News for the Week of March 29, 2021

We are so very thankful for your support of our school! As our "Bucks for Brown" event comes to a close, we celebrate your commitment to our school community through your generosity and continued support. Thanks to all of you, we have met & exceeded our goal!

 

This Week at Brown School

3/31   Late Start Day - 9:45 arrival 

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

Popcorn Day!

Read- a- Thon in celebration of "Bucks for Brown" & Reading Month - bring a pillow/blanket to "get comfy" & read

Be A Bright Reader Day (wear neon colors)

      

4/2 - 4/9  No School - Spring Break

Coming Up After Spring Break...

4/12   School Resumes  

4/14   Late Start Day - 9:45 arrival 

4/16   5th grade can & bottle drive collection begins! 

4/19   5th grade coin war begins! (see information below)

4/20   Virtual PTO Meeting @ 7pm - please join us!

4/21   Late Start Day - 9:45 arrival

4/26    Board of Education Meeting 6pm 

THANK YOU for your support! 

We are so grateful for your generosity, Brown School Families. While donations are still trickling in, we are beyond pleased to report that we have raised nearly $12,000 to support student programming at our school! WOW!!

If your family has a donation to turn in yet this week, we will gladly still accept it.

Tech Bytes

The 2021 Ren Baldwin Student Technology festival wants to see YOUR projects!  Entry deadline is April 15th.  Please visit our informational website to learn more.

We would like to welcome Mrs. Beth Mosher as our newest Brown School staff member. Beth will begin working with students as Ms. Mach welcomes her new arrival after spring break. 

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. 

 

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

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.

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