Brentwood Bulletin
Friday, November 25, 2015
Brentwood Elementary Mission Statement
~Achievement~Actions~Attitudes~
Happy Fall Y'all!
Job Opportunity at Brentwood Elementary
(Maternity Leave)
DATES: A.S.A.P. to mid-February 2016
APPLY TO: Online
Or
Email to:
Michael Underwood, Principal
Brentwood Elementary School
munderwood@plainfield.k12.in.us
Interviews may take place prior to the due date in order to fill this position as quickly as possible.
Greetings Parents:
The faculty and staff at Brentwood Elementary School wish all our families a very safe Thanksgiving. In the midst of everything feeling so oppressive in the world, we have much to be thankful for in Plainfield and Brentwood specifically. Let us all take time to give thanks for the freedoms we enjoy and the lifestyle we are given. Let us be especially thoughtful of our soldiers around the world who are deployed in order to bring a better world to those who do not enjoy the freedoms we have. Happy Thanksgiving.
Reading Strategies YOU can use: Here are a few simple strategies you can use to help make reading a little more fun. More to come next week.
- Set aside a specific time each night to read
- Take turns reading with your child. They like to hear you read.
- Role play the text. One person be the narrator and one person the characters. Narrators do not read quotations and characters only read quotations.
- Write down words that are unfamiliar and look them up in a dictionary then discuss them.
FLU Season: The flu season is upon us now! Help your child maintain good health by frequently washing hands thoroughly, turn away from people when you sneeze or cough, cough and sneeze into your sleeve, stay home with a fever and be fever-free 24 hours before returning to school.
Energy Convocation: We had a great energy convocation today sponsored by Duke Energy. Ask your child about the savings YOU can receive by logging on to the website listed on the card your child received today. They should be able to tell you a lot about renewable energy resources.
Kindergarten Feast: Check out the pictures of our Kindergarten feast this afternoon.
Mr. Underwood
Annual Kindergarten FEAST
What Begins With an Empty Table...
...Becomes a Table Full of Kindergarten Students Bowing Their Heads Thinking About What They Are Thankful For
Mrs. Williams' 1st Grade Class
Parents: Earn Money for Brentwood Just by Shopping!
Brentwood is Enrolled in Kroger Rewards!
1. Kroger Community Rewards Website
- NPO Number 74295
2. Shoparoo Website
- Sign up using code: cror5868
Please have your Kroger Card handy before starting enrollment! If you don't have a Kroger Card you can pick one up for free at the customer service desk.
Fancy Nancy Night in 1st Grade
1st Grade Takes to the Red Carpet
Important Policy Information for Change to Transportation
PCSC Transportation Department wants all parents to know that IF you need to change bus transportation in any way they need written notice 24 hours in advance of the change. These changes could be because you have moved permanently, need your child to ride a different bus with a friend, or any other change. If the change will take place on Monday please notify Transportation at 838-3632 no later than the previous Friday at 2:30 p.m.
There are NO exceptions to this policy.
4th Grade Turkey Cookies
Value of the Month for November ~ Respect for Others' Rights
Josie Heyob
Maebel Clark
Rachel Harris
Mason Davis
Gavin Riddell
Emma Morrissey
Lexi Osgatharp
Abrielle Dugan
Allyce Madden-Hawkins
Austin Clark
Jenna Gannaway
Ella Griffith
Alex Negro
The winner will be notified by mail and invited to attend the December School Board Meeting on Thursday, December 12th.
5th Grade DIY Instruments
Applesauce
The Only Thing Better Than Making Applesauce in Kindergarten...
...is eating it!!!
After-School Four Square Club (4th & 5th Grade)
This club will give students an additional opportunity to be active and participate in organized games, sports or physical skills. Everyone's goal is to be active 60 minutes every day. This club can provided some of those minutes. Mrs. Eakes offers this club to students in 4th and 5th grade.
The Four Square Club will take place on Wednesdays from 3:45 - 4:30 after school. Students will stay at school until parent pick up time at 4:30. Parents will need to park outside the gym doors (Door #5) to pick children up. Students who are walkers may walk home with parent permission at 4:30. If you are unable to pick your child up promptly at 4:30 please do not sign your child up for this activity.
Permission slips due by Wednesday, November 25, 2015.
Club Dates:
December 2
December 9
December 16 (Final Day)
Mom is in the kitchen,
And when I take a look,
I'm glad I'm not a turkey
That's she's about to cook!
Now We Ask 5th Grade Students to Enter a Wiriting Contest:
Essay Contest for 5th Grade Students
Topic for 5th Grade Students:
March 22, 2015, marks the 250th anniversary of the Stamp Act. Passed by the British Parliament in 1765, this new tax required all colonists to pay a tax on every printed piece of paper they used. The Stamp Act was viewed by the colonists as "taxation without representation." Describe a colonial family's discussion about the new Stamp Act and what role it played in organizing the colonists against the British King and Parliament.
Title of Essay:
"A Colonial Family's Reaction to the Stamp Act"
Form (Length 300-600 words; handwritten in black ink, typed in a non-script font no smaller than 12 point or larger than 14 point; must include a title page listing the following:)
- Title of Essay (you may add your own subtitle as long as it is below the title)
- Contestant's full name and address
- Contestant's phone number and email address (if available)
- Name of contestant's school with grade level indicated
- Name of sponsoring DAR chapter
- Number of words in essay
Essays must also have a bibliography listing all references utilized (any essay with information copied directly from any source without using quotes will be disqualified)
Our DAR Chapter is: Wa-Pe-Ke-Way, please contact Mrs. Susan Johnson at 745-6097 or Mrs. Cari Palma at 852-8806 for more information and official contest rules.
I'm thankful for the many things
That help us live as well as kings,
For all the food that makes us drool,
And another holiday from school.
PCSC Considers Change in Schoolday Hours for 2016-2017
Administrators, faculty, PTO officers and others have been discussing the possibility of changing school hours beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year. While the change, in terms of overall minutes, is small, it could be significant for student performance in the classroom.
The Board of School Trustees will vote on this in the next few months, so that parents will have adequate time, if needed, to consider child care or scheduling needs when the new school year begins.
PCSC has prepared this FAQ to help everyone better understand the issue, the research behind the proposed change, and the factors taken into consideration. Please take a moment to click on the link and read more about this topic.
I'm Thankful for Turkey
I'm thankful for turkey.
I'm thankful for yams.
I'm thankful for cranberries,
biscuits, and hams.
I'm thankful for pumpkins.
I'm thankful for cheese.
I'm thankful for gravy,
potatoes, and peas.
I'm thankful for stuffing;
I'm nuts for the stuff.
I'm thankful for eggnog
and marshmallow fluff.
I'm thankful for whipped cream
and ice cream and pies.
I'm thankful for dad's
double-chocolate surprise.
I'm thankful, Thanksgiving,
for good things to eat.
But mostly I'm thankful
I still see my feet.
Parents: Speak Up - your ideas are important to us!
Open October 1st – December 18th, 2015
Be a part of the conversation! The Plainfield Community School Corporation is participating in the Speak Up national research project. Speak Up is the first survey designed to help parents share their ideas directly with schools and national policymakers.
As key stakeholders, Speak Up provides parents with a mechanism for expressing their views to the administrators at their child(ren)’s school and district about key issues impacting their child(ren)'s education. Since 2003, Speak Up has collected and shared the views of nearly 4 million students, teachers, and parents from all 50 states.
By participating in Speak Up, parents are expressing their views to an audience of local, state, and national policy makers as well as the business community, and contributing to the national dialogue about science, technology, and preparing students for the 21st century workforce.
The online survey is open to students, educators and parents; it’s quick and easy to get involved. To take the survey visit: http://www.bit.ly/SU15survey and click the blue “parents enter here” button!
The PCSC administrators appreciate your support in many ways; participating in this survey is just another way we can partner together to strengthen our schools and to improve the future for our children.
Thanksgiving Dinner for YOU!
November 26th
11 a.m. — 2 p.m.
Dine-in or Carry-out (no reservations needed)
Guilford Township Community Center at Hummel Park
1500 S. Center St.
Plainfield, IN
Local delivery for those without transportation
Delivery requests must be made by noon on Monday, November 23
For information, call:
(317) 839-2384
We went to the mall the day after Thanksgiving,
to purchase the Christmas gifts we would be giving.
My mother, my father, my sister and I,
we all had our lists of the presents we'd buy.
We got up at dawn and went straight to the Mall,
but came home without any presents at all.
For though we were there from the morning till dark,
we spent the day looking for someplace to park.
Ringing in the Holidays: Breakfast with Santa
Parents Night Out
Value Student of the Month ~ October
Responsibility, Accountability, and Justice
November-at-a-Glance
November 26-27, 2015
Thanksgiving Break
December 2, 2015
Four Square PE Club
**SNEAK PEAK AT DECEMBER**
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Parents Night Out - at the Flip Zone
December 9, 2015
Four Square PE Club
December 10, 2015
School Board Meeting
December 15, 2015
Kindergarten Field Trip to the Children's Museum
December 16, 2015
Four Square PE Club
Textbook Rental Payments are now Past Due
2015-2016 Textbook Fee Schedule
Kindergarten - $122.93
1st Grade - $116.85
2nd Grade - $100.84
3rd Grade - $96.13
4th Grade - $93.38
5th Grade - $88.38
Brentwood on Social Media
Youth Sports Info
Heroes Indy Basketball
AAU Summer 2016 Tryouts
Grades 5th & 6th
Saturday, November 14 & 21 3-5 p.m.
Thatcher Family Center
4649 W Vermont St
Indianapolis, IN 46222
Season Begins: February 2016
Tournament Play Begins: March 2016
Contact David Barlow or Ken Townsend with questions.
Study Buddies NEEDED at Brentwood!
- 30 minutes a week
- one-on-one time
- tutoring
- mentoring
- becoming a friend
- lessons provided
Please contact Mrs. Karen Nay, Home School Advisor at Brentwood if you are interested in more infomration or you are ready NOW to sign up! Call 317-839-4802 or email knay@plainfield.k12.in.us.
Send in Your Box Tops to Your Teacher!
Transportation Arrival & Dismissal Info
All car riders arriving in the morning should be dropped off in our car rider lane NOT in our Visitor Parking lot. This ensures they are not crossing over any traffic.
Late Arrivals:
If you child is being dropped off late an adult must come into the office and sign them in.
Student Arrivals (bus riders):
If your child rides the bus to school and will be eating breakfast in the cafeteria please talk to them about going straight to the cafeteria to get their breakfast. This will give them the most time to eat as healthy of a breakfast as possible.Dismissal Changes:
- If you need to change your child's dismissal instructions the best way to do this is to send a signed note to your child's teacher.
- If this is impossible please call the office NO LATER THAN 2:30 p.m. to ensure the dismissal change gets to your child's teacher in a timely matter.
Transportation:
If you are permanently changing how your child goes home or if you move please notify our office at 317-839-4802, as well as Transportation at 317-838-3632, and submit a new Transportation Form to the office.
Email: rclark@plainfield.k12.in.us
Phone: 317-839-4802
Volunteer News & Information:
- Volunteer Background Agreement
- Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement (ask at front office the first time you come in to volunteer)
- Read & understand our Emergency Procedures Handout (ask for your copy at the front office)
- Read & understand our "Facts about Bullying" handout (ask for your copy at the front office)
Some guidelines to follow when volunteering at Brentwood (please refer to our handbook for more):
- You may only take photos of your own child. Photos may not be taken of friends or other students and should NEVER be posted on social media sources without the consent of the classroom teacher and the other parents.
- You should avoid taking or making phone calls while supervising students unless for an emergency or communication is needed on a field trip.
- You should not bring other children along on a field trip.
- You must immediately report incidents or suspected incidents of bullying, physical, and/or verbal aggression to a teacher.
"Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer." ~Author Unknown
2015-2016 Brentwood PTO
We, the PTO, look forward to an exciting year ahead and welcome all teachers, staff, parents, and families to attend meetings and events. We are here to work and partner together to provide a unique, fun, and amazing environment for our students.
We always welcome ideas for new events, fundraising, or info of something going on in the community. Please don't be a strange to our events and we are always accessible.
PTO Officer List 2015-2016
Tanya King, President
Jessica Botts & Kristen Bergman, Co-Vice-Presidents
Julie Beasley, Treasurer
Michelle Becker, Secretary
Pam Hendrickson, Financial Secretary
PTO Email: brentwoodpto@att.net