Week of May 21-25, 2018





Welcome back, Amber!






This Week at Brown
5/21-5/25 Third grade swimming week
3rd grade swimming: Lear 8:45-10:00; Nowicki 9:25-10:45; Lokey 10:10-11:30
Wednesday's time adjusted by one hour

5/21  PTO meeting in the Media Center 7pm - Zelenock, McElroy
       
5/22   First graders to Sarett 9-11:30am
          Staff meeting 4-5pm in MC

5/23   Late start day
          Principal's Breakfast #s 17,18
          Young 5s to Sarett 12:30-2:30pm
          Family Book Bonanza at SJHS Student Center 4-6:30pm

5/24   Danapilis to Calling All Colors 9:05am-11:15am

5/25   Fifth graders to the Air Zoo 8:45am-2:25pm
          Second grade bluff/carousel trip 8:45-12:45pm
          Last day for 3rd & 4th grade M-STEP testing



What a great time to enjoy books in the great outdoors!



Coming Up...
5/28  No school - Memorial Day

5/29   Fifth graders to Health Works 10:30am-1:00pm

5/30   Health Works coming for fourth grade session 1:00-3:15pm
          SJ Jr. Sailing Club visits at lunch recess
          ECDD and Y5 hearing and vision screening

6/1    Flip-Flop Friday - Student Council Fun Friday
         4th graders to Cook Plant 8:30-11:15am

6/6    School Picnic
         DLC 4:15 @ Central

6/7    1/2 of school - dismissal at 12:05pm - teacher workday pm

6/8     Last day of school! 1/2 day - dismissal at 12:05pm
          Overage forms due today!

6/11   Staff's last day! Virtual records day
          Family trip to Michigan's Adventure

6/12    Grades are due 4pm


Please help get the word out about the Book Bonanza! Talk it up with your students. . . post to your itsLearning, email groups, and social media accounts.  All SJPS elementary students are invited to the special event on Wednesday, May 23rd 4:00-6:30 p.m. at the high school. We hope we have a great turn out! Thank you to all who have volunteered to help!

Way to go, girls and coaches! What a special event!

School Improvement / Staff Meeting
Tuesday is our final meeting of the year.  We’ll be wrapping up this year with some of the perceptual data we’ve collected, school improvement plan next steps, year-end celebrations, and getting a jump start of planning for the fall.  It’ll be a busy but productive hour! Please come prepared with ideas about how to inspire kids to learn over the summer, your Lexia ideas to showcase success, and your “best idea yet” of something you’ve done during the Welcome Back! Season (Aug & Sept) to get connected with your incoming families.

Teaching Candidates
Round one interviews have begun!  There are five elementary openings this year (three retirements and two decisions to stay home with babies).  If you know of someone who would make a great addition to our SJPS staff, please reach out and encourage them to apply via Applitrack on Berrien RESA's webpage.  We have a pool of great candidates, but with so many openings it’s always nice to have a bunch of people interested in joining our team.

Year-End Conferences
We are in the process of scheduling year-end conferences with Kristen and all classroom teachers. Please look for an invitation to come via Google. This is a chance for us to sit down and talk about our first year together and potential goals for next year. You do not need to prepare anything in advance.

This week’s year-end tasks . . .
  • Return all media center and book room materials that you are not going be using yet this year to help with inventory.
  • Turn in your DPPD forms!  See email from Kelly January 11, 2018 for details.  
  • Start (or continue) F & P tests so that they fit in among other learning and you don’t have too many to do each day!  K-3 teachers: PLEASE START WITH YOUR STUDENTS BELOW THE 30TH% ON SPRING READING NWEA for I-RIP purposes.

Kudos and Thank You to . . .
  • Natalie and Sarah for teaching us the Gmail interface with tutorials and offerings to help throughout the day - you two rock!
  • Jen Fedewa for her dedication to our school and our third graders - we were so lucky to have you!
  • Kevin and Rick for all they do every day to support us.
  • Stephanie for hosting second grade learners and preparing them for third grade expectations.
  • Kim, Sandy, Caroline, Hilary, Sue, Rick, and others who helped with our annual Muffins with Moms event.
  • Elizabeth for her kindness in recess duty coverage to support her colleague.
  • Kelly M. for all her work on year-end transition meetings, paperwork, and IEPs.  We appreciate you!
  • Linda and Kim B. for "adopting" students who don't always fare well in their classrooms and need a break space at times.


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