💛 November 13 | Issue #16 💛
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Dear Brown School Family,
Please mark your calendars for our annual Thanksgiving Lunch - see the information below in the PTSA section. Our PTSA leaders have worked with our nutrition staff to divide it up across two days in order to help with the congestion. The best part about that for me is not only seeing two days worth of parents, but I get to eat the Thanksgiving food two days in a row! Yum! Please remember that all visitors/volunteers must enter our school through our Welcome Center at Door #2 on S. First Street, and then proceed through our weapons detection system prior to signing in. All adult visitors must present a state-issued ID and be listed as a student's contact in Infinite Campus, be accompanied by a contact/guardian, or have verified written permission from a guardian.
This Friday we are having our 2nd Annual Multicultural Fair, Assembly, and our 1st ever Parade of Nations! This is a student organized and implemented endeavor! Thank you so much to our Asian Student Association and our Culture Club for taking on this important event. We will be live streaming this event on our Facebook page starting at 9:20 AM if you would like to watch it. We are unable to accommodate in-person visitors during the program due to the capacity limits of our auditorium. Thank you for your understanding.
Love,
Dr. Angela
QUICK LINKS
QUICK LINKS
THIS WEEK'S ESSENTIALS
THIS WEEK'S ESSENTIALS
Sending Doctor's Note Emails
Sending Doctor's Note Emails
Brown School Families,Â
Our attendance clerk, Chris Wise, resigned recently and we no longer have access to his email to receive doctor's notes or important information that some families are still sending to his email. Please send all documentation via email to Rita Myers (rita.myers@jefferson.kyschools.us) until our new attendance clerk is hired. Thanks!
Bear Necessities First Issue
Bear Necessities First Issue
Brown journalism students worked on our first issue of the school newspaper, The Bear Necessities, linked here: https://sites.google.com/jefferson.kyschools.us/24-25bearnecessities/home.
In this issue, you'll see invitations for students to submit pieces for publication, some Halloween pieces, election pieces, world news, and lots of student voice that has been put through a workshop process.
This newspaper is student led. They chose the articles; they laid out the website; they led every single aspect of this publication.
On the Meet the Staff page you will see who these student journalists are. If you see them please congratulate them on their hard work!
Jackets for Refugees
Jackets for Refugees
JR / SR Seminar Classes
JR / SR Seminar Classes
To stay in the loop of all of the upcoming Junior and Senior College Rep Visits, please visit the calendar linked HERE to view the current month's upcoming events.Â
4th Street Friday is this Friday!
JCPS Field trip to HBCU is tomorrow!
Centre College will be here next Monday
JCTC Spring Registration will be here next Tuesday.
STAR Students
STAR Students
Click HERE to see the Star Students' Slideshow! We have so many amazing achievements of our Brown Bears from this past week!
WEEKLY FEATURES
WEEKLY FEATURES
Welcome New PTSA Members
Brittney S., Lisa W., Shelly W., Eddie W., Alexander W., and Brittany H.Â
High School Athletics
Sponsorship/Advertising Opportunities: Sponsor Brown Athletics with purchasing advertising! We have several ways you can promote your business or just shoutout or sponsor a player or team at Brown:
Purchase an advertising banner for the gym.
Purchase advertising on the livestream of our games.
Purchase Gipper (a graphics platform) for the school and have your logo on every graphic sent out.Â
Purchase an advertisement on our new video board in the gym.Â
If you are interested or know someone who may be, please contact matthew.davis@jeffferson.kyschools.usÂ
Live Stream Our Games: For information on how to live stream our home games, click the link below. This is a great way for relatives who cannot make it to the games to watch from home.Â
Live Stream Brown Games Information
Girls HS Basketball Game at Pacers' Arena: Brown High School Girls Basketball will be playing Collegiate on Sunday, December 8th at 7:30 PM at the Pacers/Fever home court at Gainbridge Arena in Indianapolis. The high school game will tip-off approximately 2.5 hours after the Pacers game (5pm) vs the Charlotte Hornets. If you are interested in going, tickets are $41.70 (Section 223) and are good for both games. We will be taking a coach bus to the game, so if your student is planning on going, please email matthew.davis@jefferson.kyschools.us. See the link below for more details.
Brown HS Girls Basketball Game at Pacers Arena
Fees- If you have not paid your fees for fall sports, please pay them as soon as possible. These fees go towards equipment, uniforms, shirts, travel, etc.Â
Swimming- The competition season for grades 7-12 has begun and we have two greats meets under our belt! On Saturday, November 9 our team hosted the Brown Bear “Newcomer” Sprint— a four-team invitational with Atherton, Central, and Grace James. We finished 2nd in the girls, boys, and combined team rankings!
For our second meet, the Central Yellowjacket Sprint #1, we finished 2nd in the girls, tied three ways for 5th in the boys, and tied for 3rd in the combined divisions! Great work, Swimming Bears!
Archery- If you are interested in High School Archery, you are can contact Mrs. Jennifer at jennbeanfest@aol.com. Practices will be on Thursday from 4-5 pm. The fee for Archery can be turned into Dr. Kat in room 328 after talking to Mrs. Jennifer.  Â
Bowling- Bowling has a match Thursday versus Trinity JV at 3:45 at Executive Strike and Spare. Â
High School Athlete of the Week- 10th grade Cross-Country runner Ethan Wright had a course person record at the KHSAA State Championships on November 2nd. Congratulations Ethan!Â
Middle School Athletics
Archery- We are currently shooting the breeze with practices on Thursday from 3-4 pm.Â
Boys Basketball-Â The 6th Grade Boys lost a close game to Johnson this week, but they are showing great improvement. The Varsity team is back at it Thursday playing Johnson at Butler High School at 6:30 pm. Varsity will also take on Louisville Collegiate at home on Friday at 6:30 pm. TIckets are $7 for adults and $5 for students.Â
Cross Country- Congratulations to our entire Cross Country team for a great season! We will see you back for track in the Spring!
Girls Basketball- The Varsity team is playing Johnson at Butler High School on Thursday at 5:30 pm. Varsity will also take on Louisville Collegiate at home on Friday at 5:30 pm. TIckets are $7 for adults and $5 for students.Â
Swimming- We will participate in the JCPS Middle School Championship swim meet at the University of Louisville this Friday. Good luck, Swimming Bears in grades 6-8!
Middle School Athlete of the Week- 6th grader Cross-Country runner Zander Slabaugh finished 6th place overall in the 6th grade division at the Middle School Cross Country Nationals on November 9th at Tom Sawyer Park. Amazing job Zander!
Elementary School Athletics
Elementary Basketball- Basketball games begin Saturday at Seneca High School. Click below for the JCPS Elementary Basketball Schedule.Â
MUSICAL NOTATIONS
MUSICAL NOTATIONS
Elementary Music News
 In December we will be starting a beginning band in Fourth and Fifth Grade. This will take place on Wednesdays during related arts time and will be open to all students who are currently not enrolled in Suzuki. More information will be coming out next week in the Essentials as well as paper information with all students!
High School Band NewsÂ
In order to improve communication, we will start using the BAND App to share announcements regarding High School Band. All High School Band guardians are encouraged to join through the link below! Middle school patents, please do not join this group. There will be a seperate group that will be sent out soon. https://band.us/n/a4a4Ad79r85dx.
Family Resource/Youth Services Center Coordinator
Our dental company, Big Smiles had to cancel for our November 6 date. We have rescheduled for Friday, December 13. If you would like to have your student seen by the dentist, you can register your student here. Â
If you are in need for food or if you are in need of a turkey for Thanksgiving, there are many local area agencies that can help. Click here to find a community agency near you.
Here is a great event if you need some extra help for the holidays!
Mental Health Practitioner
The holiday season is often a time of remembrance, and sometimes grief for many people. If you or your family would be interested in any grief support groups or related services, the YMCA and Hosparus are offering ongoing classes over the course of the next few months. You can access information for the YMCA class here, and the Hosparus groups here. Both groups are free to those who wish to participate.
In addition, we are holding a Mental Health Fair on 12/6 here at Brown. Many different mental health organizations, as well as ones related to mental health will be in attendance. Parents and Alumni are welcome to attend starting at 12:30 on the day of the Fair. Every grade will be able to attend and participate.
High School Counselor
GRADES ARE DUE for the 12th of 18 weeks. This is a critical time for students to get on track for the grade they are working towards in a class. If a student is struggling, please complete the Student Support Form (linked above) and they will be seen by a member of our Student Support Team to set intentions for the last six weeks of this semester. The grades that are final the first week of January post to Transcripts, are averaged into GPA, and impact KEES money!
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Dual Credit: If are taking dual credit in the Spring 2025 semester, Complete THIS form (it's the same form posted to google classrooms so no need to complete it twice).
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We are so excited to take 40 self-nominated students to the HBCU fair 11/14. HERE is info about the field trip. If you missed out this year, don't fret, we do this annually!
Middle School Counselor
Spill the Tea on Middle School is happening TODAY from 3-4:30. Change in location, though. We will be meeting in room 310A. This is a parent event, but kids are allowed to come with their parents. Be prepared for casual, round table discussion on the joys and pains of raising a middle school student. Big thanks to Autumn our fabulous PTSA for providing our refreshments.
We are so excited to take 40 self-nominated students to the HBCU fair 11/14. HERE is info about the field trip. If you missed out this year, don't fret, we do this annually!
Elementary School Counselor
What's up in the ES World? Check out Miss Christy's slidedeck to stay up-to-date on what your child is doing at school.
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