Brown School News!: News for January 4, 2021

We are looking forward to the excitement the fresh, new year brings and can hardly wait to welcome our learners back into the classroom!

Thank you for your dedication to our partnership while students learned remotely. We are so thankful for all of you!

We would also like to send a HUGE shout-out to our teaching staff. These amazingly committed professionals demonstrated yet again that we will do whatever it takes to ensure learning continues, no matter the adversity we face.

💙💛We are Brown School.💛💙

This Week at Brown School

1/4 Welcome Back! Face-to-Face School Resumes!

P2 T-Shirt Day

P2 Character Strength: Optimism (click here for more details)

1/6 Late Start Day - arrival at 9:45 a.m.

1/8 Popcorn Friday!

New Year, New You Celebrations!

Coming Up...

1/11 NWEA midyear assessments begin!

Board of Education Meeting @ 6pm

1/13 Late Start Day - arrival at 9:45 a.m.

1/18 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

No School ECDD-12th grade

1/19 PTO Meeting via Google Meet @ 12pm

1/20 Late Start Day - arrival at 9:45 a.m.

1/28 & 1/29 Half-days of school - P/T conferences

Thank you for your continued adherence to our daily screening guide posted on our district's website before sending your child to school. It is imperative that we work together to safe safe so that we can stay together.

New Year, New You Celebrations

We are planning to celebrate the power of a growth mindset and the importance goal setting with New Year, New You Celebrations on Friday, January 8, 2021. We can hardly wait to share our experiences via the Brown PTO Facebook page. Not yet a member? Please request access today!

Positivity Project

As a reminder, Mondays are P2 t-shirt days! Please plan to have your child join our staff in wearing his/her t-shirt each and every Monday as we kick off a new character strength.

This week's Y5-5th grade lessons are focused on the character strength optimism - a perfect focus as we look toward a new year of new experiences!

We encourage your family to participate in using this shared language at home for maximum impact. Please access the P2 family site by clicking here to gain more information. The password is "P2".

Congratulations to Ms. Barron!

We are delighted to share that Ms. Barron became Mrs. Dilley over the winter break! Congratulations to the newlyweds! Please join our Brown School family in wishing them a lifetime of happiness as husband and wife.

PTO Corner

Announcements

Attention all virtual students! We would love to see what you have been learning in your virtual classrooms! Please continue to share your pictures with us on our Facebook page in the Brown Bears Virtual Learning album.

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

Congratulations to Miss Puckett!

During our phase of remote teaching and learning, Miss Joa Puckett completed her student teaching experience with Mrs. Nowicki and earned her degree in education! We are so delighted to welcome another teacher to this incredibly important profession.

Welcome Mr. Burton!

Our Brown School family would like to welcome Mr. Cornell Burton, student teacher with Mrs. Hassenger, to our learning community.

Mr. Burton is a lifelong resident of Berrien County. He is a husband, father, pastor, and a talented singer & songwriter. Making a difference through educating our young learners has been a lifelong dream that he’s looking forward to fulfilling. He will begin his internship this week. Welcome to Brown School!

Classroom Blogs

Our Brown School classroom teachers have important information to share with families. Please click on your child's class below to view weekly updates.

ECDD

Mrs. Rank and Mrs. LeClear's Class

Young Fives

Mrs. Schueneman's Class

Kindergarten

Mrs. Hooker's Class

Miss Barkovich's Class

First Grade

Ms. Harmening's Class

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Mrs. Hassenger's Class

Mr. Hernandez's Class

Fifth Grade

Mr. Lignell's Class

Mrs. Lokey's Class

St. Joseph Virtual School 's blog is now available!

SJVS Families, click here to access content from Mr. Pratley. Be sure to bookmark the link: https://stjoevirtualschool.blogspot.com/

Check out the positive messages and celebration of our community on the St. Joseph Public Schools Foundation blog.

Click here to enjoy!

Check out local offerings by visiting our

Community Corkboard.

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News for January 4, 2021