September Dragon's Dish

• September 2 - No School
• September 3 - New Student Sign In Out Procedure Begins - Download WSD Schools App!
• September 5 - PTC Meeting (Parent Teacher Connection) 6:30 PM in the library
• September 9-13 - Book Fair
• September 9-10 - 5th Grade Camp
• September 13 - SCE Dragon Faire Event
• September 15 - SCE Night at STL City 2 Game
• September 16-20 House of Tanzanite Week
• September 16 - Late Start Day
• September 16 - SCE Dragons Dine Out at PJ's Coffee LSL
• September 19 - Board of Education Meeting
• September 25 - Dragons Dine Out at Wentzville Texas Roadhouse

📝 Fall picture day is Thursday, October 3.

• Download the Wentzville Schools App on your phone
• When signing in/out a student bring your phone and ID
• Access the App on your phone
• Select your student
• Click the barcode icon
• Scan your phone - No more forms Yay!
• This will be in effect starting Tuesday, September 3.

The first house wear store of the year is now OPEN! It will remain open until Friday, September 6 at midnight. All orders will be shipped directly to your home. Please use this link to place an order.

Styles are available in both short and long sleeves. Youth and adult sizes are available. If you are not sure what house your student is in, please email the classroom teacher. It's going to be a great year at SCE!

This year each class is working towards a class goal for at home reading minutes. Classes who reach their goal will be invited to a Water Day in May 2025, as long as the student has contributed to the minute totals. Reading logs will come home each Friday and should be returned the following Friday. Teachers will use this to track the class minutes read at home. Teachers will send updates on your child's progress throughout the year to let you know ahead of time if he/she is on track for Water Day 2025. Each class has a graph outside of the classroom door to track the progress.

If your child is resistant to reading at home, please reach out to your child's teacher. We will work with you to help your child start reading at home. Below you can click the link to read the full plan with greater detail. We are excited to see how many classes reach their goals.

The administrative team would like to offer a Dragon's Eye View of SCE. Our hope is this allows families a live view of SCE in action during a typical school day. Our first offering of this will occur on Monday, October 7, 2024 from 9:00-10:00 a.m. Please read below to find out more details. Click the button below to sign up if interested.

What’s the purpose of the Dragon’s Eye View?

• Provide SCE Families with a guided tour of SCE while the building is operating with students and staff.

• Help foster a stronger connection between families and the school.

What will you see during the Dragon’s Eye View?

• K-5 classrooms

• Special Area Classrooms

• Library

Who will take you on the guided tour?

• Building Administrators

• Counselors

Will there be a limit on how many visitors can be toured?

• Yes

• Limit will be 40 visitors

Will visitors be able to bring younger children with them?

• No

• Adults on the tour, as we will be going in and out of classrooms that are actively learning. We want to limit the distractions for our students and staff.

What do visitors need to do?

• Complete Sign Up. Confirmation will be sent.

• On the day of the event, you will need to scan your ID into the Raptor system to visit SCE. Please bring a valid ID.

When will SCE Dragon’s Eye View be offered?

• It will be offered two times a year (Fall/Spring)

We really hope to increase our parent involvement at Stone Creek during the 2024-2025 school year. One way we are looking to increase parent involvement is through volunteers at Stone Creek. We are looking for volunteers who want to work in the school, work at SCE special events, and volunteer from home.

If you are interested, make sure you are an approved volunteer for WSD. Click here for details!! There is an annual step for renewal that must be completed before becoming a volunteer.

Please click on the button below to show your interest in becoming a Stone Creek Volunteer. This will help us build our list of who to communicate with when volunteers are needed. We can't wait to boost up our volunteers this year.

This year we will offer the Stone Creek House Games. These will happen once a quarter and allow for each house to have some time playing games outside together and building relationships with members of their house. We will tie this as an attendance incentive for students. Students who are at 95% attendance the day before house games will be able to participate.

We are looking for parents who would like to volunteer to help run the house games. Volunteers can sign up for a morning, afternoon or both time slots. Volunteers will need to be on the approved volunteer lists in order to participate. The link to be an approved WSD Volunteer is found by clicking here. We will reach out to volunteers about when to arrive and what to expect. Volunteers will be expected to work stations and not just hang with their child at the House Games. This is a great way for parents to volunteer at Stone Creek.

At Stone Creek, we have set a goal to increase our community engagement. If you are visiting our building for any SCE Event, please take a few seconds to scan these QR signs around the building to record your attendance at the SCE Event. We will share monthly results of our community engagement.

Throughout the duration of the academic year, the Wentzville School District partners with community agencies that specialize in providing students, families, and educators with preventative education. Agency presenters are credentialed, coordinated through the District, and under the supervision of building administrators. Presentation topics are targeted toward specific grade levels. All students will participate in each program unless you choose to opt your child out of the lesson(s). If you are interested in opting your student(s) out of the presentation(s), please click the appropriate link(s) below.

Kindergarten Opt-Out Form

First Grade Opt-Out Form

Second Grade Opt-Out Form

Third Grade Opt-Out Form

Fourth Grade Opt-Out Form

Fifth Grade Opt-Out Form

If you have additional questions, please reach out directly to your student’s guidance counselor.

If your child is attending a Timberland Football Game, parents/guardians must be supervising your child. Elementary children cannot attend without a parent and/or guardian. Your child should be sitting with you during the game.

September 16-20 is Tanzanite week at Stone Creek. We will be celebrating the blue house of positivity all week. There will be an activity sheet in the office for students to pick up. We'd like them to use their creativity to complete it by decorating the heart using the color blue, and writing a positive phrase in the box below. Parents are welcome to help if needed. The sheets need to be turned into the office by the end of the day September 4 to qualify for house points. They will be hung in the office to show our support to the House of Tanzanite. Please do not share this information.

Ask us anything! We often see questions on social media about policies and procedures at Stone Creek. We are here to help! If you have any question big or small about SCE, please ask it here. Our front office will monitor your questions and respond directly to you in a timely manner.

Stone Creek PTC has many exciting events happening in the month of September! Please join us for pizza at our first PTC Meeting on September 5 at 6:30 PM in the SCE library. There will be Focus training with the WSD Technology Department. There will also be a meet and greet with new staff as well as information about the new SCE volunteer program. Please use the link to RSVP so we order enough pizza. Pizza and PTC RSVP Link

Date: Sunday, September 15, 2024

Time: 6:00 pm (Gates open at 5:00 pm)

Location: CITYPARK, 2100 Market St., St Louis, MO 63103

Cost: $15 per ticket ($5 from every ticket sold through our link will come back to SCE!)

Tickets: Click here to purchase. *Tickets are non-refundable

•$5 from every ticket sold through our link will go back to SCE!

•General Admission Seating (first come, first served)

•Gates open one hour before kick-off

•New family friendly approach Additional Fundraising Perks:

•50 tickets sold - video board message at halftime

•Top 3 schools with the most tickets sold will receive a special visit from the CITY Street Team. *Please share this post with your neighborhood, friends, family, co-workers, etc. Thank you for your support! Let’s go St. Louis City! #AllForCITY

Join us Friday, September 13 from 6:15 PM to 8:00 PM for the SCE Dragon Faire. This event is for Stone Creek staff and families. There will be carnival games, a dunk tank, Kona Ice and more. Click the button below to purchase tickets.

PTC is looking for donations for gift cards in small amounts (5.00-10.00) and stuffed animals in good condition. Donations can be turned in to the SCE office or brought to the PTC meeting September 5.

Stone Creek parents and families, please take some time to complete this important parent survey. The survey will close Sept. 30, 2024.

This survey will be given to our families, students, and staff this month, and again in April. This survey link is unique to our building, so if you have kids in multiple schools, please check their newsletter to answer questions for that building.

Learn more about this survey and its purpose here.

Five school districts in St. Charles County are collaborating with Pedal the Cause to fight cancer. Pedal the Cause is offering a $10 registration discount for students who attend one of the St. Charles County schools. Learn more.

This fall, teachers and reading interventionists will be conducting reading assessments with all students. These assessments help us plan lessons and identify students who might benefit from extra reading support. In addition, our building reading specialists will work with small groups of students. These flexible groupings are not the same as Reading Intervention, families will be contacted directly by their child's teacher if he/she qualifies for Reading Intervention. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child's classroom teacher.