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Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 – Coffee with Konieczny - 8:45-9:15AM
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - Parent Education Night at Drummond - "Practical Life in Elementary" - 5:30-7PM
Friday, December 5 - EL2 Students (Rooms 206, 208 & 210) Sing at Derby - 7-7:30PM
Sunday, December 7, 2014 - Barnes & Noble Book Fair - 10AM-9PM
Sunday, December 7, 2014 - EL2 Students Sing at Lincoln Hall - 6PM
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - School Tour for Prospective Parents - Adults only please - 9:00AM
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - Friends of Mayer Meeting - 6:30PM
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - Student of the Month - 8:45AM
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - Picture retake day
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - Local School Council (LSC) Meeting - 6:00PM - Second Floor Library
Friday, December 12, 2014 - Middle School Science Fair - 11AM-Noon
Tuesday, December 16 – Coffee with Konieczny - 3:45-4:15PM
Wednesday, December 17 - Student Council & Project Linus Blanket Making
Friday, December 19 - EC Winter Concert - 9AM for classes 105, 106, 107 & 109; 10AM for classes 101, 102, 104, & 111
Monday, December 22, 2014 - Friday, January 2, 2015 - No School - Winter Break
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Pledge Drive 2014-2015 Above and Beyond...
With less than two weeks left, there is still a lot of work to do! Thank you to everyone who has pledged so far. To date, we have raised nearly $265k which represents 66% of our goal & only 33% participation.
Last year we raised nearly $375,000 and had close to 60% participation. If the Pledge Drive ended today, we would fall well short of last year's results. More importantly, because of our success last year, we were able to fully fund 100% of administration's wish list. Unfortunately, if we fall short of our fundraising goals, our children will miss out on critical elements that make Oscar Mayer so special.
If you are reading this and you haven't pledged yet, please stop, look at your children for a moment and ask yourself: doesn't my child deserve the best education? What priority in my life is more important than my child's education? Many of you pledged last year but have yet to this year.
Please show your support today!
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Parent Education Night
"Practical Life in Elementary"
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
5:30PM-7PM
Drummond Elementary
1845 W Cortland ST
"Practical Life in Elementary" is a parent education presentation by Steven Thorpe. Registration is required. For more information or to register, please visit http://conta.cc/1qN1wRh.
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School Tour
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 9AM
Please tell friends who might be interested in our amazing school that our next tour will be on December 9th at 9AM! Adults only please. |
Picture Retake Day
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Students that missed picture day or need to have their pictures retaken can do so on Thursday, December 11th.
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LSC Meeting
Thursday, December 11, 2014
6:00PM - 2nd Floor Library
Please join us at the Local School Council (LSC) meeting on Thursday, December 11th at 6:00PM in the school library. The LSC meets to discuss topics that are relevant to the long-term planning and education of our children. Any school related issues and concerns can be brought to the LSC. If you have questions or concerns between meetings please email oscarmayerlsc@gmail.com.
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 2014 Oscar Mayer Blanket Project
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Student Council invites you to the 2014 Oscar Mayer Blanket Project to benefit the Chicago chapter of the Project Linus.
The Project Linus is a non-profit organization that provides homemade blankets to children in need. We are asking for donations of 2 pieces of 1.5 yards of kid friendly colored/patterned fleece. If you are unable to get the fleece but would like to make a cash donation to help purchase more fleece and supplies for the blanket making project, then please send the money in an envelope to school with your child with your name, your child’s name and the words blanket donation on the outside of the envelope.
Donations of fabric or money will be accepted now through December 12th.
The Blanket Project will take place on Wednesday, December 17th throughout the school day. Parents who are interested in volunteering should contact Jill Kittinger at javandehei@cps.edu.
For more information on the Project Linus please visit their website http://www.projectlinus.org/.
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Book Drive
This week kicks off the Mayer Book Drive from December 1st through December 8th to benefit Bernie’s Book Bank. Simply bring in a bag of new or gently used books and they will either be collected from your car in the moving sidewalk those mornings or from your child’s classroom. (No workbooks, textbooks or reference books, please.) We’re trying to collect 2,500 books — so every one counts!
Bernie’s Book Bank serves more than 60,000 at-risk children in the greater Chicagoland area and distributed more than 1 million books last year.
Greater Chicago Food Depository Kids Day
Building on the success of our school-wide food drive, 7 Mayer families volunteered at the Greater Chicago Food Depository Kids Day in November. They spent the afternoon repacking 117 cases of rice, which amounted to 1,404 bags and 4,200 lbs to be delivered to a variety of locations. The volunteers also learned what "food insecurity" is and how their contribution helps the 1 in 5 children and 1 in 6 elderly and adults around Cook County who don't know where their next meal is coming from.
Stay tuned for information on other family-friendly volunteer projects in December and January.
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 October Student of the Month
ROOM 101 D’MYA MANNS & MAURICE BARRY
ROOM 102 SYDNEY KATZ & ANDREW ZEMNICK
ROOM 104 MATTHEW DROMMERHAUSEN
ROOM 105 ANNABEL McANALLY & STEPHEN LOPEZ-CLARK
ROOM 107 LEVI FIENBERG & BERKELEY NEWELL
ROOM 108 SOPHIA FONTANEZ & QUINTRELL THOMPSON
ROOM 109 SADIE SZANTO & JOSEPH TEKLU
ROOM 111 JUDE KLEINMAN & ELY OSBORN
ROOM 113 AUSTIN BUSSMANN & EVELYN SCALIA
ROOM 201 KELSEY RIORDAN & ANABEL SEILER
ROOM 202 MAXWELL HRUSKA & ISABELLA KOLB
ROOM 203 MANU BERTRAND & MONET VAN VOOREN
ROOM 204 KURT BEYLER & MADELYN YOUNGREN
ROOM 205 LILY RONEY & QUINN DUHON
ROOM 206 ZOE LOUGHNANE & BENECIO FERRER
ROOM 207 KEVIN GOMEZ & OLIVIA LOUGHNANE
ROOM 208 JONAH SARNO & STEFAN MOMCILOVIC
ROOM 209 ANDERS JURVA & SINA BALL
ROOM 210 FIONA SULLIVAN & FOSTER SCHWARTZ
ROOM 212 ASHOR RARIGH & MARCO NOVA
ROOM 214 HARRIS LAUTMAN & DAYANA JOHNSON
ROOM 219 MEAGHAN-LI MCARDLE
ROOM 223 CHARLOTTE PANNELL
ROOM 225 ELLA MASTELLARI
Let’s give these students a round of applause for being such superb role models for their classrooms!
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Friends of Mayer Meeting
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
6:30PM
2nd Floor Library
Come meet other parents and find out how to get involved!!
Please join us on Tuesday, December 9th at 6:30PM in the upstairs library to find out about what is happening at school, fundraising efforts and volunteer opportunities. Friends of Mayer is a great way to meet other parents, learn how to get involved and to help make Oscar Mayer Magnet the best place possible for our children. If you have any questions, you can contact friends@friendsofmayer.org. We look forward to seeing you there!!
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7th & 8th Grade Science Fair
Friday, December 12, 2014
11AM-Noon
School Gym
The School Science Fair will be held December 12th in the school gym. Parents can come & view projects from 11AM - Noon. During October and November, 7th and 8th grade students were busy researching & experimenting to prepare for the fair.
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Moving Sidewalk Volunteers Needed
We do not have enough volunteers to be able to run an efficient moving sidewalk so we need your help!
The moving sidewalk is critical in that it helps get the children into school SAFELY while getting parents and caregivers off to where they are going in a efficient and timely manner.
We need volunteers for both morning (8:00-8:40) and afternoon (3:15-3:45) for second quarter (November 10 - January 29). If you are interested in volunteering please email Amy Zemnick, the Moving Sidewalk Coordinator at amyzem77@yahoo.com and remember to specify day and AM or PM shift. Thank you!
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Chicken Update
Our newest chickens have successfully bonded with our existing flock! We had no idea how many different opinions there were about how to integrate the chickens so we kind of did a little of everything and it worked. We free ranged the entire flock together as much as we could so that they could get used to each other. We kept them separated at night and yes, we did see a little aggression from our older hens but that is all part of the nature: they don't call it a pecking order for nothing and that is what the hens were doing....establishing who is the boss. But after two weeks, they seem to be completely at ease with each other and they are all sleep on the roosting bar together. They are also fine with this cold weather. All four breeds are winter hardy so they have been bred to withstand the freezing cold. And our coop is super insulated so they are pretty cozy in there. Chicken naming contest begins soon! We have three chickens to name so start getting creative!
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Beyond The Classroom Happenings
Save the Date: The Father-Daughter Dance will be held on Friday, March 13, 2015 in the Mayer Gym
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