News for the Week of January 3, 2022

Goodbye 2021 and HELLO 2022! Hooray!! 

We can hardly wait to kick-off the new year with all of you and our students. If you plan to celebrate in the "New Year, New You" fashion, please plan to pass along pictures. We'd love to share our stories of student goal setting and our work around fostering a growth mindset with our families and community members. 
 


This Week at Brown School 

1/3        Happy New Year! School Resumes

              P2 Character Strength: Optimism

Maize & Blue Monday

1/4 5th grade book club @ lunch

1/5        Late Start Day (team time)

1/7        Popcorn Friday!

            Kindness Club meets at lunch recess


Coming Up...

1/10    P2 Character Strength: Prudence

Maize & Blue Monday

Board of Education Meeting @ 6pm

1/11 Student Council meeting @ lunch

NWEA testing begins today (runs through 1/21)

1/12      Late Start Day (team time)

              4th grade book club @ lunch

1/14       IEP Day

1/17      No School for students - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - PD day

1/18       PTO Meeting @ 12:15 p.m. (Nowicki & Lear)

1/19       Late Start Day - 8:15 staff/SI meeting in the media center

               4th grade musical at the high school 7:00 p.m.

1/21       Popcorn Friday!

              Ice Skating Day! (Y5-5th grade - schedule coming)

1/27 & 1/28  Half-days of school (Parent-Teacher Conferences - required for students you are concerned about socially, emotionally, or academically)



Optimism - pass it on!


Reconnecting & Refocusing

As you welcome your students back to the learning environment this week, please be sure to patiently practice procedures, building time into your class meetings to reestablish expectations (including lunchroom, recess, bathroom, and hallway expectations). 

Additionally, classbuilding and teambuilding structures are essential to reconnecting your classroom community. You might try a Silly Sport or two as well. Click here for a couple of ideas from Dr. Kagan. 


Fred Jones and Dr. Kagan remind us of the power of using an "interior loop" when designing our classroom seating. This allows for the teacher to move efficiently around the room, between groups to better listen in during collaboration.
 

Mark Your Calendars! 

Our PTO is hosting the first ever "Sharing Our Stories" Culture Night on January 25th from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Please plan to talk this up with your class. We'd love to learn from our students and their families. 


Winter NWEA Testing

NWEA testing will begin next week and will run through January 21st. Students will test on devices within your classrooms. Please let us know if you have any questions. 


Developing a growth mindset through questioning


IM Resources

Please check out the IM resources linked below. The community hub is a great place to explore and learn collaboratively. The Google Sheet below will be helpful when planning for centers.

Home - IM Community Hub (illustrativemathematics.org)

[KH] IM K-5 Math Centers Navigation Tool - Google Sheets




We would love to plan a New Year staff celebration this month. If you have ideas, please let Kent and Kristen know. Thank you!!






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