💛 March 5 | Issue #27 💛
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Dear Brown School Family,
As promised, here are more end-of-year dates for your calendar. I've also added some dates that have been on the school calendar for awhile, but we are getting questions about them. You can always view our school calendar HERE.
🐻 PTSA Elementary Silent Disco 🪩 - March 7th in our lobby (K-2 3:30-5:00 PM), (3-5 5:30-7:00 PM)
🐻 PTSA High School Silent Disco 🪩 - March 14th in our lobby 7:00-9:00 PM
🐻 SDL Showcase 🧑💻 - March 21st in our gymnasium (see times below)
🐻 Prom 💃 - March 22nd from 7:00-11:00 PM at Shall We Dance Ballroom. (Students must have paid all class assessments in order to receive a ticket.)
🐻 PTSA Move-A-Thon 👟 - April 18th
🐻 Earth Day Celebration 🌎 - April 25th
🐻 Junior Awards & Promotion Ceremony 📚 - May 1st @ 8:30 AM in our auditorium
🐻 Derby Shoebox Float Parade 🎉 - May 1st @ 1:30 PM
🐻 STEMEX 🤖 - May 16th
🐻 High School Signing Day ✒️ - May 20th (recognition event for our current 8th graders and incoming students who are attending Brown High School)
🐻 Louisville Bats Field Trip 🦇 (grades 4-12) - May 21st
🐻 Pee Wee Prom 🕺 - May 22nd in our school's lobby (time to be determined)
🐻 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony 🎊 - May 23rd 9:15 in our auditorium
🐻 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony 🎊 - May 23rd 11:00 in our auditorium
🐻 Kindergarten Promotion Celebration 🎊 - May 23rd 1:00 in our auditorium
🐻 High School Commencement Ceremony 🎓 - May 27th @ 9:00 AM in our auditorium
We are still working on a date for the 8th Grade Dance.
Love,
Dr. Angela
QUICK LINKS
QUICK LINKS
THIS WEEK'S ESSENTIALS
THIS WEEK'S ESSENTIALS
Family RSVP for the SDL Showcase
Family RSVP for the SDL Showcase
We are so excited for our annual Self-Directed Learning Showcase that is happening on Friday, March 21st. We invite you to join us!
Check the image for your child's presentation time. Please note we had to adjust the High School presentation time as it is now from 10:30-11:15.
Click the link below to RSVP, if you haven't already! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6xewYAA9AhqfZERYdBTAHTWY8H0-ocDcF9qa9vvJj1OhMmA/viewform?usp=header
Parent Volunteer Sign-Up for the SDL Showcase
Parent Volunteer Sign-Up for the SDL Showcase
To help make our SDL Showcase a success, we would love some help from parent volunteers! Please consider signing for one of the following: setting up the day before, assisting the day of, or post-clean-up. Access the Sign-Up Genius link here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904094CACAA23AAFF2-55120170-2025#/
Help Support the Brown Tech Team!
Help Support the Brown Tech Team!
Teens Teach Tech, sponsored by AT&T, empowers teenagers to lead digital skills workshops for adults. Participants gain valuable experience in computer literacy, online safety, and mobile device usage. The Brown Tech Team earns $20 per adult trained until March 31, 2025, boosting both their resumes and their program funding. We would love to train as many adults from our school community as possible. Please consider completing this form to sign-up to help out Brown School Tech Team!
Earth Day Materials Request
Earth Day Materials Request
Brown School Families, please read the following letter about materials that can be collected and brought in for Earth Day. Please reach out to Andrew Gray if you have any questions.
WEEKLY FEATURES
WEEKLY FEATURES
To purchase tickets, please click here.
To volunteer, please click here.
Volunteers receive free headphones.
Questions? Click here to email.
To purchase tickets, please click here.
To volunteer, please click here.
Questions? Click here to email.
Raise Your Voice for Every Child
PTA leaders across the nation are meeting with their members of Congress during our Legislative Conference (LegCon) to raise their voice for every child. Take action TODAY to uplift critical national policies and funding that will strengthen our schools and ensure that every child can reach their potential and thrive. For more information, click here.
High School/ Middle School Athletics
Churchill Downs Concession Volunteers Needed- As a major fundraiser for Brown Athletics, we are working at Churchill Downs concessions for several races (4/26. 4/27, 5/1, 5/2. 5/3) . This will go a long way in fully funding our athletic programs for next year. In order to do this, we need volunteers. The more volunteers we have, the more money we will raise to spend on our student-athletes. Volunteers will need to arrive two hours before the first race.
We will need some volunteers to complete an online training if you are going to serve alcohol. That takes about 2.5 hours to complete and costs $30 ($24 after coupon code) and is good for three years. This will need to be completed before 3/10. To compensate for your time, money and effort, if you do this and volunteer, we will give you a pass to all athletic events at Brown for the 2025-26 school year.
If you don't want to do the training, we can still use you in a different role. Also, your portion of the money raised will go to the team you choose. Please fill out the form if you are interested.
Churchill Downs Fundraising Interest Form
Spring Sports Information- For information about Spring Sports, 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 were unable to have our Spring Sports Informational Meeting due to two weather cancellations. Here is the information we were going to share: Spring Sports Information Meeting
Physicals Provided at School- If your athlete needs a sports physical, we have some openings on 3/11. Email matthew.davis@jefferson.kyschools.us to schedule.
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
Middle and High School Outdoor Track- Outdoor track practice has started. It will be 3:30-4:45 Monday-Thursday at Central High School until construction begins there. All information you will need will be in the BAND app.
Paperwork: If your student needs athletic paperwork, the required 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.
Fees- If you have not paid your FALL OR WINTER sports fees, please pay them immediately. Spring fees are now out for some sports. The rest will be sent out this week. 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.
Important Links-
Advertising/Sponsorship Opportunities
Live Stream Brown Games Information
Brown Athletics Merchandise Store- Shirts, Jackets, Hoodies, General Merch
Elementary School Athletics
Elementary Basketball
Basketball ended last week and we had a great season. The girls team (The Golden Girls) won second place in the JCPS Silver Division and the boys team made it to the championship game and finished runner-up. Our B team, The Polar Bears, played in a developmental league at Foster and will be ready for next year.
Elementary Soccer
Elementary Soccer has started and we will be playing at LouCity with an A & B team. Signups for those teams are now closed.
Elementary Cross-Country
If anyone is interested in coaching elementary cross-country in the fall, please email Matthew.davis@jefferson.kyschools.us.
Family Resource/Youth Services Center Coordinator
Thank you to Jackson Bosley, who represented the Brown School at the FRYSC Legislative Page Day in Frankfort. Britainy Beshear made a surprise visit with the first dog, Winnie!
Mental Health Practitioner
As we move full steam into this new semester, I wanted to let all of our parents/guardians know that my services are available for students individually with guardian consent. If you would like me to meet with your student to work on any emotional or behavioral goals while at school, please reach out to me, and I will walk you through my referral process. Please also feel free to put any concerns on our student support form! In addition, I know that during this time of year there are often times where students may have concerns about self-harm or suicidal thoughts. A great resource for this is to call 988 or go to https://988lifeline.org/ .
High School Counselor
Mother's Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will be speaking at Coffee with the Counselor TOMORROW from 8:30-9:30. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP here.
Scheduling 2025/26: Robin will be in study halls to meet with Grades 9-11 on 3/5 and 3/6 to discuss scheduling for next year. She will meet with 8th graders in Andrew's class on 3/18. HERE is the Scheduling Handbook and HERE is a Four Year Graduation Plan.
Dual Credit: Jefferson Community/Tech enrollment counselors will be in Norah's room on 3/14. Students unable to attend that have completed THE FORM will be invited to meet with Robin or Norah to get scheduled.
If you plan on taking a dual credit class at all, please review the list of approved classes (use control+F to search for a specific school or class) and complete the google form above. You will need to order your transcript in parchment.com (see email for invite, current freshmen, you don't have the invite yet) to be sent to the college and go ahead and request one to be sent to yourself for a back-up copy.
Middle School Counselor
Mother's Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will be speaking at Coffee with the Counselor TOMORROW from 8:30-9:30. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP here.
Also, I am working on visiting 5th-8th grade classrooms to talk scheduling of electives for next year. I hope to see all classes before spring break.
Please be sure to check in with your student on their grades, particularly if you have a student who is taking a high school credit bearing class (Spanish, ASL, Digital Literacy). Students must make a B or higher to receive credit for this class.
In addition, middle school students can not progress to the next grade if they have failed any of their core content classes (Math, Science, Social Studies, ELA). If your student is currently failing, they will have to do course recovery work in addtion to the work they arleady have to do in their classes, in order to progress. PLEASE encourage, motivate, and support your darling and look up their grades in Infinite Campus. Thanks so much!
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.
ADVANCE PROGRAM Recommendations:
Parents of recommended students will receive an email 2/26/25 from Christy Teague with a Permission Form included. Parents must complete and submit this Permission Form for Advance Program placement that begins next school year.
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