Brentwood Bulletin
Friday, August 7, 2015
Brentwood Elementary Mission Statement
~Achievement~Actions~Attitudes~
A Note from the Principal...
Dear Parents,
The entire staff at Brentwood Elementary School would like to welcome you back to school for the 2015-2016 school year. We had a very smooth start to school this year. We are looking forward to having a great school year at Brentwood. This newsletter is sent weekly to help keep you informed of current events in our building and throughout the corporation. Our teachers make great use of email to keep you informed about classroom activities.
Brentwood Elementary School has an active Parent-Teacher Organization. All parents, grandparents and teachers are encouraged to become an active member of our PTO. Our PTO is involved in volunteering at our school and in our classrooms as well as organizing several student-oriented activities throughout the year. This newsletter will attempt to keep you informed about PTO events but they also send out information via email and Facebook. Watch for periodic news from our PTO.
I would also encourage you to check the Plainfield School district website at plainfield.k12.in.us for up-to-the minute details about calendar events and school news. Brentwood also has a Twitter feed and would encourage you to follow us on TWITTER: @bwquakers.
If you have changed your phone number(s) or email over the summer, please make sure we have this current information in our files by contacting the front office at 317-839-48012.
Each week we will focus on introducing you to a staff member at Brentwood beginning with our next issue. Look for this in our Staff MVP section!
We would like to welcome the following new staff members to Brentwood:
Jennifer Ladalski teaching kindergarten, Rebecca Williams teaching first grade, Michelle Emrick teaching fourth grade and Darlene Eberhardt working as our technology assistant.
Sincerely,
Mr. Underwood
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
August-at-a-Glance
Kindergarten Parent Orientation
6:00 pm
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
PTO Restaurant Night at Dairy Queen
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Friday, August 14, 2015
Back to School Picnic
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Monday, August 17, 2015
PTO Meeting
6:30 p.m.
FREE CHILDCARE AVAILABLE
Thursday, August 20, 2015 *** MORE INFO HERE***
Kindergarten Parent Forum 6:00 p.m.
Plainfield High School Auditorium
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Parent Safety Meeting 6:00 pm
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
Value of the Month "Integrity" Student - May 2015 - Ava Becker
She makes the choice to tell a teacher when she has made a mistake so she can resolve the problem quickly. "One time, I forgot to collect money from her and she brought it to me anyway! When she finds something that doesn't belong to her, she finds the owner. Ava is an excellent example of integrity because she makes the right choice 0 usually the hard choice - when no one is watching. I know that I can always depend on Ava to be honest!" says Miss McNeely.
Mrs. Boyer's 1st Grade Classroom Busy at Work!
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
Miss L's Kindergarten Kids Help Find Pete the Cat!
Brentwood is Recognized as Four Star School by Department of Education for 2013-2014
The Indiana Department of Education released their list of 2013-2014 Four Star Schools - and Brentwood Elementary is once again represents Plainfield Schools on this list! This year the list is comprised out of 281 out of 2,068 eligible schools in Indiana.
The eligibility to make Four Star requires that a school be in the 75th percentile or above in two calculations:
1. the combined percentage of students in each grade passing the ISTEP English and Math tests;
2. percentage of individual students in each grade that passed both tests.
Each grade is calculated separately and the school must meet the 75th percentile in both categories in all grades tested.
Additionally, a qualifying school must have earned an "A" in the state's accountability system and be accredited by the Indiana Department of Education.
To view all the schools that have received this honor for the 2013-2014 school year please click HERE.