October 3: House Meetings - Wear your house colors!

October 4: 2nd Grade Field Trip to Holden Arboretum

October 10: Fire Prevention Assembly

October 10: PTO Meeting in LRC

October 11: NEOEA Day - No School

October 16: End of Q1

October 18: Smile Program

October 22: 3rd Grade Reading Ohio State Test (Part 1)

October 23: 3rd Grade Reading Ohio State Test (Part 2)

October 23: 4th Grade Field Trip to Cleveland Orchestra

October 23-25: Conferences

October 25: Trunk or Treat

October 31: Fall Parties and Halloween Parade

I’m Mrs. V, I’ve been with the district for nearly a decade, first as a general substitute and then serving in the library. I love books and often describe myself as a “Book Dragon”, or “Wyrm” if you prefer.

My hobbies include Civil War reenacting, sewing and beadwork. I’m a vocalist at church and with the Westshore Chorale. I’ve given performances in Ohio and in Michigan of my Civil War music.

I’m looking forward to getting to know you and your library.

Check Out Typesy: Our New Keyboarding Program

Thank you to everyone who has already ordered Ron Clark Academy House shirts! We are excited to see our students representing their houses with pride. Students will wear their House shirts on our House Meeting and Assembly days, which are listed each month under "Important Dates." We also encourage all students to wear their House shirts or Lakewood shirts every Friday to show their school spirit!

Please note, the last day to order House shirts is October 4th. Don’t miss out on getting one!

Congratulations to Millie and James for winning this year's Hayes essay contest! Their essays highlighted the importance of having smoke alarms in every home, reminding us all about safety and preparedness.

Students may wear costumes on October 31st. Students should be able to move around freely and comfortably in their costumes. They will be wearing it all day. This includes recess, physical education, and being able to use the restroom independently with the costume. They should be able to wear proper outerwear for outdoor recess. The following are NOT permitted: costume masks, props, and face/body paint.

We will parade around the outside of the school, stepping out the main doors at 2:40pm. We will walking the students around the building and invite parents to watch from the playground. In the event of inclement weather, the costume parade will be canceled and communicated to families via email by 1:00pm.

Hayes Choir has now begun under the direction of Mr. Aaron Waryk. Mr. Waryk teaches choral music at Harding Middle School, Grant Elementary, Horace Mann Elementary, Lincoln Elementary and is very happy to be at Hayes Elementary this year as well. Rehearsals are every Tuesday morning from 8:15-8:45. Any student in grades 4 or 5 who loves to sing may join! Use this link for more information and to sign up!

Here is a preview of music performance dates for your family calendars. Details for each event will be forthcoming as we near each date.

LIGHT UP LAKEWOOD Hayes Singers will perform on Saturday, December 7th (times and locations TBA).

LAKEWOOD SINGS! Hayes Singers will perform on Wednesday, February 12th, 7:00 pm at the LAKEWOOD CIVIC AUDITORIUM.

HAYES MUSIC OPEN HOUSE for grade K,1,2 will be during their music class on either Monday , February 10th or Tuesday, February 11th.

HAYES SPRING CONCERT Students in grades, 3, 4, Choir, and grade 5 Band and Orchestra will perform at HAYES ELEMENTARY on Tuesday, March 18th, 9:15 am.

DISTRICT GRADE 5 INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT All Grade 5 Band and Orchestra students will perform on Tuesday, May 20th 7:00 pm at the LAKEWOOD CIVIC AUDITORIUM.

Come share your thoughts, ideas and concerns about the Lakewood City Schools with Superintendent Niedzwiecki at her first Listen & Learn session of the school year on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 6-7 pm in the Ranger Cafe at Lakewood High. Enter at the flagpole entrance in front of the school. Treasurer Kent Zeman will join the superintendent to provide a brief financial update on the District. These sessions are informal one-hour discussions and community members may drop in any time during the hour.

The District's Elementary Planning Task Force will be holding Community Conversations at our seven elementary schools over the next few months to gather input on a potential redistricting and repurposing of our elementary boundaries and buildings. We hope you can attend one of the conversations. Learn more about the task force on the Elementary Planning Task Force page of the District website.

We are excited to honor our Hayes Veterans on November 8th. Keep an eye out for an RSVP form that will be coming home with your student soon!

It was great to see so many of you at the Tailgate Party! Although there was some rain, there was still lots of fun to be had by all!

Thank you to everyone who has already joined PTO. PTO supports the school with activities such as Assemblies, Field Trips, Craft Week and Family Fun Nights. Membership forms can be found on our website:

https://hayes.lakewoodcityschools.org/parents-students/hayes-pto

There is a friendly competition between houses this year for Membership. The winning house receives a special prize! Please visit our facebook page to see updates on which house is in the lead. https://www.facebook.com/ptohayes/

Please mark your calendar for some of our upcoming events:

The Kindness Craze Fundraiser: September 26 - October 15

This is our first fundraiser of the year and we are hoping for 100% participation.

Lookout for school wide kindness opportunities in the upcoming weeks.

Students can participate in Raise Craze by completing Acts of Kindness (AOK)

Process will benefit family fun nights, house gatherings, school assemblies and more.

Sign up is easy:

https://my.raisecraze.com/app2/join/AYVRGBM

The next PTO meeting will be on Thursday, October 10 at 7:00 in the LRC (Library). We encourage anybody who has already signed up to be a member, or anybody who is interested in becoming a member to join us. There will be an informal gathering immediately after the meeting at a local establishment.

Trunk or Treat will be Friday, October 25 at 6:00 in the Hayes parking lot. More information will be coming home in the next couple of weeks. We hope you all can join in on the fun!

https://www.connectingforkids.org/MonthlyFliers/