BROWNING BEARS BEST NEWS

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SCHOOL HOURS: 9:05-3:55 DAILY

HALF-DAY HOURS: 9:05-12:09

BREAKFAST OPENS @ 8:45-9:05

email: mailto:officebrowning@uticak12.org

website: https://browning.uticak12.org

Location: 12400 19 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, MI 48313

Phone: 586-797-4000

Attendance Line: 586-797-4099 (24 hours)

OCTOBER DATES:

14: Parent Teacher Conferences 5-8pm

15: HALF DAY OF SCHOOL Dismissal @ 12:09PM

15: Parent Teacher Conferences 1-4pm and 5-8pm

17: Browning Students March in FORD PARADE!

22: NO SCHOOL DPPD

30: **PTA Trunk or Treat Details TBD**

31: HALF-DAY DISMISSAL 12:09PM

31: Halloween Parade tentative time *11:25 AM OUTSIDE ONLY (Gymnasium if raining)

NOVEMBER DATES:

4: NO SCHOOL-ELECTION DAY

11: Veteran's Day Assembly Details TBD

26-28: NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING BREAK

Dear Browning Families-

A very special thank you to our dedicated PTA for organizing the events of our school-wide fundraiser, FUN RUN. It was a great success and the total we raised will be shared soon. Thank you too for the lovely t-shirt purchase and prizes!! Memories were made to be certain.

A very special thank you to all those families who were able to attend our TITLE ONE evening either in-person OR virtually on Tuesday, September 30th. We appreciated the support and wonderful attendance. A HUGE shout-out to Ms. Gambino for preparing the TITLE ONE evening for our families. As suggested, if you have any Title One Feedback/Questions for the duration of the school year, please see the *NEW* section below. If you did attend, we are requesting families to complete a quick survey about the TITLE ONE evening in hopes of continuing to improve for future events.

CONFERENCES WINDOW SIGN-UP OPEN 9/29-10/12:

• The conference link is now available to parents.
• Please be sure to sign up for ONE, 15-minute PARENT/TEACHER conference.
• You have the option to meet face-to-face or virtually.
• SEE BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION.

FREE LUNCHES CONTINUE through 10/31:

• Free lunches will be provided through the end of October.
• If they are offered beyond that date, it will be communicated to you.
• Please still fill out the form for our building.

Wishing you all a lovely and restful weekend ahead!

Browning THE BEST-

Principal Ciacchella

Thank you to all those Browning families who were able to attend our Title One Parent meeting on Tuesday, September 30th, either in-person or virtually. As promised, we will be including a TITLE ONE section in our S'MORE, just above our PTA section.

POST-MEETING SURVYE: PLEASE COMPLETE!

As promised, please use the link below to provide your feedback regarding our annual Title One parent meeting. As always, if you have any suggestions or feedback to help us improve, please provide it in the survey link below.

TITLE ONE PARENT FEEDBACK-SECTION IN S'MORES, year round.

A very special thank you to Ms. Gambino for all her hard work and dedication to our Browning Bears in helping to prepare this presentation! We will have a new section for you to provide any questions you might have regarding Title I. This section will be just above the PTA section.

The conference manager is now up and running. Please be sure to sign up for ONE, 15-minute parent/teacher conference to discuss your Browning Bear's progress. The conference manager is up and running and open.

As we enjoy lunch together in the lunchroom, just a few reminders for our behavior expectations: Browning Bears 3 Bs:

• Be RESPECTFUL
• Be RESPONSIBLE
• Be KIND

Just a few reminders:

• Calm voices in the lunchroom.
• Staying seated.
• Garbage placed in the garbage can (not thrown from seats)
• Respectful words with lunchroom volunteers.

Make it a great day Browning Bears! The choice is yours! 🐾🐻

Please see an update from Ms. Weiss, ISM TEACHER:

"A Browning Bear is so very RESPECTFUL!

Hello, Browning families! In ISM, we have completed our module on RESPECT and I really cannot think of a better characteristic to start the schoolyear with.

This week, we really took the time to celebrate and complement our peers. Your students sent “shout outs” throughout the school (adults included 😊) that highlighted the wonderful characteristics of fellow Browning Bears. We took the time to see the value in everyone, no matter our differences.

Through roleplay, we observed how disrespect can hurt someone’s feelings, and that it is never too late to apologize and to try to make things better. We agreed that saying “I’m sorry” needs to be followed by a change of actions. We pointed out that HOW you say things is just as important as WHAT you say and do.

Your students should now be experts on the three means of conflict resolution: to breathe it out (take a moment to calm down and see if the frustration passes), to talk it out (use statements like “I felt ignored when you did not say hello to me because I was really excited to see you today.”), and to move it out (walk away from the upsetting situation, take a break, or decide if the friends you are having a conflict with are indeed a positive relationship that you want to continue). We have decided that it is crucial to see the other person’s perspective so that we can try to understand why someone is treating us in certain ways. We know that trying to see the other side of things is paramount to not letting our own thoughts and feelings take over in the form of a negative reaction.

Finally, we have written our School Compact, which describes how the students of Browning expect to see respect given throughout our school community. I will be sure to share that with you when I have it all compiled.

Your students have made great progress in our first month of ISM and hope that they are sharing details and ideas with you. Anything that you can do at home to encourage the continuation of what we do in ISM would really make that much more of an impact. I thank you for all you do in shaping our great citizens of tomorrow!

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou"

Mrs. Meghan Ciacchella, Ed.S.

Principal of Browning Elementary School

Email: browningquestions@uticak12.org
Website: https://www.uticak12.org/Browning
Location: 12400 19 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, MI, 48313 USA
Phone: (586)797-4000