Brookside Community

March 28- Superintendent's Conference Day NO SCHOOL

April 2- Parent Exchange in Library 6-7pm

April 10- PTA Meeting via zoom

April 14-18- Spring Recess NO SCHOOL

April 26- SPRING FAMILY FEST 11-1:30 at Arcadia Middle School

Please consider joining our Brookside Facebook Page! Lots of information and photos will be shared.

Mrs. Ripple, one of our outstanding PE teachers. Mrs. Ripple is kind, fun, and loved by all!

Favorite snack at the movies: Junior Mints

Favorite book genre: Historical Fiction

How many children do you have: Three - Two girls and a boy :)

Favorite song: I'm not sure I can narrow it down to one song - I love music! My favorite music genre is Country, but I enjoy listening to a little of everything.

Something fun no one would know about me: I love to bake!

This week was busy busy! Book fair for everyone, Challenger field trip for our 5th graders and the playground was buzzing with excitement as the warm weather has returned.

Our 7 Habits bulletin board this month is a real show stopper! Every student made a feather! Thank you to Mrs. Gianvecchio for organizing this project!

Our new school wide WIG is focused on literacy. The display that was created is wonderful and the students are excited to get it filled in.

NEW PHOTOS! Our Lost and Found box is overflowing! Do you see anything that belongs to your child? Email Kelly.howe@greececsd.org.

Brookside is committed to working with students and families to encourage all students to attend school each day, on time, when they are healthy. In order to encourage positive student attendance, we recognize the class with the highest percentage of attendance per week.

Congratulations to Mrs. Lang's class for being our attendance winners for the week of March 10th! Way to go Mrs. Langs students!

Congratulations to Mrs. Clookey's class for being our attendance winner for the week of March 3rd. Way to go!

The Greece Central School District is committed to listening, learning, and working together to make our schools the best they can be. As part of Superintendent Smalline’s entry plan, we’ve gathered valuable feedback through recent surveys, and now we’re ready for the next step—finding solutions together!

Do you have a child who will be five years of age on or before December 1, 2025?

If so, you may register your child by:

Completing the registration online by going to the home page of the district website, www.greececsd.org, looking under “District News” for Kindergarten Registration, then clicking on the link for step-by-step instructions. You may also use the QR code on the back of this page which will take you to the online registration directly.

Please note that also under “District News” is the link to the Transportation page for Daycare or Private/Parochial School transportation forms.

If you have any questions about these options, please call our school office at 966-4800.

Please Note: If your child attends Universal Pre-Kindergarten at a Greece Central Elementary School, Care-A-Lot Child Care, Expressive Beginnings, or Park Ridge Child Care, OR has already registered & is receiving Special Education services, you will NOT need to re-register, however you will need to contact (call or email) your home school that your child will start Kindergarten in September 2025.

Many times throughout the year we need parent volunteers. Volunteer opportunities will be listed here but do not hesitate to reach out if you wish to volunteer in other ways.

One of our amazing social workers, Yvette Valicenti, has a large library of parenting books that she has graciously offered up to our Brookside families to borrow. A list of all available books can be found below. If you wish to borrow a book you can email our Parent Coordinator, Kelly Howe, at Kelly.howe@greececsd.org. If the book is available it will be placed in your child's backpack and should be returned within 2 weeks.

If you are in need of assistance with food, please reach out to our district Food Pantry.

Have you ever needed community resources, but didn't know how to find them? Check out our Neighborhood Navigation Center. The staff there can help you make those connections!

A staff shout-out is a special recognition that acknowledges a Brookside Staff Member who has demonstrated a special effort, an outstanding job, a team mentality, and/or caring communication for students, community members, and/or families. If you wish to give a staff shout-out to be included in our Bulletin please email our Parent Coordinator, Kelly Howe, at Kelly.howe@greececsd.org

Did you know you can watch the Brookside Morning Show at home? The students do a wonderful job and if you haven't taken a look you are missing out!

Bobby was quite the chef this week!