Newsletter Volume 43, Number 18

January 16, 2025 | Volume 43, Issue 18

Table of Contents

Correct your Calendars! Reschedule Steppingstone's next SPARCler! Cancel Jan 30/Th & Insert Feb 5/W
Remember This Auction Item of the Week: "Sourdough Bread Basket!"
Help Your Auction Committee: Baskets & Pick-A-Prize
No School Monday, MLK Day
Steppingstone School Closes with Plymouth Canton Schools

Upcoming Events

MON, Jan 20

NO SCHOOL

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

FRI, Jan 24 (Tentative)

9 am - 4 pm, Cross-Country Ski Day

THURS, Jan 30

2 pm - 4 pm, Monthly Library Visit

CORRECT YOUR CALENDARS!

Reschedule Steppingstone's next SPARCler!

Cancel Jan 30/Th & Insert Feb 5/W

Due to conflicts that have arisen, we have rescheduled our next SPARCler to:

7 pm

WED

Jan 5th

This allows us to attend the PARC Potluck and focus on their tenant updates on Jan 30th.

Please correct your calendars and plan to attend this SPARCler with Dr. Ira Glovinsky, speaking on “Reflective Parenting” and other related topics, which are also useful for teachers of the gifted.

More info in the next few newsletters so keep in touch!

REMEMBER THIS

AUCTION ITEM of the WEEK!

“Sourdough Bread Basket”

This week's highlight item is 2 loaves of SOURDOUGH BREAD, freshly baked by Dr. Morse on the morning of our 32nd Annual Benefit Auction!

Matured over the last 5+ years, the starter came originally from San Francisco Sourdough Bakers.

In addition to the 2 loaves of freshly baked bread, the basket will contain the following:

a Recipe
a jar of Sourdough Bread Starter
a 5 lb bag of “Sir Lancelot” Bread Flour … a King Arthur brand flour
a jar of Honey
a package of Butter

For a “morning after” the Auction treat, be prepared to bid on this tasty item!

HELP YOUR AUCTION COMMITTEE

Baskets & Pick-a-Prize

Donations gratefully accepted from Parents, Staff, Trustees and Friends of Steppingstone!

As you know, Steppingstone’s 2025 Benefit Auction is fast approaching, and we need your donations of auction items. Here are a few fun basket ideas, but feel free to create your own unique theme!

Camping Out – All the basics for a fun family camping trip
Home Spa – Bath gels, fluffy slippers, a pedicure kit, etc.
Baker’s Basket – A basket of baking mixes and an assortment of items like unique cookie cutters cookbooks, etc.
Bar-B-Q Time – You can use a barbecue as a basket and fill it with unique items such as wood for smoking, special sauces, and spices.
Culture and Cuisine – Create a basket that shares your love of a particular culture. Last year, a Polish basket and Greek basket were some of the hottest auction items. They included books, food items, and curios. Other years have seen other countries w/foods, artifacts and books … Russia, Japan, China, Malaysia, India.

Another area to donate towards would be for our pick-a-prize:

Specialty Chocolates - eg. Sanders, Dove, Alpine, Ghirardelli, Trader Joe’s, etc.
Gift cards ($10, $15, or $20) w/current expiration dates for the Gift Card Tree

The gift cards will be clipped onto a “TREE.” The evening of the auction, guests will buy raffle tickets and place them in a secured box for the drawing.

Please complete our acquisition form and submit with your donated item(s).

NO SCHOOL MONDAY

MLK DAY

The school will be closed next Monday, January 20th for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

STEPPINGSTONE SCHOOL CLOSES

with PLYMOUTH-CANTON SCHOOLS

Next week's temperatures are supposed to be particularly unpleasant, so we'd like to remind you that Steppingstone School closes with the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools for inclement weather. Check the news and internet.

Use your judgement about whether the roads are safe enough to drive to school if you do not live in Plymouth or Canton (or if the weather is dangerously unsuitable in your opinion). If you decide that it is unsafe, please notify us.