When faced with challenges, you continue to adapt, innovate, and inspire growth. You are a gift!
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This Week at Brown School
1/11 NWEA midyear assessments begin!
Board of Education Meeting @ 6pm (virtual)
1/13 Late Start Day
1/14 New Teacher Training - 4:15-5:30pm: Kagan, Part II (remote via link in New Teacher Classroom)
Coming Up...
1/18 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - PD Day for Certified Staff
No School for students ECDD-12th grade
1/19 PTO Meeting via Google Meet @ 12pm (Dilley and Brown)
1/20 Late Start Day
1/28 & 1/29 Half-days of school - P/T conferences
Engagement in Action! #YouRock!
Spring Conferences
Our Spring Parent/Teacher conference window opens on Thursday, January 28th. January 28th and 29th will be half days. Please plan to conference the bottom 30% of your class, inclusive of those who need high levels of academic or social-emotional levels of support.
Everyone should plan on virtual conferences. Here are some options for how you might proceed:
Virtual - Google Meet with regular conference format (20 minute rule of thumb with the understanding that some need more and some may need less).
Student-led opportunities - prepare students for a performance review that they can help lead. The parent can be an active participant in a progress conference between student and teacher.
Two 10-minute check-ins within January 28 and end of February.
Please let me know who you plan to meet with and when you complete your meetings. Also, please let me know if you have other ideas for conferences. I would love to learn new ideas from you!
What's Your Word? What single word represents your personal or professional goal this year? Add your commitment to yourself to the doc linked here. A special treasure will be shared soon!
#SELFCAREISESSENTIAL
How do you work to ensure all student voices are heard and celebrated? Here are a few things I saw as I walked about this week...
We need your help!
As you know, our amazing custodians have several extra responsibilities due to COVID-19 protocols. Please empower your learners to tidy their work spaces, clean up the floor, and take care of belongings throughout the day - especially before heading home. This will help to lighten their load, while teaching our students to demonstrate respect & responsibility. Teamwork is the key and students of all ages will benefit from this high expectation and daily routine. Thank you!
Valentine's Day
Plans are underway to celebrate Valentine's Day via the P2 character strength "love" the week of February 8th. More details will come about classroom celebrations, but please plan to communicate to your families that we will not be passing valentines from home out of respect for others' comfort and safety. Building in opportunities throughout that week to make valentines for each other is a great way to utilize "work on writing" time during class.
In this TED Talk Malcolm Mitchell, former New England Patriot and recent author, shares his journey trough adverse situations and his choice to "be the coffee bean". While his message is inspirational and uplifting, this one is for adults only. Enjoy!
This two week edition of our staff blog is full of important and exciting information. Thank you for reading along. Due to the upcoming holiday and short week, there will not be a post or a bulletin next Friday. This Week at Brown School 11/15 Monday P2 Character Strength: Gratitude Maize & Blue Monday! Stuff-A-Truck Food Drive begins today (runs all week) Musical Preview @ SJHS - 4th & 5th graders only from 9:30-11:05 a.m. Student Council meets @ 12:55 p.m. Megan Dongvillo visiting Brown for open enrollment questions (11:00 -1:00 & 3:30 - 5:00) 11/16 Tuesday Thanksgiving Luncheon - schedule found here PTO Meeting @ 7 p.m. (Barkovich & DeLapa) in the M.C. or via Meet by clicking here 11/17 Wednesday Late Start - team time NO STAFF/SI MEETING TODAY Lory's Place group meets @ 9:30 in SEL Room Play-It-Safe classroom presentations - see link & calendar for your class's time Sara...
#BestTeam #ONE This Week at Brown School 5/23 GOTR Group 1 meets in the gym after school 5/24 Student placement meetings during common planning time Andrew at SJHS all day Student Council meeting @ lunch Girls on the Run 5K Celebration *Participants leave class @ 3:30 5/25 Late Start Day (Team Time) First Grade to Sarett (p.m.) - lunch @ 11:25 a.m. Lory's Place group meets (a.m.) 5th grade musical performance for school (10 a.m.) 5/26 Tech Team field trip to Fab Lab @ LMC 5/27 Brown Bear Credit Union 8:20 - 8:45 a.m. 2nd grade field trip downtown SJ (8:50 - 1:20 p.m.) 3...
Let's swing and slide into summer! Thank you for keeping your smile on, Brown School! This Week at Brown School 5/30 No School ECDD - 12th grade: Memorial Day 5/31 Vision & Hearing Screening for current Y5/ECDD students Andrew @ SJHS until 2:00 Health lessons - 4th grade a.m. & 5th grade p.m. 4th: 8:55 - 9:55 GIRLS ONLY in DeVore's room (Kristi & Beth/Renee to stay in room with girls while Sarah joins Dan to help with boys in his room) 4th: 10:15-11:15 BOYS ONLY in Dan's room (Dan to stay with Ashley and Sarah and Kristi to take their own girls to their classrooms) NO PM RECESS FOR 5th GRADERS THIS DAY! 5th : 1:30 - 2:30 GIRLS ONLY in Lokey's room (Becky to stay with Ashley, Kent's sub to stay with the boys in Kent's room) 2:45 - 3:45 BOYS ONLY in Kent's room (Andrew to join Ashley in Kent's room) 6/1 Late Start Da...
