Partnering with our students' families to ensure academic, social, and emotional growth is vital. Thank you for your commitment to meeting with your child's teacher to share successes and next steps. We value and appreciate you all.
This Week at Brown School
School Bus Driver Week!
10/18 No School ECDD-12th grade (P.D. Day for staff)
10/19 "Donuts with My Main Character" on the playground 7:45 a.m - 8:20 a.m. - see details in PTO Corner below
PTO Meeting @ 12:15 p.m. in the Media Center - we'd love to see you! If you are unable to attend in person, you can connect via Google Meet by clicking here.
10/20 Late Start Day (arrival at 9:20 a.m.)
10/20-10/22 Hearing/Vision Screening (K, 1st, 3rd, 5th grades)
10/22 Kindness Club meets at lunchtime!
Coming Up...
10/26 P2 Character Strength: Creativity
Maize & Blue Monday!
10/27 Late Start - arrival at 9:20 a.m.
Lory's Place group meets today
10/29 Classroom Fall Harvest Costume Parties (p.m.)
Costumes can be worn all day (no gore or weapons). We ask that anything that may be distracting to the school environment be saved for home celebrations.
Students must wear masks along with their costume (not costume masks alone).
All party volunteers MUST have current background check on file - please be sure you have completed the paperwork found here.
We will have a costume parade around track outside @ 3:15 p.m. (all families are welcome to come & take pictures - no background check needed for parade session only).
Bucks for Brown Celebration Days
We enjoyed seeing all of the silly hats last week. Watch Mrs. Bawks and Mr. Pratley play Bean Boozled! Click here and be ready to giggle!
Both Mrs. Bawks and Mr. Pratley will be dressed as local celebrities this Tuesday and will be working from the school's roof on Wednesday!
Hearing & Vision Screening
The Berrien County Health Department will visit our school this week to complete hearing & vision screening with our Kindergarteners, First, Third, and Fifth Graders.
Parents of 2nd & 4th graders may request that their child be screened. If you have a concern, please reach out to your child's classroom teacher.
Families - please remember to complete the screening form that was sent home with your child on Friday (10/15) and return it to school on Tuesday (10/19).
PTO Corner
Find out more about the PTO, including a list of planned events for this school year and how to volunteer, on our PTO Site.
Thanks
Thank you to all who volunteered at our first Bucks for Brown fun run event. The weather held out for us and the students all had a great time!
Announcements
Morning With My Main Character
Join us on the playground on October 19th from 7:45-8:15am for Morning With My Main Character. Students may bring ONE adult “Main Character” to join them for donuts and muffins. We will be outdoors this year. Please bring your own coffee!
If the weather does not cooperate, we will need to cancel this event. If this were to happen you will receive a SchoolMessenger text prior to 7:30 that morning.
PTO Meeting
Join us in-person or virtually for our meeting on October 19 at 12:15pm (join virtually here). The in-person meeting will be held in the Media Center.
Check out our Bucks for Brown recap here!
Missed the Beanboozled game between Mrs. Bawks and Mr. Pratley? View it here!
Our Brown School families and community sponsors are amazing! We are happy to announce that we reached our goal and will continue to be able to provide so many amazing opportunities for our students and staff. We can’t thank everyone enough for all of their support. 🐻💙🐻💛🐻
Upcoming Events
Most of our PTO events for the school year are already scheduled and can be viewed here. If you would like to help with any of these events, you can indicate interest through our form here.
Reminders
Please download the Box Tops for Education app by visiting https://www.boxtops4education.com/.
Save the date for these upcoming hybrid PTO meetings. We will meet in the media center as well as offer a virtual connection option:
October 19 at 12:15pm (join virtually here)
November 16 at 7pm
January 18 at 12:15pm
February 15 at 7pm
March 15 at 12:15
April 19 at 7pm
May 17 at 12:15pm
10/18/21 – No School
10/19/21 – Chicken sandwich, sweet potato tots, fruit choice and milk
10/20/21 – Nachos, beef and cheese, refried beans, fruit choice and milk
10/21/21 – Mini french toast, sausage, hash brown, fruit choice and milk
10/22/21 – Bosco stick, marinara sauce, yogurt, carrot sticks, fruit choice and milk
Changing Families Group
Changing Families Group is a peer support group for students who have experienced a change or transition within their family. This could include experiencing divorce/separation, change in caregiver(s), a move or relocation, the absence of a parent, or any impactful shift within the family unit. Changing Families Group will provide a community of peers and an awareness that your student(s) is not alone, as many students have experienced and are experiencing changes within the family unit. Please talk with your student(s) about this opportunity. Should you and your child(ren) feel that this would be a beneficial support during the school day, please complete the following form: Changing Families Group Form. If you wish to discuss this further or have questions, please feel free to contact Bri Van Hekken (269-926-3520 or bvanhekken@sjschools.org).
Lory’s Place Peer Grief Support Group
We are so fortunate to have a resource like Lory’s Place here in our community! Our Brown School community is fortunate to have the opportunity to partner with Lory’s Place in order to provide a peer grief support group within the school setting.
Lory’s Place Group is a peer grief support group that is offered to our Brown School students who have experienced the loss of a significant person or people in their lives. This group is co-facilitated by Mrs. Van Hekken, our school social worker, and a staff member from Lory’s Place. This group will meet once per month beginning in October and through the month of May for not any longer than one hour on Wednesdays. Should you and your child feel that this would be beneficial, please fill out this form in order to provide your permission and further information needed. Please read this letter should you like a little more information. If you have any questions or wish to discuss this further, please feel free to reach out to Bri Van Hekken: (269-926-3520) or bvanhekken@sjschools.org.
Our Brown School classroom teachers have important information to share with our families. Please click on your child's class below to view weekly updates.
Mrs. Rank and Mrs. LeClear's Class
Young Fives
First Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
