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Greetings fromStonegate!I hope everyone had a greatweekend. Below areimportant reminders for the2020-2021 school year to help
you stay involved in your child’s success atStonegate Elementary.
Calendar for May 10 - May 14, 2021Monday, May 10● Morning Announcements, 8:45● Sky’s Limit Dance, 3:30
Tuesday, May 11● Morning Announcements, 8:45● Sky’s Limit Dance, 3:30
Wednesday, May 12● Morning Announcements, 8:45
Thursday, May 13● Morning Announcements, 8:45
Friday, May 14● Morning Announcements, 8:45● Stonegate Spirit Day, Wear a Stonegate
T-Shirt● Sky’s Limit Dance, 3:30● Avanti Soccer, 3:30
Morning AnnouncementsThe information is below.Please click the link belowto join the webinar:
https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/85880861096?pwd=K241dGlJakRFU0M2ZjNOMEw5Q1dzUT09Passcode: sharksWebinar ID: 858 8086 1096
Thank you families for recognizing TeacherAppreciation Week! You are all just soawesome!
Happy Mother’s Day to Everyone!
Dance-Fit Challenge: This is our last week!We Are So Close To Our Goal, We Can Do It!We had so much fun with our Dance Fitand egg cracking. Thank you so much forthe pledges. Keep them coming untilThursday!
Thank you for every share and donationyou all have contributed to our fundraiserso far. This year is an important one for ourschool, and we appreciate everyone’s helpas we raise funds for our marquee, 5thgrade celebrations, repairing the SharkMural, and new school materials!
YOU CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OURSCHOOL BY:
1. Registering your student(s) onfunrun.com.
2. Sharing your donation link withextended family and friends fromfunrun.com.
3. Giving a donation if you are able to.
Program details:
● Our Dance-Fit Challenge will takeplace on Thursday, May 6th.Schedule: K-2 start @ 10:30am, 3-5start @ 2pm.
● $10,000 goal incentive = EGGCRACK CHALLENGE will happenafter both Dance-Fit’s
● Prizes: Shipped directly to student’shomes
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There is no pressure to give, but we inviteyou to help our school by getting pledgesfrom family and friends and entering themon FUNRUN.COM. This event will behosted virtually, so whether your student isat home or in school, they can participate!
May is Asian/Pacific American HeritageMonth – a celebration of Asians and PacificIslanders in the United States. A ratherbroad term, Asian/Pacific encompasses allof the Asian continent and the Pacificislands of Melanesia (New Guinea, NewCaledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the SolomonIslands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam,Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands,Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States ofMicronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand,Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands,Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu,Cook Islands, French Polynesia and EasterIsland).
Like most commemorative months,Asian/Pacific American Heritage Monthoriginated with Congress. In 1977 Reps.Frank Horton of New York introducedHouse Joint Resolution 540 to proclaim thefirst ten days in May as Pacific/AsianAmerican Heritage Week. In the same year,Senator Daniel Inouye introduced a similarresolution, Senate Joint Resolution 72.Neither of these resolutions passed, so inJune 1978, Rep. Horton introduced HouseJoint Resolution 1007. This resolutionproposed that the President should“proclaim a week, which is to include theseventh and tenth of the month, during thefirst ten days in May of 1979 as ‘Asian/PacificAmerican Heritage Week.’” This jointresolution was passed by the House and
then the Senate and was signed byPresident Jimmy Carter on October 5, 1978to become Public Law 95-419 (PDF, 158kb).This law amended the original language ofthe bill and directed the President to issue aproclamation for the “7 day periodbeginning on May 4, 1979 as ‘Asian/PacificAmerican Heritage Week.’” During the nextdecade, presidents passed annualproclamations for Asian/Pacific AmericanHeritage Week until 1990 when Congresspassed Public Law 101-283 (PDF, 166kb)which expanded the observance to amonth for 1990. Then in 1992, Congresspassed Public Law 102-450 (PDF, 285kb)which annually designated May asAsian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
MCPS Summer School Registration
To register for in-person summer programs
at your child's school, Stonegate
Elementary, please complete the
registration google form below. Summer
School runs from Tuesday, July 6, 2021
through Friday, July 30, 2021 for a total of 19
days.
Each day, students will participate in
Mathematics, English Language Arts and a
Specials/Electives. The student day is 4.5
hours, 8:45 - 1:15. Please refer to your
school's program flyer for more information
about daily start and end times. Global
Children's Center will be available for
before and after care during summer
school. Global's registration link will be
available next week.
Program registration is open as of Monday,
May 3, 2021 through Friday, June 4, 2021.
Enrollment in your child's summer school
program may be limited based on space.
Please contact your child's school if you have
questions about their summer program
offerings.
This form is only used for in-person summer
school at your child's school/cluster. If you are
interested in registering for the Virtual Summer
School, you may do so through your ParentVue
account.
Summer School Flyer
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17wuwdvwyIhU8gU3-RpFtidzPEZTz7BEJtnC5eJsI7Uo/edit?usp=sharing
Summer School Information
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h2TNORX8OwBNPWL2Z2ENV0eghK1F6-jF2JFDCeSgd5o/edit?usp=sharing
COVID 19 Testing for In PersonDear Parents and Guardians/Queridospadres y guardianes:
This letter is to inform you that COVID-19testing will begin at our school on April 23,2021/Esta carta es para informarle que laspruebas de COVID-19 comenzarán ennuestra escuela el 23 de abril de 2021.
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We must all do our part to prevent thetransmission of the COVID-19 virus in ourschools. This includes participating inschool-provided COVID-19 testing toidentify cases where the student or staffmember may not be showing symptoms.MCPS families were notified about this neweffort in February and March. Tests will beprovided for all students and staff on aweekly basis. Each swab will be placed in acommon tube for that classroom or groupand sent off to a central testing laboratory.The test detects whether the virus that
causes COVID-19 is present in that pooledsample. Schools will receive results within2-3 days. A consent Google form is in thismessage. If you do not complete theconsent form, your child will not be able toparticipate in testing. Information can befound below. The consent form only needsto be completed this one time.
Testing Consent Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNivzYf45kpdrjUKOEgnxEMqevhZ5Fkr6ACkVDoaHCcmCt8Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
MCPS Covid Testing Info
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/reopening/#covid-testing
If you have traveled- or are traveling, pleaseremember to follow MCPS protocols uponyour return, quarantine and a negative testprior to returning to school.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/travel/
EspanolTodos debemos hacer nuestra parte paraprevenir la transmisión del virus COVID-19en nuestras escuelas. Esto incluyeparticipar en las pruebas COVID-19proporcionadas por la escuela paraidentificar los casos en los que el estudianteo el miembro del personal pueden nomostrar síntomas. Las familias de MCPSfueron notificadas sobre este nuevoesfuerzo en febrero y marzo. Seproporcionarán exámenes para todos losestudiantes y el personal semanalmente.Cada hisopo se colocará en un tubo comúnpara ese aula o grupo y se enviará a unlaboratorio de pruebas central. La pruebadetecta si el virus que causa COVID-19 estápresente en esa muestra combinada. Lasescuelas recibirán los resultados dentro de2-3 días. En este mensaje hay un formulariode consentimiento de Google. Si nocompleta el formulario de consentimiento,su hijo no podrá participar en las pruebas.La información se puede encontrar a
continuación. El formulario deconsentimiento solo debe completarse estavez.
Formulario de consentimiento paracompletar
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNivzYf45kpdrjUKOEgnxEMqevhZ5Fkr6ACkVDoaHCcmCt8Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
Información de MCPS sobre pruebas decovid
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/reopening/#covid-testing
Si ha viajado o está viajando, recuerdeseguir los protocolos de MCPS a su regreso-cuarentena y una prueba negativa antes deregresar a la escuela.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/coronavirus/travel/
A Message From The PTA
Planning for Stonegate PTA for the2021-2022 School Year
Stonegate PTA continues to seek any PTAmember who would be interested in beingon the PTA Board next school year.
Please email Cindy, Stonegate PTA VP orOperations [email protected] if you haveany questions about any positions.
All positions are open for considerationand nomination.
· President (1 yr term)
· Vice President of Programs andOperations (1 year term)
· Vice President of Membership (1year term)
· Treasurer (2 year term)
· Secretary (Recording andCorresponding) (1 year term)
Staff Appreciation
THANK YOU.....THANK YOU...THANK YOUto all the families that contributed tomaking EVERY day of Teacher/StaffAppreciation week so AMAZING!!
We strived to go OVER THE TOP and boydid we!!
Thank you all!!
Last PTA meeting if the year
We need to reschedule for Wednesday May12th as that day is K Orientation.
We will hold the meeting either nextWednesday or the 26th.
A confirmation will come out this week.
Free Meals To All StudentsAll students can receive Free Breakfast,Lunch, Dinner and a Snack. Even if youbring your lunch all students can receivethese meals free. Please, remember to bringa plastic water bottle ready to go every day!
Please be patient in the car rider line- wehave plenty of adults inside and outside tohelp our students get to their classrooms.
Car CircleIt is important that you remain in your carduring car rider circle arrival and dismissal.
● Please do not get out of your car. Weare helping students exit and load.
● Do not tell students to enter the carfrom the left, the driver side. Cars arepassing by and this is not safe.
● Please pull in the car circle.● Have your number/name ready.● Make sure that your child(ren) can
recognize their car.Thank you for your continued support withthe car rider circle. We want this process torun as smoothly as possible and keep allstudents safe.
Please Charge Chromebooks NightlyWe have noticed that many students’chromebooks are losing charge midday.Please designate a place in your home foryour child’s chromebook charger. Build aroutine each afternoon when your studentarrives home from school or finishes virtuallearning for the day to plug in thechromebook. A nightly charge to thechromebook will last your student for thenext day of instruction. Each classroom hasa limited number of spare chargers should achild’s chromebook lose power during theday, but it is least disruptive to your child’slearning experience if they have a fullycharged chromebook each morning.Thank you for supporting your child withthis habit!
Learning Academy Online, Saturday School
Important Information
Recording: As per our previouscommunication, all sessions will berecorded, but parents/caregivers can opt outof having their child’s image or voicerecorded by completing the Annual Noticefor Directory Information and StudentPrivacy and submitting it by September 11,2020 and adopting the responsibility ofturning off their child’s camera andmicrophone. Here is a link to the form.
ENGLISHhttps://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/forms/pdf/281-13.pdf.
SPANISHhttps://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/forms/pdf/281-13_spanish.pdf
Attendance is expected from 9-11:30 and1:00-3:15 each day in the live zoom sessions.Should a family opt out of some or all livezoom sessions on a regular basis, thisinformation should be communicated withthe school. Students not attending livezoom sessions on a regular basis are requiredto access the recording of each missed
lesson within 72 hours and complete allrelated work.
School Wide PBIS VirtualWe are entering our fourth year as a PBISschool. The committee has worked hardover the summer to refine our positivesupports for students. Our Expectations are:✔ Be Respectful✔ Be Responsible✔ Be Committed✔ Be Safe
You will continue to learn more about PBISupgrades during Pre-service.
Positive Behavior Interventions andSupports (PBIS) is a proactive approach toestablishing the behavioral supports andsocial culture needed for all students in aschool to achieve social, emotional andacademic success. Attention is focused oncreating and sustaining primary(school-wide), secondary (classroom), andtertiary (individual) systems of support thatimprove lifestyle results (personal, health,social, family, work, recreation) for all youthby making targeted misbehavior lesseffective, efficient, and relevant, and desiredbehavior more functional.
While advanced strategies to addressdiscipline are at the forefront of PBIS in thebrick and mortar school building,relationships will be the focus duringdistance learning. Across the first semester,PBIS will be used to develop strongrelationships, connections, and support atStonegate. Allowing for every student tomake a trusting connection with at least oneadult. This will help foster resiliency, andself-efficacy during this new time of virtuallearning. Upon return to the brick andmortar school building PBIS will return to itssystem of proactive strategies to define,teach, and support appropriate studentbehavior.
Clothing To Cash Recycling Program
Clothing to Cash® is a program that collectsNew and Used Clothing, Shoes, Sheets,Towels, (all Textiles) and pays the school 10cents for every pound collected. Theprogram is operated entirely OUTSIDE andwill be located in the school parking lot,where students, parents, staff and thecommunity can drop off items throughoutthe year. They have state of the art photoquantity sensors installed in each bin thatreport 3 times daily to prevent overflow andallow the company to schedule service asneeded (no other companies use thistechnology). They empty the collection bin,weigh the contents to determine our schoolearnings and pays our school monthly. Theaverage school (500 - 1000 students) willearn $1000- $2000 yearly if each studentwould donate just one 13-gallon kitchen sizetrash bag yearly!! Add in parents, siblings,relatives, neighbors, and staff andStonegate’s earnings could really increase.
Administration can be reached at:Principal: [email protected]: @StonegatePrin
Assistant Principal:[email protected]
Visit us on the web at:www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/stonegatees/