Stony Point North Stars

Stony Point North Stars Tuesday, August 23, 2016 You should have already received the Code of Conduct for your child. Please review the Code of Conduct

2016-2017 school year off to a great start! with your child/children. After you have done so, sign and return the What a fabulous first week of signature page in the front of the school! It is so exciting to see the Code of Conduct. We must have students enter SPN with such one of these on file for each enthusiasm and ready for a new student. The Code of Conduct school year! serves as the district’s document outlining the procedures and Important News: guidelines followed.

Zones of Regulation: You may District Parent Handbook- hear your child come home You should also be receiving one talking about the “Zones”. We District Parent Handbook per are focusing on teaching our family. students how to self-regulate This is a handbook outlining our their feelings. When students district guidelines. Please let us are in control of their feelings know if you have any questions. they are more successful in school. Please see the attached Breakfast in the Classroom form which gives some We are continuing to participate in information about the zones of the Breakfast in the Classroom regulation. program. This program allows all of our students to receive free Code of Conduct/District Parent breakfast and eat in the classroom. Handbook The Breakfast in the Classroom menu is online as well.

Stony Point North Stars Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Lunch Applications *School is dismissed at 3:30 each Lunch is free for all students again day except for Wednesday. On this year. In order for us to Wednesday school is dismissed at continue to have free lunches we 1:30. We will begin bringing car need to make sure each family fills riders and walkers out the front out a lunch application. You may doors at the 3:25 bell, 1:25 on go to the SPN website or the district Wednesday. Please do not pick website to do so. Thank you! your child up early from school unless you have a scheduled Morning Procedures appointment or emergency. If Students are welcomed into the you know you are going to need building at 8:00 to go get in their to pick your child up early, grade level lines in the cafeteria. please call the office by 3:00 to Students should not be dropped off let us know. When students leave before 8:00 as supervision begins early, it is counted just like a tardy. at 8:00. If your child needs to be We know things come up, but we dropped off before 8 they need to ask for your help in not picking up be signed up for kidzone. your child early unless it is a At 8:15 students proceed to their necessity. classrooms for Breakfast in the Classroom. If you need to change how your It is very important that students child goes home please call are on time to school so they may before 3:00. If it is after 3:00 we eat breakfast. School officially may not have time to get the begins at 8:30. message to your child.

School Hours Thank you for your help! *School begins at 8:30 No child should be at school before 8:00 for safety reasons. We have staff on duty at 8:00. Thank you for Dismissal your help with this matter. *We have students going in different directions for dismissal. If Stony Point North Stars Tuesday, August 23, 2016 your child is a car rider, he or be easier if you back in the parking she must be picked up in the space so you can exit easier in the front car rider line. The back traffic. Again student safety is our door is for walkers only. This is main concern. This process will for the safety of the students. continue to get quicker with each If you have been parking and day. walking to get your student from the back, please pull around to the front to pick up your child in the Thanks again for your help with car rider lines. the dismissal process and **No cars are allowed to park on keeping the students safe! the side street by the building. Busses and walkers are dismissed from the back so we cannot have Dismissal continued- car traffic back there as well. Car rider dismissal is as follows: If your child rides a bike to school *Although the line of cars may please remind them to walk their seem long, the process goes very bikes around the back of the school quickly. to avoid traffic. *As you pull up to pick up your child there will be three different colored cones. Each cone is a pick up station. We will have your child at the cone and ready to get in the car. Please stay in your cars and we will bring your child to the cone. *As we get to know the cars associated with each student the process will move very quickly. Currently we are using walkie- Communication: talkies to communicate so we have *This year all grade levels will be students ready. If you park and using our Gold SPN communication come to pick-up your child it may folders. Please check your child’s Stony Point North Stars Tuesday, August 23, 2016 folder each night for important hood. Hoodies should not be worn information from the school. to school. *We would also like to *If your child is in need of uniforms communicate by text and please contact me. We have some e-mail. This is helpful not only for resources available for those in keeping you updated but also in need. case of emergency. *If a child is out of uniform a note *SPN website and Facebook will be sent home notifying parents Page-The SPN website link is of the issue with the uniform. http://spnorth.schools.kckps.org The facebook page is Stony Point PTA North Elementary. Please go to The PTA has been working very our page and like it so you hard over the summer to build our receive updates. playground. It is beautiful and the kids are loving it! We are asking Uniforms: our students, families and Students are required to wear a communities to help us care for it uniform to school each day, unless as well. Look for pictures on our stated by a note sent from school. SPN website and SPN PTA facebook Dress down days are marked on the and the Stony Point North calendar for each month. Facebook Page. We will continue to *This year, your child may wear a fundraise to add our next phase. Stony Point North spirit shirt on Soon we will be selling trashbags any day as long as they wear and chocolate bars beginning uniform pants, skirts or shorts. September 2nd. Look for more **If you would like to buy a spirit information to come home soon! shirt and need a form please call the office. PTA is selling the t-shirts **Please join our PTA! We would at this time! love to have more volunteers and involvement. PTA membership *If students wear a sweatshirt in forms will be coming home as well. school, they may wear any sweatshirt that does not have a MARK YOUR CALENDARS Stony Point North Stars Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Tuesday, August 23th-Skating party at Skate City-6:30-8:30

Friday, August 26th-Dress Down Day

September 2nd –Fundrasier Kick-off