Happenings at the Hive

March 21, 2025

Big Steps, Bright Futures

Crown Point Community School Corporation is thrilled to welcome the future class of 2038! If your child will be five years old before August 1, 2025, and you live in the district boundaries, we invite you to enroll for kindergarten online on February 25th.

More information is available on our website at www.cps.k12.in.us/kindergarten.

Dear Solon Stinger Families,

What a wonderful time we’ve had celebrating One District, One Book with Just Harriet! Over the past few weeks, students have engaged in exciting activities, tested their knowledge with trivia questions, and shared in the joy of reading together. We wrapped up our journey with a lively assembly, filled with games, trivia, and a special reading of the final chapter as a school community. Today, we celebrated both the conclusion of our shared reading adventure and the start of a well-deserved spring break with ice cream from an ice cream truck.

We hope you all enjoy a restful, fun-filled break with family and friends. We look forward to welcoming everyone back, refreshed and ready for the remainder of the school year!

Wishing you all a wonderful spring break!

Yours in learning,

The Solon Robinson Elementary Team

Upcoming Dates

March

24th-28th - Spring Break, no school

31st - Last day of Apples for Students fundraiser (Please continue to submit your Strack's receipts!)

April

4th - April birthday sundaes

8th - PTO sponsored Internet Safety Night - 6:30 PM (18 and older only, please)

9th - PTO Meeting - 4:00 (STEM Room)

10th - 4th grade music program

12th - Twisted Sugar Dine to Donate

18th - Good Friday, no school

May

1st - Kindergarten music program

2nd - May birthday sundaes

5th - 2nd grade music program

7th - Wendy's Dine to Donate

22nd - Field Day

26th - Memorial Day, no school

29th - PTO Spring Family Event

30th - Awards Day

June

2nd - Last day of school!

2nd - Talent Show

2nd - Sundae Funday Dine to Donate

Student Council

With the hard work of our Student Council members and the awesome support from Solon families during our candy gram sales, we were able to donate $1000 to St. Jude House in Crown Point. Thank you to everyone who supported Candygram sales!

National Elementary Honors Society

Congratulations to the newest members of our National Elementary Honor Society. Thank you to our sponsors, Mrs. Corsey and Mrs. Rivera, for a wonderful induction. We are so proud of our current and new NEHS members!

Shoe Tying Club

Congratulations to the newest members of our shoe tying club. You have worked hard and we are so proud of you!

Stinger Tickets!

Congratulations to the students pictured below who were drawn as last week's Stinger Ticket winners. These student names were drawn from hundreds of tickets that were earned by students for showing respectful, responsible, safe, and kind cafeteria behavior. Way to go, everyone!

Elementary Art Show

Congratulations to many of our students who had art work featured at the Crown Point Library for the Elementary Art Show. Thank you to Mrs. Czapla for encouraging the artistic endeavors of all of our students!

What's Happening in Second Grade?

Mrs. Corsey's Class

In Knowledge Mrs. Corsey’s students learned about life cycles. There is no better way to observe a life cycle than watching real worms grow! Students had a hands on experience with a compost bin provided by The Lake County Solid Waste Management. Every Friday the students take care of the compost, feed the worms, and even get to interact with them by holding them. They have loved taking care of the worms each week.

Mrs. Fricke's Class

As a culminating activity for 2nd grade's CKLA Knowledge Westward Expansion domain, Mrs. Fricke's class made their own butter. They took turns shaking a mason jar full of heavy cream and watched it separate into buttermilk and butter. After all their hard work, they enjoyed their treat with crackers. 🧈

Ms. Leslie's Class

Ms. Leslie's class has been learning all about the characteristics of insects in their most recent CKLA Knowledge unit. After studying hard over the past few weeks, the class proved that they have what it takes to become certified entomologists! Using their magnifying glasses and the knowledge they earned from our insect unit, students worked in pairs to decide if their specimen was an insect or not an insect. Students observed their specimens carefully and identified the insect characteristics they saw such as 3 main body parts, six legs, and exoskeletons. They also identified things like stingers, wings, antennae, and pinchers. They were able to get up close and personal with 15 unique specimens including drone beetles, cicadas, hornets, crickets, scorpions, butterflies, and even miniature seahorses! They definitely had a beetle-ful time being entomologists today!🐜🪳🪰

Mrs. Rice's Class

The students in Mrs. Rice's class had a blast creating leprechaun traps through STEM activities. They also love having their baby chicks! The students sit in a circle and pass the baby chicks around, then watch them run around in the middle of their circle.

Multicultural Fair

PTO Corner

STUDENT BEEKEEPER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES

These students are recognized by their classroom teacher for embodying the character trait of ACCEPTANCE. Each nominee received a certificate, a locker magnet, a Caught Being Kind sticker, an ACCEPTANCE friendship bracelet, along with a Chick-Fil-A Be Our Guest card.

Louis M. (K - Choate)

Cole K. (K - Jansen)

Sarah K. (K - Naumovic)

Maddox S. - (K - Yeager)

Adaline K. - (1 - Brown)

Stephanie A. - (1 - Burford)

Destiny T. - (1 - Ready)

Christina Z. - (1 - Sletto)

Chase P. - (2 - Corsey)

Alexander B. - (2 - Fricke)

Eli G. - (2 - Leslie)

Nathan C. - (2 - K. Rice)

Luke D. - (3 - Baechle)

Rowan P. - (3 - Coil)

Scarlett M. - (3 - Filkins)

Niko L. - (3 - Smith)

Ruby F. - (4 - Cora)

Emma M. - (4.- Lopez)

Miranda C. - (4 - M. Rice)

Reese K. - (5 - Delaughter)

Stefan N. - (5 - Ewen)

Kyle B. - (5 - Wool)

Charlotte O. - (Rizzo)

STAFF BEEKEEPER OF THE MONTH NOMINEE

This Staff member was nominated by their peers for embodying the character trait of ACCEPTANCE. The nominated staff member receives a certificate, some swag for their office/classroom door, a "Jean Day" pass, Lunch of their choice, a Caught Being Kind sticker, an ACCEPTANCE friendship bracelet, along with a Chick-Fil-A Be Our Guest card.

Ms. Ewen (5th Grade Teacher)

We are so proud of ALL Solon Stinger Students & Staff for showing us how to ACCEPT others exactly how they are.

WEEK 3 READ-A-THON UPDATE

We set a WHOLE SCHOOL READING GOAL of 250,000 minutes. As of 10AM this morning, the students have read and logged 105,000 minutes. This is amazing, especially with 10 days left to read. Last year, our whole school reading totaled 89,000...which we've far surpassed. Wow, we are blown away by the support and excitement for Read-a-thon. Thank you so much.

REMINDER: Please continue to log your students' reading minutes over spring break (or keep track and log when you get back). Read-a-thon officially ends on March 31st.

INTERNET SAFETY NIGHT

TUES APR 8 / 6:30PM / SOLON ROBINSON

Do you have an elementary student who is on the brink of having their own cell phone? Are your children playing games online and watching YouTube? Technology is ever changing, how are you keeping them safe? If you've had these questions, you should be at this event.

They will be joined by guest speakers, Nadia Wardrip (Assistant US Attorney with the Department of Justice) and Agent Verschoor (FBI Indianapolis Child Exploitation Task Force). They are passionate about the work they have dedicated their lives to and want to give you the knowledge to make sure your kids are not another statistic.

Nadia and Agent Verschoor will provide practical tips and resources on how to protect children, recognize online threats, and maintain a safe, positive online experience. Whether you're a tech-savvy parent, caregiver or staff member or just starting to learn about online safety, we know you'll find this discussion eye opening and valuable!

Registration is required. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/internet-safety-night

**Please Note: Due to the sensitive & mature content, this event is for ADULTS ONLY (18 and older) with no exceptions.

SAVE THE DATE: Dine and Donate with TWISTED SUGAR Sat April 12th / 10 AM - 8 PM

Please join us as Twisted Sugar will donate 20% of the profits back to Solon Robinson PTO. Staff will join us throughout the day as Guest Cookie Dealers. A schedule of Staff attending will come out after spring break.