WELCOME MERCER FAMILIES!       

UPCOMING EVENTS

MERCER ROOM REPRESENTATIVE AND PTO MEETINGS - SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

MERCER APPAREL SALE - SEPTEMBER 8 - 22, 2024

Purchase your Mercer apparel before Sunday, September 22! All apparel orders will be delivered to your student's classroom 4-6 weeks after the ordering window closes.

BE A ROOM REPRESENTATIVE!

The PTO is looking for multiple adult volunteers to be room representatives in each classroom. Room representatives help bridge communication between Mercer, the PTO and the families in the classroom. Learn more or sign up by visiting the 2024-2025 Room Representative Sign Up Genius.  .

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.

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 2024 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.  Remember, #MercerReads #We Are ALL Readers!