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April 14, 2021

Principal's Message

Dear Brown School Family,

I wanted to take this opportunity to remind all of our families that our in-person students have three days of asynchronous work/assignments in addition to the two days of in-person learning. We are finding that many of our in-person students are not completing their asynchronous work, and this is negatively impacting their learning and grades. Students may be bringing home assignments in their folders, or they may have assignments on Google Classroom. In most cases, assignments should be completed before the student returns for in-person instruction the following week. Assignments completed on paper should be enclosed in the take-home folder and returned to school. If you have questions about your student's assignments or the expectations, please reach out to your student's teacher(s).

Students taking all of their classes virtually will most likely log on to Google Meet four or five days each week. If you are unsure about your student's schedule, please reach out! Elementary families should contact their teacher. Middle and high school families should contact Assistant Principal Dr. Brian.

Most days we are having students switch from virtual instruction to in-person learning. If you are considering a switch for your student, please reach out to our counselors so that we can make arrangements in advance for your student. For K-5, contact Christy Teague. For 6-12, contact Pam Willison.

Warm regards,

Dr. Angela, Principal

Quick Links

This Week's Essentials

Missing Library Books

Class of 2020 Recognition Ceremony

SBDM Update

Backpack Defense Presentations

5TH GRADE NORTH STAR BACKPACK DEFENSES

8TH AND 12TH GRADE NORTH STAR BACKPACK DEFENSES

Tech @ Brown

Weekly Columns

Calendars

This Week's Essentials

Missing Library Books

We have over 400 books missing from the Brown School library! Please check with your student to see if they may have a book(s) from our library in your home. If your student has returned as in-person instruction, please have them give the library book(s) to their teacher. If your student is doing virtual learning, please let us know what books are in your home and we will make arrangements to retrieve the book(s) or when you may be able to drop them off at the school.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact our librarian, Amanda Klakamp, HERE.

Class of 2020 Recognition Ceremony

We are planning a special recognition ceremony for our Class of 2020 graduates who were not able to participate in a traditional graduation ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions. We would like to invite all our Class of 2020 graduates to participate, wearing their caps and gowns. If your student would like to take part in this special event, please complete THIS FORM, or forward it to your student so that they may complete it. We need to have the form completed by noon on Friday, April 23rd to reserve a spot for your student.

SBDM Update

April 22, 2021

4:00 PM

Join Zoom Meeting HERE

Tentative Agenda

Opening Business

Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of April 8, 2021

Sharing of the Vision

Good News Report

Public Comment

Planning

SBDM Elections

Committee Reports

Budget Committee

Curriculum & Instruction Committee

Professional Development Committee

Racial Equity Committee

Safety & School Climate Committee

Budget Report

Flexible Budget Summary

Activity Accounts: District-Based; School-Based

Policies for Review and REAP

4th Reading of Visual and Performing Arts; REAP

Review of Admissions and Program Standards; REAP

Review of Before and After School Supervision; REAP

Review of Improvement Planning; REAP

Review of Technology; REAP

Adjournment

JCPS Backpack Website

Backpack Defense Presentations

5TH GRADE NORTH STAR BACKPACK DEFENSES

Congratulations to 5th Grader Kyle Tunstull for successfully completing her North Star Backpack Defense! Every Wednesday 5th grade students will be present their North Star Backpack Defense with a panel of staff members. If you are a parent of a 5th grader, please reach out to Amy Thornton with questions at 502-398-3450 call, text, or email her at amy.thornton@jefferson.kyschools.us.

8TH AND 12TH GRADE NORTH STAR BACKPACK DEFENSES

We have almost reached 50% completion status for our Senior North Star Defenses. If you have questions about whether your student has completed their defense, please reach out to Norah or Amy.

Backpack Team

If you have any questions please contact us:

Grades 6-12 Backpack Lead, norah.wakefield@jefferson.kyschools.us
Grades K-5 Backpack Lead, amy.thornton@jefferson.kyschools.us

Check out our BACKPACK NEWSLETTER

Tech @ Brown

Devices

Students attending in-person instruction need to bring their school-issued device fully charged to school every day. Personal devices are not allowed based on an SBDM policy. Also, please let us know if your Virtual Academy student is having device issues as well.

Still, need to request a school-issued device? Please do so by filling out the DEVICE REQUEST FORM.
If you know you have already requested a device, please be patient. We are working very hard to sanitize and prepare devices for students.
If your student is attending in person, we will deliver the device to their classroom.
If you have questions or want to make sure we received your request, please reach out to Amy.

Please call or text Amy at 502-398-3450.

Technical Difficulties

If you are having technical difficulties, please visit the Tech@Brown website it offers various ways to get help, and is linked off of our homepage under both PARENT and STUDENT.

Call or Text 502-398-3450, or visit https://bit.ly/browntech.

Please Email Amy.Thornton@jefferson.kyschools.us with questions.

Weekly Columns

Star Students

Please encourage your student to shine in showing off our school-wide expectations:

Be Respectful
Be Responsible
Be Safe
Always Pursue Excellence

Family Resource Youth Service Center

Hello! I am Elona Mack, and I am Brown/Central FRYSC Coordinator. Need help? Your FRYSC is here to provide assistance. Click HERE for community resources.

Please contact me with questions or concerns.

Email: Elona.mack@jefferson.kyschools.us

Phone: 502-631-9146

Animal Welfare Club Information

Please see your Animal Welfare Club Google Classroom for updates plus the schedule of our upcoming meetings along with the Zoom Meeting links and passcodes.

We are working on recording some of our guest speakers for our club members that are unable to make the zoom meetings with our speakers.

We had both wonderful and educational guest speakers from The Kentucky Humane Society (Jeff and Ethan the dog) on Monday and from Eastside Animal Hospital (Dr. Crafton) on Tuesday.

UPCOMING Dates and Times:

Monday - April 19th @ 4:00: MisPits and Friends Rescue

Please reach out to student club founder, Iris G., or sponsor, Stacey Powell, with any questions or concerns.

Parent Teacher Student Association

2021 PTSA MEETINGS
April 21, 2021, 5:30 PM
May 18, 2021, 5:30 PM

We encourage families to join the PTSA now, to stay involved in Brown School PTSA activities, fundraisers, teacher appreciation events, and more. Membership is an easy and affordable way to stay connected to your child's education and support the school.

-Become a PTSA member and get a window decal-CLICK HERE

-Attend the next PTSA Meeting - CLICK HERE

-Support PTSA fundraising efforts - CLICK HERE

-Read about our members - CLICK HERE

Walter Zausch, PTSA President

brownptsa.president@gmail.com

Return to school safely and with spirit!

Brown School Bears Masks, now available in the

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Counselors

CLICK HERE to visit the Counseling Corner. It's your one-stop-shop for answers to most of your questions K-12!

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELING (K-5) - from Christy Teague, Elementary School Counselor

From Christy Teague, Elementary School Counselor

christy.teague@jefferson.kyschools.us

KPREP Parent Information - Parents of students in grades 3-5, please read. If you are a parent of a VIRTUAL STUDENT in grades 3-5, please go to slides 3-4. There is a FORM you need to complete and submit to Miss Christy by Fri, April 23, 2021

ACT test coming soon for Juniors!

*Mark your calendars for April 13 (Tuesday) for Monday/Tuesday students, April 14 (Wednesday) for virtual students, and April 15 (Thursday) for Thursday/Friday students for the ACT test. We will begin as close to 8:00 as possible once settled. Bring a pencil, mask, and bottled water (if desired). The test will last approximately 3.5 hours.

From Pam Willison, Middle and High School Counselor

pam.willison@jefferson.kyschools.us

Athletic Director- Justin.leonard@jefferson.kyschools.us

Athletics

High School Winter Sports:

Our swim and diving team are gearing up for Regionals this Thursday and Friday. Our swim team will be at Blairwood Country Club, and our diver will travel to Versailles, KY to compete. Good luck to our swimmers and diver!

High School Spring Sports

Softball kicked off their season last week against Whitefield in the 7th Region All "A" Championship. They lost but showed a lot of promise. They are back in action Thursday at Southern. Good luck ladies!!

We are still in need of a few more baseball players before we are able to compete, but we are hoping to start games next week. Please contact Justin Leonard or coach Burton if you are interested in joining. Both emails are below. We are hoping to play in 2 weeks, if we can get a few others to join.

Tennis has had several matches already. They will be back in action today at Tyler Park against North Bullitt. Go Brown Tennis!!!

Our track team has been putting in a lot of work and are ready for the season. They will have their first meet today at Male. We are looking forward to some great things from this team!

A list of coaches are:

Baseball- Kevin Burton kevinburton1979@gmail.com

Softball- Josh Luttrell rja172307@gmail.com

Boys and Girls Tennis- Matthew Davis- matthew.davis@jefferson.kyschools.us

Track- Ben Kolb and Jelly Green - bennet.kolb@jefferson.kyschools.us and william.green@jefferson.kyschools.us

Athletic Director- Justin Leonard- Justin.leonard@jefferson.kyschools.us

Elementary and Middle School Spring Sports:

Elementary and middle school fall sports are postponed until we return to school.

Family Matters

Check out the JCPS Nutrition Services Meal plan changes.
Enrollment is now open for JCPS Early Childhood 2021-2022 school year. Sign your student up now!
https://apps.jefferson.kyschools.us/ParentAccount
Sign your student up now for the SummerWorks program and help them have a productive and financially positive summer. Even better, your student has an opportunity to make money while learning and working with the Jefferson County Public Schools summer program full of activities and fun.

Community

Louisville Youth Philanthropy Council

WHO WE ARE:

The Louisville Youth Philanthropy Council (LYPC) provides a diverse team of up to 35 high school students (public, private and parochial) from Jefferson County, and those contiguous to it, with a hands-on experience in grant-making and philanthropy during a 16-week program on Saturdays during the school year (August - March).

LYPC strives to educate youth about philanthropy - thus creating an appreciation of our community needs and how they can be met. Whether that leads to a philanthropic career path or not, we are raising awareness for the “third-sector” of our country’s structure and the important role it plays. We also create civic engagement, teaching the students how to get involved in the community while we are developing the next generation of philanthropic leaders.

The LYPC is a free program and open to any high school students with a passion to make a difference and a commitment to learning. I have attached our 'teacher toolkit' and ‘student toolkits’ as well as a flyer that can be shared. The toolkits outline info about the program and applications can be completed online at https://www.lypc.org/apply-to-the-lypc.

Calendars

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