Brassfield es

PTA Newsletter

March 2026

All tracks in = A school full of fun!

Schools and PTAs with year-round calendars have big bursts of activity several times a year when all tracks are in. One of these blocks is late February - early March! The school is bursting with fun events and positive energy.

We hope you have enjoyed the Brassfield ES Book Fair, brought to you by the PTA. Proceeds from the fair are used to purchase books for students, classroom libraries and update our media center. The first week of March we have our final days of the fair, including our Family Shopping Night: Monday, March 2, 4:30-5:30pm.

A huge thank you to all of the families that participated in the second annual Multicultural Fair! This year the fair was even bigger, with the addition of Brassfield staff selecting countries to represent in a fun, educational door decorating contest. Congrats to Mrs. Betheil, DeFranco and Wahl for their creative and inclusive design for "Italy". See pictures below.

The student's multicultural boards will be on display in the cafeteria, Monday, March 2, from 4:30-5:30pm. Shop the fair then travel over to the cafeteria to see our students' amazing creativity.

We look forward to celebrating our Specials Teacher in early March and cheering on our First in Fitness participants March 10.

Thank you for everything you do to support our Brassfield community. Continue reading for a spotlight on one of our long-term community partners, Raleigh Divorce Law Firm.

Please email BrassfieldESPTA@gmail.com with any questions, comments, concerns or ideas!

Blair Cuneo

Brassfield PTA President

Congratulazioni!

News & Announcements

Upcoming

Specials Teachers Appreciation week: 3/2
Family Shopping @ the Book Fair: 3/2
Evening Multicultural Fair: 3/2
PTA Board meeting: 3/5
Spring Concert: 3/6
First in Fitness: 3/10

2025-26 PTA Calendar

'25-26 PTA BOARD

Upcoming Board and General meetings

In person or virtual attendance is available. Children welcome.

Board meeting - Thurs March 5, 2pm in media center and virtual.
Board meeting - Wed April 22, 2pm in media center and virtual.
Board meeting - Tues May 19, 9:30am in media center and virtual.

Book Fair

Book Fair Final Days!

Monday 4/2 and Wednesday, 4/4!

Before school:

8:45am - 9:15am

Monday: grades K-2

Wednesday: grades 3-5

After school on 4/2 only:

3:45pm-5:30pm

multicultural fair

Multicultural Fair

We are so impressed by the displays of creativity and culture at this year's fair!

Final display will be in the cafeteria on Monday, 3/2 from 3:45 - 5:30pm

Families may collect their boards then, or they will be delivered back to students in their classrooms on Wednesday, March 4.

make a difference!

Bear Den Sign Ups are opportunities to help our Kindergarteners in Media, Cafeteria and Art Room!

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Regular media center volunteers needed!

Mrs. Wall requests 1 or 2 regular volunteers each week to keep up with the re-shelving of books.

Do you get to carpool early? Head inside and shelve books for 15 minutes before carpool starts up!

Do you have a regular weekly volunteer time for your classroom? Come early or stay later to re-shelve for 15 minutes :)

Email interest and/or questions to BrassfieldESPTA@gmail.com

Super Kids Day

Super Kids Day is a fun filled day for our students with games and activities run by parent volunteers.

Mark your calendars!! Volunteers needed

Track 1 & 3: Friday April 10th (rain date Monday April 13)

Track 4: Friday April 24th

(rain date Monday April 27)

SignUps for volunteers will be posted soon.

family Dance

Family Dance moved

to the Spring!

We have a tentative date for the PTA Family Dance, Saturday May 16th!

If you are interested in being on the planning committee

Email us at BrassfieldESPTA@gmail.com

student support services

BEAR NECESSITIES

Thank you so much for your donations...currently chewy granonla bars and water are running low at the front desk.

See our Amazon Wishlist to have your donated items are shipped directly to the front office.

Advocacy in action

NC is now the only state without an approved budget. This is negatively impacting our schools, staff and families.

Join Public Schools First NC and the NCPTA on the following Wednesdays from 11am to 1pm: Feb. 11, Mar. 11 & April 8. We will gather in front of the NCGA to advocate for NC public schools! Bring your favorite sign supporting our public schools, educators and students! RSVP here

Public Schools first :

Email actions

Here is the link to the Public Schools First letter template to email the North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA) budget committee. You can send the letter as is or personalize it using points that are meaningful to you and hit send. It will be distributed to the Conferees for SB 257 – the committee that is negotiating the final budget.
Here is the link to the Public Schools First letter template to advocate for reform of the school voucher program - a program that allows our tax dollars to fund private school education to those who do not have financial hardship and to schools that are not accountable to the public and not required to follow the same safety, academic, and non-discrimination guidelines as public schools.

Support our brassy bear community fund

The Brassy Bear Community Fund brings our Brassfield community together to support families experiencing temporary hardships.

In collaboration with school administration, our social worker, counselors and the PTA Board, donated funds are directed with care and discretion to provide essential assistance - because Brassy Bears take care of one another.

Food resources

Millbrook United Methodist Church https://www.millbrookumc.org/food-pantry

Volunteer at Millbrook Food Pantry: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A4EA9AD2BA64-food

Catholic Parish Outreach https://www.catholiccharitiesraleigh.org/programs/catholic-parish-outreach-food-pantry/

Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC https://foodbankcenc.org/give

NC211 https://nc211.org/search/?keyword=Basic%20Needs&location=Raleigh,%20NC,%20United%20States&distance=100&skip=0&topic=Basic%20Needs&subtopic=Food&taxonomyCode=

information on field trip donations....

The school has a General Fund for Field Trip Donations. If you are interested in donating funds online, please follow these steps.

The DONANTIONS Link below takes you to the fund for DONATIONS ONLY. This is NOT the fund to pay for your student's field trip fees.

-Click the DONATIONS Link. Enter your donation amount at the bottom of the screen. Option to unclick "Myself" and type in a specific classroom if desired. Complete the steps to check out as a guest or signed into your account.

-If your donation is going to a specific classroom, please notify your teacher directly that a donation has been made online and the front office will ensure accurate distribution.

-You are always welcome to donate directly to the school with a check payable to "Brassfield Road ES", and indicate "Field Trip donations" on the memo line.

Interested in more volunteer opportunities within the Brassfield PTA?

Find out more information at:

https://forms.gle/cKRNap6nsnX4aL8M7