News for the Week of March 22, 2021

While we always aspire to see & appreciate the good in others, we will intentionally focus on this important character strength through our Positivity Project (P2) lessons this week at Brown School. Thank you for supporting this work through conversations together at home. 

This Week at Brown School

3/22   P2 Character Strength: 

Identifying & appreciating the good in others

          Wear your P2 shirt today! 

  

3/24   Late Start Day - arrival @ 9:45 a.m.

3/26   Read my Shirt & Hat Day

          Bucks for Brown donations ($) due today!

Coming Up...

4/1     School-wide "Bucks for Brown" Read-In Celebration!

4/2 - 4/9  No School - Spring Break

4/12   School Resumes   

Thank you for your support in raising funds for our school! Cash & checks can be sent in to school each morning with your child or your are more than welcome to make a donation online by clicking here. Please consider sharing the link with friends and family members too! 

PTO Corner

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Announcements 

Attention 5th Grade parents! Thank you so much to all of you that have signed up to help with the 5th Grade Farewell. Just a reminder to send in $10 for your fifth grader for the celebration. Money can be given to their teacher. Thank you so much for your support! 

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. 

 

Mark Your Calendars and Save Your Cans...

The 5th graders will be holding the following fundraisers this spring to raise money for their class gift to the school:

• Can and Bottle Drive - All families, please start saving your cans and bottles, we will start collecting them in April!

• Coin War -  Start saving your spare change to put towards (or against) one of our 5th grade classes! More details to come...

 

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

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Save the date for these upcoming virtual PTO meetings:

April 20 @7pm

May 18 @12pm

Attention 4th & 5th Grade Families

We need your help to keep students safe. When dropping off and picking up your child from the north side of the building (along Yukon Dr.), DO NOT park across the street and ask your child to cross the road. Please follow the drop off/pick-up line as described in the image below. Thank you for your attention to this.

March is Reading Month!

We are celebrating our love of reading with a March Reading Madness tournament of books this month. When the teams battle for their spots in the final four, our students will be reading and voting for their favorite books to make it to the championship round. Fortunately no brackets can be busted since your kids will be reading nothing but great books! This month will be nothing but NET (New Exciting Titles)! For more information, visit our March Reading Madness website.

Daily Screener

Thank you for your continued adherence to our daily screening guide posted on our district's website before sending your child to school. If he/she is exhibiting any symptoms consistent with COVID-19, they must stay home. It is imperative that we work together to safe safe so that we can stay together.  

If someone in your home is awaiting results of a COVID-19 test, all students need to stay home from school until the results are in. Thank you for your attention to this. 

 

Planning a summer trip to one or more of our national parks? Check out the links below to learn about free opportunities for 4th AND 5th graders!

https://www.nps.gov/kids/every-kid-outdoors.htm

https://www.nps.gov/kids/fifthgrade.htm

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

Mrs. Brown's Class

Ms. Barron's Class

Second Grade 

Miss Grimm's Class

Ms. Zelenock's Class

Third Grade  

Mrs. DeVore's Class 

Mrs. Lear's Class 

Mrs. Nowicki's Blog

Fourth Grade

Mrs. Hassenger's Class 

Mr. Hernandez's Class                

Fifth Grade

Mr. Lignell's Class

Mrs. Lokey's Class

SJVS BLOG LINK Click HERE	DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY WEBSITE Click HERE to access our fantastic resource site put together FOR YOU to help navigate district technology! Having trouble with your district device, email - support@sjschools.org	MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES Click HERE to access a wealth of resources put together by our SJ counselors and social workers!

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

 Click here to enjoy!  

Looking for spring 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.