Greenbriar Gazette 8/30/24

Dear Greenbriar Families,

We had an awesome first full week of school at Greenbriar! Students have settled a bit more into their routines and are continuing to build community in their classrooms. Our students were very sweet to our facility dog, Krieger, on his 5th birthday yesterday. He's certainly a well-loved pup!

As a reminder, today is a half day of student attendance with a 12:00 dismissal. We will follow our normal dismissal procedures today but please be sure to let your child's teacher know if there's a change in routine. There's no school on Monday in observance of Labor Day. We look forward to seeing everyone back on Tuesday for another great week including picture day and our first PTO pizza day next Friday!

Enjoy the long weekend!

Warmly,

Ginny

Greenbriar's school picture day will take place on Friday, September 6th. Students will take individual and classroom photos during the day. Please see the attachment below with more details about the Picture Day process.

We're excited to have a new book in the Greenbriar Storywalk which starts by the front doors and wraps around the Greenbriar property to the back playground. The new story is called The Buddy Bench by Patty Brozo. It will be in the Storywalk for the next week or so and then the Northbrook Public Library will be added a new story. We encourage families to visit the storywalk often this year before or after school hours or on weekends!

Attention 4th and 5th Grade Parents!

We would like to invite the 4th and 5th graders to join the Greenbriar Morning Announcements Club. Please discuss this with your child and use the link below to register. Contact Mrs. Sanchez (csanchez@northbrook28.net) or Ms. Scott (lscott@northbrook28.net) with any questions.

4th Grade

5th Grade

Students in 2nd-5th grades will begin taking the NWEA MAP assessment next week. MAP testing is a computerized assessment used to measure your child's academic progress in reading and math. The test is adaptive, meaning that it adjusts the difficulty of questions based on your child's responses. The test is untimed but typically students spend 30-60 minutes on each test. Please see dates below for when classes will test. Teachers will provide information about specific times.

Esterling, Arutyunov, Scott, Carlberg--9/5 and 9/12

Kowalke, Shiple--9/9 and 9/16

Hart, Sliepka, Rench, Edwards--9/10 and 9/17

Farrell, Propes, Shulman--9/13 and 9/20

Weir--9/16 and 9/20

2024 Spirit Wear is live!! From our youngest Greyhounds to our soon-to-be graduates, to alumni, parents, and staff, we have something for EVERYONE. Keep an eye out for our throwback 75th anniversary designs, and please support our 5th grader student designs!

We celebrate Spirit Wear Day EVERY Friday, so head over to our site and stock up!

Sales end on Wednesday, September 4th. Sample sizes will be on display in the vestibule of the main entrance from 8/26 - 9/4. Orders will be distributed to each classroom the week of September 23rd. If you have any questions, please email greenbriarspiritwear@gmail.com.

Academic Practice is available for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students from 3:30-4:30 Monday-Thursday. This is an opportunity for our intermediate students to stay after school in a structured, quiet environment where they can complete any home practice/ projects, read, practice math facts, and engage in math games. Enrollment is limited to 20 students. If we have more than 20 students interested, we will do a lottery. Those that do not get a spot in this session (8/26/24-12/19/24) will automatically get to be in the second session which will begin in January. Sign up here. Please contact Ms. Claire Nass (cnass@northbrook28.net) with any questions.

Academic Practice Club will begin Monday, August 26, 2024 in room 201.

Our Families Resources Page is a gateway to loads of general information. Can't find what you're looking for? Type in a key word in the search tool.

The PTO will be sending a weekly update on Mondays...you can also always find the latest news and updates on the PTO website.

• August 30: Half Day of school, dismissal at noon
• August 30: Spirit wear day!
• September 2: No School, Labor Day
• September 3: Fall assessment window opens (specific testing times will be shared by teachers)
• September 4: Spirit Wear orders due!
• September 4: Curriculum Night @ 6:30-7:30 (parents only); New parent meeting @ 6:00
• September 6: Picture Day!
• September 6: PTO Pizza Day
• September 10: PTO Meeting @ 8:45 @ Greenbriar
• September 13: PTO Pizza Day and spirit wear day!
• September 20: PTO Pizza Day and spirit wear day!

You can also visit Greenbriar.northbrook28.net calendar to add these events to your personal device.

The Northbrook District 28 mobile app gives you all the popular website links and staff directories on one place. Select the schools to follow for news updates, including the weekly newsletters, right in the mobile app feed. No need to hunt through your email inbox. Sync school, lunch, music and athletic calendars to your device, or simply tap to access the calendars in the app. Download the app today!

Link to Apple App Store | Link to Google Play

Glenbrook North Feeder Basketball will hold tryouts for boys in grades 3 through 8 on Sept. 16 and 18 at Glenbrook North Field House.

• 3rd-5th Grade 6:30-7:30 p.m.
• 6th-8th Grade 7:45-8:45 p.m.

Cost-$20 (cash only and if you make a team this will go toward your team fee!)

Attendance to both nights is strongly recommended! To sign up for tryouts and get more information please visit www.gbnfeeder.com .

For more information or questions on the Boys Feeder Program you may contact Scott Lidskin Director of Feeder Basketball via email at scott.lidskin17@gmail.com

Tryouts for the girls program is in October.

The North Suburban YMCA is hosting mindfulness workshops for children in grades kindergarten through 5th grade throughout the fall. Visit Children's Workshops on the YMCA website for more information.

2024KidsMindfulnessClasses.pdf

WHAT: Community Conversation and Call to Action

WHEN: 7 p.m.Monday, Sept. 30

WHERE: United Methodist Church, 1190 Western Ave., Northbrook

Join us as CATCH leads a Community Conversation and Call to Action about our kids' mental health! There is lots of buzz about Jonathan Haidt's book, "The Anxious Generation," which brings the youth mental health crisis to the forefront. Haidt talks about smartphones, social media, and over-parenting, and he outlines very reasonable steps that we can take to create real change for our kids. We will talk, share our concerns, and discuss actionable next steps to reverse this youth mental health crisis. None of us can do this alone, but we CAN do this together.

Register today