With Thanksgiving approaching, we find ourselves reflecting on all the wonderful things we have to be grateful for at Middlebrook. We are fortunate to have an amazing PTA and Fathers Club, exceptional educators, support staff and students. To prepare for a season of thankfulness you can reflect on the blessings of your life, express gratitude to others regularly and practice mindful moments to appreciate the small things. Don't forget to set aside time for self reflection and consider ways to give back to your community. The next week and following month will be very busy for everyone.

Trumbull Public Schools will have an Early Release Day, 1:00 pm, on Wednesday, November 27th. School will also be closed on Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th for Thanksgiving Recess.

Warmly,

Debbie Ponte, Principal

Michele Molloy, Assistant Principal

November

National Native American Heritage Month

Friday, November 22

BINGO TONIGHT

Trimester 1 ends
PTA Fundraiser pick up after school

Tuesday, November 26

Grade 2 Thanksgiving Day Parade - 2nd grade parents only

Trumbull String Fling Winter Concert - 6:30 pm at Trumbull High School

Wednesday, November 27

Early Dismissal 1:00pm

Thursday, November 28

No School - Thanksgiving Day

Friday, November 29

No School

Tuesday, December 3rd
International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Thursday, December 5th
Holiday Boutique
Crowne Pizza fundraiser

Friday, December 6th
Report Cards available on Infinite Campus
Holiday Boutique

Saturday, December 7th
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Monday, December 9th
Winter Concert - Grade 5, Strings and Band only

Tuesday, December 10th
BOE Meeting 7:00pm

Friday, December 20th
Reflections due
Early Dismissal 1:00pm

Saturday, December 21st
First day of winter

Monday, December 23rd - Wednesday, January 1st
Winter Break

Wednesday, December 25th
Christmas Day
Hanukkah begins in the evening

Thursday, December 26th - Wednesday, January 1st
Kwanzaa

Wednesday, January 1st
New Year's Day

Thursday, January 2nd
School resumes
Hanukkah ends in the evening

First trimester ends on Friday, November 22nd. All report cards will be distributed electronically via your child's online Campus Backpack on Friday, December 6th.

Please visit this link to learn more about how to access the Infinite Campus Portal and how to locate your child's report card in Campus Backpack.

As part of our commitment to reducing paper copies, we will no longer be printing copies of student progress reports. For those of you who have students receiving support through PPS, please refer to the Parent Portal for Progress Reports. We would be happy to provide you with a hard copy of your child’s Progress Reports upon written request to our PPS Clerk, Colleen Schexnaildre cschexna@trumbullps.org and include your NAME and EMAIL ADDRESS.

Students use varying mediums to create personal works of art.

Miss Schaefer is proud of her students for exhibiting strong work habits as they embrace the 4th grade expectations.

On Friday, the Rotary Club presented students in Grade 3 with their own individual dictionaries. Students in Mrs. Lopez's room explored their new book and noticed many interesting tidbits such as the world's longest word, facts about our ozone layer and much more!

We are very fortunate to have three outstanding building substitutes at Middlebrook. Mr. Flynn is a well loved member of our staff, often seen giving high fives and recognizing each student by name. Both Miss Kenney and Miss Barese are future teachers and have chosen our school to help prepare themselves to be the amazing educators we know they will become. We are so grateful to have them in our school each and every day. We are certain your children go home and tell you much about them!

If you have any questions about the club, please email your Co-Presidents at middlebrookfathersclub@gmail.com

On December 5th, the Fathers club will be hosting a pizza night/day where Middlebrook families can order from Crown Pizza ALL DAY! Order available for pick-up, delivery or dine in. Be sure to provide the promo code “Middlebrook”. Proceeds of all orders will be generously donated back to the PTA! Please see the flyer below for more details!

On January 11th, Middlebrook Hockey Night will be taking place at Sacred Heart University! Come watch a game, support your school, and don’t forget to wear your spirit wear! Wait, you don’t have spirit wear?!?! Get on Membership Tool Kit today and order away!

More details to follow on how to purchase your tickets.

Ryan Mones & Max Palmer

Co-Presidents, Middlebrook Fathers Club

Do your kids enjoy art, music and dance or have an interest in writing, producing films and taking photos? Then have them submit their creations to the PTA Reflections Program. This year's theme is: Accepting Imperfection.

For inspiration, visit the Reflections virtual art gallery and learn more about prizes and scholarships.

Click here for full details and how to submit your creation. Submissions are due on December 20th.

https://files.constantcontact.com/c02813e3301/ea671c89-03c1-4f27-870f-f95135409a9c.pdf

YEARBOOKS ON SALE

See below for flyer with the QR code to pre order.

Please note that the Elementary school menu for the week of November 25th has changed:

Monday, November 25th
Chicken and Vegetable Dumplings

Tuesday, November 26th
Sliced Turkey Breast with Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, Green Beans, Cranberry Sauce, Pumpkin Pie.

Wednesday, November 27th
Pizza

Durham has upgraded our bus tracking system. The new platform is called BusZone ®. It allows you to view your students current school bus location & information about the route in near real time, including the scheduled and estimated arrival times to your stop.

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