Mayo News

Dear Mayo Families,

So...what was that summer weather? Crazy, but Awesome!

The week leading up to the Literacy Parade was busy! Students were working on their projects about their favorite character from a book. I chose the cow in Click, Clack, Moo - Cows That Type. Mrs. Hilton chose A Bad Case of Stripes, and the K team (and Mrs. Trefry) chose the book The Day the Crayons Quit! There were so many amazing books represented in the parade! Mary Poppins, Harry, Hermione, and Hagrid, The Pigeon, Curious George, Pippi Longstocking, Pete the Cat, Dogman, Miss Frizzle, Rock/Paper/Scissors, Waldo, Flat Stanley, Ramona, Sam I Am, every character in the Laura Numeroff books and so many more, were proudly marching in the Mayo Literacy Parade!

I was truly impressed with the sense of community and the wonderful promotion of reading. Here is an interesting article on the importance of reading for pleasure. Let's keep this going!

Three things I learned this week: Yellow is Mr. D's color, Ken really can roller blade, and Mayo has the best families around!

Reminder: Half school day for students this Wednesday (11/1).

Kindly,

Carolan Kasper

Principal

I would like to ask all parents to have a conversation with their child(ren) about visits to the nurse's office. While we, of course, do not want students to avoid the nursing office whenever they are hurt or feeling ill, it is important to note that Mayo has the most nurse visits than any elementary school in the district.

Mayo students visited the nurse's office almost 500 times in the month of September alone. Almost 300 of these visits were by "repeat" visitors. (This does not include any student with scheduled visits).

Also noteworthy, only 8% of these visits resulted in a student going home.

496 Visit = 5,689 Minutes in the month of September = 94.8 hours

Our goal is for kids to be in the classroom learning! Thank you for your support!

This week we will have our first CTBN Celebration for the month of October. Several students exemplified the meaning of RESPECT! They were nominated by adults throughout the building and will be acknowledged at our Respect Celebration. We will also be introducing the next monthly topic: KINDNESS!

KINDNESS At-Home Activity Books

Grade K-5 Grade Level Activities

Lost and Found items will be donated at the end of the week.

OCTOBER LUNCH MENU

10/30 - CTBN RESPECT Celebration; Kick-off - KINDNESS

10/31 - Halloween

11/1 - 1/2 Day students (Gr K-2 Conferences)

11/2 - Gr K Conferences

11/3 - Gr 1 Conferences

11/5 - Daylight Saving Time ends

11/6 - Gr 2 Conferences

11/6 - Start of Quarter 2

11/7 - Election Day

11/7 - Charcuterie Night to benefit Gr5 Committee (Details Below)

11/7-11/9 - Hearing and Vision Testing

11/9 - Mexicali Restaurant Night 5-10pm

11/10 - No School

11/13 - World Kindness Day

11/13 - Grades 3-5 Report Cards Issued

11/13 - Dairy Queen restaurant night 5-8pm

11/14 - PTA Meeting

11/15 - SIMCO meeting 4:30-5:30

11/22-11/24 - Thanksgiving Break

11/27 - PTA Bemis Wreath Making 7:00 PM

11/28 - CTBN KINDNESS Celebration; Kick-off - ACCEPTANCE

12/1 - Picture Retakes

12/13 - PTA Meeting

12/19 - CTBN ACCEPTANCE Celebration; Kick-off TEAMWORK

12/21 - Winter Concert (Snow date 12/20)

12/22-1/1 - Winter Break

1/2/2024 - Return to School

* Grade 5 Yearbook Information HERE

* 5th Grade Parents - Please send pictures from the Literacy Parade for the yearbook

Send pictures with the Subject Line: "Literacy Parade" at "mayo2024yearbook@gmail.com

Be sure to include all student first and last names

* Grade 5 Sock Fundraiser info below

Mayo Handbook link