News for February 18, 2019
This Week at Brown
Feb 18 Welcome back, Erica!
Jen starts in 3rd grade (p.m.)
Stephanie begins afternoon LLIBear Tracks submissions due
Release Time Bible Class 2:20-3:35
Board of Education Meeting @ Brown School 6pm
Feb 19 ACCESS 8:10 in Media Center
Barron's class to planetarium 8:50-10am
Staff/SI meeting 4-5pm in Stephanie's room
PTO Meeting 7pm - Barkovich
Feb 20 Late Start Day
Lockdown Drill @ 10am - exterior threat
Ann's lunch with 5th grade group 12:15-12:45pm
Feb 21 Cloverleaf Spelling Bee (a.m.)
Good luck to Ella, Kailyn, Pihu and Ezra!
Healthworks parent meeting at Lincoln 6pm
Feb 22 1/2 day - dismissal @ 12:05pm (PM schedule)
Art: Lear 8:40-9:10; Nowicki 9:12-9:42; Zelenock 9:44-10:14; Grimm 10:16-10:46; Hassenger 10:48-11:18; Nimtz 11:20-11:50
Music: Nowicki 8:40-9:10; Lear 9:12-9:42; Brown 9:44-10:14; Danapilis 10:48-11:18; Barron 11:20-11:50
Coming Up...
Feb 25 Kristen out for PD
4th grade to planetarium 9:00-9:45am
Grades due 4pm
Feb 26 Kristen out for PD
Feb 27 Late Start Day
5th grade to Sarett
Feb 28 1/2 day - P/T conferences (a.m. schedule)
Maker Day (Y5 - 2nd grades)
Third grades to Sarett 9-11:30am
Variety Show practice after school in gym
March 1 1/2 day - P/T conferences (p.m. schedule)
Maker Day (3rd - 5th grades)
Variety Show practice after school in gym
March 4 Reading Month begins!
Variety Show @ SJHS!
9:30 all school performance & 6pm for families
March 6 Late Start Day
Tornado Drill 3pm
DLC 4:15-5:30 @ CentralMarch 7 Tech Meeting 4:15
Y5/K Round-Up @ Brown 7pm
March 8 2nd grade to planetarium 8:45-9:45am
March 11-15 Book Fair!
As we work to make mid-year changes to our inter-richment schedule, we are excited to announce the addition of a student support time from 11:45-12:15 in the media center. This is ideal for students that may need to complete homework with adult support, practice math facts, read a book to a grown up, catch up on classwork, etc.. Carol will continue to monitor and support students in the computer lab and Kristi & Sandy will be in the main media center ready to assist students (similar to a study hall concept).
Here's what you need to know: you will not need a formal plan with our intervention team, simply send students with their work and a note (if necessary for directions). If your students eat first, we can make arrangements to flip-flop their lunch and recess time. Let's brainstorm this together.
Inter-Richment Time
Our new inter-richment plan will be emailed to classroom teachers on Monday, including Stephanie's LLI groups. Thank you for your patience with this process. The extension of the NWEA window and our winter weather days have made scheduling and data collection more tricky. Our interventionists have worked hard to realign groups and services with demonstrated needs. Thank you!
Movers?
This is the time of year that we start hearing from families who are planning a year-end move. If you learn of students who are potential movers and may not be returning to Brown next year, please let Sara know so that they can be added to our master list.
Reminders About Online Programs
Just a quick reminder regarding COPPA and protecting our students' privacy. Please make sure if you are planning to use any online program that requires students to create an account, we need you to fill out the form below. SJPS provides numerous online programs for students already, so please make sure to consult the provided and approved list to see if there is something there that can meet your needs before trying something new. If you have any questions, please reach out to Amy Dirlam.
The time we spend connecting with students and offering in-the-moment feedback and next steps makes a difference! Thank you, staff!
Just a snapshot of all of the active engagement happening around Brown School.
Guess Who!
You guessed it! Our last mystery staffer was Carolyn Kodis.
This week's featured star...
loves to hike, work out, read, and hit the beach.
loves to eat chocolate, strawberries, salmon, cheese, and yogurt.
loves to watch Family Feud, The Voice, and American Pickers.
recommends The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman because it explains so much about people and helps to understand their needs.
is most afraid of her children not being happy because "you're only as happy as your saddest child".
RETIREMENT PLANNING
SEMINAR
SPONSORED BY MARSP-BCC
(Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel
Berrien County Chapter)
The 2019 Retirement Planning Seminar will be held at the
Berrien County RESA
(Regional Education Service Agency)
711 North St. Joseph Avenue
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019
Ray Fleming, Retirement Analyst from the Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System (MPSERS)
4:00 P.M. OR 6:30 P.M.
You MUST pre-register for the MPSERS presentations
CLICK ON PRIM
On the MPSERS page, move down to the calendar
Locate the Check the Upcoming PYR Schedule
Kudos and Thank You to...
Connie, Jen, Morgan, and Beth for planning our upcoming reading month activities. We have a great plan to share with all of you thanks to their hard work!
Becky for writing a special projects grant to the SJPS Foundation.
Jen Fedewa for loving and supporting our first graders while Erica loved and supported her girls at home.Sheli & the first grade team for preparing our students for the big show last week! Pajama Party was a huge hit!
Bri, Natalie, and Kelly M. for preparing and presenting updates of our amazing work at Brown School to the Board of Education.
