10/29- Happy Diwali this week!

10/31- Costume Classroom Parties in morning, 10:45 Costume Parade (families welcome!), 11:30 All School Dismissal *Please keep costumes school appropriate

10/31- Last Day of Quarter 1

11/1- No School for Students- Teacher Professional Development Day

11/4- Holiday Charity Drive Begins (more info to come soon)

11/6- Green School Meeting @ 12:15

11/8- Report card comments emailed & Announcement of Quarter 1 Pack Winner

Assembly: Habit 2 (Hosted by Rooms 1 & 8)

11/11- No School for Students- Teacher PD Day

11/12-11/14- Parent/Teacher Conferences (SIGN UP on Bloomz-teachers will be posting a sign up)

11/15-Preprimary in house field trip (Michigan Science Center-Magnets)

11/20- Student Lighthouse Meeting @ 12:15

11/22- Leader of the Month Pancake Breakfast this was rescheduled from 11/15 @ 9:20 a.m. (Leaders announced at Habit 2 Assembly)

11/22-Congratulations CANDOR PACK! They earned the most pack points in Q1-Time to celebrate at 10:30 in the gym!

11/25- Wear Blue/Casual Day to support National Diabetes Month

11/26- Turkey Trot (see times below)

11/27-11/29- No School-Thanksgiving

12/6- Assembly: Habit 3 (Hosted by Rooms 6 & 9)

12/13- Pancake Breakfast @ 9:15

12/13- National YELLOW Day- Day of Candor- 4 Packs! 1 Family! All students wear yellow to support our Candor Pack!

12/16-12/20/2024- Holiday Spirit Week

Monday: Merry Morning Monday: Wear your PJS!

Tuesday: Tinsel Tuesday: Wear Holiday Accessories

Wednesday: Whoville Wednesday: Crazy Hair or Whoville characters dress up like Grinch

Thursday: Tacky Holiday Sweater Thursday!

Friday: Rockin' Around the Xmas Tree: Rock out your best holiday look at the concert!

12/20- 1/2 Day Dismissal @ 11:30 AM

Winter Concert: Elementary 9:00 AM and Preprimary 10:15 AM

• https://detroit.educationaloutfitters.com/find-my-school/brookfield-academy/
• Gently used uniforms still in your child's closet? You can donate them to the school throughout the year. Please drop off in the office.

Leadership Pack Shirts- These shirts will be worn during assemblies, field trips, field day, and the Turkey Trot.

HOT LUNCH- ORDO (order for the next week by Friday at midnight)

You can begin by creating an account at ordoschools.com (menu open the week before school starts)

Pizza Lunch (Little Ceaser's Pizza, drink, breadstick)- TUESDAYS 50% of proceeds are to help support 5th graders Space Camp Trip- form will be sent via Bloomz to sign up *Pizza lunch starts the second week of school. Pizza forms will come home hard copy the first week of school or click HERE to print your own copy. You can drop this off if you have it ready at Pop in for Popsicles.

• Go to www.renweb.com
• Select Logins from the menu bar and ParentsWeb Login from the drop-down menu
• District Code: BA-MI

• Grades/Report Card/Attendance- click on Student to view each section

• Need to update pick up person or emergency contact? click on School-Web Forms-Family Demographic Form

• Moving forward this is where all communication will take place after class placement on 8/19/2024 unless emailing a form to Ms. Allie at aharrison@brookfieldacademy.net

• Smore newsletters from the office will remain in the "Announcement" section on Bloomz with any important information from the office.

• School Page: Brookfield Academy- Rochester Hills. On the left side of the browser you will find this tab. This is where all communication from the office is sent out from.

• Filter by Class: Example: RM 1- Ms. Brinda Each teacher has their own class page where they will post any important information.

• B.A.R.K.S.S Group: Brookfield Academy Rochester Kids + Staff & Support Plan community events, volunteer, community outreach, fundraising, coordinating/donating for teacher appreciation days, and just want to be involved.

• Private Message: You can send a message to the teachers or office staff by clicking the tab in the top right corner “+Message”.

• Log in to familyinfocenter.brighthorizons.com
• Ms. Allie can help you with any questions regarding payment

What is a House System?
Houses "Dog Packs" are a way to build family within a family. The concept originated, of course, from Harry Potter, and includes students/staff members in different teams who compete for some type of prize or recognition. The houses all began with Harry Potter, but the Ron Clark Academy https://ronclarkacademy.com/houses/ perfected this system. The Academy is a training facility, with over 13,000 educators visiting the school a year, it's been witnessed by tens of thousands of educators and one of the more popular things taken back from the school.

Why is it popular?
By having students/staff in "Packs", everyone is included. There's no tryouts or qualifications. People like to feel included, and this system allows individuals to feel a part of something. It is competitive, but in a positive nature; it gives people something to get behind and cheer for. The Houses align with our Leader in Me program too! Students/Packs can earn points for academic excellence, effort, leadership qualities, and more!

Bulldog Packs

The Candor Pack Colors: Yellow & Black

Meaning: honest - synergy - open - sincere

Symbol: Balance

The Justice Pack Colors: Blue & Gray

Meaning: equitable - fair - open-minded - think win-win

Symbol: Gavel

The Valiant Pack Colors: Red & White

Meaning: courageous - brave - heroic - proactive

Symbol: Knight Helmet

The Leader In Me

Each new school year brings opportunities for academic growth and growth in all areas of development. Although children must be knowledgeable when they graduate, they must also be healthy, engaged, responsible, and caring people.

We’re grateful you’re here at our school and we’re excited to partner with you and your child. As a Leader in Me School, we believe that every member of your family has greatness and we can’t wait to learn and grow from you! Leader in Me (LiM) is an evidence-based, comprehensive school-improvement model—developed in partnership with educators and FranklinCovey—that empowers students with the leadership and life skills they need to thrive in a global community.

Our school has chosen to operate through a uniquely different lens. Leader in Me is about empowering your child to reach their full potential while ultimately finding their voice. As a school, the staff in this building have made five core commitments to your child. We call these our Core Paradigms. In these paradigms you will find the belief and way we view all students. At this school we see that:

• Everyone is a leader.

• Everyone has genius.

• Change starts with me.

• We empower students to lead their own learning.

• Educators and families partner to develop the whole person.

Not only do these paradigms apply to your student, they apply to all of us!

Leader in Me provides our school with the vision and language to lead the school in a way that addresses all areas of development. As each child discovers and develops their unique gifts and talents, they are given opportunities to lead. As leaders, they become active, engaged partners in their own education, and their self-confidence, responsibility, and initiative grows. The children quickly understand the benefits of different gifts and talents; they learn to listen to new ideas, work together to achieve results, and motivate one another to be the best.

Together, we will see each child grow throughout the year.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL FORMS

Drop Off Times

Pre-primary (Classroom 1, 2, 3): 8:45AM.- 8:55AM; Instruction starts promptly at 9:00AM.

Elementary K-5th (Classrooms 7, 8, 9): 8:00AM- 8:10AM; Instruction begins promptly at 8:15AM

Toddlers (Classroom 6): Begins at 7:00AM; Instruction begins at 9:00AM

Morning Club: Begins at 7:00AM

Pick up Times

Pre-primary (Classrooms 1, 2, 3) Half Day: 11:30 AM Half Day + Care: 12:45 PM

Pre-primary (Classrooms 1, 2, 3): 3:00PM- 3:15PM.

Elementary K-5th (Classroom 7, 8, 9): 3:15PM-3:30PM

Toddlers (Classroom 6): 6:00PM is the latest pick-up time

Afterschool Club: 6:00PM is the latest pick-up time

Attendance/Tardy

Elementary students who arrive at school after 8:15AM or Preprimary students after 9:00AM will be marked tardy. Families will need to park in a parking space, walk their child in to sign into the office.

*Details on drop off/pick up will be sent via Bloomz once you are accepted to your child's classroom. As previous years, you may park and walk your child in/out or use the valet line.

*Families with multiple aged children may drop off/pick up at the Elementary times.

Communication

Our online incident reporting tool, ORIGAMI, will:

• Send Incident Reports directly to your email;
• Replace all paper Incident Reports; and
• Eliminate the need for signatures, as you will now acknowledge receipt of the incident electronically.

Incident Reports will be sent directly to the primary parent/guardian's email (this is the same email you use for the family info center) where you can acknowledge them online. To ensure that you receive future Incident Report emails, please add brighthorizons@origamirisk.com to your contacts. We hope you find this new, automated process to be easy and efficient.

Email: shartwig@brookfieldacademy.net
Website: https://www.brookfieldacademy.net/campuses/rochester-hills
Location: 1263 South Adams Road, Rochester Hills, MI, USA
Phone: 248-375-1700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brookfieldacademyrochesterhills
Twitter: @brookfieldmi