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December 6, 2024

🗓️TAKE NOTE! Important Dates 🗓️

12/21 - 1/5: NO SCHOOL

A Message from the Principals

Hello Pine Brook Families,

Next week is our final week of One School, One Book! In honor of finishing The Wild Robot together, we are challenging our students to an optional Roz and Brightbill Contest! Use whatever medium you’d like (pencil & paper,paper mache, diorama, sewing, Legos,found materials’, etc) to make a Roz, a Brightbill, or both! This is an optional, AT HOME contest for students and their families, no partners or groups please!

Entries will need to follow these guidelines:

All entries need to have the student’s name and teacher’s name printed clearly on either the back (for 2D) or on the bottom (for 3D) and then submitted to the Reading Room.
Entries are due on December 11th
Winners (one student from each grade level) will be announced December 13th.
Entries will be displayed in the main foyer.
Students should be able to carry their own projects into school.
All entries will be returned to students the week after the contest.

Happy creating!

Andrea and Allie

Panther Pride Ticket Winners

Congratulations to our Panther Pride Ticket winners: Rakeem, Alex, Zoey, Emilia, Gianni, Elisha, Legend, Dasha, Ms. Binn, Mr. Romig, Mrs. Lallucci, and Ms. Pecora!

🎉 Congratulations 🎉

Congratulations to our Kindergarteners for having the highest attendance for all grades for the month of November!

Ms. Crawford also awarded the following Panthers the Student Excellence Award for behavior in the cafeteria:

Maleyah G.
Matt M.
Eric P.
Liv S.
Gabriela M.
Gianna T.
Levi L.

⚡ IGNITE Update ⚡

IGNITE students are busy learning new skills! 4th and 5th graders are mastering the art of coding robots, creating square patterns and using Loop blocks to repeat their code.

Next week, they'll dive into the world of conditionals, adding decision-making to their robot's actions. 2nd and 3rd graders are wrapping up their "All About Me" projects in Book Creator. Next week, they'll put their skills to the test by creating presentations to showcase their learning.

The youngest IGNITE students, Kindergarten and 1st graders, are building a strong foundation for future coding adventures. They're practicing typing skills on Typing Agent and learning essential drag-and-drop techniques.

🤖 One School, One Book: The Wild Robot 🤖

Chapters 69 - 70 This Weekend

This weekend Panthers and their families should read chapters 69-70. While you are reading, discuss the following questions:

How does Brightbill think quickly to save Roz?

Next week we will be finishing the book!

December 9--chapters 71-72
December 10--chapters 73-75
December 11--chapters 76-80

Happy reading!

"The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown (Full Audiobook)

Full audiobook read-aloud of "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown, narrated by Fraser and Alysha Readman. *This audiobook is intended for classroom use. I do not ...

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Lost and Found Items

Pine Brook Families, please check out the photos below to see if any of your Panther's items are in our lost and found. If you are able to identify an item that is your child's, call 966-4600 to let us know so we can get it back to the rightful owner. Items not claimed by first week of December will be donated.

In addition, if you write your student's name inside of their items that come to school it helps us get them to the rightful owner ASAP!

✅ Level Up Capital Improvement Project Vote ✅

On Tuesday, December 10, Greece residents have the opportunity to vote on a capital improvement project designed to uplift Greece Central School District facilities. The proposal includes maintenance and improvement projects at every school and updated classroom and support spaces at a number of schools. If approved, the $72.55 million Level Up project will be funded by a combination of state building aid and existing capital reserve funds, meaning tax bills will not increase as a result of this project.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Transportation and Support Services Facility, 1790 Latta Road. You must be a registered voter and reside within the Greece Central School District to cast a ballot. For more information, visit the district website.

Multilingual Family Newsletter

We will be sending out a quarterly newsletter to families. The first edition was sent to families through Talking Points.
Please see the autumn edition here: https://secure.smore.com/n/nxe873

🧃 Help Pine Brook Collect Box Tops 🧃

Holiday Meals

Donations Needed

Donate to Pine Brook's Wildly Important Goal Celebration

Bottle Drive

🚌 Bus Drivers Wanted 🚌

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

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

💙🖤 Pine Brook Apparel Store is Still Open 💙🖤

Big News, Panthers! Our apparel store is open for business! Orders can be placed now! A portion of each sale goes toward helping the PTSA provide Field Trips, Grow Your Genius Club support, School-wide celebrations and more! Wear your gear AND help the school at once!

Click the link for Pine Brook apparel: https://www.bonfire.com/pine-brook-ptsa-2024

Click the link for Pine Brook hats: https://www.bonfire.com/pine-brook-hats/

🏫 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!

Follow us on the App formerly known as Twitter!

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