Stoneridge Family Blog August 25th Edition #houses #THINK

Welcome to OUR House!

If you are new to Stoneridge, you may not know about our House system. Last year, six of our teachers visited the Ron Clark Academy, and were so inspired by the House System there that we started it last year here at Stoneridge. Last May, all students here were sorted into one of four houses: Altruismo, Reveur, Isibindi, or Amistad. Each house stands for something different and is another way for students to feel connected here across grade levels. Every staff member is also in a house. The house system is a little like Hogwarts in Harry Potter, with their four houses.

The house system is also a little like nesting dolls. If you imagine Stoneridge as the largest doll, we are all proud Timberwolves and one big family! Inside the next doll you'll find our house communities (across grade level), then grade level community, classroom, then finally a close circle of friends. 

Our houses are intended to provide more connections, and although we will have house points (positive only) to recognize amazing behavior, it's not intended to be competitive or that one house is better than another. Our houses will challenge each other to be the best we can each day, and to promote leadership and citizenship school-wide. We are very excited to kick this off next week with our first HOUSE Monday! Every Monday will be House Day, and students should wear their house colors. They will sit with houses at lunch and house meetings and other fun events will happen those days as well. We look forward to sharing more in the future!

Getting Connected at Stoneridge #socialmediarocks
As you may know, there are many ways to get and stay connected at Stoneridge! We use Twitter, Facebook, Remind and our blog to celebrate kids and learning, to communicate information, and to build community with our families and the world! Click here to find out all the ways you can get connected here!

We also love utilizing social media as a way to model excellent digital citizenship as we prepare students to be positive members of a global future! With that comes responsibility-- to model positive interaction in person and online. To that end, we use the THINK model pictured above as a way to shape our interactions online, keeping them positive and supportive. Many of our families connect with Facebook, and we love our grade level groups! They are a great place to ask questions, to celebrate, and learn. Thank you for keeping those communities a place where people love to visit. If you have a concern, my door is always open! Please feel free to contact me individually by phone or email for that purpose. I don't typically see a need to moderate posts, but any posts that are not positive, thoughtful, helpful, and kind are not appropriate for that forum. Thank you for helping us model great behavior!

Love & Logic
Such a great opportunity coming up for parents! Click here to view the latest flyer for Love & Logic offered in Roseville City.

The Ice Cream social is coming!

We are also looking for parents to volunteer at the Ice Cream Social! Click here to sign up:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/5080944ACAB22A75-icecream3

Got Legos?

Give your old Legos a new home. The Lego club at Stoneridge is looking for unwanted Legos to build with. Please contact JeriAnn Caines at jcaines@rcsdk8.org  to help!

Community Flyers
Please click here to view the folder with any community activity flyers

Dates & Details