
Brown Bear News
November, 2024

Important Dates
Friday, November 1 - Girls Inc Closed
Sunday, November 3 - Daylight Savings Ends - Turn clocks back 1 hour
Tuesday, November 5 - Paw Pride Covered Bridge Visit @ 6pm
Friday, November 8 - 3rd grade Veteran's Day Program @ 9am
November 11 - 15 - Penny Wars SHS Dance Marathon for Riley
Thursday, November 14 - Picture Retakes
Thursday, November 14 - Bouncing Bears School Performance
Monday, November 18 - 4th grade Wonderlab Presentation
Thursday, November 21 - 3rd grade to Children's Museum
Friday, November 22 - Bouncing Bears Trinity HS Performance
November 27 - November 29 - Thanksgiving Break - No School
Fall Carnival
Thank you to everyone to came to our Fall Carnival and for supporting Brown Elementary! A huge thank you to First Baptist Church and their volunteers for helping make the Fall Carnival a success.
Office Reminders
- Office hours are 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Tardy Bell rings at 8:25 am
- Breakfast is served from 7:45 am - 8:25 am. Please encourage your student to eat breakfast at school each morning.
- Make sure you are keeping your email, phone number and address up to date with the school. We do a lot communication through email. You can update your information in your Parent Harmony account or call the office.
- A parent must come in to the office to sign in any student who arrives after the tardy bell.
- All visitors must sign in the office and wear a visitor's badge.
- Early dismissal is not permitted, unless student is leaving for an appointment.
- Please call the office before 2:30 pm to notify the office for way home changes.
- Parents are not allowed to park along the curb when dropping off or picking up your student. The curb is for students who are getting out of their vehicle. If you want to walk your student to the building, you must park in a parking spot.
Attendance
Students are allowed up to 5 absences per year that are excused by parents. The 6th absence, whether concurrent with the previous 5 absences or not, will require a doctor's note to be excused.
We send attendance letters for every 3, 6, 8 & 9 unexcused absences.
Picture Retakes
We have extra order forms in the office if you would like to order or scan the QR code to order online. Picture day ID is EVTGVSZKQ.
This is only for students who did not get their picture taken on picture day or if you would like for your student to retake their picture.
How Sick is Too Sick?
Notes from the Nurse
- Flu season is here! Make sure you are scheduling your Flu shots for this year.
- 1st, 3rd and 4th grade had vision screenings done last week. Please be on the lookout for vision referrals if your child failed the screening with the school nurse. You will need to make an appointment with an eye doctor and return the form to the school nurse once filled out by the physician.
Penny Wars
Seymour High School’s Dance Marathon Committee works throughout the year to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children through various fundraising efforts.
To help them raise money to support Riley, all the elementary schools will be hosting Penny Wars. Throughout the week of November 11th-15th students will be encouraged to bring in spare change and coins to raise money for Riley Children's Hospital.
The buckets for each grade will be in the office and the winning grade level gets donuts from SHS!
Thank you for your help! And remember It’s For The Kids!
November Guidance Lessons
November Guidance Lessons with Mrs. Munson will be on Safety with Seymour Police Department's Captain Munson.
Golden Bears of the Month
Congratulations to October's Golden Bears of the Month! Students were nominated by their teachers for showing GOLDEN behavior.
G (Growth Mindset)
O (Organized)
L (Leadership)
D (Dynamite Listener)
E (Extra Effort)
N (Noteworthy Behavior)
Request for Public Comment on Ed-Flex Waiver Application
Free Tutoring for grades 4th - 8th
Title 1 Home Connection
***We need to be partners in helping your child learn.
Refer to the resources below frequently to support your child and his/her learning at home.
- UFLI Home Connection Parent Support Videos:
- *New Concept - English Video Spanish Video
- *Irregular Words - English Video Spanish Video
- *Word Chain Work - English Video Spanish Video
November Lunch Menu
Brown Elementary Spirit Wear
Make sure to check out our online spiritwear store! There are lots of school apparel for students and parents.
https://1stplacespiritwear.com/schools/IN/Seymour/Brown+Elementary+School
We Love Brown Elementary
New Gym
Bouncing Bears Chocolate Sale
4th grade Fire Department Presentation
1st PE class in the new gym
Bouncing Bears Nursing Home Field Trip
Library Prize Winner
BB Performance at Octoberfest Parade
Paragon Mario Kart Party
Wooden Toy Giveaway
Important Links
Seymour, IN 47274
Ph: 812-522-5539
Fax: 812-522-4544
Facebook: Margaret R Brown Elementary
Website: https://brown.scsc.k12.in.us/