SBS Family Update - 11.26.25

Posted Date: 11/26/25 (01:12 PM)

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Stony Brook Elementary School contact information, including address and email.

November 26, 2025

Principal’s Message

Dear Stony Brook Families,

Wishing you and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday

Have a restful long weekend!

SBS Spelling Bee The 2026 Stony Brook School Spelling Bee is right around the corner (of the calendar), on January 9th! Parents, please use this link to register your child.
Special Area Newsletter Please use this link for the December newsletter.

District Homework Free Night is coming up December 4th. Please see the flyers below for details.

A colorful flyer announces a Districtwide Homework Free Night.

A colorful flyer announces a Districtwide Homework Free Night.

School Reminders

Dismissal Changes Please be sure to share changes to dismissal information with both your student’s homeroom teacher and SBSoffice@branchburg.k12.nj.us. This ensures that all students are dismissed correctly and allows us to ensure student safety.

PJ Collection SBS will be participating in the Scholastic Great Bedtime Pajama Drive. We will be collecting brand new pj’s for all seasons. PJ’s should also be full sets and can range in size from 3T to adult large. The collection will run through December 2nd. For more information, please see this flyer.

Recess As the weather turns colder, please be sure to send your student in with warm clothes. We hope to get our students outside as much as possible even in the cooler weather.

Spirit Day Every Friday is Spirit Day! Please have your child wear spiritwear or school colors - blue and white!

Free and Reduced Lunch Applications

A friendly reminder, the free/reduced lunch application must be re-submitted each year and does not automatically renew. A copy of the application can be found on our district website at: https://www.branchburg.k12.nj.us/student-lunch-forms

The Math Olympiads contest is a challenging 5-part mathematics competition that includes students from all over the world. There are five 30-minute sessions, one per month, from November-March. A love of complex math questions is the only requirement to participate. Any Stony Brook student who is interested in entering the competition should see Mr. Gottshalk.

Sneakers

Sneakers are needed each day for recess. My recommendation is for our students to wear sneakers every day. If they choose to wear other footwear, please be sure that they bring a pair of sneakers with them to school each day. Alternate activities will be used for students who do not have the correct shoes on.

PTO & BEF

Please support our amazing PTO (Branchburg PTO) and BEF. With their support, we can accomplish amazing things at Stony Brook. Please visit our website via this link for the latest updates from the BEF on their efforts to support our district.

The PTO’s spiritwear sale is on-going and is another opportunity to help support them.

BEF KIND-A-THON

Upcoming Events

11/27 & 11/28 - School Closed/
Thanksgiving Break

12/4 District Homework Free Night

12/8 Marking period ends

12/19 Report Cards released

12/23 Single Session

12/24-1/2 School Closed/Winter Break

Do you have any games, puzzles, Play-Doh, or craft items you no longer need? We will gladly take them off your hands for our soft start program. Please let me know if you have any questions.