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Dear Stone Hill Middle School Community,

As we prepare for a new week, I want to remind our families that it's interim grade reporting time. Please check ParentVue to see how your child is doing academically. Encourage them to take advantage of Ownership Time after school to get work done and to reach out to their teachers for any extra help they may need.

I’d also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our PTO for the wonderful teacher luncheon on Friday. It was greatly appreciated by our dedicated staff, and we truly value the strong partnership we have with our PTO. Our teachers do so much for our students and gestures like this go a long way in showing them how we value them and all they do for our students.

We look forward to seeing our students tomorrow. Please remember that Thursday and Friday are both student holidays as all are off for Rosh Hashanah on Thursday. Friday is a staff development day and our teachers will be participating in the first of the four school board designated professional learning days. Please be sure to check out the Lexia Choice Board below for ideas on how you can support literacy at home.

We are One. We are Strong. We are Stone Hill.

In service to you and our Stingray community,

Rohini Tohan, Principal

Monday, September 30th

• B-day
• Activity Buses
  

• A-day
• Quarter 1 Interim
• Substance Abuse Prevention Presentations in 8th Grade PE Classes

Wednesday, October 2nd

• B-day
• Deadline to submit yearbook cover art entries (details below)
• Substance Abuse Prevention Presentations in 8th Grade PE Classes
• Activity Buses

Thursday, October 3rd

• No School- Rosh Hashanah

Friday, October 4th

• No School- Staff Development Day

• December 10th to 17th ~ Scholastic Book Fair in the SHMS Library

Weeks of September 23rd to October 4th

Stingray Reports are a snapshot for families of what students will be learning in class during these weeks. Don’t forget to check out the “Show & Tell” sections, which include great conversation starters to ask your student at home!

Registrations Open for PTO Offered Enrichment Programs for All Stingray Families

Registrations open at 9:00pm today, Sept 29th. All Stingrays who are interested in any of the following PTO offered Enrichment Programs are encouraged to register TODAY. Limited seats!!

Register at: Stone Hill Middle School PTO (jumbula.com)

Programs Offered:

· Robotics Prep - FLL (Coaches prepare you for Robotics competitions)

· Math Count Prep (Coaches prepare you for Math Competitions)

· Computer Programming in Java and Python

and there is a brand new program called

· Financial Literacy Basics

PTO is especially thrilled to introduce Financial Literacy Basics because this program teaches students essential money management skills, budgeting, saving, investing and understanding the value of financial responsibility. It's an incredible opportunity for students to develop lifelong skills that will benefit them in and beyond school irrespective of which career path they take.

Registrations for all Enrichment Programs close on Friday, Oct 4th at 9:00pm. Classes begin Monday, October 7th.

Open Position: SHMS PTO is looking for an active parent volunteer as "Onsite-Coordinator" to help smoothly and safely run our Enrichment Programs. Coordinators will be compensated. See Flier for details

Don't Forget: If you haven't signed up for your PTO membership, now is the time!

Learn more about PTO Memberships and Sign up At: Stone Hill Middle School PTO (jumbula.com)

Stone Hill PTO Website

Click Here to Become a PTO Member!

Join the Stone Hill Middle School (SHMS) PTO and become a member of an active volunteer organization committed to enriching the academic and social experience for all SHMS students and families. The SHMS PTO provides financial and volunteer support for a wide variety of school based activities aimed at building a strong school community, supporting academic and extracurricular activities, and providing opportunities for social and service related events and projects.

Bus riders should ride their assigned bus and always arrive at their bus stop five minutes early. Please help your student(s) get out of the door on time. Parents are also requested to periodically check transportation information throughout the school year for any changes. Parents will be emailed by LCPS Transportation when changes are made to their student’s transportation.

Carline parents: We thank you for your patience and cooperation in helping to make our car line a safe and efficient area during the morning drop off and afternoon pick up.

Please follow directions displayed on signage and from all car line staff. Please pull as far forward as possible towards the stop sign in order to keep the flow of traffic moving.

All parents/guardians should report attendance, including absences and early dismissals, in ParentVue. Instructions with how-to videos are available on our website or by clicking here.

As we embark on the 2024-2025 school year, there have been some changes to the counseling assignments. Please note who your child’s counselor will be this year based on your child’s last names across ALL grades.

LCPS is proud to provide free access to a suite of online learning resources available on the Varsity Tutors platform. To learn more about Varsity Tutors, a free, on-demand online tutoring service available to ALL LCPS students in Grades K-12, click here.

The SNAP in Schools initiative from the Virginia Department of Social Service, which is based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), helps develop partnerships to bridge the gap of food insecurity among school-aged children. The objectives of SNAP in Schools are to reduce food insecurity in school-aged children, to increase the number of students directly certified for free school meals through SNAP, and to increase the number of students eligible without application for the summer EBT program.

Please advise families who could benefit from this program to access the CommonHelp portal link to submit online SNAP applications.

Please also share the flyer below with your families:

• English
• Spanish

Email: rohini.tohan@lcps.org
Website: www.lcps.org/SHMS
Phone: 703-957-4420
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