We are so excited to welcome Mileage Club & its volunteers back to Brown School this spring!
This Week at Brown School
M-STEP Testing Continues (3rd - 5th grade)
NWEA Testing Continues (K-5th)
4/18 P2 Character Strength: Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence
Maize & Blue Monday
Mileage Club begins @ lunch recess!
Scholastic Book Fair begins (runs all week)
GOTR group 1 meets after school
Book Fair Family Night 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
4/19 Student Council meeting @ lunch
GOTR group 2 meets after school
PTO Meeting @ 7pm in the Media Center
Please join us in person or virtually by clicking here!
4/20 Late Start Day (arrival @ 9:20 a.m.)
Mileage Club @ lunch recess
4th grade book club meets @ lunch
GOTR group 1 meets after school
After school art class
4/21 GOTR group 2 meets after school
4/22 Science Olympiad competition today!
Brown Bear Credit Union 8:20 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Mileage Club @ lunch recess
Final day of Scholastic Book Fair
Coming Up...
M-STEP Testing Continues (3rd - 5th grade)
NWEA Testing Continues (K-5th)
Maize & Blue Monday
GOTR group 1 meets after school
4/26 GOTR group 2 meets after school
4/27 Late Start Day (arrival @ 9:20 a.m.)
Secretary's Day!
Mileage Club @ lunch recess
Lory's Place group meets
Y5s to Sarett Nature Center 12:15-2:30 p.m.
GOTR group 1 meets after school
After school art class
4/28 GOTR group 2 meets after school
4/29 5th grade to Van Andel all day
Brown Bear Credit Union 8:20 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Mileage Club @ lunch recess
5/2 No school for elementary students only - PD day for staff
Please be sure to check out the SJPS Guidance blog
We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair. Hosted by our media center staff, this event is an opportunity for students of all ages to build their home libraries and further their love of reading. As always, all purchases benefit our school.
After missing out on many beloved traditions, our winter Book Fair will be a familiar, welcome, and safe event for our students. Here’s what you need to know about the Fair, which will take place from April 18-22 in our school library/media centers.
We will host a Family Night! Plan on stopping by on Monday, April 18th from 5:30-7:30 to pick up your books!
Students will have opportunities to purchase books throughout the week at their scheduled library time or during recess breaks.
You can view the digital flyer here. Talk it over with your child to see if purchasing books will be part of your family’s plan this time.
Our Book Fair offers a cash-free payment option called eWallet. It’s a convenient digital account that your child can use for shopping at our Fair. Grandparents, friends, and others can contribute, too! Cash, checks, and credit cards will also be accepted.
If you can’t make it to the Fair, then shop online at our school’s Virtual Book Fair. All orders ship directly to your home, and shipping is free for book orders over $25. Your online orders will also b
enefit our school.
Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping. We’re excited to celebrate our love of books together at the Book Fair.
Brown School Book Fair
We hope to see you at our Family Night on Monday, April 18th! There will be raffle tickets available for great prizes!
News from the Lunch Room
We would like to remind everyone that breakfast and lunch are FREE again this year to every St Joseph Public School student. Please try to remember to preorder your student’s lunches when they are going to participate in lunch. This helps speed up the morning lunch count process. You will be allowed to order the Friday before the next week using www.sendmoneytoschool.com.
04/18/22 – Breakfast - CEREAL BAR, FRUIT, 100% JUICE AND MILK
Lunch - CHICKEN NUGGETS, MUFFIN, SALAD CUP, FRUIT SELECTION AND MILK
04/19/22 – Breakfast - CHOCOLATE CRESCENT, FRUIT, 100% JUICE AND MILK
Lunch - MINI PANCAKES, SAUSAGE, HASH BROWN, FRUIT SELECTION AND MILK.
04/20/22 – Breakfast - WAFFLES, FRUIT, 100% JUICE AND MILK
Lunch - MAC & CHEESE, STEAMED BROCCOLI, DINNER ROLL, FRUIT SELECTION AND MILK
04/21/22 – Breakfast - MUFFIN AND YOGURT, FRUIT, 100% JUICE AND MILK
Lunch - TURKEY LUNCHABLE, CARROT STICKS, FRUIT SELECTION AND MILK
04/22/22 – Breakfast – WG GLAZED DONUT, FRUIT, 100% JUICE AND MILK
Lunch - CHEESE PIZZA SALAD CUP, CORN, FRUIT SELECTION AND MILK
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| Our Kindergartners love to practice math with Miss B.! |
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.
Join us for our April Brown PTO Meeting this Tuesday at 7pm! Come catch up on everything your PTO has been doing, and help us make plans for the rest of the school year. This month we will be voting on the budget for next school year and on our proposed PTO grant process. With a student at Brown, every family is a member of our PTO. Children are always welcome!
We will also have an option to join us virtually on Google Meet.
Special Dates Coming Up
We love to support and celebrate our students and staff everyday and here are some special days coming up that we can show even more appreciation!
April 27 - Administrative Assistant Day
April 29 - Principal Appreciation Day
May 3-May 6 - Staff Appreciation Week
Book Fair
Hi Brown School Families! The Spring Book Fair is coming next week! There will be something for everyone! Our family night will be on Monday, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
If you would like to open an E-Wallet for your student, you can do so by going to the Book Fair website. This works like a gift card, so the student will not have to bring cash to school.
If you have already created an E-Wallet for your student and have remaining funds from the last book fair, you will need to visit the website and reactivate the account. Be sure and log in using the same email as you used to create the original E-Wallet.
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/brownelementaryschool22
There are still some open spots if you would like to volunteer to help at the book fair, please take a look at this document and see what times are available on the April Book Fair Tab. Remember, you must have a volunteer background check on file to work at the fair.
If you have any questions, please contact jberry2@stjoebears.com
We hope to see you at the Fair!
Penny War
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 WE DECLARE A
PENNY WAR
WHEN: Monday, April 18th - Friday, April 22nd
HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Each 5th grade class will have their own coin jug for collecting money (located in the cross hall).
All grades may participate by dropping their change in whichever class jug they want to win!
ADD POINTS by adding pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollar bills to your classroom's jug.
THE CLASS WITH THE MOST POINTS WINS A PIZZA PARTY!!
All funds raised will go toward the 5th Grade Legacy gift.
The winning group will be announced Thursday, April 28th.
Mileage Club
Mileage Club starts on Monday! For more information on this fun event check out this video.
Volunteers are needed from 11:45am - 1:30pm and younger siblings are welcome! Please visit https://signup.com/go/etVOJtR to signup.
Celebrate Our Stories
Culture Night at Brown School has been canceled this year due to lack of interest. We hope to get it started next year.
Elementary Track Meet Returns!
The elementary track meet returns on May 6th (rain date May 13th)! This is an annual competition between the three district elementary schools and is always a highlight of the spring. We will need 20 volunteers to help out that day from 10am-about 3pm. Responsibilities will include facilitating event stations such as long-jump, shot put, and sprints. Training/instructions will be provided by the PE teachers prior to students arriving the day of the event.
This event is not well-suited for siblings to attend in a volunteer capacity, but spectators are always welcome!
To volunteer, please fill out the form here: Elementary Track Meet Volunteers
5th Grade Parents Special Dates Coming Up
The kids will start their “Penny War” for a week starting April 18th and end Friday, April 22nd. ALL GRADES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE.
Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up to help with the 5th Grade Farewell activities so far! There are still a few more spaces that need to be filled.
Please CLICK HERE to sign up.
We are needing everyone to send your child’s baby picture for the “Guess Who” display. You can email it to Brooke Roberts at Blr182010@gmail.com. We need those ASAP please. If you are unable to email us a picture please send a hard copy with your student, no larger than 4x6, and we will make a copy of it and return it to you.
Also if you have not donated your $15 towards our funding for the ceremony & t-shirts please do (check email from your childs’ teacher about “Oscar Night”).
Link to donate: https://sjschools.revtrak.net/brown-elementary/brown-es-clubs-and-activities/brown-es-pto/
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.
Save the date for these upcoming hybrid PTO meetings. We will meet in the media center as well as offer a virtual connection option:
April 19 at 7pm
May 17 at 12:15pm
Mr. Joe Rommel, incoming Brown School Principal, plans to join us at Tuesday evening's meeting. We look forward to introducing you to your next building leader. 
Let's show our educators they are appreciated!
We want to share your stories about how our educators have shown support and dedication to our students. We are looking for stories about all education personnel – teachers, bus drivers, school lunch staff, paraprofessionals, custodians, coaches, librarians, administrative assistants, and anyone who is an important part of a student’s educational success.
To submit a story about a St. Joseph educator that has made a lasting impact on a student, please send story background, participant names, relevant pictures, and any pertinent information including quotes and specific story elements to Kelly Gaideski, Campaign Contact, at kgaideski@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
