September 24 #costavida #walk to school #jogjogjog

Happy Fall, Stoneridge Families!

October is just around the corner and there are SO many fun events coming up in the next few weeks! On Thursday our PTC is hosting our first dine and dash spirit night fundraiser  from 4-8 PM at Costa Vida-- and Mrs. Jones and Mrs. DeLeo are our special guests! Be sure to stop by and say hello, grab a bite, and 20% of the proceeds will be donated to our PTC with the image below. Snap a screenshot with your phone-- it's that easy!

October 1st -- International Walk & Bike to School Day! 

Other Upcoming Dates and Details

October 3rd -- PTC Meeting 3:30-4:30 pm

October 3rd -- School Talent Show Performance 10:10

October 4th -- Talent Show 6 PM

October 10th-- Picture Day & Skate Night

October 17th -- Jog-a-thon! Watch for more info soon!

Have a great week!

September 18 #rockyourschool #jog #monsterdash

You're invited! Please join us for our first ever Evening with the Principal & PTC Night  this Wednesday in the multi! We are hosting two sessions-- one from 5:00-6:15 and the other from 6:30-7:45. Choose the best time for you! The information will be the same at both sessions. Come and learn all about our school, meet the PTC board, and find out about all  of the ways you can get involved in our Stoneridge community. There will be an informational presentation and then time for breakout groups for different events and committees within our school. We look forward to seeing you!

Then... on September 20th we are ready to join  thousands of schools around the globe for #rockyourschool day! Our teachers love to engage our students in learning everyday, but this Thursday they will be cranking it up a notch in a school-wide and world-wide EPIC day of learning! We can't wait for the kids to see what they have planned!

What is the Jog-A-Thon Video Competition?

Our Stoneridge Jog-A-Thon Video Competition challenges our students to make a video to promote Jog-A-Thon! Students can work alone or in teams. They can act it out, make a stop motion video, music video, etc. to create an advertisement about Jog-A-Thon to help Stoneridge reach our $40,000 fundraising goal! Click here to view the jog video competition flyer rules and more!

Stoneridge 2018

Monster Dash Jog A Thon

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Here are our goals for this year's jog-a-thon!

We are hoping to raise $40,000 - If each student raises $75 we will surpass our goal, which will allow us to:

• Buy 3 Chromebook Carts
• Buy 10-12 ipads
• Have 1:3 ratio of devices / children (we are currently at 1 device to 5.4 children - 120 devices for 650 students)
• Additional funds will be equally divided for each branch of our STEAM program!

This year we will be working toward schoolwide goals and have schoolwide prizes!

You can help! We need parent volunteers! Please sign up on our signup genius. (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4aafa62ba6f85-stoneridge)

We are looking for volunteers for:

Popsicle station
Lap trackers
Parents dressed up in child friendly costumes to pump up the fun!
Volunteer coordinator

Set up, clean up and many, many more opportunities to lend a helping hand!
Click here to view and print the Monster Dash jog flyer

Would you like to be a sponsor? Click here to find out more! or copy/paste:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vCu9wG8l0TJaCTF_e0mV0-VdTyxJZvVnJGcy_2fHEoY/edit?usp=sharing

September 10th #jogsponsor #spanish #french

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our Ice Cream Social and Skate Nights last week-- so much fun seeing so many Timberwolves! We love our Stoneridge Family!

Here are a few updates for this week:

Last chance to sign up for Spanish & French
Each class needs a minimum of 15 students to run and we would love to see them all go forward! All families will receive an email with this blog link and you'll find the flyers in the attachments. Here are the current numbers:

1st- 3rd grade class: 13 students
4th -5th grade class: 12 students
Kindergarten: 8 students
French: 3 students

Jog-A-Thon
Also, our jog-a-thon is coming up on October 17th! Our jog is our biggest fundraiser of the year and this year will be the best yet! Would you like to be a sponsor? Click here to view our sponsor form. We are hoping to raise $40,000 this year-- and an average of about $65 per family will get us to that goal. We are hoping to purchase more Chromebooks, fully fund our Science Docent program, and update our Art Docent Program with your help! More information will be coming home soon with all of the info for our Monster Dash!

Upcoming  September Dates & Details
14 – No School (RCSD Professional Development Day)

18- Talent Show tryouts
19 - Evening with the Principal and PTC Parent Information Night
Join us!

We are hosting two sessions -- one 5:00-6:15 and the other from 6:30-7:45 -- choose the time that works best for you! I'll be sharing some information about Stoneridge -- a little like Back to School Night with the principal and PTC! Then there will be breakout sessions where you can learn about how you can get involved with PTC, Site Council, events, and more. We hope to see you there!

27- Costa Vida Spirit Night

Have a great week!

September 1 #enrichment #DI #choir #icecream #skatenight

Happy Saturday and Happy September Stoneridge Families!

     This is a special Saturday edition of the Stoneridge Family blog, coming to you early since there is no school on Monday September 3rd in honor of Labor Day. Our House Flag Ceremony will be on Tuesday morning in the quad at 8:50 since there is no school Monday. Which house will win? 

     We are excited to share lots of information with you in this blog post including: 

• PTC calendar of events for the year
• Enrichment descriptions and signup information for all fall sessions (Minecraft & Lego open in the Stoneridge Shop on Tuesday the 5th at 7 PM)
• Choir Ensemble information for grades 3-5 from Mrs. Vaaler
• Destination Imagination follow up information
• Skate Night pre-order form

PTC Calendar

     Our Stoneridge PTC is amazing and provides many opportunities for our students and families through fun events and fundraisers throughout the year! We are excited to share the 2018-19 PTC calendar and year at a glance for you. These events can also be found online at our Stoneridge School Google Calendar - 

click here to view the Stoneridge Google Calendar     

click here to view/print the year at a glance document

Stoneridge Fall After School Enrichment

     If you are new to Stoneridge, we are proud to offer a variety of enrichment programs after school! Some of our classes are run by Stoneridge staff (Minecraft and Lego Club are led by Mrs. Caines, our awesome librarian!) , and others are run by outside vendors. We will have four rounds of enrichment this year, and before each round we will send out a schedule of all offerings with signup information. Spanish and French run all year long beginning in September. Here is the information for our fall enrichment session:

Fall Enrichment Information

Minecraft & Lego signups open in the Stoneridge Shop on Tuesday September 4th at 7 PM. These can classes fill fast! ***The links will not be available before that time. 

Choir Ensemble with Mrs. Vaaler - open to 3rd -5th grades

     In years past, we have had Bucket Band as our before school music ensemble in the upper grades, which has been awesome! This year, we are excited to announce that Choir will be our new performance ensemble and will be open to students in grades 3-5. (Watch later this year for TK-2 choir coming to Stoneridge!) The 3rd-5th choir packet is linked below and the signup sheet should be returned to school this week. 

Choir Information Packet

Destination Imagination

     Thank you to all of the parents who attended the DI information night! For those who were unable to attend, Krystle Henderson has provided some follow up information. Teams are forming this week and the signup link is included in her letter.

DI Information & Signups

Skate Night Thursday from 6-8 PM

     We love Skate Nights at Stoneridge, and our first one is this Thursday! You can pre-order pizza and skates with the form included below, or pay at the door. We hope to see you there! 

Skate Night Pre-order form

Have a wonderful weekend! We can't wait to see you all at the Ice Cream Social on Wednesday from 5-6 pm. 

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.