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

28: Bus Evacuation Practice 9:20 FYI

30: **PTA Trunk or Treat Details Below

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-

We've had a very busy week learning at Browning Elementary! Teachers and students in grades K-5, have been working their way through our new English Language Arts Curriculum: CKLA. Be sure to ask your child's teachers about it this week during parent-teacher conferences. Just a reminder that we have a HALF-DAY OF SCHOOL on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th, due to parent-teacher conferences. Please remember we dismiss at 12:09PM.

THANK YOU PTA for providing the Caramel Apple Bar for to show our appreciation for staff on Monday, October 6th. They seemed to enjoy some sweet-treats together. Thank you for organizing this event!

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

• The conference link continues to remain open to sign up through OCTOBER 12th.
• These are for parents and teachers to conference about the progress update for their child.
• Please be sure to sign up for ONE, 15-minute PARENT/TEACHER conference.
• You have the option to meet face-to-face or virtually.

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE DATES:

• TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14th from 5-8pm
• WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th from 1-4pm
• WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th from 5-8pm.

Wishing you all a lovely and restful weekend ahead!

Browning THE BEST-

Principal Ciacchella

As our Fall/Winter seasons begin (even if it is still 86 degrees in the middle of October), there are many coughs, sneezes, and illnesses making their ways into our schools. Just as a reminder to families that we follow the UCS district guidelines and procedures when it comes to illness and viruses. In addition, we also follow the Macomb County Communicable Diseases Guidelines as well. Please see page 47 in the parent handbook for guidelines when it comes to illnesses at school. Sharing both documents for your information. Any questions, please let our office staff know so that we can relay it to our district nurse.

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"

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