August 27th #PTCmeeting #spiritwear #enrichment

Happy Monday Stoneridge Families!  September is just around the corner and there are lots of exciting things to share! First, we have our first PTC meeting of the year this Wednesday the 29th  from 3:30-4:30 in our brand new wing! We hope to see you all there! Immediately following the PTC meeting at 4:45, Krystle Henderson will be hosting an informational meeting on Destination Imagination and how your child can be involved. It's a fun program and a great opportunity to participate in a STEAM based team!

Also, our first sprit wear order closes this Friday August 31st. You can order house and Stoneridge spirit tees in the Stoneridge Shop located at https://www.stoneridgeshop.com/.

We are also excited  to kick off our first round of after school enrichment in mid-September. Next week, descriptions, dates and times will be available for all of our outside and in-house enrichment classes. We will continue to offer Minecraft, Lego, and Spanish-- and French will also be available! Most classes will start in mid-September, although a few outside classes will begin earlier. Moving forward, our goal is to have signups and descriptions of all available after school classes out to families at the same time so you can see all of the selections before signing up. 

Upcoming Dates and Details:

• August 29th       PTC Meeting from 3:30-4:30 in the new wing! 
• August 29th       Destination Information Night 4:45 in multi
• September 3rd   No school in honor of Labor Day
• September 5th   Ice Cream Social from 5-6 PM
• September 6th   Skate Night!
• September 14th No School- RCSD Professional Development Day
• September 18th Talent Show Tryouts- more info to follow (you may contact Mrs. Nelson with questions at snelson@rcsdk8.org)

Have a wonderful week!

August 20 #houses #traffic #events

What a great start to the year! Our first full week is behind us, students are happy and busy learning and we are all settling into the routines! We also have had fun being outside at recess and PE now that the air quality has improved. As we head into our second full week, I'd like to take some time to share some information about our house system and spirit days at Stoneridge, share the upcoming events, and provide you with our top 5 traffic tips for pickup and drop off. Have a fantastic week!

Houses & Stoneridge Spirit Days 2018-19

Welcome to our HOUSE! At Stoneridge, we work hard to build a feeling of community at our school. We are all part of our Stoneridge family, and are proud to be Timberwolves! We are also in our third year of having a our house system to build community school-wide and across the grades. Our house system provides opportunities for students to connect school-wide and also to be a part of a smaller community within their house. Our house system is also how we teach students social skills-- everything from showing random acts of kindness to how we behave at an assembly through our SPARK focus and Stoneridge Essentials. SPARK stands for Safety, Positivity, Attitude, Responsibility, and Kindness, and these are a school-wide focus all year. Each month we will focus on these skills and teach them in classrooms, and also through our house meetings which happen once each month. Students can earn house points by showing the essentials around campus. Starting August 27th, we will start each Monday in the quad at 8:50 with the flag salute and a flag ceremony to celebrate the winning house from the prior week!

We also have SPARK rallies once a month to celebrate as houses and as a whole school. Rallies and house meetings happen on Friday afternoons, and new this year no schedule changes will need to be made for K and TK students to participate. This also means our spirit wear days are flip flopped from last year. We will wear house colors on Fridays, and our Stoneridge colors or spirit wear on Mondays. Spirit wear will be available starting this week in the Stoneridge Shop!

Top 5 Traffic Reminders

We are so excited to have our returning students back and also to welcome our new families to our beautiful school on the hill! With so many new families, I'd like to take this opportunity to share our top 5 reminders about drop off and pickup as we kick off our second full week of school.

1. Be alert for students crossing at Alexandra before and after school. 
2. In the car lines, please do not exit your car-- and do keep moving forward. If you need to get out for any reason, please park in a space and use one of our crosswalks to enter campus. This helps keep the line moving. 
3. Drop off is allowed at the curb only. The other lane is our flow by lane for exiting cars.
4. As students and families enter and exit campus, please use sidewalks and crosswalks. 
5. Now that we are past the first full week of school, parent drop off is not allowed at classrooms in grades 1-5. Students may enter through the gates. Our staff will ensure they arrive safely to class and have a great day!

Thank you so much for your cooperation and patience! Our number one priority is student safety. Please let our office know if you have a question or concern about traffic. I'd love to hear from you!

Upcoming Events

*Our full school calendar of events will be available in next week's blog.

Big Spoon will be on campus each Monday after school by the flag pole selling frozen yogurt for $3.00, cash only! Stoneridge PTC earns $1.00 from each yogurt sold. What a fun way to cool off after school!

Every Monday is an early release districtwide. School is dismissed at 1:52.

8/29 PTC Meeting at 3:30 -- Everyone is welcome!
9/3 No school - Labor Day
9/5 Ice Cream Social 6-8 PM
9/6 Skate Night 6-8 PM
9/14 No school - RCSD Professional Development Day
9/20 Boy Scout Sign Up Night
10/17 Jog A Thon

After school enrichment information will be shared in early September, and classes will begin in mid-September. We offer many wonderful after school programs for students including Minecraft, Lego Club, Coding/Robotics, Art, Music, Spanish, and new this year we will be offering French, just to name a few!

Have a great week!

August 13 Welcome back!

Welcome back!

What a fun first two days! We are so happy to have all of our students back, and we love seeing our families, too! We hope your child had a fabulous start to the 2018-19 school year! Although we are only on our third day, there is so much to celebrate! In this blog you'll find information about our house system, Monday minimum days, and pickup/dropoff reminders.

Welcome to our house! If you are new to Stoneridge, you have probably heard about this a little bit already-- we have an amazing house system here and we are in year three! Our houses help us to build community and also teach expectations at Stoneridge. It's similar to Hogwarts-- and all students and staff are in a house. So far, our new students in grades 1-5 have been sorted and TK and Kindergarten will be soon! We will be sending out more information about houses and our Stoneridge Essentials soon. On Friday, we had our kickoff rally for grades 1-5 and it was a ton of fun! Every Friday is a spirit day and we wear house colors or Stoneridge spirit wear. Look for a link soon in  the Stoneridge Shop!

Drop off and Pickup Reminders:

Our gates open at 8:35 in the morning. K students should wait outside the gate for their teacher, and students in grades 1-5 may enter at 8:35 when the bell rings. Parents, now that the first two days are over, we will return to our usual morning routine-- and no parent drop off at classrooms in any grades. We have a warning bell at 8:45, and another bell to start school at 8:50. The side gates close at 8:50, so if you arrive after that please drop off in front of the main office. Thank you!

At the end of the day, thank you for your patience in the car line. We will keep you moving forward and it goes fairly quickly once we get into the groove. 

Mondays are always Minimum Days and school is dismissed at 1:52 every Monday.