January 14th #skatenight #spiritwear #casinonight #GSPD

Dear Stoneridge Families,
As we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend, I am reminded by his quote in the image above of the important work we do together as a school community... helping our students grow into positive, happy, intelligent, and mindful adults who are prepared both socially and academically to lead our world into the future. To that end, you'll notice that we work hard to fill our student's days with learning and also a focus on wellness, such as our new Wellness Wednesdays, and our upcoming Global School Play Day on February 7th. Happiness and health are truly important goals for all of us, and we hope you feel our focus on both academic content and the content of our character as equally important school initiatives. Enjoy your weekend with your family! We look forward to welcoming students back to school on Tuesday January 16th.

Skate Night Flyer Here

Spirit wear orders open now! Place your order now through January 21st.

https://www.stoneridgeshop.com/spirit-wear-1 

We have online orders only at www.stoneridgeshop.com. Orders will be delivered the week of February 5th.

We are so excited to share that Stoneridge will be participating this year in Global School Play Day! Read all about Global School Play Day here: http://www.globalschoolplayday.com/

February 4, 2015, was the first annual Global School Play Day for students in schools around the world. In year one, over 65,000 students participated! Over 177,000 students took part in 2016. In 2017, over 283,000 kids celebrated Global School Play Day. Can we reach 500,000 students in 2018?

In his TEDx talk, Peter Gray clearly argues the case that today's kids do not grow up playing and this has negatively impacted them in many ways. It's time we return the gift of play to this generation.

Watch his TEDx Talk on the decline of play here:

How can you help?
CALL FOR TOYS Our students can bring anything they wish to play with to school on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. The only restrictions: they must bring toys and these toys may NOT require batteries or electricity. No devices. Kids may need some ideas, since today's kids rarely play and often own very few toys: board games, dolls, Legos, blocks, trucks, cars, racetracks, playing cards, empty cardboard boxes, markers, jigsaw puzzles, blankets (for forts), social games (charades, Pictionary, etc.) The only exception on the electronics rule would be a board game that has an electronic timer, an electronics play kit, or similar. How about taking your students out in the dirt or snow to dig, explore and get messy? You may want to show your kids photos of GSPD17 to open their eyes to unfamiliar types of unstructured play.

Want to get involved?

We will also have activities for outside play throughout the day and we would love for you to join us in play! We will definitely need volunteers to help with setting up and clean up as well. Do you have juggling scarves? Legos? Board games? Agility ladders? Jacks? We would love to borrow items like these for our outside play stations that day. Please complete the google form below if you would like to help out. Thank you! We are so excited about this day!

Sign up below to help!

Save all BOXTOPS during January & February - they will be collected at the end of February. A Collection form will be coming home next week.

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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