Hive Happenings Newsletter

Hello Stenwood Families,

We have made it through a five-day week of school in November! And it was a great one!

We had a fantastic time welcoming families in for our annual Thanksgiving Lunch this Wednesday! Thank you to all who volunteered checking in and in the kitchen. And a huge thank you to Kitchen Manager Sabine Schmid, our Cafeteria Monitor Karina Ocampo and our custodian Mercedes Ramos for keeping everything running smoothly and making sure everyone got fed!

We had another successful Book Fair this week. Thanks again to all who came in and volunteered, and to our librarian Nancy Cole for organizing.

We rounded out the week with an SCA Spirit Day: Wacky Tacky Day. Our Stingers found many creative ways to be the wackiest!

In grade level news:

Our 4^th graders had a wonderful time at Jamestown on Thursday
Our Kindergarten students had their own Thanksgiving Day Parade through the hallways this afternoon with their Balloons over Broadway, marching their “floats” through the hallways! We’ll have pictures for you after the break!

We only have two days of school next week before Thanksgiving break. Schools and offices will be closed November 26^th to 28^th. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Classes will resume on Monday, December 1^st.

Below you will find information about the following items:

Family Academic Partnership Workshop Series - NEW
School Pictures Are Now Online! - NEW
Retake & Makeup Picture Day - NEW
A Note From Mrs. Cole - NEW
Benchmark: Learning about Government and Citizenship in Language Arts - NEW
Impact Aid Survey - Reminder
Holidays and Observations Drawing Contest - Reminder
Kiss N Ride/Walkers Reminders - Reminder
Advanced Academics Full-time Service Referral Deadline Approaching - Updated
School Meals and Free/Reduced Lunch Applications - Reminder
Stenwood PTA - Reminder

Sincerely,

Erica Riley, Principal
esriley@fcps.edu

Bryan Case, Assistant Principal
bgcase@fcps.edu

Family Academic Partnership Workshop Series

This year, Stenwood will be offering Family Academic Partnership Workshops for each grade level. This is a quick mini-workshop focusing on how you can support your child with grade-level literacy and math content. When possible, we will tie these workshops to Family Invite Events for a one-stop opportunity. These 15-minute workshops are designed to give you quick knowledge and activities you can use immediately with your children at home to support the learning they are doing here at school. If your family invite is on Zoom, we will be sending a separate Zoom link for immediately prior to the scheduled family invite.

School Pictures Are Now Online!

Order yours today at vosphoto.com/underclass!

Use your student ID when prompted for the online code.

For questions regarding school pictures please email: underclass@vosphoto.com

Retake & Makeup Picture Day

Victor O’Neill Studios is coming back for portrait makeups/retakes!

On Wednesday December 3^rd, students who were absent for the original session, new/transfer students, and those who were unsatisfied with their original portrait will have the opportunity to make them up.

Students who previously purchased a photo package and would like to retake their photo MUST return their original photo package to the photographer in order to receive a new package.

No purchase is necessary to retake photos. The new portrait will replace their original yearbook portrait and then be available for purchase.

Anyone who has not ordered can still do so using this link. Use your student ID when prompted for the online code.

For questions regarding school pictures please email: underclass@vosphoto.com

A Note From Mrs. Cole

Thank you to all the families who supported the library through the book fair. It was a huge success! 25% of all sales are returned to the library which Mrs. Cole then uses to buy more books for our collection. We also appreciate all the contributions to the classroom libraries. It’s such a joy to see kids excited about books, crafts, and educational games. Make a reminder now that we’ll have a spring book fair in April where you can stock up on summer reading and activities. Happy reading!