WELCOME MERCER FAMILIES! 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS          

     

GIFT CARD COLLECTION FOR MERCER STAFF - NOW THROUGH FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2023

 

 

AUDITIONS FOR ALADDIN KIDS!

 

 

Interested Mercer 3rd and 4th graders may sign up by completing the online Google Form or completing and returning the paper Mercer Play Interest/Permission Form that was sent home in backpack mail. Registration must be received no later than Monday, December 11, 2023.

 

 

POPCORN SPIRIT DAY - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 

 

Join the Mercer PTO for Popcorn Spirit Day on Friday, December 15. 

 

Parents/guardians are welcome to join their student(s) during lunch; however, all adult attendees must RSVP. A maximum of two adults per student, please. Younger siblings are not able to attend this event due to space limitations, however, infants in carriers or held by their parents will be fine.

 

The Mercer Spirit Store will be open and cash, check (made to "Mercer PTO") or credit card are accepted forms of payment.

 

To RSVP, please complete the December 15 Popcorn Spirit Day RSVP Google Form. Or, complete and return the RSVP portion of the December 15 Popcorn Spirit Day flier that came home in backpack mail.

 

GENTLY USED BOOK FAIR BOOK COLLECTION - JANUARY 4 - 19, 2024

 

 

MERCER YEARBOOK IS COMING

 

Submit Photos

 

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. 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. Submitted photos will potentially be used on the collage pages.

 

Yearbook Purchases

 

Our goal is for yearbooks to cost less than $20, and for them to be distributed before the end of the school year. Yearbooks will be created and ordered through a company called Treering, and 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. 

 

For online ordering details, please refer to the Mercer Elementary School Yearbook - Treering flyer.

 

SPIRIT STORE OPEN!

 

The Mercer Spirit Store is open! Shop for Meerkat stuffed animals, short and long sleeve t-shirts, zip up hoodies, sunglasses, tote bags and more! Orders will be fulfilled mid-month.

 

   

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. 

2023-2024 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.

 

 

SHARE YOUR TIME AND TALENTS WITH THE PTO!

  

Volunteer Interest Form - If you are not interested in chairing an event, but would like to be contacted during the 2022-2023 school year to assist as the event/activity gets closer, please complete the online Volunteer Interest Form. Your contact information will be shared with the event chairs who will reach out to you as the event approaches. Expressing interest on this form does not commit you to volunteering at the events. 

 

FUNDRAISERS

MERCER OLYMPICS 2023

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 $14,777.50 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.

   

Stay Active at Home!

 

Complete the Mercer Olympics B-I-N-G-O board! You can get a different B-I-N-G-O each day, if desired.

 

 

 

Hello, Mercer Meerkats! We hope that your family had fun reading and celebrating literacy with the Mercer community during our 2023 Mercer Meerkat Read-A-Thon! 

 

We are pleased to announce that together we raised $3,020 and students logged 6.052 minutes of reading during the 2023 Mercer Meerkat Read-A-Thon. In the first three years of the Read-A-Thon, we have raised over $14,000 and logged over 23,000 minutes of reading.

 

All funds 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. 

 

Thank you for your generosity and for encouraging literacy and community while raising funds for our school!