Principal's Weekly Report

Principal's Update

Dear Parents, Students, and Staff,

Welcome to Week 17! We have an exciting week ahead:

🎶 Winter Music Concert – Tomorrow at 6:00 PM in the Gym
Join us for an evening of incredible performances and holiday cheer. We can’t wait to see you there!

📚 Semester Exams Are Coming
Please review the new exam schedule and remember: no backpacks during exam days.

❄️ Winter Spirit Week
Students, show your school pride and join in the fun! Check out the spirit week themes and participate each day.

👏 Thank You!
A huge thank you to everyone who attended the STEAM Middle School Showcase. It was a wonderful event, and we appreciate your support in celebrating innovation and creativity.

Let’s make this week amazing together!

Go Gophers

Lauren Feronti Williams

Principal

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Great job to our Stone students who participated in the City of Palm Bay Holiday Parade!

Starting the 2025-2026 school year, all K-8 schools are personal electronics free per state statue. Personal electronics include cellphones, headphones, tablets, etc. As Principal of Stone Middle School an electronic free campus is important to me. Cellphone and other electronics may be silenced in backpacks to not distract the learning. Students must secure all electronic devices in backpacks before coming on campus and may use their phones after the dismissal bell. This past summer, I read "The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt and would like to share information from this book regarding teen use of electronics.

Human childhood evolved in the real world, and children's minds are 'expecting' the challenges of the real world, which is embodied, synchronous and one-to-one or one-to-several, within communities that endure. For physical development they need physical play and physical benefit. For social development they need physical play and physical risk-taking. virtual battles in a video game confer little or no physical benefit. for social development they need to learn the art of friendship, which is embodied; friends do things together and as children they touch, hug and wrestle. mistakes are low cost and can be rectified in real time. ...In contrast, as young people move their social relationships online, those relationships become disemboided, a synchronous, and sometime disposable. Even small mistakes can bring heavy costs in a viral world where content can live and everyone can see it." p. 81-82

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Starting this year, two automated calls will be scheduled to families regarding students' attendance. A morning call between 11:00 am and 11:15 am will take place to alert families of an absence in the morning to help verify a student arrived to school. An additional call will be generated between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm to share with families a student's overall attendance for the day. Please remember attendance is crucial for a student's academic success.

Stone Magnet Middle School will adhere to the School Board Rules of Brevard County as cited in the Secondary Student Parent Handbook.

These are the portions most frequently referred to by parents, students, and school personnel.

The educational program offered by this District is predicated upon the presence of the student and requires continuity of instruction and classroom participation. Attendance shall be required of all students enrolled in the school during the days and hours that the school is in session.

School attendance is the responsibility of parents/legal guardians and students.

A student who is absent from class with an unexcused absence may need to complete supplemental learning opportunities.
Excused absences may include medical appointment of the student, pregnancy related issues, court dates, religious holidays, illness with medical documentation and chronic and extended illness, insurmountable conditions, death in immediate family, and appointments for a therapy service provided by a licensed health professional.
For excused absences, the student shall have a reasonable amount of time, up to ten (10) school days, to complete make-up work. Principals or designee may grant extensions to the make-up time limit for extenuating circumstances.