Happy New Year! #reading #globalschoolplayday #authorvisit

Greetings Stoneridge Families!
Only two more sleeps until our students return to school on Tuesday January 9th! We are SO excited to see everyone! If you are joining Stoneridge as a new family as we kick off 2018, welcome! We are looking forward to a fabulous 2018.

As we head into the second half of the year, I'd like to share with you some exciting upcoming events and opportunities! First, we will be opening signups for our January-March enrichment signups Monday January 8th at 7 PM. We are thrilled to be offering Spanish for the remainder of the year, as well as a full selection of enrichment classes including some new teacher led classes! The descriptions for all were previously emailed to you, but in case you need the information again, the document is linked below.

Stoneridge Spanish & Enrichment Information

Also, there are several events and opportunities coming up in the next few months!

• January 10th -- our first PTC meeting of the new year at 3:30
• January 12th -- join me for Coffee with the Principal at 9:00 am
• January 18th is skate night and we are having a HOUSE NIGHT! Wear your house colors! 
• February 2nd we will kick off our annual Pennies For Patients drive
• February 7th we'll be participating in our first ever Global School Play Day-- a worldwide day focused on unstructured play! Look for more information soon to help out!
• February 9th -- Author Erin Dealey will be visiting our school for assemblies and to sign books! Books go on sale soon.
• Wellness Wednesdays start this week! On Wednesdays we encourage students and staff to wear fitness gear so we can be active together and I'll also be sharing wellness tips with our school community. We are looking forward to a happy and healthy 2018! 

Finally, over the break I was reminded how much I love to read and had fun spending time getting lost in a variety of books! We hope your family loves to read, too! With this in mind, we've created a new space for our Stoneridge community to share what we're reading! In this group, we can share what we are currently reading, what we plan to read next, and  toshare "shelfies"-- these are pictures of you or your student with a book, or "bookstacks" in case you have a lot of books on your to-be -read list! We are hoping that this group will become another place we can connect as a school community and share our love of reading! You can find the group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/stoneridgereading/ and if you are already in one of our grade level groups you should automatically be approved! This group is a "closed group" which means anyone can search for it, but only members can see posts. All members will also be approved by me. I look forward to hearing about what you're reading! Hey Stoneridge! What are you reading?

Enrollment

As a reminder, enrollment for all RCSD schools including Stoneridge will open for the 2018-19 school year on January 11, 2018. Our school is really growing, so be sure to share with any families new to your neighborhood. Registration will be online again this year. Please watch our website for updates.

Winter-a-thon PE Challenge!

PLEASE join your child in the FAMILY PE Challenge. Ask your child about it and watch for their log sheet to arrive home soon.

Together log MINUTES during the month of January to add up to 8 hours (480 minutes). It can be any aerobic activity...walk, bike, skate, hike, swim...even count the distances covered in any sports game. PLUS, any inside gym exercises...push ups, sit ups, jump rope, hula hooping, etc. Approximate minutes will be accepted...so add them up.

Completing the PE challenge will earn your child a 26.2 Mileage Club Charm and a chance to be in a drawing to win “PE” teacher for a morning or afternoon.

For more information go to the PE webpage and click on the tab “Challenges” for more details:

https://sites.google.com/site/pewithgumby/home

Yearbooks

Have you ordered your yearbook yet? The code is shown in image and paper flyers were sent home. https://ybpay.lifetouch.com

Ongoing Information 

Stoneridge Shop

If you are new to Stoneridge, or a returning parent, I'd like to share the link to our Stoneridge Shop! Stoneridge Shop is a one stop shop to donate, purchase spirit wear, request the birthday board, and sign up for our before and after school enrichment sessions. You can find all this and more at http://www.stoneridgeshop.com/ . You will want to bookmark this link. HOUSE shirts are on sale now for delivery in January!

For families new to Stoneridge, we have several spirit days to participate in. Every Friday is Stoneridge spirit day and you can wear spirit wear or school colors! Every Monday is House Day and students wear their house colors. 

Community Flyers

Please click here to view the folder with any community activity flyers -- new flyers added each week!

Dates & Details

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