Stoneleigh Home-School Connection
Communication 4-20-2020
From Stoneleigh Elementary
We Want To Wish The Following Students A Happy Birthday This Week!
Your name will be announced on WSES and your birthday pencil is waiting for you when the school closure is over and we all return to Stoneleigh Elementary. We hope you are able to enjoy your special day at home loved by family and friends even if it was from afar.
- 04/20 - Alice L., Eva S. and Matthew C.
- 04/21 - Ryan B., Hadley K. and Mohamed K.
- 04/22 - Nelson M.H., Maxwell M. and Teigan N.
- 04/23 - Olivia W., Olivia P. and Tylan S.
- 04/24 - Ryan S.C.P., Weston R. and Nada E.
- 04/25 - Lily S., Griffin D., Abkem T. and Justin S.
- 04/26 - Isa G. and Micah E.
Strawbridge Spring Pictures From March 5th
Wondering how you were going to get to view and/or purchase the spring pictures of your Stoneleigh student?
Stoneleigh Elementary in collaboration with Strawbridge Studios has created a private method to purchase your child's speculation package through their online system. Instructions on how to view and/or purchase will be emailed to each family independently. Within the body of the email will be a student unique code required during the process.
Emails will be going out throughout the week of April 20th - April 24th. If your family has not received the email containing the required student unique code by Monday, April 27th please contact Ms. Testen at ktesten@bcps.org.
Reading Strategies With Ms. Edwards (Reading Specialist): Notice and Note Strategy 2
BCPS Family “Earth Day 50” Bingo
Even though BCPS is at home, this is our opportunity to unite to positively impact our local environment.
On the following pages are 25 options that you can complete. Most you can complete independently, and some are meant to be completed with a sibling or even your entire family! Share your completed actions with your classmates during your next Google Meet.
If possible, post any of your completed Earth Day final products or actions to Facebook, Instagram or Tweet to @BCPSOutdoorSci and use the hashtag #BCPSEarthDay50 to share with us! We want to see how BCPS is positively impacting our planet!
Let's Have Some Fun
Results Guess Who These Babies Are?
Apologies to Elizabeth P. from Ms. Workman's homeroom who correctly identified Ms. Fenlason's baby picture from the week of March 30th. Your certificate for submitting the correct answer is coming in the mail.
Correct matches to the pictures (below) from the week of April 13th include:
1. Ms. Hollenbeck (Principal)
2. Ms. Schindler (3rd Grade)
3. Ms. Hughes (Kindergarten)
4. Ms. Testen (Front Office Secretary)
5. Ms. McGraw (Reading Specialist)
6. Ms. Workman (Kindergarten)
7. Ms. Morris (4th Grade)
8. Ms. Myers (1st Grade)
Final Week - Guess Who These Babies Are?
Ready for the final week? Take a look. Can figure out who they are? Invite your family to help out. Send your guesses to STES0905@bcps.org by Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 5:00PM. Participation and correct answers will receive an award. Different pictures will be released next week.
The hint for this week is that the eight pictures include: Ms. Howard, Mr. Miller, Ms. Pelligrini, Ms. Valentine, Ms. Klair, Ms. Ortiz, Ms. Sturkey, and Mr. Zimmerman.
Result - Trivia Question For The Week (4/13)
The iron token in Monopoly was replaced by a cat shaped token.
- Patrick G. from Mr. Zimmerman's homeroom
- Reagan R. from Ms. Donelan's homeroom
- Ms. Workman's Homeroom
- Ms. Edward's Homeroom
- Ms. Brune's Homeroom
- Ms. Ghatta's Homeroom
- Ms. Donelan's Homeroom
- Ms. Hickey's Homeroom
- Ms. Hornberger's Homeroom
- Ms. Valentine's Homeroom
Your certificates for submitting the correct answer are coming in the mail.
Trivia Question For The Week (4/20)
- Which is taller? The Eiffel Tower or The Statue of Liberty?
Send your guesses to STES0905@bcps.org by Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 5:00PM. Participation and correct answers will receive an award.
Help Wanted - WSES
- you and/or your family introducing the weekly announcement,
- you and/or your family saying the Pledge of Allegiance,
- you and/or your family saying the Stoneleigh Pledge,
- weekly weather,
- sports information,
- weekly trivia suggestion,
- joke of the week submission,
- reporter on location topic and video,
- you and/or your family signing off of the weekly announcement.
What other ideas would you like to see on the weekly WSES announcement? Send all your ideas to STES0905@bcps.org.
From BCPS
Logging in to Chrome with a BCPS Google Account (Parents and Students) video resource
Taking Care of Your Emotional Health
It is natural to feel stress, anxiety, grief, and worry during and after a disaster. Everyone reacts differently, and your own feelings will change over time. Notice and accept how you feel. Taking care of your emotional health during an emergency will help you think clearly and react to the urgent needs to protect yourself and your family. Self-care during an emergency will help your long-term healing.
Click on this link to read the entire article https://emergency.cdc.gov/coping/selfcare.asp.
COVID-19 Resource and Information Guide
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI has over 600 state organizations and affiliates across the nation.
Click on this link for guidance during this difficult period https://www.nami.org/covid-19-guide.
So You've Got Questions About Coronavirus - for Students
- What is Coronavirus?
- I'm a kid. Doesn't that mean I can't get Coronavirus?
- Why are we staying home from school?
Click on the attachment below titled Coronavirus Handout - Counselor Keri for answers to these questions and more in elementary student friendly language.
Looking for an elementary appropriate video to explain COVID-19? Use Brainpop for an informative 4 minute explanation
Most Up-to-Date Information - Coronavirus BCPS
http://www.bcps.org/system/coronavirus/
Important Meal Updates:
The free meal service will change in the following ways starting Monday, April 20.
- We will begin providing breakfast, lunch, and a snack, instead of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, due to food shortages and delays.
- We will distribute meals on Mondays through Thursdays only. On Thursdays, students will receive meals for Friday as well. Meals will be not distributed on Fridays.
- The meal times will vary by site, either from 11 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., from 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m., or from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- We’re thrilled to provide eight new sites to serve students: (Bold and Underlined are close to Stoneleigh Elementary)
- Drumcastle Apartments,
- Dumbarton Middle School,
- Dunfield Apartments,
- Garrison Forest Apartments,
- Pine Grove Elementary,
- Seneca Elementary School,
- Wellwood International School, and
- Westowne Elementary School.
Find the list of 58 locations at Free Meal Sites or go to mdsummermeals.org.
BCPS-TV Channel and YouTube
The schedule for BCPS-TV is prepared based on 30 minute time slots. The teacher-produced instruction varies in length based on the grade level and content. When instruction is less than 30 minutes, alternative programming is added to fulfill the 30 minute time slot until the next teacher-produced instruction is scheduled.
The Youtube segments are all on the site. When using Youtube to view the teacher produced instruction the first video shown is the last video uploaded. In order to reach the specific video being sought search under videos for the specific needs. https://www.youtube.com/user/BaltCoPS/videos.
As of Monday, April 20th all of the videos from the week of April 13th - April 17th are up. This week's videos will be available on Wednesday, April 22nd.
Student Connectivity Access
In an effort to provide families with the resources needed for students to access online supports, learning and class meetings with their peers, please review the following:
All Households in Need of Internet Access
- Step by step directions for Comcast Internet Essentials are attached below.
- Other vendors offer connectivity options including Verzion, T-Mobile, and Sprint.
Students Experiencing Homelessness
- Kajeet Wi-Fi SmartSpots will be offered for a four month period to each family experiencing homelessness and in need of mobile internet access.
- Hotspots will be shipped directly from the vendor to the address supplied by the caregiver. They can manage up to 5 devices at one time.
Stoneleigh Elementary
Email: STES0905@bcps.org
Website: https://stoneleighes.bcps.org
Location: 900 Pemberton Road, Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone: 443-809-3600
Twitter: @StoneleighES