News for the Week of May 31, 2021

 

Today we pause to honor the brave men and women that serve our great nation. Thank you to those that have sacrificed greatly in the name of others.Your courage is an inspiration to us all. 

This Week at Brown School

5/31    No School - Memorial Day (ECDD - 12th grade)

      

6/1     P2 Character Strength: Outro Week

6/2     Late Start Day - arrival @ 9:45 a.m.

6/4     Popcorn Friday!

           3rd & 4th grade M-STEP window closes today

Coming Up...

6/9     NOT a late start day!

          NOT a 1/2 day for ELE students (MS/HS only)

          Hot Dog Picnic Lunch (outside dining by cohort group)

6/10  1/2 day of school - dismissal @ 12:34 p.m.

         Fifth Grade Farewell Breakfast (students & staff only)

6/11   Last day of school! 

          1/2 day of school - dismissal @ 12:34 p.m.

          Fifth grade awards assembly (5th graders & staff only)

          Fifth grade walkaway - more details to come to families via email this week

Summer Learning Challenge & Book Give Away

Our Summer Learning Challenge has been redesigned to align fun outdoor activities to our Positivity Project character strengths! We encourage ALL students to participate. We can hardly wait to distribute many, many medal in the fall!  Click here for a sneak peek at this year's challenge. 

A printed copy of the challenge will be sent home the last week of school along with a free pack of brand new books! We love to read - let's go for the gold! 

1:1 Device Collection 

Please return all school-issued Chromebooks, charging cords, and device storage sleeves no later than June 4th.  If your family checked out a hot spot, that should also be returned to school at that same time. Thank you!

PTO Corner

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Announcements 

Bucks for Brown

Thank you again to our Bucks for Brown sponsors. This banner is displayed proudly by the front entrance. We appreciate everyone’s support! 

 

Yearbooks

We still have yearbooks! If you would like to purchase a yearbook, we have extra copies in the office available for $15. You can pay with cash or check written to SJPS. 

 

5th Grade Farewell

Attention 5th Grade parents! We are also putting together a slideshow of our student’s pictures from elementary school. We are collecting pictures from all their years at school. (Photos do not have to be from Brown School if your child previously attended another school.) If you have photos from past parties, field trips, Science Fairs, school plays, variety shows, track meets, etc.. that are of multiple students, we would like those as well. You can add them here: Fifth Grade Slideshow. Please contact Burke Lokey at BLokey@sjschools.org with any questions about the slideshow. The deadline to submit pictures is Wednesday, June 2!

 

Reminders

Attention all virtual students!! We love seeing 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. 

Please download the Box Tops for Education app by visiting https://www.boxtops4education.com/.  

 

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Save the date for these upcoming virtual PTO meetings:

September of 2021.  Have a great summer!

Media Center News

Hi Brown School Families!  This week is the last week that the students can check out books from the Media Center.  In order to prepare for a book inventory, we need to have ALL books returned by the end of May. If your student has library books at home, please help them remember to return them ASAP.  The first class to have ALL of their books returned to the MC will be announced on the BEST News.  Also, the students will receive raffle tickets after they have returned ALL of their books to try to win a prize!  Thank you so much for your help.  

-Mrs. Berry and Mrs. Bacolor

Daily Health Screening

Thank you for your continued adherence to our daily screening guide posted on our district website before sending your child to school. If he/she is exhibiting any symptoms consistent with COVID-19, they must stay home. We appreciate your help to finish the year safely 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. 

 

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

Mrs. Dilley'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 Class

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!

St. Joseph Public Schools Foundation News

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

 Click here to learn more!

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Community Corkboard.

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