Celebrating Our Special Olympians and Much More May Learning

Many of our students recently took part in the Special Olympics held at the Cicero-North Syracuse High School.  Students competed in a variety of track and field events and returned with several ribbons for their accomplishments. 

As part of what's become an incredibly moving tradition, the staff and students of Stonehedge lined our sidewalk and hallways with handmade signs to welcome our athletes as they returned from their day of competing. The cheers and support rallied the competitors as they paraded through the school. 

We are so proud of our athletes!

We are so proud of all our participants!

Congratulations to our Citizenship HEDGE Award winners

At this month's Character Education assembly, Miss Finger's and Mrs. Mathewson's second grade students talked about what it means to fill a bucket and take away from someone's bucket.Their skit featured students saying nice things which added to the bucket. The lesson stemmed from the book "How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids" by  Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer.

Olivia Astafan, Anthony Barba, Alex Bojarski, Aidan Bosak, Mason Boyles, Hunter Briggs, Zachary Channels, Kendra Dudman, Connor Hayden, Corinna Gartner-Baca, Scott Hayes, Patrick Holzhauer, Abbey Jacuk, Jayden Maeweathers, Helen Melnik, Evan Moscibrodzski, Sophia Olson, Anthonoy Pallone, Luke Pena, Michael Ravesi, Gianni Russell, Jack Senus, Abbey Smith, Abigal Simmons, Lucas Strain, Adam Tremblay, Rosemary Vrabel, Bryant Yackel

Mia Barbuto, Alex Bigelow, Brayden Carvel, Molli Clark, Renee Cluckey, Isaiah Coleman,  Colin Crinnin, Jacob Dalton, Ryen Doran, Jakob DiMauro, John Egerbrecht, Ashley Foss, Gino Haskell, Lilly Hodell, Sophia Lawrence, Austin Luke, Quinn Kilbury, Mason McAloon, Katie McDonough, Andrew McLaughlin, Haleigh Mattice, Yana Melnik, Gavin Moore, Mischa Raczka,  Audrianna Reed, Colby Rienhardt, Niyzo'nn Salami,Nicole Sanderson, Aubrey Vincentini

Recently Stephanie Scheirer, Growing Healthy teaching assistant, visited second grade classrooms and performed a demonstration dissection of a sheep's eye with the children. 

The demonstration coincided with a science unit the students were studying. The visual dissection taught students more than anything a book could! They retained a great amount of information about the eye. They were surprised about the size and feel of the eye and compared a sheep's eye to a human eye.

Getting into the Silly Spirit for a Great Cause 

Today, May 26, is Red Nose Day. According to their website, Red Nose Day is on a mission to lift kids out of poverty and has raised over $1 billion globally in the last 25 years. Stonehedge's Balloon bus got into the silly spirit by donning noses purchased by their generous driver Theresa Doner. Another great example of school spirit for the greater good and kids supporting other kids. 

Showing Our Stripes for Buddy Day  

Many of our classes teamed up with the grade level buddies (kindergarten with fifth, first with fourth, and second with third.) for special activities and crafts today. The first and fourth graders traced their hands and cut them out and will be creating unity wreaths from the hands to decorate the hallways. They also read together to learn more about the holiday. Different grade levels created various crafts, all tying in lessons of patriotism and Memorial Day.

Please remember these important dates:

Friday, May 27  no school (Snow Day give-back)

Monday, May 30 no school for Memorial Day. 

Monday, June 13 Water Carnival for grades K-2

Thursday, June 16 RAIN DATE for Water Carnival grades K-2

Monday, June 20 is a full day of school with lunch served. 

Tuesday, June 21 half-day with dismissal at 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, June 22 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL --half-day with dismissal at 11:30 a.m. 

Have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend!
Lori

                       

                        

We Want to Hear From You!

Stonehedge’s Shared Decision Making Team has created an online survey to find out how we’re doing! Your opinion is so important to us. Please take a few minutes to take the survey found here. The short survey has 25 multiple choice questions. There are several opportunities to comment on different sections as well. We appreciate your participation, and look forward to your valuable input and feedback. 

In an effort to take the results of this survey and use them to guide the Shared Decision Making Committee’s goals for the upcoming year, we ask that you complete the survey by Thursday, May 26. Thanks in advance for your time and attention.

Springing Towards the End of the Year

Spring Break is often about relaxing and vacationing. All thoughts of school and learning fly out the sunny window, right? Not so for a group of students in Patty Munley’s first grade classroom.  Though they traveled with family or stayed nearby, the learning didn’t stop.Rich vocabulary poured from the mouths of these six and seven year olds as they excitedly shared memories from their breaks. Words like herbivores, carnivores, habitats, and more punctuated their stories.  

Katelyn traveled to the Nashville Zoo and was thrilled to see all the different habitats they were learning about represented there. “My favorite was the African Savannah because I got to see giraffes,” she explained.

Soleil went to the OnCenter for a dinosaur exhibit and was surprised to learn that many dinosaurs lived in the same North American habitats that we live in today.

Liam went to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo and wowed his family with facts about lions.

Dominic fished with his family and talked about freshwater habitats.

Miss Munley’s room is not unique, with children’s minds absorbing the world around them at an inspiring rate, I’m sure all classrooms could vouch for their students’ thirst for learning, even when school doors were closed.  

Kindergarten Students Plant Seeds of Learning

While studying the plant life cycle, kindergarten students got hands-on experience planting and caring for sunflower seeds. 

Jackson concentrated hard while filling his cup with soil.

Mackenna, Caleb, and Lilyana poked a hole in their soil, preparing it for the sunflower seeds.

In addition to planting, students drew nature-inspired murals.

Lennon, like the rest of the students, worked on cutting and pasting pictures of the life cycle of a seed.

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

First grade students have been studying living versus non-living things in classes. They have been able to get up close with living things like cockroaches, pill bugs, and more.

Don't miss the school-wide art show (6:15-8:30 p.m.) while you are here for OPEN HOUSE on Wednesday, May 11 from 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. Please note that the Art Show times are different than Open House. 

Budget Vote Process Different this Year

When you visit the polls for the Annual Meeting on May 17, 2016, it will have a little different feel to it. The laws allowing us to utilize the pull lever machines have expired, so we will be utilizing the paper ballots and scanner machine that you have become accustomed to in general elections.

For more budget information, click here.

There are a few important dates to keep in mind in May:

5/11    Open House, 6:15 - 7:15 p.m.

5/11    School-wide Art Show, 6:15 - 8:30 p.m.
5/16    PTA Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

5/17    Budget Vote, 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., WGHS
5/24    4th and 5th Grade Concert, WGHS, 7:00 p.m.

5/27    No School - Memorial Day

5/30    No School - Memorial Day