Friday, November 18, 2016

Thanksgiving Break 2016 Blog Post

A Look at the Weeks After We Get Back
11/21-11/25 No School
11/28 School resumes
12/2 Parents' Night Out 5:30-8:30
12/5 Citizenship Character Assembly, students wear Red, White & Blue 11:05-11:40
12/6 Musical Parent Meeting, students in grades 3-5, 6pm-7pm
12/8 Choir and Bucket Band Winter Performance 6:30pm-7pm

Our most successful Book Fair ever!  Thank you to Mrs. Caines and all the volunteers that helped!


Happy Thanksgiving!
Our staff wishes your family a Happy Thanksgiving and break.  We are very thankful to have such supportive families at our school.  We hope you get time to relax and enjoy time with family over the break.


Stoneridge Musical Parent Meeting 
If your child (Grades 3rd - 5th) is interesed in auditioning for the musical this year, a parent must attend a mandatory pre-audition informational meeting on Tuesday, December 6th at 6:00 p.m. in the Stoneridge Library.  You will receive information regarding rehearsal schedule, attendance commitment, parent participation requirements, costs and more.  The meeting will last 20-30 minutes.


Thank you to all of our parents that brought in food for the staff on Wednesday.  We appreciate your generosity.


Parents' Night Out
There is still space available for the Parent's Night Out on Friday, December 2nd from 5:30-8:30p.m.  You deserve a night out and your kids will have fun playing games, dance party and a movie!  Complete this form or register at www.stoneridgeshop.com to reserve your spot!
Parents' Night Out Form



GATE Testing
Parent permission for GATE testing is now open.  Parents need to fill out the permission form by January 6th and turn it into the district office.  Students in grades 2 and up are able to take the test.  The form below has all testing dates and times.  Testing will happen at the district office.
2017 GATE Registration Form


2nd graders working on Stop Motion videos.
Box Top Update
Box Tops raised $638.00 for our school!  The winning teacher and class was Mrs. Buffington's TK class with 611 Box Tops turned in!  The student who turned the most in was Carter from 3rd grade!  You can continue collecting boxtops for the February collection drive.  You can also download the Box Tops Bonus App and earn money for our school while shopping!

Food Drive
Each class will participate in a contest to see who can raise the most food. The winning class will receive a class prize, to be awarded in January. Donations can be dropped off from November 28 - December 19.  Please see the flyer below for more information.
Food Drive Donations Flyer



Thanksgiving feast in Kindergarten this week.

New STAR Nova After School Enrichment starts December 5th!
The 3rd session of STAR Nova will be Pop Culture Art!  For more information or to sign up please click here .

Community Events:
 Maidu Little League
Maidu Teeball League

Interesting Articles We Read This Week
Finaland Schools: Subjects Scrapped and Replaced with Topics- Independent
20 Education Leaders to Follow on Twitter-TrustED
4 Ways to Lead and Create a “Culture of Innovation” From Any Position- George Couros

No comments:

Post a Comment