The principal’s newsletter of Stone Mill Elementary School
Kimberly A. Williams, Principal
April 8, 2016
Newsletter #5
APRIL
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Class Pictures
Grade 3 MAP-R
Kindergarten Orientation (current Kdg. doesn’t attend)
Grade 4 MAP-R
Grade 1 field trip to Woodlawn Manor
Kindergarten Orientation (current Kdg. doesn’t attend)
Saborio MAP-P
PEP Classic AM photo day (DiGenova/Ackley)
Tu MAP-P
Science fair set up
Science fair for classes during the day
Science fair for families
Jablonski MAP-P
McCleary MAP-P
RIO family fun night (sponsored by PTA)
Carmi MAP-P
Grade 4 field trip to Woodlawn Manor
Schwartz MAP-P
Report card distribution day
Young MAP-P
Cooper MAP-P
No School – election day
Donaldson MAP-P
Take your child to work day
Greaney MAP-M
Teacher appreciation week!
Grade 3 MAP-M
Greaney MAP-P
Grade 2 field trip to Brookside Gardens (Donaldson/Linnell)
Hearing and vision screening
Linnell MAP-P
Hearing and vision screening
Grade 5 MAP-M
Brosious MAP-P
Grade 3 PARCC
Grade 4 PARCC
Grade 2 field trip to Brookside Gardens (Greaney/Brosious)
Grade 5 PARCC
Grade 3 PARCC
Chorus concert for students
Chorus concert for parents
Grade 5 PARCC
LAST homework club
PTA meeting
Grade 5 class picture
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2-3:30
2:15 & 7 pm
9:45-1:15
Grade 4 PARCC
Book fair begins!
Grade 4 PARCC
Grade 3 field trip to Balto. Museum of Industry
Grade 5 field trip to Mt. Vernon
Grade 3 PARCC
Grade 4 PARCC
Grade 5 PARCC
Grade 3 PARCC
Grade 5 PARCC
Kindergarten trip to the Baltimore Zoo
Grade 5 career day
Instrumental music spring concert
No school
Grade 5 bowling party
PRINCIPAL’S WRITING WALL – Each week, students’ work is selected by teachers as exemplary and
will be displayed in the front hall of the school. Teachers are on a rotating schedule, and not all classes are
displayed every week. We have adjusted the schedule this year to allow for many more, if not all, students’
writing to be posted during the year. I invite you to read the wall regularly to see some fabulous writing!
Congratulations to the students whose writing has been highlighted this week!
Grade 5 – Dakota Duckett, Vincent Huang, Zaina Kazi, Saurav Khetan, Ryan Kunst, Jason Lee,
Sharon Lee, Josefine Liau, Fiona Lin
Grade 4 – Karen Cao, Kimberly Liu, Raj Bhansali, Elaine Wang, Diezel Duckett, Alice Song,
Yassine Idrissa, Abigal Lin, Cali Park, Brian Zheng, Elizabeth Tkachenko, Annie Jung, Amy Qin,
Marco Freelander, Rohan Giare, Jireh Kim, Darren Shapiro, Brian Tse, Amy Huang, Gurnoor Sodhi
Grade 3 – Nikki Cohen, Kelvin Zhou, Polly Sypowicz, Seoeun Park, Elizabeth Gao, Lance Wei,
Ayush Shah, Caroline Donmoyer, Jonathan Cao, Sophia Owens, Ellen Liu, Taylor Brigham, Parsa
Hashemi, Timothy OuYang, Anna Dong, Karthik Rajaram, Brooke Zweig, Abby Needleman, Naima ChoKhaliq, Michelle Gao, Isobel Campbell, Yash Maniar, Amber Tien, Melissa Lee, Eugene Burstein,
Nikhita Bhatt, Sarah Gomez, Rayna Panikulum, Munashe Bosha, Nathan Tai, Jenna Goldberg,
Isabella Graupera, Sanai Helms, Matthew Kunst, Jennifer Miranda, Logan Paschall, Lainey Zhang,
Imelda Ahaikpo, Brendan Che Chuang, Idhant Gode, Lizzie Lee
Grade 2 – Duncan Park, Nathan Seo, Cleon Liu, Maelyss Davi, Janel Suleimenov, Drew Zaslav,
Benjamin Reich, Anaya Mayer, Jason Ciecwierz-Elias, Mutasim Elahee, Felix Lai, Kevin Miao,
Elina Martinez, Catherine Yang, Varun Srinivasan, Brandon Chen, Somtochukwu Aniagboso,
Danielle Rubin, Hailey Carmi, Natalie Chen, Walter Sha, Jess Yeilding, Esha Sharma, Diya Khetan,
Mia Yang, Andrew Boyce, Stanley Hsu
Grade 1 – Chelsea Opoku, Prachi Chauhan, Alexa Bennett, Valerie Lai, Sarah Podberesky,
Adam Beckman, Nelson Chang, Nandan Ram, Blake Williams, Ivy Tang, Saumya Mehta, Mansoor Taheri,
Mahi Sharma
Kdg. – Matthew Boyce, Zachary Khieu, Lilian Peng, Makaio Sheffield, Seongyong Sheih, Jonah Tesser,
Elleana Van Eepoel, Matthew Widjaja, Anna Wu, Molly Yang, Ryan Yang, Ethan Goh, Robby Owens,
Othniel Wilson, Ethan Chen, Natanim Gebeyehu, Kian Davalloo, Alex Graupera, Adisa Grant,
Mikayla Ko, Erin Liau, Hannah Marcks, Elsa Menjivar, Eliana Ng, Karlee Chapman, Michael Chen,
Mina Choucroun, Angela Dobi, Yosi Edery, Brayden Park, Gabriel Lopes, Andy Shi, Deo Tzeng,
Kanna Verrasingham, Elly Zhou, Nathan Tian
SPRING CARNIVAL SAVE THE DATE! - Spring Carnival is coming! This year’s carnival will be held
at our school on Saturday, May 21st , from 2:00pm to 6:00pm. Carnival Games, Prizes, DJ, Teacher
Treasures and new this year an amazing rock wall and many more fun activities for you to enjoy! Don’t
miss out on the fun! Be on the look out for more information about our 2 nd annual Silent Auction!
If you have any questions please contact
Sab Shad [email protected] or Janet Williams [email protected]
INFORMATION FROM YOUR PUPIL PERSONNEL WORKER (PPW) – Pupil Personnel Workers
(PPW) are educators who are specially trained to help meet the needs of students and their families. They
support the Montgomery County Public Schools’ system goals as advocates, liaisons, and consultants.
PPWs advocate for all students. As consultants, they assist families in accessing MCPS programs and
services as well as Montgomery County community information, services and resources. As liaisons,
PPWs help maintain a positive home-school connection. They help students and families better understand
school policies and regulations. In addition, PPWs work in the areas of crisis response, Change of School
Assignment (COSA), and with disciplinary processes. They are members of student services teams and
work closely with administrators, counselors, and special education staff. To speak with our PPW,
Brenda McKenna, you can contact the school or her directly at 301-840-3475.
ONLINE PAYMENT FOR YEARBOOK AND FIELD TRIPS – We are now able to pay for the
yearbook and field trips online with credit and debit cards. Most of our second grade parents have already
used the service to pay for their recent field trip.
In order to buy a school yearbook or pay for a field trip: Please register your student(s) by logging on
to:
http://osp.osmsinc.com/MontgomeryMD/BVModules/CategoryTemplates/Detailed%20List%20with%20Pr
operties/Category.aspx?categoryid=BY190 or by the link on the right side of the Stone Mill web home
page.
Click on the bold print for the item you want to purchase: for a field trip, click on the link with your child’s
teacher’s name and the name of the field trip; for the yearbook, click on the yearbook link for your child’s
grade. The default screen shows the price and the quantity of 1. Click “add to cart.” Click the blue,
“checkout” button. The next screen asks you to either login (you may have an account if you used this
before) or to register as a new user. Follow the instructions to register or log in. You are then asked (in the
center of the screen) to “select student profile.” If you have never registered before, you will choose the
dark, grey button at the top that says, “Add Student Profile.” You will need your child’s six-digit ID
number which is on your child’s current report card – or you can call the office for it. Then click “next.”
The next screen takes you through inputting your credit or debit card info into the system. And then you’re
done! There is a 3.75% fee for using this service, so as an example, a $10 field trip would cost an extra 37
and a half cents. If you have any trouble, please call Mrs. Wynant in the office for help.
HEARING AND VISION SCREENING – All Kindergarten and new students to MCPS will be tested for
hearing and vision. If you would NOT like your child to be screened (and he/she is in Kdg. or is new to
MCPS), please contact the office.
EMAILING ABSENCES – If you are emailing your child’s teacher about his/her absence, please copy in
[email protected] (our attendance secretary) and [email protected] (our health
technician).
DROPPING OFF AND PICKING UP CHILDREN - Please have children be on time during both
arrival and dismissal. Children should be sitting in their seats each morning at 9:25. In the afternoon, the
children get quite uncomfortable standing on concrete in the blowing wind for 20 or so minutes, so please
pick up on time. School dismisses at 3:50. Thanks! 
OUR WEBSITE - If you haven’t visited the Stone Mill Elementary School website lately, please do!
The website address is: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/stonemilles/
SPECIAL TIGER TAILS THANK YOU TO:
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Shruti Japee and Marisa Grant for the amazing science fair!
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Geoff White for his great presentation on brine shrimp!