Brantner Bulletin

08/24/2022 First Day of Preschool AM: 7:50-10:50, PM: 12:30-3:30

9/08/2022 Individual Fall Picture Day

In an effort to streamline information to our families, we are combining the Brantner Facebook page with PTA's Facebook page. You can find us here: www.facebook.com/BrantnerPTA

Dear Parents,

We want to share an opportunity that will be available to our students this year. Roadie, is a Boxer mix and will be working with students at Brantner as an Animal Assisted Therapy dog.

This means that Roadie has completed training and assessments certifying that he is an appropriate candidate to work with people and to help with concerns such as: anxiety, social skills, focusing issues, self-esteem, teamwork, hard to motivate students, students that have difficulty communicating and kids who are working through sadness and other challenges. This also means that Mrs. Kellie has attended training to learn techniques and strategies in order to work with Roadie as a team to help our students at Brantner.

What does this mean for Brantner?

Roadie will be:

• Coming to school 1 to 2 days per week to work with students. He will only be at school on the days he will be working with students.

• Working ONLY with individual students or groups of students that have specific parent or guardian permission to work with him.

• Staying in Mrs. Kellie’s office when he is not working with students.

• ONLY allowed near students who DO NOT have allergies or aversions to dogs.

This ALSO means:

• Roadie MAY be in classrooms (depending on teacher consent and in accordance with parent wishes.

• He will NOT wander freely on school grounds. He will be on a leash at all times.

• The school policy HAS NOT changed about dogs being allowed on school grounds.

• Parents MUST let Mrs. Kellie know if they are not comfortable with their student interacting with Roadie.

Mrs. Kellie welcomes any comments, questions, and concerns you may have. Also, please contact her as soon as possible if you DO NOT want your student to interact with the therapy dog in ANY setting due to allergy, aversion or for any other reason so that she can be sure to respect your wishes. Mrs. Kellie can be reached by phone at 720-685-5022 or email her at kturner@sd27j.net.

All Class lists are now viewable in Infinite Campus. As we continue to enroll students, we will add to the class lists as necessary. We are confident that all teachers at Brantner are highly qualified and exceptional leaders for our students. Our class lists are thoughtfully created in the spring with influence from parents, teachers, and building leaders. With this in mind, we ask that you trust our decisions and respectfully understand why we do not take requests for class transfers.

We are excited to announce that our library is reopening for the 2022-2023 school year! If your student has any library books at home, please return them at your earliest convenience. Any fees from previous years have been forgiven .

Our PTA and Watch Dogs are looking for parent volunteers! Please stop by the PTA table at Back-To-School-Night or email them at: Brantnerpta@gmail.com

Additional information about the 2022-2023 school year is also available in our Brantner Bulletin. Please click the image to the right to download the Bulletin.