News for October 15, 2018

Thank you for inspiring life-long learners every day! #ONE 

This Week at Brown

Oct 15   IEPs: Grimm @ 9:15; Brown @ 10:15
              Walk-a-Thon @ lunch recess (celebrity walker - Craig)
SBP Giveback Night for United Way

Oct 16  Curriculum Release Day KDG a.m., 1st p.m.
             Student Council meeting @ 11:50 a.m.
             Walk-a-Thon Make-Up Day
             Rep. Fred Upton visits 3rd grade @ 2:30 p.m.
             PTO meeting 7 p.m. - Rank and Danapilis

Oct 17   Late start day
             Walk-a-Thon @ lunch recess

Oct 18  Teaching with Poverty in Mind workshop @ LMC - Grimm, Lokey, and Bawks
             ELE Tech Meeting @ Upton 4:15-5:30 p.m.

Oct 19   School Spirit Day - wear maize/blue
              Last day of walk-a-thon! (celebrity walkers - SJ Varsity cheerleaders and football players)

Oct 21   Time Capsule Unveiling 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.


Coming Up...

Oct 23 Release Day 4th (a.m.) 5th (p.m.)
Donuts with "Dads" (or any special grown-up) 7:30 -8:15 a.m.
K to Dinge's Farm (a.m.)

Oct 24 Late Start Day

Kristen to Central (p.m.)

Oct 25 Release Day: 2nd (a.m.), 3rd (p.m.)
P.A.T. playgroup in the gym (a.m.)

Kagan for New Teachers 4-5:30 p.m.

Oct 26    Flu shot clinic @ lunch in lounge

Oct 29 Picture Re-Take Day (a.m.)

Oct 30 Ann's Lunch with 5th grade group

Staff/SI meeting 4 - 5 p.m.

Oct 31 Late Start Day

Halloween Parties - p.m. (no background check needed for volunteers at parties)

Nov 1      Girl Scouts visit during lunch
               Girl Scout Sign-Ups 6 - 7 p.m.

Nov 2     End of the First Marking Period
              1/2 day - dismissal at 12:05 p.m. (ELE only - virtual records day)
              Last day to turn in walk-a-thon donations in order to be included in the drawing

Active Supervision on the Playground
With only two people on recess duty many days, it is imperative that you head right out to the playground as soon as the bell rings. We need to ensure our students are safe and are making respectful and responsible choices. 

In addition, staff on duty MUST divide into "zones" around the playground. 

Zone One: swings, blacktop by fence, newer play place
Zone Two: older play place, Ga Ga ball pit, mid field
Zone Three: soccer fields - all the way back and along the fence

Please speak to your partner(s) about which zone you will play to actively supervise.  

In addition, NO BALL PLAY WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE BLACKTOP BEFORE SCHOOL as parents are entering and MANY students are on the playground at once. 

ONE MORE WEEK! Thank you for encouraging our students to finish this year's walk-a-thon strong!

Spotlight on Active Engagement
Why use Kagan structures? Click below to learn from the man who started it all, over thirty years ago, Dr. Spencer Kagan (my hero). 😊

Craving a Kagan boost? Join Jamie and I on October 25th at Brown for our time with our newest SJPS staff members.  Just bring your book and binder. We'd love to have you!

Professional Growth Goals - Due 10/31

It’s that time of year! Please add your personal professional growth goal for the year to your portfolio in iObservation by October 31st. As a reminder, your growth goal should be connected to our school improvement efforts and/or the Marzano framework. The portfolio entry doesn’t need to be long, but it should include a description of what you’d like to focus on, why it’s important to you and your students, and how you plan to go about learning/growing in that area.

Donuts with Dads

Please consider helping out with our annual Donuts with Dads event on October 23rd. We tried moving the event to 7:45 a.m. last year and noticed attendance was down. Feedback received was that families that needed to be at work at 8:00 couldn't participate. It is so important to us all to have an inclusive culture and to build engagement with our families, therefore we will begin at 7:30 again. Need your help - classroom visits - time

Time Capsule

We will soon be unearthing the time capsule that was buried outside of the media center 20 years ago this October! Dr. Jarpe will say a few words, then past staff members and students will dig in! Feel free to join us on Sunday, October 21st from 1:00-2:00 p.m.. Please note that our building will be open for our guests and past Brown School staff to reminisce and explore the changes at our amazing school. 

Who Am I??? 

You guessed it...Stephanie Lear was our last mystery staff member. Let's explore this week's!

This week's mystery staff member...

...likes to read, run, listen to music, create ceramic pieces, and write in his/her free time.

...likes to eat cucumbers, hummus, chocolate, peanut butter, and cheese.

...likes to watch Shameless, Call the Midwife, Orange is the New Black, and Anne with an E.

...would like to visit Scotland, Necker Island, Bali, and the Maldives.

...is afraid of llamas because they randomly spit on you.