 Welcome to the Brown Elementary PSG website. As a parent of a Brown Elementary student, you are a memeber of the PSG (Parent Staff Group). We hope this website will keep you informed about what is happening within our PSG as well as how you can become more involved with Brown Elementary. If you can't find what you are looking for, please feel free to contact us. We are always looking for volunteers and help with many of our school wide committees.
Click here for Family Dinner Night form. May 7th, 2012  Please contact Faith Hoskins (fhoskins@indy.rr.com) if you have any trouble printing these order forms. The PSG was able to raise $30,554.13 so far this year! These funds were given back to Brown in the following ways.  Each classroom will have an Elmo document reader installed. The cameras can be used in a variety of capacities, but some include: displaying works of art so students can    Author Herman Parish gave a presentation to our students about the journey of Amelia Bedelia. The PSG is going to sponsor the kindergarten graduation and purchase caps for the students. We won $5000 from Kleenex! These funds were used to cover the cost of all field trips this year. The rest will be used to help with field trips next year.   In addition, we have also been able to provide the following: $1200 donation to the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital; Spring and Fall supply reimbursement for teachers ($150/teacher); Grants to purchase learning tools for the classroom ($100/teacher); Brown t-shirts for all students; 5th grade party; senior scholarships; track and field day sponsorship; teacher appreciation events and red ribbon week! 
Aloha Brown Families Brown families, there are still dates and times available if you are interested in volunteering during the Reading Luau ~ Scholastic Book Fair week! The fair runs from April 30th-May 4th and there are plenty of opportunities to get involved. A big Thank You to those who have already signed up! Please contact Stephanie Jones at wearethejones4@indy.rr.com or 852-4131 
The YMCA’s before and after school program that is currently running at Delaware Trail this year will be offered at Brown next year. The program starts at 630 AM and last until the start of school and the program resumes at the close of school until 6 PM. They open early on Wednesday afternoons to accommodate the early dismissal. The Y also hosts school’s out camps as well when school is not in session (winter break, fall break, MLK etc.). The YMCA will also offer a summer camp this year in Brownsburg.
The Program Director, Tom Hoffman will be presenting an overview of the YMCA program at the PSG meeting on January 24th. He will be available that night to answer all of your questions!
Our next PSG meeting is on Tuesday, May 1st at 6pm. We hope to see you there!
Want to buy your child's teacher a gift or donate something to the classroom? Click this link "Teacher Favorites" to find out what each teacher likes!
The unofficial minutes from the 4/10/2011 meeting can be found here. There will be approved at our next PSG meeting on 5/1/2011.
Upcoming Events...
PSG Officers for 2011-2012 School Year:
Co-Presidents: Lisa Carter & Faith Hoskins Co-Vice Presidents: Kara Gilliam and Stephanie Jones Treasurer: Wendy Cookerly Secretary: Wendy Wilson Calling All Parents...
Volunteering at Brown Elementary is a fun and very rewarding opportunity to participate in and enhance the academic life of your child(ren). We have several different committees that need your help to make this a successful year. Please click here for a list of committees and a brief description about the level of commitment, as well as to print out a volunteer form to turn in to the main office.
Parent Staff Group - The Best Bulldog Backers we can B.E.!!
Helpful Links:
 Click here to find Brown Elementary PSG on Facebook
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