🐻 July 23, 2025 | Issue #3 🐻
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Principal's Message
Principal's Message
Dear Brown School Family,
We have a lot going on to help our students and families get ready for the new school year! There's a ton of information in this edition of the Bear Essentials, so please make sure you dive right in.
I hope to see you in our building next week!
Love,
Dr. Angela
Quick Links
Quick Links
Weekly Essentials
Weekly Essentials
Kindergarten Brigance Testing - July 30
Kindergarten Brigance Testing - July 30
All incoming kindergarten students are given an early childhood screening assessment. The Brigance Inventory of Early Development identifies age equivalents of the development of children from birth to age seven. This event is by appointment only.
Contact Amy Thornton, Elementary Assistant Principal, with questions at 502-398-3450 or via email at amy.thornton@jefferson.kyschools.us.
Don't Forget To RSVP for 6th Grade Orientation and Camp
Don't Forget To RSVP for 6th Grade Orientation and Camp
Click HERE to RSVP for 6th Grade Orientation and Camp
Our 6th Grade Orientation and Camp will be held on Wednesday, July 30th at 9 AM. This event is designed for both students and parents to ensure a smooth and enjoyable first day of middle school. Starting at 9:00, parents and students will have orientation to learn about topics including drop-off and pick-up, class information, the new electronic device policy, and Q & A, followed by registration. Starting at 10:00, students will participate in a tour of classes, fun group activities, prize giveaways, and Popsicles & Play @ Peace Park.
If attending 6th Grade Camp and Orientation, you do not need to participate in additional orientation or registration opportunities. You are invited back for the Meet & Greet on Tuesday, August 5th from 1:30 to 2:30 PM.
Reserve your Spot for Kindergarten Camp on July 31!
Reserve your Spot for Kindergarten Camp on July 31!
While the students gather in Cubs Corner, family members will join us for an orientation in the auditorium. Here, they’ll discover everything they need to know about our kindergarten and Brown School protocols. We’ll cover drop-off and pick-up procedures, classroom information, dress guidelines, a typical student day, and more. Additionally, time will be set aside for your questions. Our PTSA will be available to assist families with joining, and school merchandise will be available for purchase. Please sign up for just ONE session either in the morning or afternoon. The reservation is only for the STUDENT'S NAME, and it doesn't indicate the number of adults you plan to bring along.
Contact Amy Thornton, Elementary Assistant Principal, with questions at 502-398-3450 or via email at amy.thornton@jefferson.kyschools.us.
What is your Dismissal Plan?
What is your Dismissal Plan?
Attention, ALL K-5 Families!
CLICK HERE to fill out the Afternoon Dismissal Plan form and tell us which exit your child will use for afternoon dismissal.
Car Rider Alley
Gym Door Walk Up
Front of School Big Kid Pick up
YMCA CEP after-school childcare.
YMCA Childcare Enrichment Program
YMCA Childcare Enrichment Program
If your K-8th grader needs after-school care, CLICK HERE to find out more about YMCA CEP that meets in our school cafeteria until 6:00 PM each day.
TARC Riders
TARC Riders
Go ahead and map out your TARC route/schedule now! CLICK HERE to visit their website.
ICYMI: New Elective Classes!
ICYMI: New Elective Classes!
Over the summer, we have had the opportunity to add some new elective classes that your student may not be aware of. If these classes are of interest to your student, please ask your student to email their counselor using their JCPS email account (Cordia - grades 6-8 or Robin - grades 9-12).
Spanish (grades 6-7)
American Sign Language (grades 6-7)
Science Fiction Literature (grades 7-12) 7th/8th graders will receive a high school credit.
Civil Rights in America (grades 9-12)
Advanced Placement Spanish (9-12) Recommended after completing Spanish 3 or for native Spanish speakers.
Cursive Writing Instruction
Cursive Writing Instruction
Starting in the 2025-26 school year, all Kentucky elementary schools will have cursive writing instruction. The focus is in second and third grade, where cursive writing is part of the required standards for writing. The goal is for every student to be proficient in cursive by the end of the fifth grade.
Want to do something to make a connection at home? Point out cursive handwriting in real life.
Norton Healthcare Telehealth at our School
Norton Healthcare Telehealth at our School
Norton Healthcare is excited to continue their partnership with our school in the coming year to provide school telehealth services to students and staff.
Below are links to the enrollment-consent form and program videos. Please sign up!
Link to enroll - https://schooltelehealth.nortonhealthcare.org/
Video overview of school telehealth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPL5wD7bJNY
JCPS Parent/Guardian testimony - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uRRAsPlvPs
Weekly Features
Weekly Features
Athletics
Athletics
Fall Athletics
Fall Athletics
Parents/Guardians and Student Athletes,
Final Forms registration for Fall Sports is in full swing!! All of our required athletic forms will be online on Final Forms this year. This includes sports physicals. If you have a sports physical on file with us, we will upload it. For future sports physical forms, you can either send those to school or upload the “Medical Eligibility” page. Parent/Guardian and athlete will have to login to complete and sign the paperwork. Many of you have already set up the account so it will be an easy process.
Eventlink is coming!!!! The Athletics department has purchased new software to facilitate team communications and organize our calendars. This is a JCPS approved platform to replace our current Band App, Stack Team, and Remind that coaches have used in the past. Coaches will be providing information on the transition soon. Please watch your email!
Volleyball (Middle and High), Cross Country (Middle and High), Cheer (Middle and High), Softball (Middle only), and Soccer (High only) have started practices. Golf and Tennis will start soon. Parents/guardians, please email coaches for information about the upcoming season if you have any questions. You can find your coaches info on the Fall Coach Contact List.
*Reminder- Students cannot directly contact coaches unless it is through their JCPS email. Communication has to go through parents/guardians.
MS Girls Volleyball- Practices are currently 3-5 pm until school starts. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Maureen or Coach Brian.
HS Girls Volleyball- Thank you to all of the amazing students that tried out. only with all other communication features disabled to comply with current communication standards. We are currently using the Band App for announcements only with all other communication features disabled to comply with current communication standards. We will use this until we transition to Event link. To join our Band for announcements and schedules, please click HERE.
MS Softball- We are excited to begin the first ever fall Middle School Softball season! We are still accepting players!! Practices will be held at Germantown Baseball 1537 Poplar Level Rd on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 6-8 pm. If you are interested in joining, please (parents) reach out to Coach Angela 502-396-1740.
MS and HS Cross Country- Cross Country is off to a great start to the season! There is still time to join! Practices are held Monday through Thursday from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Joe Creason Park. Join the Band app for more information. https://band.us/n/a1aaA3kd11udr or Guardians reach out via Text to Coach Jennifer 502-751-0179. Go Running Bears!💙💛
MS and HS Golf- Golf has had an initial interest meeting. If you missed it, please contact Coach Barry. Practices start soon!
MS Tennis- Middle School Tennis tryouts will be August 11th-13th at 3:10 pm at George Rogers Clark Park tennis courts. Parents/Guardians please email Coach Erich (ecubed24@gmail.com) if you have any questions and register your athlete on https://jeffersonco-ky.finalforms.com/
MS and Elementary Cheerleading- Tryouts will be 8/13 and 8/14 from 3 pm to 4:30 pm in the Auditorium. Cheerleaders will need to make sure their Final Forms paperwork is complete before tryouts.
Elementary Cross Country- Elementary Cross Country will have our first practice at 9:30am on Saturday, August 2nd at Joe Creason Park. There are no tryouts for the team, but sign-ups close at the end of this week. If you haven't already, fill out this form for your K-5 grader to join the team: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeh6On3P9dfzyoKifhVOyy97pQWLrJmebJHyg17covbdnO9lQ/viewform
Important Links and Season Lists
Final Forms- Required Athletics Paperwork and Sports Registration (MS & HS)
Final Forms Help (if needed):
Elementary Sports Registration (Elementary does not need to use Final Forms, but will need to register with the links below)
Elementary Cheer Registration (3rd-5th)
Elementary Cross Country Registration (K-5th)
Coach Contact Information
Parents/Guardians- please email coaches for information about the upcoming season.
High School Fall Sports
Girls Soccer (9th-12th)
Boys Soccer (9th-12th)
Cross-Country (9th-12th)
Girls Volleyball (9th-12th)
Golf (9th-12th)
Cheer (9th-12th)
Middle School Fall Sports
Tennis (6th-8th)
Cross-Country (6th-8th)
Cheer (6th-8th)
Golf (6th-8th)
Softball (6th-8th)
Girls Volleyball (6th-8th)
Elementary School Fall Sports (Do not register on Final Forms)
Cross-Country (K-5)
Cheer (3-5)
Thanks,
Matt Davis (HS/ES AD) and Dr. Kat (MS AD)
PTSA
PTSA
Got a question for the PTSA?
We hope to unveil our new website next week, along with the calendar and other information. Sorry for the delay.
Peace Park Clean-up On Sunday
Peace Park Clean-up On Sunday
Join us Sunday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm to do a clean-up around the school of all the outside spaces. This includes Peace park, sidewalks, ally, courtyard, and atrium. We want the school clean when families are coming in next week. We will do another clean-up later to do some work on our park for the Home Depot grant. If you are free to come - please sign up here so we can make sure we have enough water! We are going to be doing the following: picking up trash, weeding garden beds, spreading mulch, cleaning off the walkway and putting together new storae boxes. We will be providing gloves, garbage bags, and some rakes. If you have tools to help please bring them with you. Check out the sign up for more info.
Back to School Volunteers Needed
Back to School Volunteers Needed
We have several events that we need volunteers:
July 27th - Clean-up
See clean-up article for more info.
July 30th & 31st - Registration Days
We need help with selling merchandise and answering any questions new parents might have. There will be brand new families from all grades.
August 7th - Boo Hoo/YaHoo Breakfast
Welcome our new kindergarten familes as we serve them breakfast and answer questions they may have.
We would like to welcome our new PTSA members and invite you to join them. Welcome Kat S., Megan S., Robin L., Stella F., Dave F., Jennifer F., Angela P., Brian G., Mike N., Autumn N., and Nicholas N. Join Here.
Myth: PTA membership is only for moms.
Truth: PTA is for everyone! Parents, guardians, students, teachers, grandparents, administrators, school board members, aunts, uncles, community members, etc.
Student Support Team
Student Support Team
Family Resource/Youth Services Center Coordinator
Family Resource/Youth Services Center Coordinator
Just a few reminders - we have an onsite food pantry if anyone is in need. If you are in need of any school supplies to start the year, let me know. I would be happy to help!
There are several events throughout the city that will also provide free school supplies and have fun activities for the kids.
Elementary Counselor
Elementary Counselor
We have a NEW Student Support Request Form for the 25/26 school year. I'm linking it below. Please bookmark this for future use!
25/26 Student Support Request From
What's up in the ES World? Check out Christy's slide deck to stay up-to-date on your child's school activities.
Middle School Counselor
Middle School Counselor
We have a NEW Student Support Request Form for the 25/26 school year. I'm linking it below. Please bookmark this for future use!
25/26 Student Support Request From
As we get closer to the beginning of the year, I want to lift up a fantastic and FREE tutoring/mentoring resource for middle school students. Educational Justice is a FREE program for students in grades 5th-8th where they are partnered with a high school aged student and receive tutoring and mentoring throughout the school year. Did I mention it's FREE! And, if your baby enjoys the program and sticks with it, they have the opportunity to become mentors/tutors themselves when they become high schoolers, which wont look too shabby on college applications. Please check them out as their spots fill up quickly.
As mentioned above, we have two new elective options for middle school students this year; Science Fiction Literature and Middle School Spanish. Some students will find these classes on their schedule. If you are interested in taking these course, or any elective changes to your schedule at all, during the first two weeks of school all students have the ability to request elective changes and that request form will be available early next month.
Finally, I am linking the google classroom invites below for each grade level. If you have any issues with this link, there will be ample opportunity for your child to join once school starts as well.
Class of 2032 (6th grade) Link
Class of 2031 (7th grade) Link
Class of 2030 (8th grade) Link
High School Counselor
High School Counselor
We have a NEW Student Support Request Form for the 25/26 school year. I'm linking it below. Please bookmark this for future use!
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