What a busy week it was at Brown School! Our families made this week a memorable one for our students and staff. From running our annual Variety Show to supporting our young scientists and leading our Maker Day sessions, we could not have done it without your help. Thank you for your partnership. We truly are #BetterTogether.
This Week at Brown School
3/9 Board of Education meeting @ Brown School 6 p.m.
First Graders to the Upton Planetarium 10 - 11 a.m.
3/10 Yearbook group photos
3/11 Late Start
3/12 SJPS Young Fives/ Kindergarten Round-Up held @ Brown School 7 - 8 p.m. - spread the word to neighbors and friends!
3/13 Dress As Your Favorite Book Character Day!
3/13 Dress As Your Favorite Book Character Day!
Miss Kodis & Mrs. DeLapa's classes to the planetarium
3/14 Elementary Community Student Art Exhibit at the Box Factory
Coming Up...
3/16 Lory's Place group meets @ lunch
3/17 PTO Meeting @ 12:00
Author Visit - Marc Tyler Nobleman
3/18 Late Start
3/19 Science Projects DUE!
3/20 Flashlight Friday & Fuzzy Socks Day!
Fourth graders to planetarium 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
3/23 Book Fair begins!
Miss Barkovich & Mrs. Schueneman's classes to planetarium 10:00 - 11:15
3/24 Author Visit - Ruth Barshaw
Student Council meeting @ 12:10 in Mrs. Lokey's room
Science Night & Family Night at the Book Fair 6 - 8 p.m.
*While at Science Night, be sure to visit our Home-School Partnership Area for reading tips from our staff to support your reader @ home
3/25 Late Start
3/26 PAT Playgroup in gym 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
4th grade performance 6 p.m.
3/27 Be a Bright Reader/Wear Neon Day
4/1 NOT a late start day!
4/3 1/2 Day of School - dismissal at 12:06 p.m.
Slip into a Good Book/PJ Day
4/6-4/10 No School - Spring Break
4/13 School Resumes
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| Congratulations to Isaiah, the February winner for Brown Bear Student Credit Union. Isaiah won a gift basket with a $10 Meijer gift card! Every deposit is entered into a monthly drawing to win a gift basket with a $10 Meijer gift card and is also entered into the End-of-Year drawing to win an iPad mini! |
A team of 2nd-5th graders participated in
Science Olympiad at LMC this week.
They were excellent representatives of Brown School.
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| Follow Mrs. Bawks on Twitter (@kristenbawks) to see visual stories of our amazing school's success. |
Student Art Exhibit Is Coming!
It's our favorite time of the year! The Elementary Community Student Art Exhibit at the Box Factory for the Arts will be held from March 14th through March 28th. This Art Show is open to the community, but letters have been sent home with your child if she/he has artwork featured. The Box Factory is located at 1101 Broad Street in St. Joseph, and it is open Monday through Saturday from 12:00-4:00. Please come out to support our local students and the arts!
Our Art classroom is in need of baby wipes (for hands) and Clorox wipes. If you are able, please consider grabbing some on your next shopping trip. Thank you!
PTO Corner
Thank You
Thank you to our volunteers who helped put on another fabulous variety show! It wouldn't have been possible without all of your help. You are so appreciated!
Thank you, parents, for stepping up to help our students explore STEM activities for Maker’s Days this week! We couldn't have done it without your support.
Announcements
Spring Bearwear Sale
Our Spring Bearwear Sale will continue through TODAY- Sunday, March 8. All orders will be delivered in early April.
When ordering, please put your child’s name and teacher in the notes section of the order form. Thanks!
Please contact Sheri Baker with any questions at sheribk@gmail.com.
Yearbook Group Photos
This Tuesday- the 9th- we will be taking group yearbook photos. Please remind your students who are in the Student Council, Robotics or Credit Union to wear their group shirts. Thanks!
Mileage Club
We are looking for 1-2 volunteers to lead our Mileage Club for the next school year. This will be separate from the Walkathon fundraiser and will be a two week event in both the fall and spring. Anyone interested will have the opportunity to shadow the committee this spring to understand what it all entails. Please contact Robin Lawrence at rel3414@gmail.com of you are interested and would like to learn more.
Reminders
Please download the Box Tops for Education app by visiting https://www.boxtops4education.com/.
Box Tops receipts for delivery services, such as Shipt, now work with the digital Box Top collection. For more information, visit https://boxtopsforeducation.knowledgeowl.com/help/electronic-receipts
Upcoming Volunteer Needs
Let us know events you are interested in by filling out the form at http://bit.ly/VolunteerAtBrown. You will be contacted by the committee with specific needs at the appropriate time.
- Media Center: Help in the Media Center is a continuing need. If you are interested in assisting with book returns, check-out, re-shelving books and class activity centers, please fill out a volunteer form and we will contact you. You choose which shifts (45 minutes per shift) you would like to sign up for - the teachers for each shift are listed so you can coordinate with your student’s time in the Media Center. The signup has been updated with 3rd - 5th grade spots through Spring Break. Please note: the dates are subject to change. https://signup.com/go/gAFMxHJ
- Book Fair: The Scholastic Book Fair will be in the Media Center on March 23 - 27th. Signup.com has been set up for the book fair. Here is the link to sign up and volunteer: https://signup.com/go/zBVJziL. We will need help with the preview day, March 20, as well as ringing up sales during the fair. As Scholastic is a much bigger fair than the last fair, a little help packing up the fair to send back would be appreciated.
March is Reading Month 2020
Reading Saves the Day!
We are so excited to kick off March is Reading Month this year with our theme, Reading Saves the Day! We have a variety of reading challenges, character-building ideas, STEM activities, and a fun "Superhero of the Week" guessing game to play daily. Plus, your child will hear about some real-life superheroes through stories that will be shared each week.
Our challenge will be to read daily and participate in a number of reading adventures to keep The Sinister Story Swiper (villain) from stealing our books.
Goals
- To promote lifelong reading habits
- To motivate and encourage reading for enjoyment
- To create opportunities for adults and children to share time reading
- To learn about real-life superheroes around our world
- To focus on superhero traits and how we can be the best version of ourselves
All students will be given a superhero identity card that they will use to keep track of their reading this month. The choices for upper elementary will focus on literary genres. The lower elementary choices will include genres as well as fun reading adventures. Each week, these will be collected and stamped. Raffle tickets will be given for each square completed and students will be able to put their name into the drawing for various reading-related prizes (books, books, and more books)!
Classrooms will work to build positive character traits through powering up a classroom shield. Each classroom teacher will be given a shield to hang in their classroom and a set of 12 badges that classes can earn for showing superhero traits, such as; teamwork, courage, and kindness.
Special Dates
- Kick-Off Video/Superhero Identity cards distributed - Thursday, March 5th
- Author Visits:
Marc Tyler Nobleman - March 17
Ruth McNally Barshaw - March 24
- BOOK FAIR @ Brown: March 23 - 27
Book Fair Family Night & Science Night: Tuesday, March 24 from 6:00-8:00
- Reading Month Celebration: Friday, April 3
Fun Friday Dress-up Days
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| Cheryl Thompson is organizing a family trip to Michigan's Adventure after the school year ends in June. Please stay tuned for additional details. |
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| Maker Day 2020
YOUTH BASEBALL SIGN UPS
This is just a reminder to get your child signed up to play baseball this spring. Sign-ups end March 13th. North Lincoln and SJBA have partnered with the City of St. Joseph to handle registrations this year.
Here is the link to the registration page.
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Looking for other activities to enroll your child in?
Check out local offerings by visiting our Community Corkboard.
It is the policy of the St. Joseph Public School District that no person shall, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, disability, height, weight, or marital status be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to, discrimination during any program, activity, service or in employment.
