The principal’s newsletter of Stone Mill Elementary School
Kimberly A. Williams, Principal
December 17, 2015
Newsletter #3
DECEMBER
24-Jan. 3
Schools closed - Winter break
JANUARY
4
6
7
8
11
12
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18
21
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25
26
27
28
29
9:40
7-8 PM
9:40-12
9:30
9:30
10:30
2:15 & 7 PM
9:30
9:30
9:30
9:30
School resumes
Club/candid photos
PTA Speaker night – Mrs. Budman on testing and GT
Highly Gifted Center testing (by prior arrangement)
Grade 3 MAP-R
Grade 4 MAP-R
Grade 5 MAP-R
No School – MLK, Jr. Day
Instrumental Music Concert (advanced only)
End of the second marking period
No School – professional day for teachers
Mrs. Donaldson MAP-P
Mrs. Greaney MAP-P
Mrs. Brosious MAP-P
Ms. Linnell MAP-P
Student Appreciation Day
FEBRUARY
1
2
9:30
9:30
3
4
5
8
9
11
12
15
19
26
9:30
9:30
all day
6:30
9:30
9:30
10:00
9:45
10:30
2:30
5-9 PM
1:15
Mrs. Carmi MAP-P
Mrs. Cooper MAP-P
CJMS online registration for grade 5
Report card distribution day
Mr. Saborio MAP-P
Mrs. Schwartz MAP-P
Last session of Sport Stacking for session 1
Grade 5 trip to MD Science Center
Spelling bee
Grade 3 MAP-M
Grade 4 MAP-M
Grade 2 field trip to the Imagination Stage
Grade 3 field trip to Imagination Stage
Grade 5 MAP-M
Week 1 of second session of sport stacking begins
Valentine’s Day parties
No School – Presidents’ day
Talent Show
Early Release Day
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 – Sia Badri, Mason Berk, Gillian Berman, Claire Chen, Joshua Chen, Sidoine Djimbou, Beka
Eado, Carter Gary, Talia Giro, Feben Girma, Anusha Iyer, Anes Kim, Christopher Li, Sophia Liang, Pranav
Palavarapu, Daniel song, Katherine Sorokin, Genesis Sosin, Irene Tang
Grade 4 – Alex Wang, Elli Shmunis, Jason Li, Megan Reid, Zara Majumder, Celeste Reus, Ines Evehe,
Casey Bennett, Nwamaka Aniagboso, Rory Goetz, Lily Judelsohn, Jireh Kim, Sriman Rajkumar, Gurnoor
Sodhi, Miduo Sun, Roberto Quiroz, Sophia Kim, Jessica Bernstein, Sophia Wang, Lucas Sossa, Elizabeth
Misovec, Sloane Stuber, Rhianne Amaral, Abena Frimpong, Wesley Lau
Grade 3 – Naysa Mustafa, Sophie Liu, Sophia O’connor, Ishan Puri, Sage Thomas, Ria Awasthi,
Rehoboth, Adekunle, Adrian Sinfuego, Sean Chen, Ajani Grant, Jack Morin, Anastasia Dakoulas, Annie
Ye, Cayla Schwartz, Satvik Gudipati, Lily Pham, Shivani Jain, Kian Hamidzadeh
Grade 2 –
Grade 1 – Nikhil Bhatt, Alexa Bennett, Valerie Lai, Prachi Chauhan, Nelson Chang, Adam Beckman,
Morgan Wilson, Anaya Mayer, Rayne Moore, Claire Spivak, Andy Yan, Brendan Lau, David Zhu, EJ
Anderson, Ralueke Aniagboso, Isabelle Han, Cindy Lei, Christian Lee, Emma Lin, Cheslav Lukashanets,
Leilia McCabe, Thano Naum, Morgan Park, Alex Rabin, Medhansh Tyagi, Alex Lin, Max Jou, Priya Shah,
AJ Solatov, Tatyana Villarreal, Sajni Srinivasan, Chloe Zhu
Kdg. – Joshua Chan, Sean Jo, Ava Lin, Faris Barakat, Marco Quiroz, Taylor Mills, Michael Athas, Julia
Mougoue, Jaden Cook, Sanjay Ramachandran, Maya Abdrashitova, Ann Tzeng, Gabrielle Guan, Neil
Praveen, Brendan Wolfe, Zia Mehta, Diba Hamidzadeh, Lucas Lee, Silvia Wang, Alysha Rahman, JP
Lukas, Daniel Stepanyan, Ruixi Zhang, Grace Yan, Cecilia Ronconi, Cash Bourque, Sloane Berk, Chase
Winokur, Meghna Sharma, Ethan Mills, Sarea Tripathi, Alexander Surov, Charlotte Ma, Hayden Ahn, Joab
Solomon
LOST AND FOUND – Our lost and found is OVERFLOWING with clothes, hats, gloves, etc. Please
have your child look to see if he/she has anything there. It is also a great idea for parents to come and visit
as the children often forget what is theirs. Parents will be visiting tomorrow and/or Monday to organize the
clothes on tables in the main hallway so kids/parents can “shop” for what they’ve lost.
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).
REUNIFICATION PLANS – In the unlikely event that Stone Mill has to dismiss after regular school
hours or in another unusual manner, we have developed a plan of how to reunite parents and their children
in a safe and orderly manner. This reunification plan will enable us to account for every child’s departure
while enabling parents and/or other parentally approved adults to retrieve the children from the school. This
is the drill we are running Monday at 2. The front doors of our school will be locked and arrow signs will
lead parents to the side entrance of the All-Purpose Room (APR) located on the Quietwood Drive side of
the building. Tables will be set up in the APR for parents to request their children. Fifteen parents at a
time will be allowed into the APR. Adults picking up their own and/or others’ children MUST indicate on
a sign out sheet who they are taking – i.e., Bobby Smith signed out to Mrs. Hoi, and each adult will receive
a sheet of paper indicating who they are taking. All adults’ identification will be checked against the
school emergency forms.
Mrs. Hoi (parent)
Bobby Smith
Jeff Hoi
Cindy Loo Who
Personnel at tables in the APR will radio to classrooms via walkie talkies. Parents will exit the APR,
reunite with the children inside the building, and be exited through a side door. MCPS will still arrange
bus service, and staff members will maintain cards listing which children are on which buses. Between the
bus boarding cards and the car transport list, we will have an accounting of how every student left the
school. We realize that out-of-the-ordinary dismissals could be stressful, but know that by following the
plan, everyone will get home safely. Thanks in advance for working with us! For Monday’s drill, it is
just practice and our regular dismissal will be at the usual time in the usual manner.
COOKIE “EXCHANGE” – Thanks to all of our volunteer bakers for helping out for the cookie
“exchange” (really cookie gift to the teachers ). We really appreciate all your cookies! They were
delicious and were truly appreciated by all!!
PICKING UP CHILDREN – As the weather gets colder, if your child is in car circle, please try to be on
time. The children get quite uncomfortable standing on concrete in the blowing wind for 20 or so minutes.
School dismisses at 3:50. Thanks for being on time! 
WARM WISHES – The Stone Mill staff feels so amazingly lucky to contribute to such a fabulous
community. Thanks for all you do for us and to make your children respectful, responsible, and eager to
learn. Have a wonderful Winter break, and we look forward to working with everyone in the New Year!
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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Susan Bock & Jia-Shiu OuYang for facilitating our fabulous cookie exchange!
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Sarah Overheu for the great movie night and for helping in the health room!