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Greetings Families,

This month we will be starting “Jump rope for Heart” on Monday, February 1, 2016 - Monday, February 29, 2016. This program allows students to jump rope and exercise and raise money for the American Heart Association at the same time. Information will be sent home regarding this activity.

This is just another reminder that if your child is vomiting at school, that they must be out for 24 hours from the time they stop vomiting. You should also call the office if they are out sick.

Lear North’s character committee will focus on the character trait Friendship for the month of February. Students will earn pink bracelets for showing this trait. Be sure to ask your child if they have earned a bracelet for showing Friendship.

Andrea Vance

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

From the Principal .........................1

From the PTA President .................2

PTA Officers ...................................2

Important Dates ............................3

Committee News ...........................3

Minutes ......................................4-5

Food Services Update ....................5

New Lunch Provider ......................6

February Lunch Menu ....................7

Dodgeball Tourney Info ..............8-9

PTA Membership Form ................10

In This Issue

February 2016

PTA News

Lear North Elementary5580 Lear Nagle Road

North Ridgeville, OH 44039Office: (440) 353-1178

Attendance: (440) 353-1121

Dodgeball Tournament February 26


I hope everyone is doing well and had a great start to 2016. I want to thank all the volunteers that helped the teachers coordinate pizza box decorations for our first Marcos Pizza Box night. It was a huge success and your support by ordering is very much appreciated!

We had two more dollar days in January and have raised close to $1,300 so far for new iPADS for the students. The PTA and staff really appreciate your continued participation and the students really have a great time with these special days.

On January 26th the PTA welcomed two speakers from Kenneth A. DeLuca and Associates and a representative from Connecting for Kids to discuss “Strategies to help anxious preschool and elementary-aged children.” They provided great information to all in attendance and we were very thankful for the opportunity to get advice and tips on a topic affecting so many of our kids.

Last week we hosted a very successful Valentine’s Day Celebration for Lear students and their families. Thank you to everyone that helped make this event possible. The kids all seemed to have a great time and we were so happy to be able to offer this free event to our families.

In the month ahead we will be starting our Malleys spring fundraiser. Look for information coming home mid-February. We will also begin planning the Lear North talent show which will take place on Friday March 11th. The students are looking forward to showcasing their skills and watching their classmates on stage!

Thank you again for your continued support of the PTA!

Sarah Kader

A MESSAGE FROM THE PTA PRESIDENT

President Sarah Kader

[email protected]

Vice-President Susan Dornan

[email protected]

Treasurer Christina Zaremba

[email protected]

Recording Secretary Renee Dornan

[email protected]

Corresponding Secretary Elizabeth Burz

[email protected]

Council Delegate Molly Darnell

[email protected]

Council Delegate position open

Alternate Council Delegate

position open


Important Dates!

Visit the District Website for up-to-date event information.

http://www.nrcs.k12.oh.us/Default.aspx

LEAR NORTH PTA MEETINGS 2015-16

4th Tuesday each month 7:00 p.m. (Lear North Library)

babysitting is provided

Sept. 22Oct. 27Nov. 24Jan. 26Feb. 23Mar. 22Apr. 26May 24

(Installation Dinner)

COMMITTEE NEWSBox TopsRenee DornanWelcome back from Winter Break Lear North Families! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. We received our Box Tops check for the first half of the year. Thanks to all the clipping and submitting of Box Tops, we received a check for $962.70 for our school! This is awesome! Thank you so much for all your clipping.

We also received a Box Tops donation from Margaret Schulz. She works at the North Ridgeville VFW and collects the box tops and wanted to donate them to Lear North. We so appreciate it! Thank you so much! Our contest for February will be a popcorn and movie afternoon. Which ever class submits the most Box Tops for the month will win the party – and January and February will be joined since we didn’t have a contest for January.

Feb. 1-29 Jump Rope for HeartFeb. 10 EARLY RELEASE Feb. 15 NO SCHOOL President’s DayFeb. 16 Board of Education MeetingFeb. 23 PTA Meeting at 7:00 p.m.Feb. 26 Dodgeball TournamentFeb. 26 French Creek Nature Center

Assembly (students only)Feb. 26 2nd Trimester EndsMar. 4 NO SCHOOL

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Volunteer CoordinatorSusan FranzThank you to all those who volunteered for our events in January. We had a great Valentine’s Dance and decorated all the pizza boxes. If you have upcoming needs for volunteers please email me at [email protected].


MEETING MINTUTESMinutes: January 26, 2016

Called to order by: Sarah Kader, President Presidents Report: Sarah Kader (Present)

• Thanks to everyone that helped with holiday shop, volunteered for winter parties, donated to vol-unteer Adopt a Family, and helped with Marcos pizza boxes.

• Special thanks to Molly Darnell for being Olaf and helping with sliming Ms. Berry.Treasurers Reports: Christina Zaremba (Present)

• $216 was raised at last dollar days• $1,009 total raised, not including 1/26 dollar day• Submit all receipts to Christina, forms are in all committee binders

Correspondence Report: Elizabeth Burz (Present)• Thank you from Mrs. Nieberding for $100 grant – used it for gift card for Teachers Pay Teachers• Thank you’s from students for helping for holiday shop• Thank you card from students in Mrs. Majors class for indoor recess games

Principals Report: Mrs. Vance (Present)• Thank you to those who helped with holiday shop• Thank you for help with the pizza boxes – very organized and very fun• Thank you to Olaf/Molly Darnell• Additional Title I assistance is being provided. Hired Nicole Sugar full time and Eleanor Parchmore is

a sub and working part time• STAR Math has started • Lorain County/North Ridgeville School district appealing D rating of district score due to information

not being posted and current• Kindergarten gap is widening due to full day vs. part day. We need to keep making sure that the stu-

dents are caught up and keep the gap from widening further. Hopefully with new building, there will more room created and full day kindergarten can be offered for all without a cost or minimal cost

• Mrs. Phillips had her baby – a boy named Henry. Congratulations!• Camp Invention registration will be opening soon. Grades K-6. Early Bird Registration is in February. • Aramark is going to be new food company that is providing school lunches. They will be putting a

new menu out starting next month. There is a mascot named Ace. More a la carte items. More visually appealing to students and parents.

Staff Report: Mr. Ditzler and Mrs. Powers • Thank you for the dollar days• Talent show will be coming in March – March 11th

• 100th day of school is on Monday, Feb 1st

• Right to Read week will be first week of March, coinciding with Dr. Seuss birthdayCommitteesAdvocacy – Molly Darnell (Present)

• Training call re: handling and helping families that struggle financially. “The Real Cost of Being Poor”• Anyone can attend call. Call will be on February 17th.

Art Reflections – Amy Eldridge (Absent)• Title of this year’s Art Reflections is “Let your imagination Fly”• Letters have been sent out this week re: finalists.

Box Tops – Renee Dornan (Present) • December contest winner was Mrs. Sanfillippo’s class – their party was on 1/26• February contest details and letter will be sent out to families next week• Received box tops check for $962.70

Family Fun Nights – Adrienne Maysey (Absent)• Family Fun Night is Thursday, February 28th – Valentines Dance• Free event


• Those Lear students who attend will receive a free homework pass.Fundraising – Sarah Dancy (Absent)

• Marcos pizza night just for North Ridgeville location brought in $489. Other locations will be tallied shortly.• Malley’s fundraiser will be starting February until March• Combining with ECLC/NREC

Health, Safety, Welfare – POSITION OPENHistorian/Photographer – Molly Darnell (Present)

• Email any photos to Molly at [email protected] – Angie Mack (Present)

• 2 new members have joined since November• Questions are arising from next year Lear parents who want to join Facebook page prior to joining

PTA to be aware of what is going on a Lear. Questions are to be forwarded to Sarah Kader.Newsletter – Elizabeth Thibodeaux (Absent)

• Submit info for newsletter by deadline – 1/27Room Party Coordinators – Katie Todd (Absent) and Melissa Hong (Absent)

• Spring Party is March 24thStaff Appreciation – Jill Papesch (Present)

• Hot Chocolate Bar will be provided for Staff for Valentine’s Day. Volunteer Coordinator – Susan Franz (Absent)

• If you need volunteers or a Bring It sheet, e-mail Susan with event details (How many volunteers, time slots, misc. info) and she will create/post for you.

New Business• Dodgeball Game is February 26th

o Bring It for items needed has been posted – many items still needed• Talent Show is back to original date of March 11th. Due to plays of other schools, no other date was

available. • Spring Conferences

o Please sign up online for conference time

Important DatesJanuary 28th – Valentine’s Day CelebrationFrbruary 1st – 100th Day of SchoolFebruary 12th – Dollar DayFebruary 18th – Marcos Pizza NightFebruary 23rd – Dollar DayFebruary 26th – Lear North Spirit Day

NRCS believes that no student should go hungry. If a student does not bring a lunch and has no money associated on the student account, that student is permitted to ‘charge’ a lunch for a maximum of two times. If a student fails to pay the balance accrued of the two charges NRCS Food Service will provide an alternative lunch. The alternative lunch will consist of either a cheese or a peanut butter sandwich in addition to other items that make it a complete lunch (beverage, fruit).

Prior to the student having a charge occur, parents are strongly encouraged to place an account balance alert using the online system. Once a child’s account falls below $10.00 an automatic email will be sent to the address associated with the account. For more instructions on utilizing the PayForIt.net system, please visit nrcs.k12.oh.us and navigate to the links under the PARENT drop down toolbar.

FOOD SERVICE UPDATE


Aramark K-12 Education As your NEW district food service provider, we thought you might like to know a little bit about us.

We serve nearly 370,000 meals a day to nearly 2 million children. You want the best for your students and so do we! With great care and expertise we provide nutritious meals that have been created by Chefs and Dietitians which meet or exceed the USDA guidelines. We take great pride in making sure our recipes are continually taste tested by students to ensure not only they’re healthy, but to also make sure they taste good. This ensures students can get the meals they need throughout the day to help them learn, grow and succeed. At Aramark, we are proud to be an American company in the customer service business across food, facilities and uniforms wherever people work, learn, recover, and play. United by a passion to serve, our more than 270,000 employees deliver experiences that enrich and nourish the lives of millions of people in 21 countries around the world every day.

Our Menu Philosophy Aramark is committed to providing safe, nutritious food, prepared fresh daily. We align with prominent global food companies to buy the highest quality products available. Our menus are created from an extensive database of age-segmented recipes, developed by our Culinary Team (of dietitians, chefs, and purchasing specialists) and manufacturer partners. We collaborate with parents to accommodate the dietary requirements of students with special needs. For your students, we offer a variety of meal choices with one goal in mind: To provide outstanding service and high-quality, “kid-friendly” meals that meet or exceed the latest Federal and State Requirements.

Families of North Ridgeville City Schools meet our districts new food service provider

For more information, visit us at: www.aramarkschools.com | FACEBOOK aramark | TWITTER@aramark


Aramark at North Ridgeville City Schools is committed to providing healthy & quality options to ensure students receive the proper nutrition they need to thrive! Thank

you for allowing us to partner & provide for your community!

North Ridgeville City School District Elementary School Menu

Use this space to highlight menu items/ beverages that are served every day to leave the date boxes for special items only. Adjust type size ac-cordingly.

February 2016

More Info…

1 2 Breakfast Apple Frudel

Lunch Corn Dog & Tater

Tots

3 Breakfast Triple Berry French Toast

Lunch Hot Dog & Pears

4 Breakfast Pillsbury Mini

Pancakes Lunch

Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza & Fries

5

Breakfast Tony’s Breakfast Pizza

Lunch Cheese Dippers

with Pizza Sauce & Baby Carrots

8 Breakfast

Pizza

Lunch Popcorn Chicken Bow

l with Roll &

Steamed Carrots

Breakfast Pillsbury Mini

Cinnis Lunch

Bacon Cheeseburger & Baked Beans

9

Breakfast Apple Frudel

Lunch Mac & Cheese &

Green Beans

10

Breakfast French Toast

Lunch Chicken & Gravy over Biscuits w/ Mashed Potatoes & Gravy

11


Pancakes Lunch


12

No School

15


Cinnis Lunch

Chicken Quesadillas & Tater Tots

16


Lunch Pancakes & Sausage w/ Hot Cinnamon

Apples

17

Breakfast French Toast

Lunch Chicken Nachos &

Cheese & Broccoli

18

Breakfast

Pillsbury Mini Pancakes Lunch


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Breakfast

Tony’s Breakfast Pizza Lunch

Mac & Cheese w/ Tater Tots

22


Cinnis Lunch

Meatball Pizza Sub & Green Beans

23


Lunch Bacon & Cheese Melt w/ Tomato

Soup

24 Breakfast Triple Berry French

Toast Lunch

Popcorn Chicken Bowl w/ Applesauce

25 Breakfast Pillsbury Mini

Pancakes Lunch

Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza & French Fries

26

Breakfast Tony’s Breakfast

Pizza Lunch

Toasted Cheese & Tomato Soup

29

Daily Breakfast Options

Pillsbury Grab n Go Selections Variety of Cereals

Breakfast Bars & Whole Grain Poptarts Featured Specials

Grill Selections: Monday: Chicken Patty Sandwich Tuesday: Chicken Nuggets w/Roll

Wednesday: Cheeseburger

Thursday: Popcorn Chicken w/Roll Friday: Chicken Tenders

Salad Selections: Monday: Chicken Caesar Salad

Tuesday: Fruit & Yogurt Platter

Wednesday: Ranch Chicken Salad Thursday: Ham Pizza Salad

Friday: Tuna Salad Platter

Smuckers

Uncrustables Offered Daily

Variety of fresh

fruits, vegetables, & low-fat milk offered

daily!

Lunch Prices: $2.65

Reduced: $.40 Adult $3.25

Breakfast Prices:

$1.50 Reduced: $.30 Adult $2.00

Helping Students Flourish!

Kyle Suerth Food Service Director 327-4444 x1138

[email protected]

Breakfast Tony’s Breakfast

Pizza Lunch

Toasted Cheese & Tomato Soup


Cinnis Lunch

Beef Nachos w/ Mexican Rice


Mrs. Vance Ms. BerryMr. ChismarMrs. DeRosha

Please come out and support your Lear North staff at the Dodge Ball game on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at the High School. Here are a list of the team members that will be playing.

Mrs. ZakelMrs. GreinerMrs. BowdenMrs. Wiggenhorn

Mr. AndrewsMs. WhiteMrs. JustinianiMrs. Nieberding

Mrs. CoyneMrs. CarsonMrs. SchickMs. McDonaldMr. McMillan


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