The principal’s newsletter of Stone Mill Elementary School
Kimberly A. Williams, Principal
October 19, 2015
Newsletter #2
OCTOBER
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
30
9:30
9:30
9:40-1:40
9:30
10:30
9:30
6:00—9:00
9:40-12:55
2:25
Grade 3 MAP-M
Grade 4 MAP-M
Kindergarten field trip to Green Meadows Farm
Mrs. Greaney MAP-P
Grade 5 MAP-M
Ms. Linnell MAP-M
Tiger Dance (see PTA email for each grade’s time)
Boosterthon Kick Off!!
Grade 5 field trip to Strathmore
SGA speeches
Halloween Parade and parties
First marking period ends
NOVEMBER
2
6
11
12
9:45-12:10
1:15
1:15
13
6:30-8:30
20
6:30-8:30
25
1:15
26 & 27
No School – Professional day
Boosterthon Fun Run! (PreK-2 9:45; Gr 3-5 11:00)
Early Release Day – Parent/Teacher Conferences
Early Release Day – Parent/Teacher Conferences
Report card distribution day
Bingo Night
Geo Bee
Early Release Day – Time to cook turkey!
No School – Happy Thanksgiving
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 – Chidubem Aniagboso, Katie Boetig, Nathan Li, Antonio St. Hill Lyons, Esther Ou, Emil Pate,
Jacob Sambor, Alexi Volkov, Katrina Wong, Sophia Wu, Declan Amaral, Arvind Awasthi, Brady Bock,
Tyler Buzy, Kristina chan, Grace Chen, Young Cho, Samantha Goldberg, Shanel Hebron, Adam Lee,
Madelyn Lee
Grade 4 – Daniella Oyekola, Aiden Devlin, Iris Tung, Blair Liang, Devantae Likely, Arya Thanvi,
Abel Bogale, Niki Naderi, Sophia Freelander
Grade 3 – Alyssa Moody, Anna Dong, Ray Shen, Karthik Rajaram, Shriyan Reyya, Ivan Zhang,
Benson Chan
Grade 2 – Athena Wang, Anthony Lau, Nathan Wolfe, Yongle Xin, Sophie Zheng, Grace Song,
Kele Zhang, Grace Cao, Lewis Lau, Serena Wang, Mia Yang, Leo Gierreiro, Lilly Johansson,
Amalya Szpruch Alpert, Esha Sharma, Sarah Mei, Jacob Wang, Jeremy Shapiro, Tony Song,
Tiffany Lolley, Hailey Carmi, Angela Shi, Zorawar Sodhi, Ariane Ougoudedji, Gifty Awusu, Ella Wu,
Bree Stuber, David Wang, Sophie Huang, Olivia O’Connor, Gimoon Kang
FLU SHOTS/MIST – NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON – Although many of you enjoy coming to
Stone Mill for flu shots or flu mist. Unfortunately there is a shortage in the area and we will not be able to
offer any flu preventatives.
TIGER DANCE – The PTA is sponsoring a drop-off, dance event on October 23rd at Stone Mill from
6:00-9:00. Entrance is $10. per child. There will be a DJ and food for purchase. Grade K-2 attend from
6:00-7:30 and grades 3-5 from 7:30 to 9:00.
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).
HALLOWEEN – A few quick reminders about Halloween at Stone Mill –
 Children who choose to wear costumes for the parties and parade should BRING them, NOT wear
them to school. They will have time to change prior to the parade.
 No weapons, pretend weapons or super scary costumes are allowed.
 Families and siblings can attend the parade, but the party rooms only have space for students and
room parents. Siblings are not to attend parties.
 Masks that allow children to see well are fine.
 Children not celebrating are welcome to join the non-Halloween celebration in the media center.
INTERPRETERS – If you or a friend needs an interpreter for the November parent conferences, please
send a note to your child’s teacher to inform the office as soon as possible.
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:

Alex Saenger for organizing our yard sale!

Brenda Lee and Maggie Anderson for doing such a sensational job planning
Boosterthon!

Susan Bock, Sarah Overheu, and Amreen Kabir for the fantastic book fair!