WELCOME MERCER FAMILIES!          

UPCOMING EVENTS

    

MERCER MEERKAT READ-A-THON 

Mercer Meerkats, We Are ALL Readers! Join the Mercer PTO and Mercer Elementary School as we promote literacy, build community and raise funds for PTO activities that support both students and teachers in fun and creative ways during our fourth Mercer Meerkat Read-A-Thon. Although Read-A-Thon is over, we encourage our Mercer Meerkat family to continue to read over Spring Break!

  

Donations can be made ONLINE through Friday, April 4. Also, if you have cash and checks (made payable to Mercer PTO) that your student forgot to bring to school before Spring Break, the money can be brought to the Office the week of March 31. All donations are 100% tax deductible.

 

100% of the money collected will be used by the Mercer PTO to support both our students and teachers in new and creative ways including teacher grants to enhance your student’s learning experience, educational enrichment opportunities and community building activities.

  

The amount of money raised by this fundraiser, the total number of minutes read by our Mercer Meerkats and the class winners will be announced after Spring Break.

 

2025 Guest Readers

 

Click on the 2025 Mercer Read-A-Thon Guest Readers Hyperdoc to listen to a recorded story by Mercer teachers, staff and family members. 

 

Thank you for encouraging literacy and community while raising funds for our school. Remember, MercerReads. We Are ALL Readers!

  

MERCER MARKET - THURSDAY, APRIL 3

 

 

You can purchase your tickets for student-made goods/services in advance online or by completing the paper form that went home in backpack mail. Tickets for goods/services will also be sold at the Mercer Market. Raffle tickets are a separate purchase and will only be sold at the Mercer Market.

 

PURCHASE (OR DONATE) A 2024-2025 MERCER YEARBOOK

 

 

The 2024-2025 Mercer Yearbook will be created through a company called Treering. Each family will order their yearbook individually from Treering. When you order your yearbook, you receive two free pages to personalize with your own pictures. 

 

If you have not purchased your yearbook yet, or even if you have, please consider donating a yearbook. Donated books may be used for a student who cannot afford their own, for the school library, and to ensure each classroom teacher gets a copy for their room.

 

To order, use this link or refer to the Yearbook flyer and scan the QR code. You can also visit www.treering.com/validate and enter the Mercer passcode: 1016953188074319.

  

CALL FOR PHOTOS FOR THE 2024-2025 MERCER YEARBOOK

 

 

As you capture fun and meaningful moments throughout the year, please email photos from school events, as well as class field trips and parties, to yearbook4mercer@gmail.com for potential inclusion in the 2024-2025 Mercer Yearbook. When you submit a photo, please include basic information about the photo, such as the name of the event, or class grade and teacher name. 

 

ABOUT THE MERCER PTO

 

Did you know? 

All parents or guardians of students in the Shaker Heights School District are automatically members of PTO. There are no membership fees, dues, or requirements. Any parent or guardian is welcome to attend any PTO meeting or event.

 

Families New to Mercer after School Starts

Contact mercerfamilies@gmail.com.  We will welcome your family and help you get acquainted with Mercer. 

 

2024-2025 MERCER PTO EXECUTIVE BOARD 

VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS

 

All Mercer volunteers need to complete the volunteer registration and have a background check, including fingerprinting. The district wants to make sure that anyone spending time around Shaker students and staff is legally cleared to do so. 

 

Who needs to be fingerprinted?

Classroom volunteers - YES

Field trip parent chaperones - YES

Volunteers at school-based PTO events - YES

Volunteers alone with students at anytime - YES

 

The scheduling and processing of all volunteer fingerprints/background checks will take place in the Office of Family and Community Engagement located on the second floor of the Shaker Heights Public Library Main Branch, 16500 Van Aken Blvd., Shaker Heights 44120. To schedule an appointment contact:  volunteer_face@shaker.org or call 216-295-6268. 

 

Check with the Mercer office to see if you are already registered or need to update your status. Background checks must be completed every three years.

  

FUNDRAISERS

MERCER OLYMPICS 2024

I BELIEVE THAT MERCER WINS!

Congratulations to the entire Mercer Community! What a wonderful time we had during the Mercer Olympics. Students, teachers, and staff alike took part in various Olympic-themed activities in the classroom and during Physical Education classes. Ask your student about the warm up dance! Did your student enjoy the torch relay, skating on plates as if playing hockey or scooting across the gym as if on a bobsled? Throughout the week, students also demonstrated various IB traits, teamwork and school spirit! 

 

Our Mercer community raised $24,000 and, once again, celebrated 100% participation. Everyone, especially Mercer, is a winner. Thank you for your generosity and support.

 

100% of the money raised by the Mercer PTO supports both our students and teachers through teacher grants, educational enrichment opportunities such as in-person and/or virtual field trips and assemblies, activities such as the Meerkat Club, Mercer Times (student newspaper), family nights, community building activities and more.

 

 

Listen to stories read by Read-A-Thon guest readers.