The Gates Mills Gazette
Mrs. Tammi L. Bender, Principal
October 26, 2018
Gates Mills Elementary School
Website: http://www.mayfieldschools.org/gatesmillselementary_home.aspx
Location: 7639 Colvin Road, Gates Mills, OH, United States
Phone: 440-995-7500
Facebook: Facebook.com/gatesmillselementaryschool
Twitter: @mrstammibender
Mr. D's SE Skills Guidance Updates
I hope everyone had a great final, full week of October! This past Monday I did not meet with students due to the Teacher Work Day. I will continue with my lessons with the students on Monday, October 29th. This will also be the beginning of our Red Ribbon Week Festivities! Please see the above flier for the daily themes and dress down days next week.
On October 26th, I did take some time to meet with the 5th grade class to continue our work on the S.A.F.E. Pledge and All School Assembly that will be taking place on Friday, November 2nd. This will be the final day of Red Ribbon Week, but the beginning of our new Anti-Bullying Pledge! Please stay tuned for more details!
If you ever have questions about one of my lessons, please feel free to email me at cdimarino@mayfieldschools.org or call me at 440-995-7427.
Halloween
Halloween is rapidly approaching. Our plans for Wednesday, October 31st, are:
Grades K-5 will have a regular instructional day until 1:30pm when all students will be able to dress in costumes and prepare for the Halloween Parade in the gym.
Dressing in costume is voluntary. Students in grades K-5 wishing to dress in costume must do the following:
Bring costume to school in a bag.
Have costumes which will fit over school clothes.
Require no parent assistance to dress.
Get dressed in a reasonably short amount of time in the classroom.
Face masks are permitted but for safety reasons you may not want your child to wear one.
NO TOY WEAPONS of any kind will be permitted including knives, pitchforks, swords, guns, etc.
Our Parade of Costumes will begin promptly at 1:45pm in the gym starting with grade K and followed by each of the other grade levels. Room parties will begin at approximately 2pm. The PTC will again be providing snacks for the Halloween classroom parties. If you are unsure of the ingredients of this snack for your child, please provide a special snack for your child that day. DUE TO DISTRICT POLICY, NO EXTRA FOOD OR CANDY IS PERMITTED IN THE CLASSROOM. If you wish to put together goodie bags, you must not include candy in the bags. Other suggestions are stickers, pencils, erasers, etc. Any extra food or candy will be returned home.
Photographs at School Events
While it is permissible to take photographs of your own children at school events, it is not acceptable to photograph other children without parent/guardian consent. We ask that all parents/guardians refrain from taking pictures at school events which may include other children.
Should the school event be one where it may be difficult not to include other students, such as a concert, play or athletic event, we ask that no pictures be emailed, texted, posted to social media and/or online networking media, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Skype, blogs, Instagram, without the expressed written consent of all students' parents/guardians in the photograph.
PTC News
Thank you to everyone who attended the Fall Fest last Friday. It was a huge success! We are excited to announce that our school raised $5,400 from the Walk-A-Thon! This exceeded our goal and we thank each and every person who had a hand in this event.
Election Day Bake Sale on Tuesday, November 6th (No School): Please let us know if you are able to help out for the upcoming Election Day Bake Sale. We are in need of delicious baked goods to sell at the Gates Mills Community House on Election Day, as well as volunteers to help sell the baked goods. Please consider volunteering and let us know what time slot listed below would work with your schedule. Please email us at gatesmillspto@gmail.com. Thank you.
Volunteers Needed
8:30 - 9:30am
11:30am - 12:30pm
12:30 - 1:30pm
1:30 - 2:30pm
2:30 - 3:30pm
3:30 - 4:30pm
Spiritwear is back!
Box Tops for Education Collection
Important Links
Attendance Matters: House Bill 410
School Website: Gates Mills Elementary
Drop Off & Dismissal Procedures
District Parent Mentor Information
School Lunch Information: Food Services
Mayfield City Schools App: Visit the App Store to download for Android or Apple device.
Dates to Remember
October 31 - Parade: 1:45 followed by classroom parties
November 4 - Daylight Savings Time Ends
November 6 - Staff PD Day - NO CLASSES / GM Election Day Bake Sale: GM Community House, 7am-7pm
November 7 - Gr. 5 to Innovation Center: 8:15-11:15am / PTC Meeting: 6:30pm, Idea Lab
November 15 - Gr. 1 to Hale Farm: 8:30am-2pm / Multi-Cultural Celebration, MHS Café, 6pm
November 16 - Ornament Making
November 21-23 - Thanksgiving Break: NO SCHOOL
December 12-14 - Gates Mills Book Fair, Idea Lab
December 13 - Gates Mills Holiday Concert/Open House: gym, 7pm