Brookside Bulletin

We extend a warm welcome to students, parents, and families of Brookside Elementary, home of the Tigers! We look forward to working with each member of our school community and appreciate each of you for the positive impact you have on student learning and success.

The school year is off to a great start! It's been wonderful to see our students return to school full of excitement and energy to begin a new school year. Students have settled into their new classes and are reuniting with old friends while busily making new friends. It's going to be a great year!

Ms. Grant

Principal

September 2= No School for Labor Day

September 3= Hearing Screening for Grades K, 1, 3, 5

September 3-6= Acadience Math and Reading Testing

September 13= Lockdown Drill

September 16= No School for Kids (Teacher Development Day)

September 18= PTA Meeting at 11:30

September 19= SEP Night (Parent Teacher Conferences)

September 20= School Picture Day

September 26= Vision Screening (all grades)

September 27= Tiger of the Month Lunch

September 27= Neon Dance Party in the evening (PTA Fundraiser Event)

September 19

December 5

March 13

School picture day for all students will be on Friday, September 20. Picture information sheets will be sent home with students shortly. If you would like to have pictures taken of your students who are preschool age, photographers will be here between 8:30 and 9:15 to take their pictures. Thank you to our PTA volunteers who will be helping out that day.

The safety of our students is our number one priority. In an effort to provide increased safety for all students at Brookside, all doors will be locked to the building except the main entrance by the office during school hours. ALL visitors will be asked to sign-in and wear a visitor sticker. Thank you for your help in this matter!

There will be NO SCHOOL for students on Monday, September 16, 2024. Teachers district wide will be attending professional development classes and will not be here to receive students. Thank you!

Students needing to arrive early to school are welcome to come in the lobby beginning at 8:40 am. Please be mindful that before 8:45, there will not be any student supervision available.

A bell will ring at 8:45 and the students will have the choice to either go to breakfast, the computer lab, or outside to play.

Another bell will ring at 9:05 and students are then welcome to go to their classroom or continue to play outside until the bell rings at 9:10 am.

We appreciate the efforts of all parents and staff members in providing for the safety of students in our drop-off and pick-up zones. Please help us by ensuring all students are using the crosswalk when crossing through the pick-up zones in the parking lot.

When waiting to pick up students, please pull all the way forward to the east side of our drop-off and pick-up zones. If you need to exit your vehicle, please park in a designated parking spot. Thank you for your support!

Note: By law, bus zones cannot be used as drop-off and pick-up zones even if there are no buses present.

We have many students who are walking and riding bicycles and scooters to school each day. Because of the number of cars and students outside at the end of the day, students who ride their bikes or scooters to school have been instructed not to ride them on school property. We have provided training for students to use sidewalks and to follow the instructions of adult supervisors and our crossing guards. Our students will use the crosswalks in front of the school when crossing 400 South. We ask that all parents please instruct their children on these and other safety measures to better ensure that students safely make their way to and from school each day.

As we begin a new school year, we are pleased to announce that we have two openings for parents or guardians to serve on our school’s School Community Council for the 2024-2025 school year.

The School Community Council is a great way to be involved in the school community at Brookside Elementary. The School Community Council serves as an advisory council to the school administration. Parent candidates cannot be Brookside employees and must have a student attending Brookside Elementary during the 2024-2025 school year.

If you are interested in serving on the council, you may self-nominate by completing the nomination form below and returning it to the school by September 13, 2024. Nominations received after that date will not be considered. If you are nominating another individual, please contact them to ensure their interest and willingness to be involved.

If needed, we will hold elections for two parent representatives to the council September 16-20, 2024. We will only need an election if there are more individuals interested in being on our School Community Council than we have open spots available. Any parent of a Brookside student may vote by coming to the school’s main office during school hours on those days or by casting their vote on the Google form that will be sent out (if needed).

The School Community Council will provide input in the following areas:

1. Participate in the development of a School Land Trust plan and budget

2. Advise the school administration on local school issues

3. Develop a child access routing plan

4. Make recommendations regarding school safety issues and safe technology usage and digital citizenship 5. Serve as the Building Needs Committee

6. Provide an opportunity for issues of concern in the community to be presented to the school administration 7. Review state testing data as needed

8. Develop and incorporate safety principles at the school and hold at least an annual discussion with the school’s principal and district administration regarding safety principles at the school and district level.

9. Review and vote on Reading Achievement Plan

10. Make recommendations regarding issues at the school such as school programs, ideas/suggestions regarding students, etc.

The council typically meets once a month for one hour. This year the meetings will be held on the third Wednesday of each month (October-April) from 12:30-1:30pm.

____________________________________________________________________________________________ Nominations for Parent Representatives to Brookside’s School Community Council

I would like to be included on the ballot for the Brookside Elementary School Community Council for the 2024-2025 school year. I understand that this is a two-year term and I may be re-elected for additional terms. I understand that I must have a student attending Brookside Elementary during the 2024-2025 school year. If elected, I understand that I will be expected to attend monthly meetings and become knowledgeable about the school and its programs.

Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________

Email: _________________________________________________________________________________________

Children attending Brookside Elementary 2024-2025: ___________________________________________

This form must be received at Brookside Elementary by September 13, 2024. Parent elections will be held at Brookside Elementary during September 16-20 should an election be needed. Any parent of a Brookside Elementary student may vote by coming to the main office during school hours on those days or by completing the Google form that will be sent out (if needed).