🐻 March 11, 2026 | Issue #29 🐻
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Principal's Message
Principal's Message
Dear Brown School Family,
Excessive screen time can negatively impact a child's development, affecting sleep, physical activity, social skills, and attention span. It's crucial to manage technology use by setting limits, creating screen-free zones, and actively engaging with children during screen time to ensure healthy digital habits are formed. This includes discussing online safety and appropriate content based on age.
Different age groups require different screen time limits, with younger children needing significantly less exposure to screens than older kids.
Focus on choosing educational and enriching content when children are on screens.
Designate specific times and places in the home where screens are not allowed, like mealtimes and bedtime.
Utilize parental controls on devices to monitor screen time, restrict access to inappropriate content, and set time limits.
When watching screens together, actively engage with your child, discuss what they are seeing, and ask questions.
The Mayo Clinic has an excellent article about child-appropriate screen time and technology management.
Love,
Dr. Angela
Quick Links
Quick Links
Dates to Remember
Dates to Remember
March 12 - Pre-KMEA Band Concert
March 13 - Mental Health Fair
March 16 - TSA State Conference Field Trip
8th Grade Field Trip to the Parklands at Floyd's Fork
Budget Committee Meeting
PD Committee Meeting
March 18 - SAT Testing Day for 11th grade
4th & 5th Grade Field Trip to Ali Center
March 19 - PTSA Board Meeting
March 20 - Naw-Ruz
SDL Showcase
March 22-24 - MS KUNA Field Trip
March 23 - SBDM Council Meeting
March 24-27 - HS Biology Field Trip to Pine Mountain
March 25 - Red Cross Blood Drive
March 30 - HS Journalism Field Trip to Louisville Public Media
March 31 - Academic Defenses (11th grade Early Defenders)
Weekly Essentials
Weekly Essentials
Picture Day Ordering
Picture Day Ordering
Don't Forget to Order This Year's School Pictures
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Earth Day Materials Needed
Earth Day Materials Needed
We are in need of the following materials for Earth Day. Families can drop them off or have students bring them to Andrew Gray's classroom. Thanks!
Washable markers for coloring activity
Large printed design on paper
Masking Tape
Sticks/twigs
Leaves
String/twine
Printer paper
Water cups
Empty milk or drink cartons (with cap)
Small figures/decorations for the fairy houses
Hot glue sticks any size
Paint markers (for rock scavenger hunt)
Candy (anything not with nuts or PB) preferably sour candy
Mod podge
Bubble wrap all kinds
Yarn
Pool noodles
Save the Date for our SDL Showcase - Friday, March 20th
Save the Date for our SDL Showcase - Friday, March 20th
Families! The most wonderful time of the year is coming soon, the Brown School SDL Showcase! We are so excited for our students to share an important piece of their learning from this school year with you. Please complete the following forms if you plan on attending and/or volunteering for the SDL Showcase. The PD Committee would like to thank one of our Brown School parents, Emily Reder, for all of her help with our SDL Showcase. We can't wait to see you on Friday, March 20th!
Weekly Features
Weekly Features
Athletics
Athletics
Middle and High School Athletics
Middle and High School Athletics
Spring Sports Information- Please go through this slideshow for information on Spring Sports: Brown Spring Sports Information
Churchill Downs Fundraising/Volunteering- If you are interested in fundraising for the team of your choice by working at Churchill Downs on 4/29, 4/30, 5/1, or 5/2, please fill this form. Everyone who volunteers will receive an "All-Sports" season pass for all Brown School athletic events we host for next year. Churchill Downs Volunteering Form
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.
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. A lot of questions can be answered by checking the "More" section of the webpage.
Athletics Sports Physicals- The nurse practitioner will be here on March 25th for sports physicals. If you are interested, the forms below have to be filled out and given to the school nurse by March 23rd. We will only provide physicals to those who turn these forms in by that date. If your athlete's sports physical date lapses between now and 3/25, they will not be eligible to participate during that time.
Spring Sports Fees Due Now- Spring Sports fees are due now. Please pay ASAP. Fees help pay for league fees, shirts, uniforms, transportation, equipment, field maintenance, court rentals, and other athletic related expenses. This spring these are required to be paid and fee waiver status does not apply to after school activities. If you would like to bring a cash or check, have your athlete bring it to the athletic director office of the Welcome Center. Please pay as soon as possible.
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 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- Boys and girls teams have games this Saturday at Seneca. Please check the schedule linked below for times and gym locations. The elementary girls team will practice this afternoon at Breckenridge Metro HS at 3:30 pm.
Elementary Soccer- Join Eventlink and subscribe to both Elementary Soccer calendars for practice times, locations and game schedules. Directions for joining Eventlink are on www.brownbearsathletics.com in the "More" section.
We have a PTSA meeting next Thursday, March 19th. We welcome you to the meeting as we will be discussing the Move-A-Thon and Teacher Appreciation Week. We would love some great ideas and help. March 19th at 3:30 pm in the councilor suite conference room.
We are not out of the woods on this = please continue to call and voice your opinion against taking away both the partent and teacher vote on SBDM!
This currently has not moved - but if it were to pass it would take your voice away from choosing our JCPS School Board. The Louisville Mayor would appoint all the JCPS Board Members. Call LRS at 800-372-7181 and tell all legislators to vote against taking our voice away.
Want to meet with legislator about the upcoming budget. Protect Our Schools KY is doing a lobby day, tomorrow. You will be given the tools and go in with seasoned people to talk to legislators. Sign up to join us.
Student Support Team
Student Support Team
Mental Health Practitioner
Mental Health Practitioner
The Mental Health Fair is this week! The event will take place Friday on March 13 (3/13) from 9-2. Families are welcome to attend. We will have a good amount of groups attending this year, and I am excited for all of these resources to be available to our students!
Elementary Counselor
Elementary Counselor
Check out J. Graham Brown School's Student Support Team's (SST) Website:
From Elementary parents:
Important Highlights include:
Student Recognitions including Star Students!
Middle School Counselor
Middle School Counselor
Lots of info this week. See below:
I want to highlight that our middle school is participating in the American Heart Association Teen of Impact Challenge. We are trying to raise money to support the American Heart Association. The students learned all about it in their morning meeting today and we are planning an event on April 1st from 12:30-1:30 where students will be able to visit different stations centered around healthy lifestyle and heart health. Check out this flyer with more information.
American Heart Association Letter
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Also, 8th grade families, please check out this flyer with all the information for the 8th grade dance.
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The Operation Parent prevention webinars are completely FREE and perfect for parents, caregivers, educators, and professionals.
If you can’t make it live, no worries. You’ll get the full recording tomorrow evening in both English and Spanish to watch whenever it works best for you.
There are still spots available (https://loom.ly/lvBuVdM). Please share with friends, family, coworkers, who could benefit from this important discussion.
High School Counselor
High School Counselor
Sophomores and older, please check email and your college board accou\nts. Many students in grades 10-12 being honored with awards such as "AP Scholar with Distinction" or similar and many juniors that passed AP exams have been invited to a program called "Big Future". The notifications came out in December. Big Future Scholars need to log in and accept the invite. Norah has been checking in with juniors that have Big Future invites and parents should also receive emails about it when the student accepts. No action is needed to accept an award, but you can add it to your resume!
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Junior Awards and Promotion Ceremony (aka Ring Ceremony) is Thursday, April 30th at 8:30 a.m. in Brown's Auditorium.
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Graduation is officially Friday, May 22nd at 5:30 p.m. in Brown's Auditorium!
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The Operation Parent prevention webinars are completely FREE and perfect for parents, caregivers, educators, and professionals.
If you can’t make it live, no worries. You’ll get the full recording tomorrow evening in both English and Spanish to watch whenever it works best for you.
There are still spots available (https://loom.ly/lvBuVdM). Please share with friends, family, coworkers, who could benefit from this important discussion.
Connections
Connections
SBDM Update
SBDM Update
The next SBDM Council meeting will be held on Monday, March 23rd at 3:00 PM in the Student Support Center Conference Room.
HERE is the agenda!
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