Stone Oak Elementary

Parents,

Welcome to another fabulous school year! We are thrilled to begin the school year and we welcome our returning families as well as all of our new families. Thank you for choosing Stone Oak Elementary!

The 2018-2019 school year's theme is Time To Be Kind! Please join us in using this phrase along with the 7 Habits leadership vocabulary. You will often hear us asking students, "What time is it?" and they will respond with, "Time to be Kind!"

As mentioned in our end of the year newsletter in June, our campus will be receiving video monitoring at the front entrance with a push button entrance. So that we keep safety at the forefront, please do not let others in the door when you are buzzed in. Each 'buzz in' is for that one person only. Please be patient as well as it will take time for you to be buzzed into the school.

The doors will be unlocked during arrival in the morning and will automatically lock at 7:40 a.m. You must be buzzed in after 7:40 a.m., walk your child into the school, and sign them in. Any parent who has to sign their child in after 7:40 a.m. will be counted as a tardy.

We have also made changes to our dismissal process. Please read below for more information.

As we kick off the new school year's theme, Time to Be Kind! it is important to note how closely this fits in with Habit 1: Be Proactive. To be proactive means that we choose our actions, attitudes, and moods. We do the right thing without being asked, even when no one is looking. This is a great reminder to all of us to strive to be the best leader possible!

By beginning with the end in mind, your child will be setting goals in the classroom with their teacher. We set new goals every year so that we teach our students to keep reaching their highest potential. Your child will have a Leadership Notebook that they will use to keep track of their goals and progress on reaching their goal. At Stone Oak Elementary, every teacher has a goal, every classroom has a goal, every grade level has a goal, and we also have school-wide goals. It is important that we all keep growing together and continue to have a strong work ethic. As long as we all work together, anything is possible!

Please remember that we must put first things first by keeping all of our students safe, by making instructional time a priority, and by keeping our Attendance up. Having your child at school every single day is important. Please make attendance a priority in your home. Please remember that we have had some changes in regards to safety protocols and we must synergize in order to make the changes seamless, as this will be a win-win for us all.

Let's make this another great school year and remember it is Time To Be Kind!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Smith, Principal and Mrs. Nunez, Assistant Principal

• Parents may walk children to their class the first three days of school only. Beginning Thursday, August 30th there will be no parents allowed past the main office, we will have staff ready to welcome your child with a warm smile!

• New this year- Doors will be automatically locked at 7:40 a.m. You will be required to walk your child in to sign them in at 7:40 a.m. Students will no longer be allowed to be dropped off by themselves if they are late.

• Checking out your child early from school- This should only be done in case of an emergency. We want to protect your child's instructional time to the best of our ability, which means that every minute counts! Students will not be released after 2:15 p.m.

• Cafeteria Meal Prices- Lunch will be $2.30 for students, Breakfast will be $1.10, and the milk price is .50. If you would like to add money to your child's account, please click here for the website.

• New information- Doors will not open before 7:00 a.m. Please do not drop off your child before 7:00 a.m. as the school will be locked and there will not be any adults to supervise children.

• The district only allows 2 parties a year and our parties are the Winter Party and the End of the Year Party. In order to meet district guidelines we do not allow birthday parties in the classroom. You are welcome to send treats to the classroom in celebration of your student; however, the treats will be passed out at the end of the day. Parents will not be allowed to host a party in the classroom.

• Please do not forget to send your child's lunch/snacks/materials/jackets, etc. with your child when you drop them off at school. We have several classroom distractions when we have to deliver lunch/snacks/jackets, etc. that is dropped off during the day to students.

• Dismissal times are:

2:45 for Kinder

2:48 for 1st grade

2:50 for 2nd grade

2:52 for 3rd grade

2:55 for 4th and 5th grade

• Please note that at Meet the Teacher night you will be signing a form indicating how your child will be going home for the year. Please note that we expect your child to go home the same way everyday. In the event of an emergency that you need to change the mode of transportation, please notify the school in writing before 2:00 p.m. the day of the change.

• Car Riders

Will be picked up in the front through the car line, as usual. Please have a car pick up sign placed on your dashboard, this implies parental consent for the student(s) to be released to the driver. Please remain in your vehicle at all times, children waiting in the car line area will be seated in the front porch area and taken out to your car. Students will enter through the door closest to the sidewalk; they cannot run around to the other side. If you do not have a car pick up sign, then you will have to park, go to the front office to show your ID and pick up a new sign.

• Walk Ups

In order to significantly reduce congestion and traffic for the safety and security of our students, we are urging everyone to please use our car line. Therefore, parking and walking up to get your child in the front is no longer an option. If you choose to park and walk up to get your child, you will now need to do so in the back of the school. Please park in the back parking lot, carefully use the crosswalk to walk between the school buses, then walk over to the holding area to pick up your child (which is located behind the cafeteria). You will sign your child out with your child's teacher.

• Walkers

Students who walk home will be dismissed from the back doors, as usual. If your child is in Kinder or 1st grade then they will be in the 'Walk Up' holding area. There they will wait for an older sibling (with parent permission provided at the beginning of the year) or parent who will walk them home.

• Bus Riders

Bus Riders will load in the back of the school, as usual.

• KIN

KIN students will not be affected by these changes either. They will still be in our cafeteria. When you pick up your child from KIN (anytime after 3:15) then you will park in the back curb behind the cafeteria, as usual.

This school year, you will see some new faces here at Stone Oak! Some are from other schools in the district and others are from out of district. Please join us in welcoming the following new staff members and their wealth of knowledge:

• Mrs. Bernie Gugliotti, Full time Counselor
• Mrs. Melissa Wynne, Part time Counselor
• Mrs. Veronica Villegas, Family Specialist
• Mrs. Cristina Villamil, Special Ed Teacher
• Ms. Karen Zuehl, 4th grade Teacher
• Mr. Daniel Sobrevinas, 5th grade Dual Language Teacher
• Ms. Ana-Lucia Ramones, 1st grade Dual Language Teacher
• Mrs. Liliana Patino, Kinder Dual Language Teacher
• Ms. Kristina Garcia, Special Ed Assistant
• Ms. Teresa Holmes, Special Ed Assistant
• Ms. Cati Brown, Speech Language Pathologist
• Mrs. Leila Dolan, Registered Nurse
• Ms. Lupita Aguirre, Licensed Specialist in School Psychology

8/28/18- Tuesday:

• Parents may walk children to their class on this day.

8/29/18- Wednesday:

• This is the last day that parents may walk children to their class.

8/30/18- Thursday:

• Leadership Pep Rally during the day for students

8/31/18- Friday:

• Behavior Assemblies during the day for students

Open House will be held on two different days this school year. This is the time when teachers go over classroom, school, and district procedures/expectations. Please make note of the day and time so that you can arrange for childcare. We ask that children do not attend as this is a time for you to focus and learn more about your child's school experience for the year. Thank you for your help with this!

Tuesday, September 4: Kinder- 2nd grade Open House from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 6: 3rd- 5th grade Open House from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Website: https://www.neisd.net/stoneoak
Location: 21045 Crescent Oaks, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-407-7800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoneOakElementary/