged Children.” The presentation will be open to any parent/family member of preschool-early elementary school aged kids in our district.

Natale Badillo, M.A., Ed. Regan E. Suetta Natale Badillo is a doctoral resident with many Regan E. Suetta is a Licensed Professional years of psychological and psychoeducational Counselor and currently has experience testing experience in public school, hospital, counseling children of all ages, as well as and private practice settings. Natale emerging adults, that come from all different specializes in assessing children, adolescents, walks of life. She has a special interest in and adults for learning difficulties, ADHD, working with populations who express concerns giftedness, autism, and other developmental of experiencing anxiety, depression, stress concerns. Natale has had a wide range of related to work or school, career changes or experience counseling children, adolescents, transitioning, family and relationship conflict. and their families with school adjustment, She also works with those experiencing self- anxiety/depression, family concerns, and harm, suicidal thoughts, as well as exploring identity concerns individually and in groups; spirituality, and assisting LBGTQ populations she has also had experience working with with the process of self-acceptance and gaining college students and adults. Natale typically further acceptance from friends and family. sees individuals ages 3 and older. Regan begins seeing children at age 4.

LEAR NORTH PTA COMMITTEE CHAIR(S)

Advocacy Molly Darnell [email protected] Art Reflections Amy Eldridge [email protected] Box Tops/Labels for Educ Renee Dornan [email protected] Family Fun Night Adrienne Maysey [email protected] Family Fun Night Patricia Troyer [email protected] Health, Safety & Welfare Michelle Kissell [email protected] Historian Molly Darnell [email protected] Membership Angela Mack [email protected] Newsletter Elizabeth Thibodeaux [email protected] Room Party Coordinator Kati Todd [email protected] Room Party Coordinator Christina Zaremba [email protected] Room Party Coordinator Melissa Hong [email protected] Staff Appreciation Jill Papesch [email protected] Volunteer Coordinator Susan Franz [email protected] Ways & Means/ Sarah Stockhausen Dancy [email protected] Fundraising Sarah Dubecky [email protected] Spirit Wear Sarah Dubecky [email protected]

Lear North PTA Newsletter │ Page 4 You and your Family are invited to join us for A Valentine’s Day Dance Jan 28th from 6-8pm at The Kindergarten Building 5490 Mills Creek Lane

Wear Red and Pink We’ll have Pizza, Drinks, Snacks, Face Painting, Balloon Twisting, Dancing, Crafts, Photo Station and Games! Food and drinks will be available for a small fee. RSVP with number of kids and adults to [email protected] Event is Sponsored by The Lear North PTA

Lear North PTA Newsletter │ Page 5 Lear North PTA Newsletter │ Page 6 Lear North PTA Newsletter │ Page 7 NORTH RIDGEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MENU January 2016 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

SNOW 1 DAY!

Marco's Pizza 4 Calzone 5 6 Soft Taco or 7 8 or Fiestada or Cheesy Breadstickw/Warm Chicken Nuggets/w Roll Hamburger Crispy Chicken Sandwich or Carrot, Yellow & Green Bean Marinara Sauce or Chicken & Cheese Quesadilla Refried Beans Toasted Cheese Sandwich Vegetable Blend Broccoli Steamed Carrots Baby Carrots Corn Fruit Fruit Fruit Fruit Fruit Milk Milk Milk Milk Milk 11 12 Cheesy Flatbread 13 Macaroni & Cheese or 14 15 Pizza Hut Pizza or Popcorn Chicken w/Roll or w/ Warm Marinara Chicken Fingers Turkey Wrap Pasta w/Meat Sauce/Roll or Chicken Fryz w/Roll Multigrain Roll Iceberg Lettuce Saladw/Tomatoes Corn Black Bean & Corn Salsa w/Chips Broccoli Baby Carrots Fruit Fruit Fruit Fruit Milk Milk Milk Milk 18Soft Taco or 19 20 Beefy Cheesy Nachos 21 22 Chicken Nuggets w/Roll Grilled Chicken Sandwich or w/ Multigrain Roll Fiestada or mini corndogs Refried Beans Popcorn Chicken w/Multigrain Roll or Deli Sub Multigrain Roll Baby Carrots Peas Romaine Salad w/Tomatoes Steamed Carrots Fruit Fruit Fruit Fruit Milk Milk Milk Milk Pizza Hut Pizza or 25 Beef-a-Roni/Roll or 26 Grilled Chicken Sandwich or 27 Mini Corn Dogs w/Multigrain Roll 28 29 Chicken Fryz w/Multigrain Roll Cheesy Breadstick w/Warm Popcorn Chicken w/Multigrain Roll or Cheesy Flatbread Hotdog or Chicken Nuggets w/ Cheez-It Marinara Sauce Baked Beans w/Warm Marinara Sauce Whole Wheat Breadstick Broccoli Baby Carrots Corn Baby Carrots Steamed Carrots Green Beans Fruit Fruit Fruit Fruit Fruit Milk Milk Milk Milk Milk Chef Salad Multigrain Roll Wheat Crackers Vegetable Fruit Milk Pre-Paid lunches are available in our school cafeterias. Send cash or check made out to "North Ridgeville Cafeteria" with your child in a marked envelope in weekly or monthly increments. Reduced lunches are $.40/each or $2.00/wk. Paid lunches are $2.65/ea or $13.25/wk. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer

Lear North PTA Newsletter │ Page 8 Lear North PTA Lear North PTA We would not be successful without the help and support of our wonderful parents, guardians, and teachers. If you are interested in Lear North PTA 2015-2016 Individual Membership Form helping, please check areas of interest below. Thank you!

Executive Board Get involved and show your support for Lear North. Join the PTA today! Committee Chairpersons and Volunteers: 2015-2016 Complete the following registration and volunteer form and return President: Sarah Kader payment in an envelope to school marked Lear North PTA. ___Art Reflections ___Box Tops/Labels for Educ Vice President: Susan Dornan ______Yes I am interested in helping the PTA. (See available positions on ___Community Service ___Newsletter Treasurer: Christina Zaremba the back of the form) Please remember, in order to participate on a ___Family Fun Nights ___Room Party*** committee, you must first join the PTA. Recording Secretary: Renee Dornan ___Fundraising ___Historian/Photographer ______Yes I would like to join the 2015-2016 Lear North PTA. However I Corresponding Secretary: Elizabeth Burz may not be able to attend the meetings. ___Volunteer Coordinator ___Health, Safety and Welfare PTA is an organization made up of parents and teachers whose sole PTA Membership dues are $5. Please make checks payable to Lear ___General help (Open to help with anything when available). purpose is helping our children. Lear North PTA is an active, vital group North PTA and mail to the school address below or bring it to dedicated to helping each child get the maximum benefit from their th nd orientation on August 20 or first PTA meeting on September 22 . ___Baking and/or Donations of food or supplies when needed. school experience. 5580 Lear Nagle Road, North Ridgeville, OH 44039 *The PTA is not just for Moms anymore. We welcome Dads, Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts and Uncles too. Even if you cannot make it to every *Please PRINT clearly ***There will be 3 Parent volunteers for the classroom parties, this Membership and Volunteer Form meeting or any meetings at all you can still show your support by simply committee just does the prep work. joining. It is also important to remember that you cannot volunteer at the Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the month school in any way (room parties, fieldtrips etc.) unless you are a PTA member. Name:______at 7:00 in the Lear North Gym.

*If you were a member the PTA last school year, you will need to re-join Address:______each school year in which you plan to be a member. ______

*By providing your email address when joining you are giving permission Phone:______for the PTA to contact you and keep you informed via email. *For our 1st “good deed” of the year we are going to collect pop can tabs. So Email:______start saving and help us reach our goal of 1 million!* *Please feel free to email me (Sarah Kader) with any questions or suggestions: [email protected] Child’s Name:______

*Check out our Facebook Group: Lear North PTA* Teacher:______Children do better in school when parents are involved in their education.