Sunday, May 28

 

Is it just me?? Having our last day in June is really messing with my head! That aside, there are plenty of things coming up to keep up us busy and distracted, in the meantime.  

Teacher Check Out: Here are the Checkout List and Check Out Sign Up. 

Report Card Timeline: 

* Wednesday, May 31 by 5pm- Report cards submitted

* Thursday, June 1 by 4pm- Preview shared

* Tuesday, June 5 by 4pm- Final Report Cards Due

* Wednesday, June 6 - Report Cards Emailed Home

Did you know... Maria Larsen has a sun tattoo.

Coming Up This Week:

Monday, 5/29: NO SCHOOL!!🌞

Tuesday, 5/30: 5th grade to SunSplash; Staff Meeting Canceled. 

Wednesday, 5/31: Yearbook Party @ 8-9pm; Snowie King after school

Thursday, 6/1: Senior Walk @ 1pm

Friday, 6/2: Morning Flag Salute at 7:50am

Fun Fact of the Week:

Sunday, May 21

 

This image popped up when I searched 'last full week of school.' Of course, I was looking for a funny meme, but when I saw this, I was like, Wow! This is so true. The last weeks and the first weeks of school are so similar and these things are very important! I had not really thought of it that way, but this made it so clear. 

All of that being said, this is the last full week of school! Can you believe it? I cannot! I always say time flies after Spring Break, but I swear it moves faster each year. 

PACK Pass Update: We will not have a PACK Pass party. I will be doing raffles at lunch each day for a sweet gift bag including Prime, cotton candy and some other things. The kids can choose to put their PACK passes in this bucket and I will not empty it between drawings. We are also working on a 'Door Dash' option for kids that have been saving this with in mind. However, this is work in progress. We have to figure out how many kids this effects and what we will be getting. I will let you know as soon as I know. 

Continue to flood the kid with PACK passes these last couple weeks. It will help with behavior and I know they will be motivated by these gift bags. 

Check Out Update: Walkie Talkies- Candi will be collecting your walkie talkie when she takes your material checklist. If you have already turned in your checklist, please turn in your walkie talkie at the end of the year. Candi also needs the walkie talkie box. If you haven't turned that in, you can turn it in with your walkie talkie. How many times can you say walkie talkie in one small paragraph?

Benchmark readers: As Candi has shared, we would like an updated inventory of our Benchmark readers. The purpose of this is to simply know what we have. They have been moved around quite a bit and we need an updated inventory. You can share your total inventory as a grade level. We will work on a spreadsheet for your numbers that will be shared soon. 

PACK Assembly: This week we will recognize our 'Top Timberwolf.' Many of you have asked if you can recognize 2 students and that is totally fine! We will have our assembly outside. Yay!

PBIS Update:

Please turn in your classroom handbook for revision. We will have boxes under the table in the office. Thank you!

At our PTC meeting on Thursday, the PTC introduced their new board members. I have been working with them quite a bit and they are awesome! Please feel free to copy and paste the information below with your parents. They still need several members. 

Congratulations to the new PTC Board!

2023-24 New PTC Board Members

President: Janine McIntyre

Treasurer: David Burgess

Secretary: Stefanie Stenklyft

Click HERE to read more about the team

Join the team now and volunteer for one of these open lead positions, event coordinators/helpers, and two additional Board members.

PLEASE CLICK HERE to learn all about the fun opportunities to get involved next year and the time commitment. There's a ton of options that take minimal time and a lot that a volunteer can do from home!

Did you know... Shannon Nelson has been stung by a jellyfish.

Did you know one of our staff members has a sun tattoo?

What makes you unique??: I need some more!!! I am almost through the list, please add another or if you haven't already: Unique Fact 

Coming Up This Week:

Monday, 5/22: 

Tuesday, 5/23: PBIS meeting at 2:20pm

Wednesday, 5/24: Brooks off site (AM)

Thursday, 5/25: PACK Assembly @ 9:15am (Top Timberwolf)

Friday, 5/26: Morning Flag Salute at 7:50am; Field Day 8:30-10:30am

Fun Fact of the Week:

Sunday, May 14

Happy Mother's Day to each and every one of you. Whether you are a dog mom, a new mom or a mom attending college graduation, you all deserve a day of relaxation and pampering. You are not only loved by your own children but also be each of your students. You are all incredible humans 💖

Congratulations to this year's Teacher Who Makes a Difference, Poppi Canepa! As you all know, Poppi will do anything for her students and truly cares about each of them. She creates a family in her classroom and integrates GLAD strategies throughout her teaching. Poppi has also taught the 4/5 combo for two years in a row and has handled it with grace. Even with two grade levels in her classroom, she finds time to work in small groups with her students in order to provide the added support they may need. A huge congrats to Poppi!

Volunteer Appreciation Tea: The Volunteer Appreciation Tea is Monday June 5th at 1:30. Please add your classroom volunteers to this list: Volunteer List

Thank you to all of you who helped at and attended the Carnival. It was amazing! Mr. Hinh took pictures all evening. Check them out: Carnival Pictures

Reminders:

Pinks and Blues: As you are putting class lists together, do not separate your Pinks and Blues according to the classes you create. Please give Luisa the pinks and blues for your current class. 

Moving or Leaving/ End of Year Check Out: 

If you are moving schools, please be sure to leave anything you were reimbursed for because it belongs to Stoneridge.

Below is the updated check out list. See the changes to technology. Your iPad, Apple TVs, and remotes for both TVs and Apple TVs placed in one ziploc bag per room, with room number indicated on bag.

 Check Out List

i-Ready Window 3

Just a reminder that iReady Window 3 ends on May 26.  Window 3 is required for 2nd grade and optional for Grades 3-8 because of CAASPP testing.
Contact: Angela Garcia

PBIS: We are thinking on our feet in the lunchroom to finish the year out strong and sane! Instead of class dojo, we are handing out green PACK passes that are just for the lunchroom. When students get one of these passes they put it in a grade level bucket for a drawing before their lunch is over. The "prizes" are those highly desired snacks! Talk about instant gratification and a much quieter and cleaner lunch room.  

EL Update: Thank you all so much for the time you took to complete the RFEP and EL monitoring forms. One copy will be placed in the student's cum folder and one will go home. I will put the copies to send home in your boxes. Please send them home on Friday, May 19. Since some families have multiple children, I would love for all forms to go home on the same day.  Thank you!

TOSA Tidbits: GIFT OF TIME! See the link below to sign up for an additional 40 minute prep on us! You can leave us plans or we can plan the time for you. Gift of Time!

End of Year Party Information:

Our party is next Thursday, May 18th, start time is after school. Our address is 9280 King Road in Loomis, park along the main road/shared driveway. Our house is on the left. 

Sunshine fund has a little money left over, but please Venmo  https://venmo.com/u/Robin-Learn $5 to help cover the cost of food and necessities, cash is fine too. Mark will smoke a pork roast for pulled pork sliders. I will pick up  salad, veggies, crackers, dips, and some sweets. We are asking that you bring your own beverages (wine, beer, sodas). There will be water, iced tea, and a cooler with ice to keep your drinks cold. 

Please let your IAs and any other staff know about this celebration, I am not able to see who will receive these emails (Stoneridge Site). I am keeping an RSVP list to be sure we have enough food.

Did you know... When Ally Simmons was 15 years old her summer looked like this: She worked at a donut shop from 6am-10am and then went and worked at a pizza/pasta restaurant from 5pm-11pm....she took naps sometimes during the day to make it work.

Did you know one of our staff members has been stung by a jellyfish?

What makes you unique??: I need some more!!! I am almost through the list, please add another or if you haven't already: Unique Fact 

Coming Up This Week:

Monday, 5/15: 

Tuesday, 5/16: IEP Day; Staff meeting at 2:20pm

Wednesday, 5/17: 

Thursday, 5/18: PTC Meeting at 2:20pm; Staff Party at Robin Learn's

Friday, 5/19: Morning Flag Salute at 7:50am

Birthdays This Week🎈🎉 

Cathy Wallace: May 14th

Christi Robertson: May 16th

Fun Fact of the Week:

Sunday, May 7

 

Holy Cow! It is May 7th. April was gone in a blink and you know May goes just as fast. Upper grades are deep into testing and there are a lot of things happening these last few weeks. I know the end of the year may feel like a time to relax and slow down a bit~ Heaven knows, we are all exhausted. All of that being said, the end of they year will be so much smoother if we continue with the same routines and keep working on academics. The upcoming summer is actually a stress trigger for many of our students. Some students feel safest while at school and others know they will be spending the summer at Adventure Club. Our students truly love being here at school with you and are nervous about leaving for the summer. Let's take it to the last minute and end strong!

PBIS Walkthrough: Our PBIS walkthrough is complete and the application is submitted. We applied for Silver recognition which is the highest you can apply for in Tier 1. That is something to be proud of! A HUGE thank you to Rori for all of the work she put in leading up to the walkthrough. And thank you to the entire PBIS team. We have made incredible progress with PBIS in the last two years. 

Next year, we will be adding a Tier 2 team and supports. It will be essential that we all enter our data into SWIS. The purpose of adding incidents to SWIS is simply for data purposes. We can get a child Tier 2 support if we see they have multiple referrals and Tier 1 interventions and reteaches are not working. A SWIS referral is not punitive. Thank you to all of you who have been entering data into SWIS. See below for the number of entries per grade. This is a reminder to enter incidents into SWIS. 

Report Card Timeline: 

* Wednesday, May 31 by 5pm- Report cards submitted

* Thursday, June 1 by 4pm- Preview shared

* Tuesday, June 5 by 4pm- Final Report Cards Due

* Wednesday, June 6 - Report Cards Emailed Home

End of Year Check Out: It is almost that time! I will share all of the guidelines with you soon, but I wanted to share an important date. If you are moving rooms or leaving Stoneridge, you need to be packed up and out by the end of the teacher work day on June 7th. Thank you!

Did you know... Maria's mom was a nun before she met her dad! Crazy!

Did you know when one of our staff members was 15 years old her summer looked like this: She worked at a donut shop from 6am-10am and then went and worked at a pizza/pasta restaurant from 5pm-11pm....she took naps sometimes during the day to make it work. Who is it?

What makes you unique??: I need some more!!! I am almost through the list, please add another or if you haven't already: Unique Fact 

Coming Up This Week:

Monday, 5/8:

Tuesday, 5/9:  PLC Leadership at 2:20pm

Wednesday, 5/10: Brooks Off Site-AM; Snowie King after school

Thursday, 5/11: 

Friday, 5/12: Morning Flag Salute at 7:50am: CARNIVAL from 5:30-7:30

Fun Fact of the Week:

Have a great week!!