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!