News for January 6, 2020
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| Welcome Back! Let's make this our BEST year yet! #BetterTogether |
1/6 - 1/14 No SEL Classroom Visits
1/6 Welcome Back!
Welcome Dan Hernandez and Carissa Campbell!
CAC here to work with Brown's class 9:30-11:00
1/7 Tech Meeting Y5/K 4:15-5:15 p.m. - location TBD
1/8 No LATE START!
DLC Meeting 4:15-5:30 @ Central
1/9 Tech Meeting 1st/2nd 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. - location TBD
1/10 Popcorn Friday
All school recess @ 2:15 p.m.
"New Year, New You" parties 2:30-3:30
Coming Up...
1/13 NWEA Winter Window Opens (1/13 - 1/31)
Board of Education meeting @ 6pm - Upton
1/14 Access @ 8:10 in the media center
Hearing/Vision Screening
Zelenock CAC 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Tech Meeting - 3rd grade 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. - location TBD
1/15 Late Start - SI Meeting with Amanda Lezotte in media center (8:15-9:15)
Hearing/Vision Screening
1/16 Hearing/Vision Screening
4th/5th grade tech meeting 4:15-5:15 p.m. - location TBD
1/17 5th grade to Sarett 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
1/20 No School - MLK Day
1/21 IEP Day
1st/K Release Day
Grimm to CAC 9-11:00 a.m.
PTO Meeting 4p.m. in Media Center - Kelly N., Natalie, Sarah H.
1/22 NOT a Late Start Day
3rd/2nd grade Release Day
1/23 4th/5th grade Release Day
PAT Playgroup in gym 9-11 a.m.
1/24 1/2 day (p.m. schedule - see below) Teacher in-service @ Brown in media center 12:15 - 4:00 p.m.
P.E.
Barkovich 9:12-9:42
Barron 9:44-10:14
Wiley 10:16-10:46
Hassenger 11:18-11:48
1/27 Release Time Bible Class 1:05 - 2:20 p.m.
1/28 Zelenock CAC 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Student Council Meeting @ 12:10 in Lokey's room
1/29 Late start - SI meeting 8:15-9:15 a.m. in media center
1/30 Brown School Spelling Bee @ 4 p.m. in the gym
1/31 Student Council Fun Friday - Grade Colors
Lockdown Drill - internal threat @ 8:50 a.m.
2/14 School-wide Ice Skating Celebration @ Howard Ice Arena
2/21 Ice Skating "Rain" Date
2/21 Ice Skating "Rain" Date
2/27 LEGO Night in the Brown School gym 6:00-7:30 p.m.
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| Congratulations on your engagement, Kim and Blake! We couldn't be happier for you two! |
Welcome to Brown School!
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Dan Hernandez to Brown School as Social-Emotional Learning/Behavior support paraprofessional. Dan recently completed his student teaching at Lincoln School where he made many positive connections with his 5th grade students. He graduated from Central Michigan University in December with a teaching degree and is eager to begin his journey in education. We look forward to welcoming him to our school family.
We are equally excited to welcome Miss Carissa Campbell as a student teacher with Linda this semester. Carissa joins us from Central Michigan University. She has a passion for early childhood education and will undoubtably have a wonderful learning experience at Brown School. Welcome, Carissa!
Spelling Bee Update
Congrats to the top 10 spellers at Brown Elementary!
Ezra Spira
Albert Pham
Josiah Von Koenig
Jacob Brown
Alec Emery
Jaydyn Roeder
Avery McIver
Arianna Schmidt
Kendra Krugh
Ashlyn Lawrence
They will be competing at our Spelling Bee on January 30th at 4pm in the gym. The top three spellers will move on to the Cloverleaf Spelling Bee in February.
Reviewing Expectations
This week is the perfect time to pause and review our common area expectations with our students. Kelly N. shared this "Find Someone Who" sheet with us years ago - thank you!
Please take a few moments to review the playground expectations (below) and other common areas (linked here) as well.
Coach's Corner
Happy New Year! In my continual attempt at self improvement my word for 2020 is REMAIN, stay the course, keep on-keeping on! In my coaching role I’m remaining committed to listening and responding to how I can support your work best. I’m hoping that my new cycle day schedule will help you know when and where you can find me each morning from 8-11:45.
What I’ve been up to:
- Supporting implementation of new phonemic awareness curricular resources (Heggerty)
- Supporting planning for a teacher’s implementation of book clubs- Mission: Inspire readers
- Modeling powerful literacy practices: read alouds, small groups, vocabulary instruction
- Thinking outside the box with teachers about how they can connect with their grade-level teammates in other buildings
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Jess LaFayette
Making Connections with Greetings at the Door
While scrolling my Twitter feed over the break, I came across the video linked below. As we know, making students feel supported, welcomed and appreciated the moment they enter our classrooms is key in providing emotional safety. I felt an enormous sense of pride for our staff as this has been a focus for us and has become our daily routine at Brown School. Greeting students at eye level was an "ah-ha" for me. What are your thoughts?
Making Connections with Greetings at the Door
While scrolling my Twitter feed over the break, I came across the video linked below. As we know, making students feel supported, welcomed and appreciated the moment they enter our classrooms is key in providing emotional safety. I felt an enormous sense of pride for our staff as this has been a focus for us and has become our daily routine at Brown School. Greeting students at eye level was an "ah-ha" for me. What are your thoughts?
