Friday, August 26, 2016

8/28/16-9/3/16 Blog Post



PTC Meeting
The first PTC (Parent Teacher Club) Meeting of the year will be held on Wednesday, August 31 at 3:30p.m. in the Staff Room. If you are unable to attend you can follow the PTC meeting Live or watch the video on our RCSD Stoneridge Facebook page.

Ice Cream Social
Please join us on Thursday, September 1st for our Annual Ice Cream Social event! Your favorite teachers from Stoneridge will be serving ice cream from 6-7pm. We will have a DJ, raffle, and a fun quiz to get to know our AWESOME Teachers better.

Parent Volunteers are needed for our event! If you can donate some time please sign up to help on the link below. If you have any questions please contact Sonja Lorraine at sonja.lorraine@gmail.com
Ice Cream Social Volunteer Sign Up
Walk to School
Monday we start scanning.  If you need a scanner tag please see Diane in the office!
Flyer for Walk to School

Parent Volunteer Training
All parent volunteers must be trained on the different machines (riso, copier, binding machine, die-cut) in the workroom before volunteering in the work room. We are offering one Training class below! All Volunteers must also complete the District Volunteer form (available in the office) prior to volunteering.

When: Wednesday, August 31st
Time: 10:15-10:45 a.m.
Where: Workroom

School Site Council
Nominations are now open for parent vacancies on our School Site Council. We have 3 open positions. Each year a number of parent members rotate off the Council and new representatives are elected to serve. Representative serve a two (2) year term. The Stoneridge School Site Council generally meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 3:30 pm in our office.

As a member of the School Site Council, you share in important financial decisions that guide the core of our school. We have three (3) parent vacancies on the School Site Council. If you are interested in joining our School Site Council, please submit a short paragraph about yourself to Luisa Makishima by Sept. 2nd at:  lmakishima@rcsdk8.org.

Jog-A-Thon
Jog-A-Thon is coming on September 30th!  Please see the information below regarding the Jog-A-Thon!


Link to Downloadable PDF



Link to Downloadable PDF




Rock Band

Rock Band on Tuesdays is open again!  You can register at nova.starsacramento.org.  There are only a few spots left so hurry and sign up if you are interested.  For students in grades 1st-5th.


CBET (Community Based English Tutoring) classes 
The CBET classes combine ESL instruction with training parents how to better work with their children on homework, reading and study skills.  Please see the flyers below:

ReCreate Enrichment Starts Next Week
Maker Mondays-STEAM Enrichment classes start on Monday for students in grades 2nd and up.  Please see the following website to register and get more information:
http://www.recreate.org/asenrichment

A Look at the Weeks Ahead

8/31 PTC Meeting 3:30 in the staff room
9/1 Ice Cream Social
9/5 Labor Day - No School
9/7 Sami's Circuit Workout for students within the school day
9/7 Destination Imagination Information Night 6pm-7pm
9/8 Chick Fil-A Spirit Night

Interesting Articles We Read
10 Easy Ways to Create an Amazing Class Culture- George Couros
Table Talk Math- Interesting weekly newsletter that gives parents an idea a week on talking math with their children.
Atlanta School Video on Every Opportunity

Friday, August 19, 2016

8/21/16-8/27/16 Stoneridge School Blog Post


Thank you for a great start to the year
Thank you to everyone for a great start to the year!  We had so many parents at Back to School Night, so many parents help contribute school supplies, and so many smiles the first two days of school. Thank you!

Everything out ready to go for Back to School Night.


Welcome Committee
For our new and returning Stoneridge families, don’t forget we have a Welcome Committee. We match new families with current families. This helps parents and children get to know their new school and the community better. We want new families to register and current families to volunteer. Please see the link for more information.

Current Family Volunteer
New Family Registration


Gates close at 8:45 in the morning
Just a reminder that the gates close in the morning at 8:45 so please be on time.  Also, no parents past the gates without checking into the office.




School Site Council
Nominations are now open for parent vacancies on our School Site Council. We have 3 open positions.  Each year a number of parent members rotate off the Council and new representatives are elected to serve. Representative serve a two (2) year term. The Stoneridge School Site Council generally meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 3:30 pm in our office.

As a member of the School Site Council, you share in important financial decisions that guide the core of our school. We have three (3) parent vacancies on the School Site Council. If you are interested in joining our School Site Council, elections will take place in the Fall.

MONDAYS - Minimum Days 1:52 Dismissal
Every Monday is a PLC (Professional Learning Community) Day - teacher planning day with a 1:52 dismissal.  All Kinders (Early & Late Start) and 1st-5th grade come from 8:50-1:52.  TK times do not change.

After School Enrichment Classes
Enrichment classes start next week!  STAR Nova Carve It Up starts Monday after school and Rock Band starts on Tuesday and Wednesday after school.  Please visit nova.starsacramento.org to register or get more information.


No Dogs on Campus
A reminder that we cannot have dogs on our campus.  This includes the white pavement around the school.  Unfortunately it is a liability issue, so please do not bring your dog on school grounds.

Important Dates Coming Up
A reminder you can use the calendar tab to see upcoming events throughout the school year.
8/22 Minimum Day - 1:52 Dismissal
8/22 STAR Nova Carve It Up After School Enrichment Starts
8/23 STAR Nova Rockband Starts
8/31 PTC Meeting 3:30 in the staff room
9/1 Ice Cream Social
9/5 Labor Day - No School

Interesting Articles We Read This Week
100 Best Read Aloud Books- Scholastic
Stanford Professor Urges Teachers to Rethink Math Instruction- EdSurge
The Best Schools in the World Do This. Why Don't We?- NPR

Monday, August 15, 2016

The First Week of School Updates 2016 Post

Welcome to the new school blog!  Every week (usually on Friday afternoon) this blog will be updated with information.  This will be used instead of the weekly bulletin we used to email out on Friday.  We will also include photos from the week.  At the bottom there will be interesting articles we have read.  Please do not feel like you have to read these, we just wanted to share some of the things we are reading.

When we can, we will also have students do a broadcast with the weekly update. It will be the same information that is written below, but it is a fun way for students to be involved with what is happening at school

Here is our first try at a student broadcast:




Back to School Night

Back to school night is August 16th.  If you are an Early start TK, Kinder, 1st or 2nd grade parent you come from 4:45-5:20.  If you are a Late start TK, 3rd, 4th or 5th grade parent you will come from 5:30-6:00.  Kids do come to this night as well.


First Day of School
August 18th is the first day of school. We can’t wait!

New green screen for student broadcasts.
First PTC Meeting
The first PTC meeting will be August 31st from 3:30-4:30 pm. Everyone is welcome! Childcare is provided.

Ice Cream Social
The ice cream social is on September 1st from 6-7.  This is a great community event with all the ice cream you can eat!

We will be moving away from projectors and more toward TVs with an Apple TV and sound bar.  This is actually a cheaper way to go than buying a projector and mounting it on the ceiling and provides better viewing for the student.

Meal Duty Supervisor
We are looking for two meal duty supervisors.  The job of Meal Duty Supervisor (MDS) is done for the purpose of providing for the safety of students during lunch time. Being a MDS is a great way to get started as an employee at Stoneridge and the Roseville City School District.  The time would be from 12pm-1pm everyday.  If interested please let Diane know.  

Parking Lot
Reminder that there are kids here.  Please do not be on your cell phone while driving through the parking lot.  There are over 560 kids here, it can take a little bit of time to get everyone off campus.  A reminder there are 2 Sides of the parking lot.  Please drive slow and safe.

Walk to School
We encourage you to walk to school!  Instead of scanning only on Fridays we will be scanning every day this year!  Also the City of Roseville has told us they could potentially put a crossing guard at the corner of Alexandra and Oak if we have enough people walking there.  We will start scanning on September 6th.  If you have a scanner foot from last year you do not need a new one.  If you do not have one please see the office to get one starting the week of August 22nd.

New rugs in Kinder and 1st grade.  Thank you PTC for purchasing these for our school!


After School Classes
As a reminder we have before and after school enrichment classes.  You can look in your Back to School packet that will go home on Back to School night for more information and how to register for the classes.

Food
Just a reminder that we are not allowed to bring food treats on birthdays or other occasions.

Remind
A great way to stay connected to our school is through text messages through the service Remind.  Just text stonewolf to 81010 and you can get text reminders from us.

Our Homework Commitments
Here are our commitments around homework.  If you have any questions about specific homework for your child please reach out to your teacher.  If you have questions about our homework philosophy as a school please feel free to contact Mr. Blom.
Homework Post with our collective commitments, research and frequently asked questions

Music is here!
Every student Kindergarten through 5th grade will receive a half an hour of music education each week from a credentialed music teacher. The program will include instruction in the elements of music, such as rhythm, melody, harmony etc. following the California Music Content Standards. Additionally, Stoneridge will have a before school performance ensemble group for 4th and 5th grade students beginning later in the year. Our music teacher will hold an information session for parents that are interested. There will be more information to follow.

Calendar
On the top of this blog is a tab that says calendar.  We will be updating this google calendar.  You can add this calendar to your phone if you have a smart phone.  We hope this will help with keeping important events updated.  




Interesting Articles We Read This Week
Once again we just put these articles in here in case you want to see some of the articles different staff members are currently reading.  


Thursday, August 4, 2016

Welcome to the Stoneridge Elementary School Blog!

Hi Stoneridge Families,

Instead of the weekly email PDF that we send out every week, we will use this blog to communicate with families.  It will be updated every Friday afternoon.  You can just come back to rcsdstoneridge.blogspot.com.  We are always looking for the best way to communicate with our community.  If you have any questions please let Mr. Blom know.  Looking forward to a great year!