The Brooklyn Buzz
February 8, 2019
IN THIS EDITION:
- Literacy Night
- Kindness Doors
- Spaghetti Dinner
- Dismissal
- Outdoor Recess
- Counseling Corner
- PTA Updates and information
- Contacting Brooklyn School
- Important Dates
Literacy Night will take place at Brooklyn School on Thursday, February 21, 2019 from 5:30-8:00 PM (K-7).
Spaghetti Dinner
6th Annual Support our School Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
Where: Brooklyn High School Cafeteria
When: February 23, 2019 4:00 p.m. till 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Adults $10.00 Kids 12 & under $5.00
Spaghetti, salad, roll, dessert, water, coffee and juice
50/50 Raffle and Baskets.
Tickets are available at the Board of Education and all school offices.
Thank you for your support!
Dismissal
Blue Lot - Please do not double park cars and walk up. The main line for pick ups is the first section when you turn into the driveway.
White Lot - Younger students meeting high school siblings and families will need to be picked up at the door. We can not just allow students to walk out into the parking. Family members picking up students are to wait outside the school and the monitors will help make the dismissal process go as quickly as possible.
Gold Lot - Please be mindful of student walking. We are encouraging them to use the crosswalks.
I am planning on holding a meeting to discuss ways to make dismissal more effective and safer for students and families early March. More information to come in next week's newsletter.
Outdoor Recess Guidelines
The weather is starting to turn a little seasonal, it is is snowy and cold.
Please make sure your child has the proper clothing to go outside.
We will go outside when it is cold and snowing.
Our guidelines for cold temperatures will be followed and monitored closely.
The temperature for outdoor recess is 20 degrees with the windchill.
Please make sure student have appropriate gear to be in the elements. Winter coats, gloves, hats are important. Students will not be permitted to play in the snow in street shoes, they will have to have boots on.
Students should have hats, gloves, winter coats, boots if it is snowing or there is snow on the ground.
If your child is in need of any items, let us know, we have some extra's.
Label your child's gear with their names and if they lose something, check our lost and found.
Counseling Corner
Tips for ongoing school success...
- Talk to your child about their school day.
- Keep in touch with your child's teacher.
- Read together for fun.
- Set a regular study time.
- Reward effort not results.
- Lastly make sure your child gets enough sleep each night.
Wellness and sleep are more connected than you may think especially when it comes to academic performance. Tasks like paying attention, responding to questions, using memory skills, displaying verbal creativity, solving problems and other general thinking processes. So
how much sleep does one need each night. According to the National Sleep Foundation, a summary of the new recommendations are as follows:
- Newborns (0-3 months ): Sleep range narrowed to 14-17 hours each day (previously it was 12-18)
- Infants (4-11 months): Sleep range widened two hours to 12-15 hours (previously it was 14-15)
- Toddlers (1-2 years): Sleep range widened by one hour to 11-14 hours (previously it was 12-14)
- Preschoolers (3-5): Sleep range widened by one hour to 10-13 hours (previously it was 11-13)
- School age children (6-13): Sleep range widened by one hour to 9-11 hours (previously it was 10-11)
- Teenagers(14-17): Sleep range widened by one hour to 8-10 hours (previously it was 8.5-9.5)
- Younger adults (18-25): Sleep range is 7-9 hours (new age category)
- Adults (26-64): Sleep range did not change and remains 7-9 hours
- Older adults (65+): Sleep range is 7-8 hours (new age category)
Mrs. Smith & Mrs. Bir
Information from Brooklyn PTA
Box Top drive - February 4th -22nd
PTA is having their spring collection drive for Box Tops. Please send all Box Tops into school before February 22, 2019.
The grade level that has the most Box Tops collected will win a pizza party from the PTA. Please make sure that you label the envelope or baggie with your child's grade, so it can be counted correctly.
Thank you for supporting Brooklyn School.
Contacting Brooklyn School Personnel
Attendance Line ~ (216) 485-8171
- When reporting your child off, please include: first and last name of the child, grade, reason for absence, who is reporting the child off and a number you can be reached.
(216) 485-8177
cristin.cicco@bcshurricanes.org
Ms. Lara Smith ~ Assistant Principal
(216) 485-8178
Mrs. Annie Bir ~ Guidance Counselor (Grades 4-7)
(216) 485-8128
Mrs. Denise Smith ~ Guidance Counselor (Grades PK-3)
(216) 485 - 8173
denise.smith@bcshurricanes.org
Mrs. Laura Paul ~ Brooklyn School Secretary
(216) 485-8176
Important Dates
February 18th - No School
February 19th - 22nd - Right to Read Week
February 21st- Literacy Night K-7
February 23rd - Spaghetti Dinner
February 28th - Spring Conferences (information will come from teachers)
March 1st - No School
April - Testing begins - more details to come
Brooklyn School
Email: cristin.cicco@bcshurricanes.org
Website: http://www.brooklyn.k12.oh.us/2/Home
Location: 9200 Biddulph Avenue, Brooklyn, OH, USA
Phone: 216-485-8176
Twitter: @Brooklyn_Canes