January 26 #wearestoneridge

As we approach February, registration is well underway and we are excited for our 4th annual parent information night (January 29th from 6-7 PM) for newly registered and prospective families. As I have been planning this evening, it's been a great opportunity to reflect on our school and all of the things that make our school unique. When I hear from interested families, they often ask what special programs we offer, they are interested in after school enrichment opportunities, our curriculum, and even how parents can be involved. I always love to share about our school and our community and what makes us uniquely Stoneridge. We know parents have many choices with regards to educating students and we work hard to create a school environment and community where students, families,  teachers, and staff are inspired and thrive! 

If you take a look at our social media feeds, (the pictures in the above slide show are just from this past week!) you will find that daily, teachers, staff, and families are sharing out all kinds of amazing things happening at our school and at home! Our Twitter feed is filled with pictures of happy students learning and engaged in art, PE, STEM, digital writing, and more. Our house system builds community school-wide and provides kids of all grades the opportunity to connect and lead in a positive way. And in each and every classroom, every day, you will find teachers differentiating instruction to meet the needs of every student in their class, whether that means additional support in a small group, or providing enrichment and extension to students with a strong grasp of academic skills in their grade level. We want every child to grow both academically and socially every day!

To that end, being a STEAM school, we work hard to provide every child with an enriching academic experience filled with scientific exploration, technology integrated throughout the day, engineering for all, art, and math as we prepare kids to be ready for a future that doesn't exist yet. And we emphasize positivity, wellness, and citizenship to help our students to be ready to lead and change the world. Rigorous, challenging, and academics wrapped up in creativity combined with an equal focus on health and happiness for our students and staff are two things we believe makes Stoneridge stand out in a crowd. We are so proud of what we do, and every day WE are a community of learners working hard to get even better at what we do. Thank you for sharing your students with us! We are and we LOVE Stoneridge!

Have a wonderful week!
Jennifer Kloczko
#wearestoneridge

A new Love & Logic class starts February 6th!
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ENDING SOON...January PE Challenge 2018
Turn your log Sheets into your classroom teacher BEFORE noon on Wednesday, January 31st.

If you have already logged your 8 hours (480 minutes), you may turn your log sheets in early.
Who will win the raffle and be the “lucky” PE Teacher of the morning or afternoon?
EVERYONE that reaches the 8 hours (480 minutes) for the month of January will receive a 26.2 mileage charm.

• Our Erin Dealey author visit is February 9th! Thanks to all who ordered books.

• Global School Play Day is February 7th-- check out the Google Form below to help!

• Casino Night tickets will be available in the Stoneridge Shop on January 29th! Join us to support the arts at Stoneridge! Watch for a separate blog post.

Dates & Details

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Ongoing Information 

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?

Reminder:

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

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!