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Dear Stony Brook Families,

Last week our Kindergarteners celebrated their 100th Day of School while our 5th Graders celebrated their 1,000th Day. It is amazing to see how much our students learn, grow and develop during their time at Stony Brook.

This week, we continue to spread love and kindness with Valentine's Day. Send your child to school wearing red or pink on Wednesday. We also have the Kind Minds assembly on Friday. With an engaging presentation, students will learn to recognize, identify, and express emotions in age appropriate ways. Kindergarten and first grade will view the assembly together, and then second through fourth grade. You can find more information about the presentation below.

In the next two weeks, we will be sending out the next round of attendance letters. These letters are a requirement of the NJ Department of Education. Even if we know the reasons for your child's absences, we must document that we are taking precautions against students missing school. You can view HVRSD attendance policies under Pupils (5200, 5230).

Coming to school is very important, so when your children are healthy it is important that they be here. That being said, as much as we want your children here every single day, please keep them home if they are sick. Students must be fever and vomit free for 24 hours before returning to school. And that "fever-free" must be fever-free without medicine.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Nicole Gianfredi

Thank you to our families and students!

We had wonderful submissions for Lunar New Year and we educated our community about this exciting holiday! Thank you to all those that shared slides, photos and videos.

I have received lots of great slides from our students about Black History Month, and we are highlighting Black heroes daily. I still have some slides to present, but will be accepting them through the end of the month. Please consider doing a slide as a family or encouraging your child to learn about a hero.

We have several students and members in our school community that need access to the wheelchair accessible parking in the South Parking Lot. Please refrain from parking in these spots unless you have a tag, so our school is accessible to all.

Thank you!

Students will learn to recognize, identify, and express emotions in age appropriate ways. Kind

Minds shows children how to engage in kind acts through discussions, role plays, and interactive

activities. The primary goal of Kind Minds is to cultivate positive reactions while providing

children with the tools they need to create meaningful connections, leading to consistent

emotional wellness.

You must register in advance with this link:

http://tinyurl.com/SBPTOFamilyGameNight2024

This month the the Stony Brook PTO Meeting will be in-person at Stony Brook Elementary School on February 21 at 1:30 pm. A zoom link will be available, as well.

Ms. Gianfredi will be talking about children and personal technology, along local parent, Suze Palinski of Healthy Youth / Healthy Community's Digital Wellness Initiative.

• Wednesday, February 14
  
• Valentine’s Day - Wear Red or Pink
• Friday, February 16
• Kind Minds Assembly for grades K/1 and 2/3/4
• Monday, February 19
  
• President’s Day - Schools / Offices Closed
  
• Friday, February 23
• Stony Brook Family Game Night
• Space is limited and registration is requited. You can register here.
• Thursday, February 29
• Leap Day

Exciting news! We've teamed up with Driven Coffee, a Minnesota-based craft coffee roaster, for a fantastic fundraiser to support the fifth grade.

The fundraiser at Stony Brook will be live from February 1 - 29. Our goal is to raise $2,000, and every purchase brings us closer to achieving it. This is a virtual fundraiser and all orders will be conveniently shipped directly to the purchaser. Please share the link with friends and family.

To place your order, visit our dedicated fundraising page at https://www.drivencoffeefundraising.com/ref/stony-brook-elementary/

Help us spread the word and make this fundraiser a success!

Thank you for your participation and generosity!

The Fifth Grade Committee

It's time for the YMCA March Madness Tournament. The info is linked below. Registration ends on February 23rd.

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https://www.instagram.com/stony_brook_all_stars/