News for March 26-30th, 2018





This Week at Brown

3/26    F Day  
           Kristen out - Kim on call for emergencies
           Spanish class  after school        

3/27    A Day
           Staff luncheon for birthdays!
           GOTR in gym after school
           Science Night 6-8pm
           Last day of book fair - family night 

3/28     B Day
            No late start today

3/29    C Day
          Teacher Appreciation lunch from the PTO 
           Submit overage forms
           Parents as Teachers playgroup in gym (a.m.)
           4th grade to Sarett  9:00-11:45 a.m.
           GOTR in gym after school

3/30   D Day
          1/2 day - p.m.schedule (see below)
          Spring break begins at 12:05 p.m.
          Principal's Breakfast #12
          Movie celebration for reaching our Reading Month goals!

 Select the showtime that works best with your schedule:

 9:00-10:15 1st showing

 10:15-10:30 all school recess
(all staff assigned to both10:15 and 10:30 recess duty should be outside) 

 10:45-12:00 2nd showing

 1/2 Day P.M. Schedule for March 30th

 ART
8:40-9:10     Barron
9:12-9:42     Danapilis
9:44-10:14   Zelenock
10:16-10:46 Grimm
10:48-11:18  Hassenger
11:20-11:50   Nimtz

 P.E.
9:12-9:42      Lokey
9:44-10:14    Grimm
10:16-10:46  Zelenock
10:48-11:18  Nimtz
11:20-11:50   Hassenger

  

After the Break...
4/9     Kathy returns
          Lear to planetarium 1:00-2:45 p.m.

4/10   Access @ 8 a.m.
          Kindergarten release day (all day)
          5th grade M-STEP testing begins!

4/11   Not a late start day
          DLC 4:15  @ Central
          Parent HealthWorks meeting at Clarke 6:15- 7:15 p.m.

4/12    First grade release day (all day)

4/13    Dress like a Friend (S.C. Fun Friday)

4/16     Lockdown drill 2:30 transition drill
            Board meeting @ 6pm

4/17    Second grade release day (all day) 
           Skate Night 6-8 p.m.

4/18    Late start day

4/19    Third grade release day (all day)

4/20    Popcorn day!
           Kindergarten @ Sarett 9:00-11:30 p.m.

Reading Month Update
Our students are reading and growing with all of your support and encouragement. Here's the latest update from Jen and Connie. 

For ECDD, Y5, K, 1, 2
There were 2,853 Books Read in the 2nd week!  Amazing! The total for the first two weeks is: 4,844!  The goal for the month is 2,000!
The top classes were:
1 - Ms. Barron and Ms. McLaughlin’s Rowdy Reader Reveler– 826 Books Read 
2 – Mrs. Danapilis’ The Golden Word Devourers – 270 Books Read
3 – Mrs. Zelenock’s Buccaneer Bookers – 461 Books Read

For 3rd, 4th and 5th:
There are 1,314 points this week! The total points for the first two weeks is: 3,650!!!  The goal is 3,500!  WOW!
The top classes this week: 
1 – Nowicki’s Nargh-Wals – 400 points!
2 – LoPresti’s Pro Lo Pirate Peeps – 363 points!
3 – Lear's The Treasure Reader of Michigan Unsalted– 233 points!




Individualized Reading Improvement Plans (IRIPs)
We are in the process of identifying additional students in need of an IRIP now that winter NWEA testing and F &P benchmarking is complete.  We will work on scheduling meetings with parents and will send a schedule to teachers soon. 

Mandy digitized this fabulous flowchart to help us make sense of the I-RIP process.  There is a copy in all K-3 teachers' mailboxes. 


M-STEP Testing begins after spring break. Fifth grade will kick it off beginning on April 10th and 3rd and 4th graders will beginning April 30th. Please remind your classes to be silent in the Media Center as testing is in session. 

In addition, M-STEP testing will take precedence in the computer lab. If there is not a class signed up for testing on the shared Google calendar during your lab time, you are welcome to come down, otherwise please use the Chromebooks available for check-out. 


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Learning by Doing Continues!
For our next School Improvement meeting on April 24th, please read the following chapters:

Building Leadership Team for SI (Tier I): chapter 6
Intervention Leadership Team (Tier II/III): chapter 9



Kudos and Thank You to...
  • Jen and Connie for ALL of their hard work on the Reading Month festivities and the book fair!
  • Colette for your commitment to Tier II interventions on the "will" side of our triangle.
  • Ben for thinking of creative ways to support our students at promise as an itinerant.
  • Kent and Mary for developing a M-STEP schedule to ensure testing gets underway as soon as possible. 
  • Rick for helping to set up Science Fair projects for judging.
  • Morgan for helping her teammate when she needed to be away from school. 
  • Everyone for making our school an amazing place to be! 



        



                 

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