We are a committed to being a community of lifelong learners. Our staff greatly appreciates and values the opportunity to learn and grow together every late start Wednesday, in addition to this Friday. We know that in order to live out our school mission to "Inspire. Innovate. Achieve." we have to continually sharpen our skills through professional development and dialog, affording us the opportunity to modeling our growth mindset for our students. Thank you for this time & enjoy your mid-winter break together.
This Week at Brown School
2/8 No School for UPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ONLY
P2 Character Strength of the Week: LOVE Wear your P2 t-shirt today!
Virtual Talent Show registration forms due!
Board Of Education Meeting @ 6pm (virtual)
2/10 Late Start Day (arrival at 9:45am)
Count Day
2/12 Mid-Winter Break: No School Y5-12th grade
Coming Up...
2/15 Mid-Winter Break: No School Y5-12th grade
2/16 Half-Day of School - Educator Vaccination Clinic
PTO Meeting virtual meeting @ 7pm
2/17 Late Start Day (arrival at 9:45am)
2/18 Virtual LEGO Night photos due - see website for details
2/25 Y5/Kindergarten Round-Up Event - register to attend at sjschools.org
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.
Calling All Bear Cubs!
Young Five & Kindergarten Registration (pandemic style) is coming on February 25th! Visit sjschools.org to register for this drive-thru event at SJHS. Current Y5 & ECDD students do not need to attend.
Please spread the word to family, friends, and neighbors who have a child that will be five years of age by September 1, 2021. We can't wait to welcome our new little bears!
Count Day
Wednesday is count day! This is an important day for our school in regards to funding. Please do everything you can to limit non-urgent appointments on this day. Of course, if your child is ill or exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, please keep him/her safe at home.
Like many other classes, Mrs. Hassenger & Mr. Burton's fourth graders were deeply engaged in a P2 lesson centered around the character strength integrity this week.
Social-Emotional Check-ins
Ensuring our students feel supported and are ready to learn is essential. That is why our classes practice a social-emotional morning check-in daily. This quick survey provides the classroom teacher insight into his/her students needs so that we can respond accordingly.
Valentine's Day
February 14th is quickly approaching and of course, things this year will be a little different. It just so happens that the 14th is on a Sunday this year and students do not have school on Friday the 12th or on Monday the 15th. So, hold off on the candy and packaged valentines, here is the plan...
During the week of February 8 - 11, our Positivity Project (P2) activities will be focused on "Love." Their definition of love is that you value close relationships with others and being close to people. The character strength of love represents the way we think, feel, and behave towards the people with whom we have close relationships.
Classes will have activities and lessons throughout the week that will take the place of the traditional card exchange. No need to send anything in from home, we will handle it all in-house.
If you want to look ahead at family activities and connections for that week, remember you can access the P2 for Families at https://posproject.org/p2-for-families/ The password is P2.
PTO Corner
Announcements 
Check out this video from Mrs. Van Hekken and please get those permission slips in ASAP!
Variety Show Video
Reach out to Bri Van Hekken with questions or concerns at bvanhekken@sjschools.org.
Link to permission slip
It’s time to order your 2020-21 yearbook! This year all sales will be done online. Please place your order by Monday, February 15 at http://www.geskusphoto.com/?YB=3716. Please contact Sheri Baker at sheribk@gmail.com with any questions!
Our annual Lego Night is going virtual! Visit our Lego Night page for activities and to see the challenge - as with in-person Lego Nights, we have a variety of prizes available to win!
Changes to the PTO Bylaws have been proposed and posted for review. Please contact any PTO Board Member or Kristen Bawks if you have any comments. Proposed changes address the following:
Allow virtual meetings in any circumstance.
Update list of committees.
Require proposed bylaw changes to be publicly posted for review at least 2 weeks prior to a vote.
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.
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
Save the date for these upcoming virtual PTO meetings:
February 16 @7pm
March 16 @12pm
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
Our first graders enjoyed another music enrichment lesson this week with Mrs. Richards.
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morning and afternoon recesses. As a reminder, labeling your child's winter gear is incredibly helpful. Thank you for your help with this! 
