
Kramer Elementary
E-News
Friday March 14, 2025
Happy Friday!
Happy Friday! We hope you've had a great week.
It was a great week in the classrooms. We had amazing lessons and the students had fun learning!
Looking ahead, we have a community meeting scheduled on Monday, March 24th at 6 PM in the THS PAC to provide information on the Governor’s proposed 26/27 Biennium Budget, where it is at within our legislation, how it will impact TSD (as proposed), and how to advocate/lobby our legislators for the benefit of Talawanda’s children, staff, and community members.
We have a full week of school next week. Please note that our last day before Spring Break is Friday, March 28th, and we’ll welcome students back on Monday, April 7th.
*Friendly Drop-Off Reminder*
To ensure the safety of all our students, please remember to use the designated vehicle drop-off line at the back of the building each morning. Officer Sikora has kindly spoken with a few parents who have been dropping students off at the front, but this area is reserved for families who park and walk their children in, as well as our bus riders. We have staff members ready and available at the back to assist your children safely into school. Thank you for your cooperation!
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
SPRING PICTURE DAY
**THERE WAS A MISTAKE ON THE CALENDAR THAT COMES HOME TODAY. PLEASE NOTE THAT SPRING PICTURE DAY IS THURSDAY MARCH 27TH**
*DISMISSAL CHANGES*
To help ensure students arrive at their correct dismissal location, we kindly ask that you contact the main office by 2:30 PM if there are any changes to your child’s dismissal plan. While we understand that emergencies can happen, we’ve noticed a significant increase in last-minute changes around 3:00 PM, which can cause confusion and delays.
By notifying us by 2:30 PM, we can make sure your child receives a dismissal note and reaches the right spot after school.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us
*KRAMER CALENDAR*
*NOTES FROM THE OFFICE*
Student Fees:
Fees have been loaded to Talawanda EZ pay If you wish to pay online. You can also pay in the office with cash or check.
Lunch Accounts:
As a reminder, you are able to add funds to your student's lunch account through the Talawanda EZ Pay system. If your student's account reaches -$50 it will be rolled into your school fees. Please be mindful and keep your student's account current. You can use Talawanda EZ Pay, send a check or cash to the school office to take care of your student's balance.
Free and Reduced:
If you would like to apply for free or reduced lunches, please reach out to the Kramer office or Kramer social worker, Chelsea Pike. We can help walk you through the online application or help you fill out a paper form in the office. If you qualify for FREE lunch, your fees will also be waived. (EXCEPT for 5th grade Chromebook fee) If you qualify for REDUCED, fees will be reduced by 85% (EXCEPT for 5th grade Chromebook fee) and meals will be FREE.
Final Forms:
Remember, if you have any changes to your information (phone number, address, who can pick up your student, etc) throughout the school year, change it in Final Forms! The office is notified of these changes and will update our information. IF you have an address change, you must submit new proof of residency to the office before we will update your address.
WHO'S WHO AT KRAMER
*SHOW YOUR SPIRIT!*
*PTG*
Have you connected your Kroger Rewards card to the Kramer PTG yet? Each account can be connected to ONE nonprofit. When you use this feature, Kroger donates a percentage of your expenses to our PTG. You just have to sign up once!
RAH
Attention families of Kindergarteners, 1st, and 2nd Graders:
Don't Forget to turn in your RAH (Reading At Home) Sheets EVERY WEDNESDAY!
RAH is a voluntary program designed to encourage students to read by rewarding their reading achievements at home. Books can be read by, to, or with your student.
Fill the record sheet by reading books (remember they can read independently, with you, or even just listen to you read to them.) Color in a book on their RAH record sheet for each book or 10 pages of a chapter book. Then every Wednesday students who return a completed RAH sheet will receive a weekly reward. Rewards will alternate weekly between a small prize (pencils, erasers, bookmarks, etc.) and a book of their choosing from the RAH Book Cart. (Sheets can be sent into school any day, but rewards are only distributed on Wednesdays each week.) We will reward students for 1 sheet each week; extra sheets will be "banked" and rewarded at the end of the school year. A new record sheet will be sent home each Wednesday with their reward. (If you misplace your record sheet, no worries! Just record "20 Books Read" on a piece of paper with student name, teacher name, and parent signature, and send it in to school.
Thanks for all your support, and Let's Get Reading!
Hi Kramer Families!
Share The Love of Reading by helping us Stock the RAH Cart!
RAH (Reading at Home) has been going strong this year with over 800 books giving to Kramer kindergarten- 2nd graders just this year!!
We love seeing all the smiling faces when students get to select a new book to add to their collection. Help us restock our cart so students can keep up the amazing work, reading and growing!
This fundraiser provides 100% of your donation for books to be purchased directly from Scholastic, which provides high quality, high interest, grade appropriate books to our students.
*THE COUNSELOR CORNER*
Second Step
Please use this link to see our 2nd Step information from our Kramer school counselor, Ms. Durham.
Book Recommendation
From the Author, Jonathan Haidt:
The Anxious Generation offers an explanation by telling two stories. The first is about the decline of the play-based childhood, which began in the 1980s and accelerated in the ‘90s.
The second story is about the rise of the phone-based childhood, which began in the late 2000s and accelerated in the early 2010s. ans.
In The Anxious Generation, I explain the major causes of the international epidemic of mental illness that hit adolescents in the early 2010s, and I offer a path forward for parents, teachers, friends, and relatives who want to help improve the mental health of children and adolescents.
*WHAT'S COMING UP*
March 11- Conferences
March 13- 3rd Grade Concert
March 18- PTG Meeting
March 26- K-Kids
March 27 - SPRING PICTURES
MARCH 31 - APRIL 4 - SPRING BREAK!!
April 11 - 4th Grade AG day at THS
April 17 - KG REGISTRATION
April 17 - 1st GRADE TO CINICNNAI MUSEUM CENTER
April 18 - NO SCHOOL
April 21 - Mrs. Story class to Cincinnati Zoo
April 23 - 2nd Grade to Cincinnati Zoo
April 23- K-Kids
April 25 - 4th to Cincinnati Art Museum
April 29- PTG Meeting
May 2 - KG to Joseph Moore Museum
May 7 - 3rd grade to Boonshoft
May 9 - 5th to TMS
May 9 - Kramer mile
May 15 - 4th Grade to Carillon Park
May 16- Field Day
May 22- Last Day of School
Please consider taking this optional survey designed to assist the local fire department in collecting safety data.
Link to survey: https://forms.gle/1QcmNVF7eZw6xVbA6
ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK!
The site is up to purchase your Kramer yearbook! Click on the picture and it take you to the order form.