Community Connection
At Stono Park
Principal's Corner
Happy New School Year! We have survived our first full week of school and happily moving into another. The scholars have begun the year safe, unified, respectful, and focused. We are proud of them! Thank you parents and guardians for helping your scholar be successful.
As we continue to make the year great we share a few important reminders:
All Students are expected to wear uniforms. Uniforms shirts are allowed to be: any color as long as it has a collar (polo/oxford style). Uniform bottoms are allowed to be: Khaki or navy. Khaki and Navy blue uniform dresses are allowed. For safety reasons shoes must be closed-toed. Hoodies are not permitted at Stono Park.
Scholars must have clear backpacks. We are asking every scholar to please have a clear backpack by September 12, 2022. If you need assistance please contact the school and let Ms. Smalls, Ms. Rivers, or Ms. Alter know that your scholar needs a clear backpack.
This year will be a great year and we are looking forward to it. Thank you parents and guardians for helping your scholar be successful and for supporting education at Stono Park.
Upcoming Events at Stono Park Elementary
9/5- Labor Day- No School
9/13- Special Person's Lunch with Students
9/15- Hispanic Heritage Month
9/19 - Picture Day
9/21- Open House 6pm-7pm
9/23- Early Release @ 1:30pm
Click the Picture to Link your VIC Card to Support Stono Park
Click the Link to Support Stono Park PTA
The PTA supports all scholars in all sorts of ways around Stono!
These include but are not limited to - student appreciation day, teacher appreciation week, PBIS celebrations, field trips, special events, classroom supplies, and boosting scholar success.
Your support is appreciated and the more items sold the more amazing things we can do to for your scholars!
Join PTA today, we would love to have you and your specific skill sets!
After School Program
We also offer Kaleidoscope After School Program for our Stono Park Scholars from 3:30pm-6pm daily. Kaleidoscope is open on teacher work days, early release days and 1/2 days of school. You also have the option to register your child for Kaleidoscope and not use them every day if you don't need the service but would still be available to your student on days you might need a late pick up or on those early release/teacher work days!
Contact Venessa Hew at 843-518-1133 or email her at Vanessa_hew@charleston.k12.sc.us for any questions
Stay Connected to Stono Park! Download your Apps!
Class Dojo
Parent Portal Power School App
Bus Riders App
Don't forget to like Stono Park's Social Media Pages!
Check Out what our Stono Scholars are learning about in ELA this quarter!
CD- The First 6 Weeks- Building Your Classroom Community and Trees
Kindergarten- Toys and Play Students will interview a classmate about their favorite toy and then present this information at the end of the module Celebration of Learning.
1st Grade- Toys and Work Students will create a magnificent thing (a product that fulfills a need or solves a problem within their classroom) and then write a description of what their group has created. This will be shared at the end of the module Celebration of Learning.
2nd Grade- Schools and Communities Students will create an informational book titled "The Most Important Thing About Schools." These books will be presented at the end of the module Celebration of Learning.
3rd Grade- Overcoming Learning Challenges Near and Far Students will write a reading contract and create a bookmark listing strategies to use when reading.
4th Grade- Poetry, Poets and Becoming Writers Students will write an original poem as well as a speech describing what inspired their poem. This will be shared at the end of the module Celebration of Learning.
5th Grade- Stories of Human Rights Students will write a monologue based on a character's reaction to an event from Esperanza Rising Students will write about the human right challenged by the event described in the monologues, identify the corresponding article from the UDHR, and explain how people are impacted by this issue today. Monologues will be performed at the end of the module Celebration of Learning.
September's Character Trait is Work Ethic
Nurse's Note
There are a few things that you can do to help us have a healthier school year.
1. Covid and other illnesses are already circulating. If your child is running fever, has vomiting, diarrhea, a severe cough or congestion, headache or stomachache, please keep them home and see the doctor. If it is covid, they will need to do a 5 day quarantine and like all illness, they cannot return until they have been fever free for 24 hours without the need for medicine and the symptoms are vastly improved. Please let us know if it is covid, so that we can have the classroom and bus fogged. We can also get any work needed for your child from their teacher. They will need to wear a mask on day 6-10 of their return. After illness, please bring in the doctor note clearing your child to safely be back. We also need this after an injury like a sprain.
2. Help your child adjust to the new school year by caring for their body. They need 10 hours of sleep each night. Send a water bottle to stay hydrated. Wear light colored clothing to reflect light and to stay cool, as it is still the summer season. Do an assessment each morning. Are they feeling well? Do they have fever? If they take daily medicine- have they had it?
3. Please send an extra set of clothing for your child. Every day, we have bathroom accidents, spills of milk or food, teeth coming out , nosebleeds, slips in the mud at recess and other needs like a broken zipper. Your child can change quickly and avoid being in the germs of the clinic, waiting to find donated clothes that may or may not fit.
4. Fix a first aid kit for your home and add any medicines for cough , cold, stomach ache and pain relief that your doctor recommends. Be prepared for sudden illness or injury.
5. If you have not had your yearly well child check up , please schedule that. It is important to monitor growth and well being. The doctors like to get to know you and your child when they are well. Please get any needed immunizations at that time. A completed SC immunization report is required for school. The 4 year check up is when you get 4 or 5 important booster shots.Your child's doctor or the health department can help you with this. We are seeing cases of measles, mumps and polio this year. Make sure that your child is protected.
6 If your child needs any medicine at school, please bring the completed doctor order form and medicine to the clinic to be signed in and locked up. It is very unsafe and illegal to send medicine on the bus and in backpacks. An adult needs to bring it. If you need a form, let us know. Most all doctors have our school form.
Thank you for your help to make our school healthy and safe.
Nurse Wendy
School Attendance Matters!
Stono Park Elementary School Day- 8:30am - 3:30pm
We begin dismissal at 3:25pm. If your student is a car rider please ensure that you are in our car rider line by 3:40pm.
We also offer Kaleidoscope After School Program for our Stono Park Scholars from 3:30pm-6pm daily. Kaleidoscope is open on teacher work days, early release days and 1/2 days of school. You also have the option to register your child for Kaleidoscope and not use them every day if you don't need the service but would still be available to your student on days you might need a late pick up or on those early release/teacher work days!
Check out the flyer above. Contact Venessa Hew at 843-518-1133 or email her at Vanessa_hew @ charleston.k12.sc.us for any questions
The Importance of School Attendance
As long as your child is healthy, please encourage showing up to class when school is in session daily and on time. Every day of school is an important opportunity for students to learn as well as connect to peers and their teachers.
If your child is absent please make sure an excuse is sent in within 3 days of the student returning back to school. A student is considered Truant if they have missed 3 consecutive days of school without a doctor's excuse or 5 unexcused absences total. Once a student has 3 unexcused absences then a Truancy Warning Letter is sent home. Once a student has 5 unexcused absences a Truancy Conference has to occur with the caregiver.
A student is chronically absent if he or she misses only two days of school per month (18 days per year). Even one year of chronic absence can cause a child to fall behind academically and decrease a child’s chances of graduating from high school, which can have long-term consequences on their financial independence, physical well-being and mental health.
Parents can prepare their children for a lifetime of success by making regular school attendance a priority and understanding the reasons for their child’s absences.
Thank you for partnering with us to help your child learn, thrive and succeed.
Social-Emotional Learning: What Is SEL and Why SEL Matters
What is SEL?
Learn more at Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum | Committee for Children (cfchildren.org)
Social Emotional Groups at Stono
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources for Home
Sesame Street in the Community
Mind Yeti
Mind Yeti®: Fifteen of our mindfulness program sessions are now available for anyone to use, no experience necessary! Designed for educators and families to do alongside children, or for older children to do on their own, Mind Yeti provides a great way for everyone to practice mindfulness during this difficult time.
Mind Yeti on Vimeo: English | Spanish
Mind Yeti on YouTube: English | Spanish
Mind Yeti Podcast: RSS Feed | Spotify | Stitcher
The Imagine Neighborhood
This new podcast for families is designed to help children and grown-ups practice their
social-emotional skills. Each episode tells a story that’s amazing, fantastical, and maybe a little bananas, while it tackles the big feelings that come with growing up.
Social Emotional Learning Books to take out at the Library
Did you Know?
The Charleston County Public Library also has Free Virtual Tutoring with student's library Card. Visit Tutor.com Student Center | Charleston County Public Library (ccpl.org) to take advantage of this free resource.
Reading with your Children
Strategies for Beginner Readers
Strategies for Reading Longer Words
Reading Comprehension Tips for Parents
Free Tutoring Support for your Child
Palmetto Community Action Partnership Offer Childcare Support
Community Guide to Counseling Services
https://sites.google.com/charleston.k12.sc.us/guaparalacomunidad/orientaci%C3%B3n-psicol%C3%B3gica
NEW Program to Support Families with Internet!
To support families with internet service during COVID-19, the FCC has a new
program called Emergency Broadband Benefit. Households with students who receive free or reduced-price school meals, including ALL students in CEP schools, qualify for the program. There are three ways to apply:
- Apply online at GetEmergencyBroadband.org
- Contact the local broadband provider to learn about their application process (find participating broadband providers here)
- Call 833-511-0311 for a mail-in application.
Mortgage and Housing Assistance: Help for homeowners and renters during the coronavirus national emergency
SC Assistance to Help Homeowners
Rent & Utility Assistance
SC Stay
If you need rental or utility assistance, fill out application for SC Stay Plus by calling 803-336-4320 or Home Page - NMA Portal (onlinepha.com)
Palmetto CAP
Rent, prescription medication, food, car repair assistance. 1069 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403. Please call the toll free hotline 1-844-769-6448 to book an appt. OR go to Palmetto CAP.
HALOS
HALOS, the local non-profit that assists kinship caregivers, has lots of funding to give to grandparents (or other relatives) who are caring for CCSD students. Families are eligible for $1,000 at a time for rent/utilities/other emergency needs. Contact (854)444-3716 or autumn@charlestonhalos.org
TriCounty Families Ministries
Charleston County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)
Program provides: *emergency Rent & Utility Assistance for eligible Charleston County residents *up to 12 months in back rent and up to 3 months prospective rent *see website for in-person application options APPLY through ONLINE APPLICATION - United Way 2-1-1 (sc211.org)
East Cooper Outreach
Food Assistance
Lowcountry Food Bank
Emergency Food Pantry
Each client receives enough food for one month. Clients are asked to call ahead and make an appointment for food. Walk-in clients for emergency food will be served as soon as possible by CASC staff. Clients must complete a brief application before receiving a box of food. All clients are entered into Charity Tracker, a Tri-County database for basic needs services. 259 Meeting Street in Charleston. Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-3:30.
Lowcountry Blessing Box
Blessing boxes are stocked with non-perishable food items, basic toiletries, and baby supplies. Leave what you can, take what you need.To find a location, contact them at (843) 737-2517 or chsblessingbox@gmail.com.
The Salvation Army
SCIWAY
Community Resource Center
How can I support you?
Traci Alter - Parent Advocate
Email: Traci_Alter@charleston.k12.sc.us
Website: https://www.ccsdschools.com/stonopark
Location: Stono Park Elementary School, Huntley Drive, Charleston, SC, USA
Phone: 843-763-1507