Greenbriar Gazette 11/15/24

Dear Greenbriar Families,

It's hard to believe it, but we are officially one third of the way through the school year with the close of trimester one today! Huge thanks to our PTO for the amazing Cultural Fair Community Dinner on Tuesday! It was great to see so many families participating and sharing food and conversation. Thanks to Kristen Schotke for these amazing photos of the event! Thanks also to everyone who attended our PTO meeting on Tuesday morning. The PTO does not meet in December, so we invite you all to join for our next meeting on January 14th.

We're looking forward to one more busy week before our upcoming Thanksgiving break. Please join us for the Greenbriar building tour on Wednesday night at 6pm to learn more about our facility needs and we'd love to have our community support the D28 Children's Choir as they perform at Illuminate Northbrook on Friday night.

Have a great weekend,

Ginny

The 2024 Winter Festival of the Arts will be held on Friday, December 13th in the auditorium at Greenbriar School. The performance times are as follows:

• 9:00-9:30: 1st Grade
• 9:45-10:15: 2nd Grade
• 10:45-11:15: 3rd Grade
• 12:45-1:20: 4th Grade

All guests coming for the performances will be required to show a ticket. Here are details about securing tickets for any guests. Links for ticket acquisition will be emailed on Friday, November 22. Tickets will be available on Monday, December 2 at 8:00 AM.

• Tickets will be available for reservation on www.eventbrite.com or through the app. You can create an Eventbrite account in preparation for reserving tickets.

• Tickets will be automatically assigned from the front of the auditorium to the back. You will not have the ability to pick your seat.

• If you have a child in multiple grades, you will need to secure tickets for all applicable performances.

• No tickets will be sent home or available for pickup in the office for this event. All tickets will be sent to your email address through Eventbrite. You can either use your mobile device or print out your ticket to access your seat in the auditorium.

• We do not recommend pulling siblings from class to attend a performance. Performances will be streamed in classrooms throughout the day.

• Please contact Mr. Bartunek by November 18th if you will need special seating accommodations due to a disability or any other reason.

• Performances will be livestreamed and archived on the Greenbriar School YouTube channel.

Attention 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Parents, Matt Eicheldinger, author of Matt Sprouts and the Curse of the Ten Broken Toes, will visit Greenbriar in January. All 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders are invited to join a Book Club starting the week after Thanksgiving break. Permission slips are due by Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Please see the attachment for more information.

Back by popular demand! Spirit Wear has re-released a few of the most popular winter items. Get them while they're in stock at the spirit wear website! ALL ORDERS ARE DUE BY 11/15 so that orders can be fulfilled by December 13 in time for the holidays! And be sure to check out the Spirit Wear table at the Winter Festival of the Arts Holiday Market on December 13th!

All 3rd and 5th grade students will take sections of the CogAT test on 12/2, 12/6, and 12/10. The CogAT is one piece of data used to inform placement for 4th grade math and for 6th grade math and ELA. If you are a parent of a 3rd or 5th grader, you'll receive more information about the district's placement process via email on November 18th.

ATTENTION, D28 community! Help us plan improvements for our school facilities by completing a brief survey. Together, we can create future-focused learning environments for our students. Don’t miss out!

Take the survey now: D28survey.net

BUILDING TOURS

​You are also invited to see facilities needs firsthand. Tours of our two oldest schools take place next week:

• Wednesday, Nov. 20, 6-6:30 p.m. at Greenbriar School
• Thursday, Nov. 21, 6-6:60 p.m. at Meadowbrook School

For more information, visit northbrook28.net/bttd28

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

• November 15: Last day of trimester 1
• November 15: PTO Pizza Day and spirit wear day!
• November 15: D28 Children's Choir concert @ 7pm
• November 19: Board of Education meeting @ 7pm
• November 20: Greenbriar Building Tour @ 6pm (part of facilities planning, all are welcome)
• November 22: PTO Pizza Day and spirit wear day!
• November 25-29: NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break
• December 2, 6 & 10: CogAT testing for 3rd & 5th grades
• December 2: Beginning & Philharmonic Orchestra concert @ 7pm
• December 4: Junior Band & Concert Band concert @ 7pm
• December 5: Cadet, String & Chamber Orchestra concert @ 7pm
• December 6: PTO Pizza Day and spirit wear day!
• December 6: Trimester 1 progress reports shared via email
• December 13: PTO Pizza Day and spirit wear day!
• December 13: Winter Festival of the Arts performances
• December 13: Holiday Market & Cookie Walk (8:45-11:20 & 12:30-2:00)
• December 18: Board of Education meeting @ 7pm
• December 20: All-school pajama day!
• December 20: Winter holiday classroom parties
• December 23-January 3: NO SCHOOL, winter break

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

Enjoy a family outing to the Willow Hill Lights on Wednesday, Dec. 4th and $5 of your ticket will benefit Penny Possible, a Northbrook-based organization that provides comfort to pediatric cancer patients. Simply reserve your tickets for Dec.4th!

For over a decade, the Rotary of Northbrook has been helping residents stay warm during the winter with its annual "Coat Off Your Back" collection drive. Bring new and gently used coats for children and adults to school. Donations will help refugees and homeless individuals.

School Districts 28, 27 and 30 are partnering with Cradles to Crayons for a charity coat drive from December 2-13. Please donate your new and gently used winter coats, boots, and accessories. Collection bins will arrive in December. Start cleaning out your closets now!

The districts are joining together to host a free community orchestra concert with musicians from all three districts at 6:30 p.m. on December 13 at Northbrook Junior High.

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.

The next class is Mastering Self-Coaching on Nov. 21st.

CATCH workshop: Creating Our How-To Guide to Free the Anxious Generation

Join us for Part 2: Discussion to Action of our fall educational series at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, at Northbrook United Methodist Church, 11990 Western Ave.

Dr. Lisa Novak will facilitate a collaborative, hands-on session. Parents will create a practical action plan to combat our kids' anxiety.

Register Today