Sunday, February 26, 2023

February 26, 2023

 

Here comes March! They say April showers bring May flowers, but what does California snow in March bring?? It brings cold, so much cold! But that is ok, I will take cold as long as the rain keeps falling. This part of the year goes quick! After Spring Break, it starts to feel like the end of the year. Just keep you arms inside the ride at all times and hang on! Here we go! 

March Volunteer Sign Up: We love having you help at lunch. Your kids love it too. If you can fit in into your schedule, please sign up here: March Lunch Help
You can also find it on a tab at the top of the blog. Thank you for your help. 

Thursday Dress Up Day: This Thursday is Storybook Character Dress Up Day! Get creative and encourage your child's love of reading. Thursday is Read Across America Day and we are celebrating in style!


This is a very important time of year. It may be March, but it is time to start getting ready for the upcoming school year. Crazy, I know! One of the most important things we do now is start recruiting new members for our PTC. We have the most amazing PTC that has organized may fun events. Next year, there will be quite a bit of turnover and we need your help. Above are the open positions. I will also attach this form to the email. Please fill it out and turn it in to your child's teacher or the office. 

Message from our PTC

Stoneridge Parents -

The Stoneridge PTC will be accepting applications for our Board for the 2023-2024 school year. This is a great way to get involved with the school and meet new people! The PTC coordinates all of the fun activities we do throughout the year here at Stoneridge as well as provides additional support for our amazing staff! This year we have

several Board Members who are graduating out of Stoneridge and so this means there are several open positions available.   Below you will find all of the open positions with a brief description and decide which one you’d be interested in doing. Feel free to reach out to me or any participating PTC representative with any questions that you may have. 

 

Applications are due by April 1, 2023. You can either drop them off at the office or have your child give it to their teacher. We will vote on new Board Members at our PTC meeting on April 20th, which will allow for a full month of transition with our outgoing Board before this school year wraps up. We encourage you to really consider joining our PTC and we'd love to have you on board!


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Spring Book Fair: The Book Fair is coming!! We are using a different vendor for this book fair and are very excited about what it has to offer. There will be lots of great books and many low prices. The dates are March 6-10. Students will be able to buy books during Teacher's classroom designated time slot and one hour after school except for Friday, 3/10. The Book Fair will not be open during lunch. will need some extra hands on deck to be open for the kids. 
Sign up here:

Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up


Science Docents Needed:
 Do you have an interest in science? Do you like working with kids? We are lucky to be the only school in the district with Science Docents and need a volunteer to keep in going!  We need another science docent for the upcoming school year. Ideally, this person will start working with our science docents now to get oriented. Please email me if you are interested. 

Order Yearbooks NOW!! 
Go to ybpay.com
School Name: Stoneridge Elementary School
ID Code: 12183823
Deadline: April 14, 2023

Have a great week!

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Sunday, February 19

 

Happy Sunday! The image above is our Timberwolf Chant. We say this together at our assemblies and flag salutes. If you were at the Sweetheart Dance, the students did it on the stage. (And my heart may have exploded with pride.) The reason we have a chant is so that all of the students memorize our expectations and can repeat them. As a school, we teach these expectations in each area on campus. We have also been adding signs on campus and in front of school as reminders. I am sharing so you know the why behind some of the things we do. It is also great information for you to have and reinforce at home.

Attendance Reminder:

Attendance is vital for every child every day as lifelong habits are established in the early school years and contribute to student success throughout their school career and beyond. The best way to keep up with your student's curriculum pacing is to ensure they are in class daily and engaging with peers and their teachers.

 

When students are absent, they miss participating in discovery, student discourse, and the friendships made inside and outside the classroom through play and collaborative learning. Knowledge and understanding are more than being able to complete a worksheet; it is connecting new knowledge with concepts known previously to construct new meaning and sharing explanations of what is learned. Our teachers want to celebrate students and peers attending school in person and gaining knowledge.


Please be reminded that our upcoming vacation days for the remainder of the year are the following:

  • Monday, March 13, 2023 - Teacher Learning Day - No school for students

  • Monday, April 3 - Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - Spring Break - (return on April 12, 2023)

  • Monday, May 29, 2023 - Non-School Day/Holiday

  • Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - Last Day of School (Summer Break: June 7, 2023 - August 9, 2023)

Please try and schedule appointments on non-school days and after school. If your child will be absent for an extended period, please visit our district website or contact the school's front office to set up a short-term independent study contract. We want to ensure that students can keep up with schoolwork as best as possible.Parent attendance letter, from leadership slides

Skate Night: One of the favorite events in the Brooks house!! Come and have some fun this Wednesday from 5:30-7:30pm. A flier with information came home on Friday. This time, we are going to do it a little different and you can buy pizza by the slice at the event. 


Carnival Planning Meeting: Thursday, 2/23, at 2:30pm. Please come and see how you can help make the Carnival the event of the year. More hands make less work, so come and check it out. 

Coffee with the Principal: This Friday, 2/24, at 8am. Come and chat with Mrs. Brooks and enjoy some coffee this Friday morning. 

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Spring Book Fair: The Book Fair is coming!! We are using a different vendor for this book fair and are very excited about what it has to offer. There will be lots of great books and many low prices. The dates are March 6-10. Students will be able to buy books during Teacher's classroom designated time slot and one hour after school except for Friday, 3/10. The Book Fair will not be open during lunch. will need some extra hands on deck to be open for the kids. 
Sign up here:

Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up


Science Docents Needed:
 Do you have an interest in science? Do you like working with kids? We are lucky to be the only school in the district with Science Docents and need a volunteer to keep in going!  We need another science docent for the upcoming school year. Ideally, this person will start working with our science docents now to get oriented. Please email me if you are interested. 


Order Yearbooks NOW!! 
Go to ybpay.com
School Name: Stoneridge Elementary School
ID Code: 12183823
Deadline: April 14, 2023
 


SALE!! Stoneridgeshop.com - Inventory Sale - check out items that are reduced to sell now - end of February!
Click "SPIRIT WEAR SALE '' to access the Sale at stoneridgeshop.com. 

Have a great week!

Sunday, February 12, 2023

February 12, 2023

 

Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Have fun today, well, as much as you can without the 49ers. The good news is, the kids have a bonus day off tomorrow. Hopefully, you will be able to relax tomorrow as well.

Thank you to all of you who came to our Sweetheart Dance! It was so fun. The kids were so excited to dress fancy and hang with their friends. It was awesome! 
If you did not get a ticket, we are sorry. We did not know we had a Taylor Swift type of event on our hands! For future events, remember to make your purchase right away as long as Ticketmaster does not crash. 


Parent Info Night: We are having a Parent Info Night this Wednesday, 2/15, at 6pm, in the library. In addition to calming the fears of new kindergarten parents, the goal of the evening is to share all of the fun things your children will do in future grades at Stoneridge.  For example, we want the 2nd grade parents to get excited about what is to come in 3rd through 5th grade. Darren Brown will also be there to talk about Eich Middle School. We want you to know what is to come at Stoneridge and what to expect in middle school. It will be an informative evening. 


PTC Meeting this Thursday! We would love to see you at our PTC meeting this Thursday at 2:30pm. We will start planning for the Carnival soon, so come and learn how you can help. We have had some amazing events this year and the Carnival is one of the biggest! We look forward to seeing you. 


Science Docents Needed:
Do you have an interest in science? Do you like working with kids? We are lucky to be the only school in the district with Science Docents and need a volunteer to keep in going!  We need another science docent for the upcoming school year. Ideally, this person will start working with our science docents now to get oriented. Please email me if you are interested. 


Order Yearbooks NOW!! 
Go to ybpay.com
School Name: Stoneridge Elementary School
ID Code: 12183823
Deadline: April 14, 2023
 


SALE!! Stoneridgeshop.com - Inventory Sale - check out items that are reduced to sell now - end of February!
Click "SPIRIT WEAR SALE '' to access the Sale at stoneridgeshop.com. 

Have a great week!

Sunday, February 5, 2023

February 5, 2023

 

Happy Sunday and Happy Februaryđź’— I had a nostalgic weekend. I got to watch my sister play water polo with her Oakland masters team at a UC Davis tournament. It was extra fun because she was playing against many college club water polo teams including the Davis team she played for. Their team strongly beat everyone they played and she remembers getting beat by the masters teams at that same tournament years ago. It was so fun to be back at UC Davis, drive around the town and eat lunch at Dos. (IYKYK) Both my sister and I went to Davis, so it was special to be there together. Have you visited your college town lately? 
This weekend also marks the last weekend before the Brooks' hit their crazy sports season which goes from now until December! Here we go!! 
Jesse Bennett visits Stoneridge this Thursday! She is giving 50% of all books sold back to Stoneridge. There is a link on stoneridgeshop.com

DANCE: See below to purchase tickets and volunteer to help.

2/10 @ 5:30-7 Formal Attire
No ticket sales at the door - $5 for adults/free for students
Sale ends 2/8 so to get a food/dessert count.

Volunteers for Dance: In order for the dance to happen, we need volunteers to help. Please see the sign up below. When you open the form, click on Feb. 10 and the volunteer spots will pop up. Thank you!




Order Yearbooks NOW!! 
Go to ybpay.com
School Name: Stoneridge Elementary School
ID Code: 12183823
Deadline: April 14, 2023
 


SALE!! Stoneridgeshop.com - Inventory Sale - check out items that are reduced to sell now - end of February!
Click "SPIRIT WEAR SALE '' to access the Sale at stoneridgeshop.com. 

Have a great week!