Brown Elementary Update

It has been a busy two weeks at Brown School with the Wicked Fun Run, Fall Food Drive, Halloween Parade and grade 3 field trip to Plimoth Pawtuxet. Huge kudos to our amazing PTO, under the leadership of Kelley McArdle and Sarah McNeeley for hosting the Wicked Fun Run last Sunday. It was so great to see so many families enjoying the festivities together!

As the new principal at Brown Elementary I am seeking your feedback to inform my entry planning. Please provide your feedback on this brief survey by December 1st. Your feedback will help inform my vision for the leadership of Brown School in the upcoming months and years.

In partnership,
Dr. Johanna Even
Principal

Caregiver conferences are scheduled for Wednesday November 5 and Wednesday November 19th. Conferences are a great opportunity to connect with your child's teacher and learn more about their progress so far this year. If you have not already scheduled your conference, please reach out to your child's classroom teacher.

Brown families donated 2061 items to the food drive for Natick Service Council. We far surpassed our goal of 1000 items. Thank you all for your engagement in this opportunity to demonstrate our core value of Practice Empathy as a community. There will be a special surprise from Dr. Even next week to celebrate this accomplishment.

Please see the flyer below for food resources available in the community. Please use this link to access live links and translations.

Congrats to the 47 Brown students who completed the summer reading challenge! They got to have their picture taken with Brownie to celebrate their hard work!

Congratulations to the students who earned PAWSitive office referrals for demonstrating our PAWS core values in the last two weeks: Isaac in Ms. Kelleher's class, Tommy in Ms. Culverhouse's class, Caroline in Ms. Tilden's class, Tory in Ms. D'Agnelli's class, Greyson in Ms. Cirrone's class, Arya in Ms. McGinty's class, Maya in Ms. Persechini's class, Dax in Ms. Blake's class, Lucas in Ms. MacInnes' class, and Katie in Ms. Gagne's class.

Kindergarten Families Only

Kindergarten families will receive their child’s Renaissance Reports during Parent/Teacher Conferences in November, rather than by mail as in other grades. This change allows teachers to review results with families in person and answer any questions right away. Families who are unable to attend conferences in person will have their reports mailed home following the conference dates. The following videos provide an overview to the reports that will be shared at parent/teacher conferences:

CAT&CBM Caregiver Report

FastBridge Family Report

Directions for Translation of YouTube videos

Transcripts to Videos - please refer to the three different tabs in the document to locate the transcript of the desired report.

Title 1 Family Information Night

Thank you to the families who joined us for the Title I Family Information Night to learn more about the program and resources that support student learning. Attendees explored ways to engage with their children’s education and connect with school staff. Thank you to everyone who participated in this informative evening! Here are the slides and the brochure. (Folder of Translated Slides and resources).

Colder weather is coming! A reminder to make sure to send seasonally appropriate indoor and outdoor clothing. Students may get wet during outside play and having dry clothing will help them be more comfortable in school. Thank you!

For the safety of all of our staff, students, and families, please adhere to the following expectations for car drop-off and pick-up:

• Arrival: Please wait until staff are on duty at 8:20 to let children out of their cars. Supervision is not available before this time.
• Dismissal: Please follow the drive to the left when exiting the pick up line. Please do not cut through the parking lot.

Make sure to update your default pick up plans in Pick Up Patrol (PUP). Any daily changes to your default plan must be entered on PUP by 1:30PM (11:30 on early release days). Please help us ensure that dismissal is safe and efficient for all Brown students!

We are collecting paper or plastic bags use to bag up students' purchases at the book fair. Please send them with your child into school. We will have a collection box in the front office.

Tuesday, November 4 - School Council (6pm), PTO (7pm)

Wednesday, November 5 - Early Release, Caregiver Conferences

Friday, November 7 - Cultural Arts Assembly - Power Squad

Tuesday, November 11 - Veterans Day - No School

Friday, November 14 - Picture Retake Day, PAWS Assembly

Natick Public Schools does not discriminate in employment nor its educational programs, services, and activities based on race, creed, color, age, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, physical and intellectual differences, immigration status, homeless status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Please be aware all electronic communication to and from Natick Public Schools is public record and subject to public disclosure per Massachusetts General Law Chapter 66, Section 10.

• Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
• Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
• MGL, Ch.76, Section 5: Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 76, Section 5