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September 20, 2024

🗓️TAKE NOTE! Important Dates 🗓️

🤍💙9/23: Bills Day (or Favorite Team Day)! 🤍💙
9/26: School Picture Day!
10/2: Open House, 6:00-7:00 (3rd-5th Grade)
10/3: Open House, 6:00-7:00 (K-2nd Grade)
10/9: PTSA Movie Night at Pine Brook
10/11-10/14: NO SCHOOL - Superintendent’s Conference Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day
10/31: ½ Day AM and Parent Teacher Conferences PM
11/1: NO SCHOOL - Parent Teacher Conferences
11/7: Family Literacy Night, 5:30-6:30

A Message from the Principals

Dear Pine Brook Families,

We have been so lucky to have the warm weather stay with us for a little bit longer and our Panthers have been lucky to spend more time outside! This weekend marks the start of the fall season so we thought we would share some fall learning activities to do with your Panther!

Nature Walks: Having students explore during nature walks helps students learn about the changing seasons and learn more about Rochester’s native flora and fauna. Ask them what they notice about the leaves on the ground vs. the leaves on the trees.

Reading Under the Trees: Combine the joy of reading with the beauty of nature and take the reading outside this weekend!

Fall Art Projects: Spark curiosity by getting creative with fall art projects! Create leaf rubbings or autumn collages to bring the spirit of fall into your home.

Make sure you mark your calendars for our upcoming Open Houses on October 2nd and 3rd. The PTSA will be hosting a movie night at Pine Brook on October 9th. Stay tuned for more fun fall events and celebrations at Pine Brook!

Enjoy the weekend!

Andrea and Allie

🏆 Panther Pride Ticket Winners 🏆

Congratulations to our Panther Pride ticket winners: Carter, Danielle, Giavanna, Mareluna, Matthew, & Genesis.

🎬 Pine Brook Morning Show 🎬

Here is a link to our Pine Brook Livestream channel for recorded episodes (Be sure to subscribe ). Here is a link if you want to watch it live at 8:55 each morning. Bookmark these to show/watch each morning. It's a great day to be a Panther!

💙 Bills Day (or Favorite Football Team) 💙

Support your FAVORITE team by wearing your gear or team colors on Monday, September 23rd!

⚽🏈 Greece Homecoming Dates 🏈⚽

Olympia: September 16th - 21st (Varsity Football - 9/21 at 12:00pm)
Arcadia: September 23rd - 27th (Varsity Football - 9/27 at 6:00pm)
Athena: September 23rd - 27th (Varsity Football - 9/27 at 6:00pm)
Odyssey: September 30th-October 3rd (Varsity Soccer - 10/2)

🌟 Meet Our Parent Coordinator 🌟

📚 Early Childhood Update 📚

This week in ARC Core our classrooms are growing as communities of readers and writers. Students are falling in love with reading through books that are too good to resist, a community of peers who read and talk about books together, and a teacher who believes in them and helps them develop reading passions and reading skills. As your teachers are getting to know the readers in their classrooms and find their best fit books, be on the lookout for IRLA Skill cards to learn more about your child’s reading level!

If You Missed It!

The first week of school edition of the Pine Brook Press can be found here! There was a technological glitch and some families may not have received it in their emails.

Follow the link below if your family is in need of assistance:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVnPlzusVqrcWClPJoM0ndWbXkryEwjikevYKQIIZ2TTQD5g/viewform

🏫 Pine Brook PTSA 🏫

Please follow this link to sign up to volunteer! We need a few parents to help with future events.

Link for PTSA Membership!!!

Click the button to join!

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Click on the Photo to Give a Panther Pride Shout-out!

From Previous Editions of the Pine Brook Press

📱 Who to Call 📱

Who to Call With Questions is a Resource for Families

Building trust and ensuring that there are open lines of communication between home and school are essential for student success. We want to be sure you know who to contact with questions or concerns. In December, the district shared a new resource for families. In case you missed it, this linked Who to Call with Questions, Concerns and Compliments reference guide is a step-by-step guide families can use to ensure questions are answered quickly and effectively. Please refer to it whenever you need to speak to someone about your child’s progress. Whether your inquiry is about academics, safety, or services and supports, there are people at the school and district level who are ready to help whenever a question or concern arises.

For Step 1 concerns at Pine Brook, please start with the person closest to the situation. They should be able to help you navigate the situation. If the concern rises to a Step 2, please contact the Assistant Principal. For your convenience there is a list below of contacts at Pine Brook:

Step 1:

Safety, Health and Wellness:

Nurse: Jen Curatalo jennifer.curatalo@greececsd.org

Registration, Daily Schedules, and Other Questions:

Main Office Secretary: Janine Layne janine.layne@greececsd.org

Mental Health, Counseling and Social Work Questions:

Counselors: Anne McAdam anne.mcadam@creececsd.org

Counselor: Debbie Schneider deborah.schneider@greececsd.org

Social Worker: Danielle Binn danielle.binn@greececsd.org

Academics and Instructional Questions:

Please contact your student’s teacher

Step 2:

Principal: Andrea Geglia andrea.geglia@greececsd

Assistant Principal: Allie Weise allison.weise@greececsd.org

Authors: Andrea Geglia, Pine Brook Principal

Allison Weise, Pine Brook Assistant Principal

The Greece Central School District does not discriminate in employment or in its educational programs and activities against qualified individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, disability, veteran status or age and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources

Compliance Officer

P.O. Box 300 (585) 966-2300

North Greece, New York 14515 gina.larsen@greececsd.org