Mike Moreland's Makerspace Class

Our Brown Bears are creating all kinds of new things with technology. This week we are spotlighting Mr. Mike's Junior and Senior Makerspace class.

These students use the Ursa Innovation Lab at least once a week. They have used the 3D printers, the Cricut machines and this week they are using the Glowforge laser cutter to make their own rulers. They designed their rules in Inkscape to create their SVG file then they customize is in the Glowforge app to have the machine recognize what needs to be engraved or cut. Check out some of the images of their awesome project.

We are in need of a few parent volunteers to talk with other parents at the showcase about Brown. We need at least two volunteers. We can use more - but we need one from 9:00 - 11:30 and on from 1:30 -4:00. Please contact Autumn to sign up.

Thank you

A huge thank you to everyone who donated food for lunch for our staff on Parent Teacher Conference Day. The teachers and staff were delighted with the wonderful food that allow them to keep their energy up during the long day!

Dinner for Teachers on Open House for Prospective Parents - October 20th.

This is an open house for our prospective students. Our teachers and staff work that day and then have to be there for incoming students. We are hoping that you can help us with providing dinner for our teachers and staff.

Please sign up here

Have you seen our PTSA Mailbox?

We have installed a new PTSA mailbox next to our office that is located in the concession stand. The box is on the wall next to the doors headed out to the courtyard.

Please excuse my delay! I have just a few reminders:

• If you haven't already and are interested, use this link to sign your child up to take the Gifted and Talented Screener. The test will be given next Wednesday!

• VERY IMPORTANT: This information is for ALL grade levels. If you want your child to attend virtual therapy appointments at school, the therapist MUST be on our district MOA list. If they are not on the MOA list, then you will need to schedule their appointments outside of school hours. This is a liability issue. To find out if your child's therapist is on the list, and to help us make sure your child has the proper space and supervision while they are having their appointment, complete the Student Support Request Form and check the box for approval of outside services. If this is all totally confusing to you, go ahead and complete the student support request form as well and we'll clear things up.

As some of you may have heard from seniors in your family, Brown now has a small Wellness room that is available to students who are in need of a space to calm down during the day. This room is in the Student Support Center off of the pedway, and is available to all students on an individual basis. We have several sensory and anxiety reducing items (i.e. a weighted lap toy, fidgets, seating space) available for use by students who are in need of a space to sit down and reduce their anxiety/strong feelings. We have several other things that are on the way that will be added to the room in the future that we hope to update in the near future. For now, if a student needs to use the room they are able to request to use the space from their teachers, who will then call the Student Support Center to let us know they are on their way up. The intent for this space is just to be used for a short period of time to get feelings under control, and allow our students a quiet space to center themselves and de-escalate on an individual basis. If you have any questions about this space please feel free to reach out to me.