Friday, September 28th

Be.week has been wonderful.  Thanks for all the support and participation.  Remember to Join the PTA and utilize your teacher grant.

Another outstanding Family Crew/Curriculum event with AMAZING support from our staff.   Enjoy the last school day of September.

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Click to read this article and utilize October as a month to explore strategies to create balance in your life.  It is a short article with a great tag line:

It’s easy to fall into the trap of being “too busy chasing cows to build a fence.”

Thursday, September 27th

Thanks for your collaboration and contributions to school improvement.  

Our new Chromebooks are here, 3 carts with 89 new devices.  Stacy will be making her way through the building to ensure technology access for our students.  

Remember to finalize your PDP with Sarah or myself before the end of Friday.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

If you have a entrance (or exit) door that is sticking or hard to open, please let Mrs. H know as soon as possible.  Per the Fire Marshal we will need to fix those.  

Team time this afternoon at 3:30.  Please see yesterday afternoon's email for committees and locations.  We look forward to GREAT teamwork!

Dental screening Thursday for K, 3rd, & 5th grades

2nd & 3rd grade Curriculum Night and Family Crew Thursday night 6:00-7:30.  Please refer to Katie's email on 9/21 for more details.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

On Wednesday we will meet in teams to better the school.  An e-mail with team assignments and instructions is coming at 3:30 Tuesday.  Please read the message and be ready to collaborate and contribute to school improvement.

For Thursday Night...

• 2nd grade will have curriculum at 6:00 and Family Crew at 6:30
• 3rd grade will have Family Crew at 6:00 and Curriculum at 6:30

Monday, September 24, 2018

Monday, September 24, 2018

Fire drill:
     Thanks so much for the great work each of you are doing to keep our students safe.  The Fire Marshall said this was "the best report he'd seen thus far this year".  The few issues we had were very minor (people have been contacted).  
     On a side note:

• Please keep the door(s) to your classroom locked for safety purposes.
• If your door is dragging (hard to close) since the rain, please let Laurie know so we can put in a work order.  Thanks!

Be.Heroic Today

Friday, September 21st

Please welcome a new staff member to alleviate our kindergarten class size.  

• Melissa Haynes comes to us from Kernersville Elementary and will spend the next few days organizing her space, Room 4, and learning about our norms and academic culture.  Our plan is to start the new section on Thursday, September 27th.

Please stay away from the Sycamore tree between the backstops as there is another dangerous branch waiting to drop.

So sorry about the lack of a blog for Thursday. No excuses, I just neglected to do one and I apologize.

New addition to Brunson:

After much excitement, introducing Nora Elizabeth Fedel, born at 11:11pm on Thursday 9/20/2018. She weighed 6lbs 12oz and 20" long. Mom and baby are both happy and sleepy.

We have bay boy Dempsey and bay girl Fedel....baby Currin will break the tie!

Make it a great weekend or not, the choice is yours.

Wednesday, September 20th

SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT

• Do not allow students to walk or play under the large sweet gum tree near the far bridge on the playground.

Wednesday

• Staff Crew tonight at 3:30 in the media center.  

Thursday 

• Woodwinds perform for 4th and 5th grade @ 9:00 in the gym
• Curriculum night and family crew for Kindergarten and 1st grade, 6:00-7:30 pm

Friday

• is Friday!

Tuesday, September 18th

Mrs. Adkins is out sick today.  

We are fortunate to have a focused PTA driven by the belief that, Human capital > Financial capital.  To this end, the PTA implements one fundraising campaign entitled "Be.week," dedicated to raising financial capital to support human capital.  Please participate and communicate positive beliefs to all the parents and students in your class. 

During “Be Week,” we will celebrate and show our support for this wonderful school community that is giving our children the foundation and confidence to Be whatever they can imagine! This kick off to our PTA Direct Donation Drive includes opportunities for students to join in the fun by dressing up to support Brunson with 100% participation!

• Monday: Be Heroic - Dress up like anyone you think is heroic. 
• Tuesday: Be Determined - Wear spirit gear or colors of a college 
• Wednesday: Be Unique - Wear what makes you unique and special- be wacky, be tacky, be unique! 
• Thursday: Be Brunson – Wear Brunson gear and/or school colors. 
• Friday: Be Green - Wear green as we beautify the school campus.

Today I am at a Elementary Principals meeting, agenda below.

8:00 Principals PLT - Donna Cannon
9:00 Math - Velvet Simington
9:30 Science - Warren Potts
10:00 Break
10:15 Social Studies - Rebecca McKnight
10:45 ELA - Kathryn Kear
11:15 Technology - Kevin Sherrill
11:30 PLT - Deborah Hartman
12:00 Behavior Support - Angela Evans-Everett
12:20 Wrap-Up - Shelia Burnette, Adam Dovico & Paula Wilkins

Wednesday we have a staff crew meeting @ 3:30 led off by Patrick McCann, Benefits Counselor for

Pierce Group Benefits (704-491-5626) pjmccannllc@gmail.com

Monday, September 17th

The 2-hour delay provides us time to reset our classrooms after your AMAZING storm preparation.  Below are some norms for a two hour delay

• Staff reports at normal time, Be Safe and call if there is an issue
• Teachers are ready & welcome students into classrooms @ 9:50 
• Breakfast is served and students enter the building @ 9:50
• Announcements and the pledge @ 10:20
• Specials for Period 1, 2 & 3 are cancelled
• No Crew for 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade
• Specials starts with 4th period @ 10:40
• Lunch schedule is standard
• 4th & 5th grades will have crew 
• Our digital learning coach, Yvonne James, will be available as needed in the new PLT room

Let's all rekindle relationships with students today and get back on the academic growth train!

Thursday, September 13th

I will be posting pictures and updates on the school via our school twitter account @BrunsonOffice

We have a great opportunity to partner with UNCSA and version 2.0 of ArtistCORPS.  To improve the service provided to our students, we are looking for 3 volunteers to lead the collaborative effort with the ArtistCORPS members. (1 teacher from 3rd, 4th & 5th grade)  Expansion to K-2 will occur as we build the capacity to provide artistic and standard-based lessons.

Wednesday, September 12th

Please welcome our new 50% Testing Coordinator, Angie Chee!  

Day two of Crew!

Team time (3:30-4:30) today has options:

• BELT meeting from 3:30-4:30 in the Technology Lab
• Crew Writing team 3:30-4:30 in room 14
• Grade Level planning
• Kindergarten in room 2
• 1st grade in room 9
• 2nd grade in room 15
• 3rd grade in room 26
• 4th grade in mobile 37
• 5th grade in mobile 32
• specialist in the media center
• EC/ESL in room 13

Due to the arrival of Florence, my boys have classes cancelled at UNC-CH and App State.  Some may wonder, "why is WSFCS not being responsive to the threat of wind and rain like our institutions of higher learning?"  Let me share my perspective;  Universities are complex systems housing thousands of residential students and need to make the call early to allow for travel logistics.  WSFCS is complex, yet we transport students back home everyday.  Thus our mission is to actively monitor the storm to honor the value of instructional time while keeping student safety our priority.  Stay tuned and keep focused.

Tuesday, September 11th

Please take a moment to reflect and honor the memory of 2001.  I was in a classroom full of high school science students, jointly trying to comprehend the incomprehensible.  It was my last year as a classroom teacher as I began the NC Principal Fellows program at UNC-G in the fall of 2002. 

Today we will commemorate 9/11 with a full minute of reflection time on the announcements.

After the announcements, 3rd grade students will begin the BOG-3.  

Join me in welcoming Deb Landreth to our Crew as a part time reading interventionist.  Her role will be to work with our students on the verge of proficiency in the 1st & 2nd grades.  Tier two interventions are 7 to 10 minutes in length and 8 to 10 days in duration between progress monitoring.  

News on Florence is day by day.  If you are in a low lying area, survey what you would like to lift to higher ground in the event we get flooding rains. 

Monday, September 10th

Welcome to week #3 and the opening Crew session.

Third grade students will take the BOG-3 on Tuesday Morning.  Please monitor movement and volume to provide an appropriate assessment environment for our students.

We met with SMO, our contract cleaning service, to create the plan for improved service in the afternoons. 

• A supervisor will be present for several days to ensure a fully secure lock down at 8:00
• Two additional employees, Cassietta and Gayle will be attending to rooms
• A new site supervisor, Pasquella,  will begin mid-week 
• All classroom teachers need to stack or "table" chairs for daily sweeping
• All classroom teachers need to close all blinds daily for security & energy management 

Together we can improve the physical condition of our school.  We are crew, not passengers.

Friday, September 7, 2018

Friday, September 7, 2018

ALL Specials are cancelled on Friday!
We are taking specialist to the BB&T ballpark for additional supervision. 
The regular rotation for the specials schedule 
will continue on Monday.

Ms. Currin is sending an important procedural email regarding the Crew Celebration.  Please read.


High heat index again today... 

No outside recess after 12 noon

Please talk this up with your student.  Info will begin going home in Wed folders.

Curriculum night sign up...

Please select the 2 Curriculum Night/Family CREWs you will be attending.

https://goo.gl/forms/T78YZxu7iy0xwf4P2

Make sure you are checking your mailboxes each day in the 

morning AND at lunch.  

Several teachers missed sending out the WatchDOGS pizza night flyers that were placed in the boxes around 10AM. Please help by checking your mail daily at lunch.

The peanut-free sign and table are located in the back corner of the cafe'.