💛 February 13 | Issue #25 💛
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Dear Brown School Family,
❤️ Happy Valentine's Week! ❤️
I hope your upcoming Valentine's Day is full of love and joy. Take some time this week to intentionally show your student some love.
❤️ One of the best ways to share your love with your student is to tell them that they are important. In this big world, it is easy to feel unnecessary or irrelevant. Every person's life comes with hills and valleys. You don't have to be famous or the best at something to be important.
❤️ It may sound silly, but one of the best ways to tell your student you love them is to tell them you're happy that they were born! Cherish them and tell them that you are lucky that you get to experience life with them. Make sure they know that your life is better with them in it.
❤️ Sometimes people have a hard time believing that they deserve good things. Everyone deserves good things in their life and should be given the opportunity to find happiness. Be sure to share these affirmations with your student and also remember that YOU deserve positive things in your life as well.
❤️ Many of our students struggle with negative thoughts. If this is your student, remind them that they are so much more than their negative thoughts. There are so many things that make them special and unique, and these things outweigh anything negative that may pop in their head.
❤️ Make sure your student knows they are doing a great job! In life, we are all doing the best we can. Sometimes we are on top and sometimes we are on the struggle bus. Tell them that you are proud of them and let them know that you are doing your best, too.
Love,
Dr. Angela
QUICK LINKS
QUICK LINKS
THIS WEEK'S ESSENTIALS
THIS WEEK'S ESSENTIALS
Living Wax Museum
Living Wax Museum
Brown School Families,
You are cordially invited to our Black History Program: Living Wax Museum: African American Heroes. This event is brought to you by the Brown School Intermediate students!
When: FEBRUARY 27TH
Location: Brown School Lobby from 8:30-9:30
AA Hero Wax Museum.pdfWhat is PBIS Rewards?
What is PBIS Rewards?
To donate to our PBIS store, please visit: https://bit.ly/BrownSchoolWishList
Brown School PBIS Rewards Program (1).pdf
Comprehensive School Survey for Parents / Guardians
Comprehensive School Survey for Parents / Guardians
Brown School Parents & Guardians,
The Comprehensive School Survey is administered to students in grades 4-12 each year to provide feedback on all aspects of the school learning environment. We ask that you also take the survey as we use the data to improve our school. You can go to this direct link, HERE. Next, choose your language to take the survey in, and make sure you select that your student attends J. Graham Brown School on the next page. The survey is due February 28th, and we are trying to reach our 85% completion rate goal. Currently, our Parent/Guardian completion rate is 13%, so any time you can provide to complete the survey would be greatly appreciated! If you have any questions, please reach out to Drew Paige (andrew.paige@jefferson.kyschools.us)
2025-26 School Budget
2025-26 School Budget
Our Budget Committee is hard at work developing the budgets for the 2025-26 school year. The budgets will be reviewed and hopefully approved by our SBDM Council on Thursday, February 20th at their regular meeting. If you have any feedback to share, you are welcome to attend the meeting and sign up to speak during public comment. The budget proposals are linked below.
WEEKLY FEATURES
WEEKLY FEATURES
If you would like to request financial aid, you can do so confidentially by clicking here to send an email.
To register for Spring Enrichments, please click here. If the class if full - please sign up on the waiting list which is a separate product listed with the enrichments.
ATHLETICS
ATHLETICS
High School Athletics
This Week's Athletics Schedule- Click Here
Spring Sports- Our Spring Sports season will begin this month. Some sports will not begin practicing until March. Please make sure your physicals and paperwork are up-to-date before attending the first practice of the season. If you have any questions about your physicals and paperwork status, please ask. High School Required Sports Paperwork
Spring Sports Information- For information about tryouts, dates, and all other questions, please join the Band app for the teams you are interested in and contact the coaches. Band App and Coaching Contact Links
Spring Sports Informational Meeting for Parents and Athletes- We will be having a meeting for Spring Sports on Wednesday, February 19th at 3:30 pm in the Brown School Auditorium. Most of our coaches will be there and we will share information about tennis (7th-12th grade), track (MS & HS), soccer (MS), baseball (7th-12th grade), and softball (7th-12th grade).
Physicals Provided at School- If you have an athletics physical scheduled for school, please make sure you have turned in the forms to the nurse the day before your scheduled physicals. We are waiting on a new date for the physicals that were scheduled for 2/7.
Boys HS Soccer- Boys HS Soccer is in need of some great coaching candidates for next year. If you have anyone that may be a great fit, please have them email matthew.davis@jefferson.kyschools.us
Boys and Girls HS Basketball- Homecoming and Senior is Friday night at Brown. The girls team plays Waggener at 5:45 and the boys play the River City Dragons at 7:30. Senior night recognition will be between games. There will be a DJ and $5 Zaxby's sandwiches.
Middle and High School Outdoor Track- Outdoor track practice will start on Wednesday, February 19, from 3:30-4:45! THERE WILL BE A PARENT MEETING FROM 4:30-4:45.
Practices will be Monday through Thursday, 3:30-4:30, and held at Shawnee High School (this location is subject to change). When available, transportation will be provided, from Brown to practice. There will be a runner's fee of $75. A link for payment will be added to the Band App once the season starts. This fee will need to be paid before the first track meet. To participate in Outdoor Track, you must have an updated sports physical and all paperwork required by JCPS before the first practice. For all communication and information during Outdoor Track season, please join our communication App. Please TEXT Coach Jennifer O'Brien with any questions at 502-751-0179.
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Important Links-
Advertisting/Sponsorship Opportunities
Live Stream Brown Games Information
Brown Athletics Merchandise Store- Shirts, Jackets, Hoodies, General Merch
Middle School Athletics
MS Cheer: Please return your Cheer Uniforms to Dr. Kat in Room 328 so that they can be stored for next season. Thank you for a great season!
Girls and Boys Spring Soccer: Middle School Soccer tryouts will be the last week of February. The field is saturated, and next week's weather looks bad. If the weather is also bad the last week of February, we will have tryouts in the gym. Before tryouts, all students must complete their annual athletic paperwork. The needed forms are linked as follows: a sports physical, concussion form, insurance form, and safety video form. Students who are interested in trying out should make sure that their paperwork is current.
Boys Soccer: If you would like to receive notifications about tryouts and our calendar, please join our Band App by clicking https://band.us/n/a8a1AdM1h3u0y
Girls Soccer: If you would like to receive notifications about tryouts and our calendar, please join our Band App by clicking https://band.us/n/abaaA8MbhaVfE
Outdoor Track- Outdoor track practices have started! Practices are Monday through Thursday, 3:30-4:30, and held at Shawnee High School (this location is subject to change). When available, transportation will be provided, from Brown to practice. For all communication and information during Outdoor Track season, please join our Band App (https://band.us/n/a4acAdn8s7t8f). Please TEXT Coach Jennifer O'Brien with any questions at 502-751-0179.
Baseball and Softball: Any 7th and 8th graders interested in playing on our high school teams should contact Jake Amettis (jacob.amettis@jefferson.kyschools.us) for Baseball and Amanda Gravens (amandaggravens@yahoo.com) for Softball
Fees- If you have not paid your FALL OR WINTER sports fees, please pay them immediately. These fees include equipment, uniforms, shirts, warm-ups, travel, etc. We cannot support our programs to the level that our athletes deserve if fees are not paid. Our fees are substantially less than other schools.
Elementary School Athletics
Elementary Soccer
If you are interested in your child play soccer for Brown Elementary this year, please fill out the form below. We need a number for tryouts so we will know if we will have to have cuts. We plan on having an A and B team. Practices will be at Brown soccer field behind Van Hoose off of Newburg and I-264. The number of days of practice and times are TBD.
Thanks to the parents who have volunteered to help coach the team this year. We will be in touch with all of you shortly.
League Details:
Dates: March 8, 22, 29, April 12, 19, 26, May 10, 17 (Mini Tournament)
Game Times: 5:00pm, 6:00pm or 7:00pm
Team Jerseys are provided by LouCity & Racing Foundation
3rd-5th: Each Game is 2-24 minute halves (1 game per night)
BROWN ELEMENTARY SOCCER INTEREST FORM
We are still searching for head coaches. If you are interested, please email matthew.davis@jefferson.kyschools.us
Elementary Basketball
The Blue Team and the Polar Bears (White Team) will practice this Wednesday 2/12 from 6:30-7:45 at Brown.
The Golden Girls will not practice this week. They have one game, this Thursday, 2/13. The JCPS Tournament will begin on 2/22 so there will be no Saturday games.
Basketball Blue Team-
Games: No Games This Week- JCPS Tournament begins 2/22
Basketball White Team-
Games: Thursday 2/13- 7:00 PM ES Basketball Brown Polar Bears vs McFerran @ Foster
Golden Girls Basketball- JCPS Pictures (you need to download them to view the photos)
Games:
Thursday 2/13- 7:00 PM ES Basketball Golden Girls vs Auburndale @ Valley High School
Mental Health Practitioner
FREE class for families! - March 18 from 6-8 PM
Stress and anxiety won’t have the last word! Bring the whole family together and learn new ways to create inner peace as you try several self-care practices. Head home with free books,self-care materials, and other resources. Keep up the good work! Come at any time and stay as long as you want. This is a choose-your-own self-care adventure!
Register: https://tinyurl.com/JCPSpeace25
High School Counselor
VALEDICTORIANS!!!!
SENIORS that are eligible to give the Valedictorian address at graduation (4.0+ weighted GPA) have received an assignment in Google Classroom Class of 2025. THIS IS OPTIONAL AND ONLY FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE SPEECH. For the sake of planning and printing of the program, this is determined by your Cumulative GPA as of the 7th Semester (Fall 2024). Occasionally a student will cross the threshold with their 8th semester grades and we are happy to have them stand at graduation, but their name will not appear in the pre-printed graduation program and they cannot be considered for the Valedictorian Address.
Testing in March:
Grades 9-10: March 13th all students in grades 9-10 will take the CERT Test. This gives us the ability to identify areas we can support students on their way to College Readiness.
Grade 11: March 13th all 11th graders will take the ACT. This is paid for by the state of Kentucky and is a mandatory test. Every 11th grader has been registered and will receive more info via Norah's Junior Seminar Class.
A selected group of 17 year olds born between 10/1/2007 and 9/30/2008 at Brown has been chosen to participate in NAEP testing to represent the United States. If you (or your child) were born in the window above and you DO NOT want to test, please email Robin.Cash@jefferson.kyschools.us with "Decline NAEP" in the subject line. This test will take place at 8:15 on March 25, 2025 in the cafeteria. Students will be notified in writing two weeks before the test.
Middle School Counselor
Today is our 2nd annual Black Expo Career and College Fair and our students are having an excellent time checking out all of the various businesses that are represented. If you are interested in having a table at our Black Expo for next year, please reach out to me!
In early March Robin and I will be working on scheduling. Stay tuned for more information.
Elementary School Counselor
What's up in the ES World? Check out Miss Christy's slide deck to stay up-to-date on what your child is doing at school.
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