🐻 December 10, 2025 | Issue #20 🐻
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Principal's Message
Principal's Message
Dear Brown School Family,
We are seeing an incredible amount of hard work and dedication from our students! The next two weeks are essential, featuring many exciting final projects, tests, and presentations. To ensure every student has the best chance to succeed and complete these important tasks, daily attendance is absolutely critical.
This is also a wonderful time for our supportive families to partner with us! A little extra help at home with organizing assignments, breaking down large projects, and establishing a consistent routine can make a huge difference in reducing student stress and building great habits for the future. Thank you for being such an integral part of your child's success!
Respectfully,
Dr. Brian
Quick Links
Quick Links
Dates to Remember
Dates to Remember
12/11 - HS Band & Orchestra Concert @ 8:30 AM (Students Only - Auditorium Cannot Accommodate Parents/Visitors)
12/11 - MS/HS Winter Orchestra Concert @ 7:00 PM
12/12 - Mental Health Fair
12/15 - 12/16 - MS Sumot Bot Tournament @ 1:30 PM
12/15 - Budget Committee Meeting
12/15 - PD Committee Meeting
12/15 - SBDM Council Meeting @ 4:00
12/16 - MS/HS Winter Band Concert @ 6:30 PM
12/17 - SDL Magnet Program Tour & Info Session @ 8:30 AM
12/17 - Firefly & Moonbeam Field Trip to Nutcracker
12/18 - 1st Grade Field Trip to Science Center
12/18 - Racial Equity Committee
12/18 - PTSA Board Meeting @ 3:30 PM
Weekly Essentials
Weekly Essentials
PBIS Rewards
PBIS Rewards
Spread a little cheer this season! Support our PBIS Store with a donation that rewards our amazing students. (https://amzn.to/3YuT4Pw).
CERT Challenge in High School
CERT Challenge in High School
Students in 9th, 10th, and 11th grades will be competing in our CERT Challenge this winter and spring. Students are challenged to complete all of their Exam Room and Study Hall video lessons in CERT on Clever. These videos are selected for them based on their Winter CERT scores and are intended to prepare them for the Spring CERT or SAT.
The videos have been shown to have a positive impact on students' SAT scores nationally. Students who complete all videos and the winning grade level will get a field trip this spring.
They can find the assignments and graphic organizers on Google Classroom in the "Class of" classrooms. They must fill out the graphic organizer and turn it in for each module on Google Classroom for credit.
Please encourage your high schooler to complete the CERT Challenge!
Annual School Spirit Week
Annual School Spirit Week
December 15th-20th
School Wide Holiday Spirit Week
Monday- 12/15 : Holiday and/or winter hat or headband
Tuesday- 12/16: Funky Footwear! Wear your favorite festive socks or shoes
Wednesday- 12/17: What not to wear! -Ugly Holiday and/or Winter Attire Day Wear your ugliest sweater, socks or whatever!
Thursday- 12/18: Light-Up Louisville: Wear your brightest & shiniest battery-operated festive wear
Friday- 12/19: Snowed In & Cozy! Wear your favorite warm pajamas or coziest clothes!
K-8th Family MAP Reports
K-8th Family MAP Reports
Our MAP testing window closes on 12/19. Family MAP Reports will be sent home in January. Please talk with your child's teacher(s) for any questions.
Weekly Features
Weekly Features
Athletics
Athletics
High School Athletics
High School Athletics
Spring Sports Registration- If you are planning on or interested in playing a spring sport this year, registration is now open on Final Forms. If you already have a Final Forms account, all you need to do is log in and select the sport. If you have not made one yet, please visit www.brownbearsathletics.com and select the Final Forms links and fill out all of the forms. When we add new sports for the winter or spring seasons we will notify students on email and announcements.
***Spring Sports offered include Indoor and Outdoor Track (grades 7-12 eligible), Middle AND High School Boys Volleyball, Middle School Boys and Girls Soccer, High School Baseball (grades 7-12 eligible), High School Softball (grades 7-12 eligible), and Tennis (grades 7-12 eligible)
NEW TEAM!!!- We will be offering Middle School Boys Volleyball for the first time this year. If you are interested, please sign up on Final Forms and Eventlink. The season will begin 2/15. For any questions, please see Dr. Kat and check here for announcements.
Come Meet Bear Claws! Bear Claws is ready to spread the holiday spirit and cheer our teams to victory. Have your picture taken with him at our games on December 10th or December 11th. Meet Bear Claws Information Flyer
Eventlink- Eventlink is a new communications platform for coaches to send messages and keep a unified calendar of practices and games. To join our Eventlink for team announcements and calendars please open these INSTRUCTIONS. Please make sure you search for the "J. Graham Brown School." This is how you will receive messages from coaches and game updates.
Winter Sports Fees- If your student athlete is playing a winter sport, please pay your fee ASAP. Fees pay for equipment, uniforms, registrations, warm-ups, etc. They are critical for the success of our programs. If you would prefer to pay with cash or check, have your student-athlete bring the fee to the athletics office or welcome center.
Links to Pay Winter Sports Fees
Brown School Booster Club- Join the Brown School Athletics Booster Club! They are planning fun events and ways our parents and community can help support Brown School Athletics.
Booster Club Informational Flyer
Brown Athletics Website- For up-to-date information on Brown Athletics and everything you need to know about Brown Athletics (practices, announcements, photos, game information, how to join sports at Brown, merchandise, etc.) please visit www.brownbearsathletics.com.
High School Boys Basketball- High School Boys Varsity Basketball will play LKY @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on January 2nd at 1pm before the Pacers vs Spurs game. Tickets are on sale now and include both games. Brown vs LKY Ticket Link/ Game Flyer
Brown Bears Athletics Instagram- Please follow brown_bears_athletics on Instagram.
Kroger Rewards- Please add Brown Athletics to your Kroger Rewards Program. It does not take away from your gas points and really helps out our athletic programs.
Elementary Athletics
Elementary Athletics
Elementary Basketball Schedules- JCPS has released the elementary basketball schedules. This schedule will automatically update with any schedule changes, so please bookmark it and refer to it before game days. JCPS Elementary Basketball Schedule
Elementary Game Tickets Information- Ticket link for regular season- does not include tournament games
Cash and card accepted at the door as well
$ 5 per adult, kids free
$25 regular season pass- per adult (1 game savings) (does not include tournament play)
Concessions available for additional cost (vary by site)
National PTA has Several Take Action Alerts - If you don't get these in your email - you can sign up for them on this page.
Click on the items below to go directly to the infromation page and where you can do a and easy email to your representative.
Student Support Team
Student Support Team
Mental Health Practitioner
Mental Health Practitioner
This is it! I am holding the second annual Brown School Mental Health Fair this Friday on December 12 (12/12)! It will be a great opportunity for our students to meet local mental health providers, as well as organizations that are beneficial to mental health. We're excited to invite the Louisville Free Public Library, the YMCA, as well as the Louisville Science Center among several other groups to participate. This will be a great chance to find out what resources are available for your students. Parents are welcome to come and see the event themselves! The event runs from 9-2, so feel free to come and check it out!
Elementary Counselor
Elementary Counselor
What's up in the ES World? Check out Miss Christy's ES Counseling Corner to stay up-to-date on your child's school activities.
High School Counselor
High School Counselor
The semester is nearing an end and grades that post will be in IC starting in January and updated to parchment after that. These GPAs are reported to KHEAA for KEES money in June.
Please make sure your student has a social security number on file at school (we have been emailing those that don't). Also encourage your student to put forth their best effort these next 8 days to get their classes up as high as they can.
Connections
Connections
SBDM Update
SBDM Update
The next SBDM meeting is scheduled for December 15th. HERE is the agenda. SBDM meetings are open to the public.
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