Tuesday, April 30th

The last day of April!  Be your best for students today and utilize Wednesday for self-advocacy. 

Speaking of Wednesday, Please reconcile in Frontline/Subfinder your intentions for the day.

Monday, April 29, 2019

Monday, April 29, 2019

 As you know students will not be at school on Wednesday, May 1st. Please let Mrs. H know if you are NOT going to be at school. 

9 teachers are signed up for the Wednesday evening CPR class.  Thanks for attending for Brunson.  (Don't forget to take the $3 placed in your box for the materials).  

This Friday evening, May 3rd, will be our annual Spring Fling. The event will be held on our campus from 5:00-8:00. There will be games, food trucks, raffle, face painting, and a cake walk. We are also holding 1.5-mile race at 5:30 at Hanes Park! We need volunteers for Friday’s Spring Fling. Please use the link from Stacy's email to sign-up.  In order to tighten student/parent relationships, it is important for them to see you here.

Friday, April 25, 2019

Friday, April 25, 2019

     It is time to complete the PDP process!  Most PDP and summative evaluations are due to the district by May 17th (some are due a bit later based on your certificate). We ask that PDPs on NCEES are complete by May 6th in order to schedule our meeting time to review and close. 

Susana, Jenn and Jeff are at the inspire 340 MTSS session today. 

Please welcome and thank our volunteers as they come in for their appreciation breakfast.  Thanks to the staff who made/bought items for this event.

Don't forget to sign up for Spring Fling!! We need volunteers later in the evening as well.  What a great way to build relationships with your families!!

Thursday, April 25th

Please watch and talk with your colleagues.  

Wednesday, April 24th

I am going to ask you to complete the following statement when I see you today and Thursday.  Please speak from the heart & mind as you speak to the prompt.

Differentiation is effective for raising student achievement when the teacher.....

Shout-out to our Instructional Facilitators, Kathy and Su, as they organized and implemented our Kindergarten Welcome Event.   

Our 2019-2020 student enrollment continues to decline and thus our teacher allotment is less than current staffing.  Now that the teacher intent period has closed, our goal is to communicate grade level teams for next year, before the transfer fair on May 4th.

Today is Administrative Professionals Day.  Please show your appreciation to Nelva (in person) and Bonnie Fogg and Tara Johnson (via email).  All of these ladies are amazing!!!

Tuesday, April 23rd

Today we welcome our rising kindergarten students and their families.

Belt meets on Wednesday

Volunteer appreciation is Friday Morning in the music room. Please contribute and show our volunteers appreciation.

Please ensure that the rescue window in your room is not only clear of items, but also opens. There has been great work completed on our windows, but we need you to monitor and rearrange if necessary.

There are two outstanding speakers at Wake Forest this week.

• Steven Pinker on Tuesday night
• Bettina Love on Wednesday night

Monday, April 22nd

EARTH DAY

Our Bionic Woman is back in the fold today! 

We have NEW tables in the cafe and have replicated the set-up. Please provide input throughout the week for improvement.

Be engaged with your students and standards and the home stretch of this year will be a success. 

Friday, April 12th

Today is all about relationships.  

• Show compassion to students who are conflicted about spring break as they "love" the structure and consistency of school
• Demonstrate integrity though listening to concerns big and small
• Be respectful as you think and act positively toward yourself and others
• Model self-regulation as you navigate the issues of the day
• Be empathetic and acknowledge the power of your students point of view (we don't always need to be right)

The Bionic Woman is OK and resting at home.  Surgery went well and we look forward to seeing Sarah after spring break.

Here is a suggestion for Spring Break

Mr. Kirby will be here working Monday-Thursday from 6:00-2:30.  You may access the building, yet the office will be closed.  You may find you are "waxed-out" as SMO works on the halls.  Remember our custodians have first rights over the break, so we will need to be flexible.  

Thursday, April 11th

Today is the day for Mrs. H. Keep her in your thoughts.

Dominica demonstrated outstanding leadership and multiple HOC's as she led our BELT meeting last night.  

Be sure to end this week with our students and colleagues so they will look forward to April 22nd and the stretch run of our year.

Wednesday, April 10th

Work in grade level Crews this afternoon to organize Better Brunson Day on May 17th.

Please click and check out what is happening in Detroit.

Ms. Perez took a phone call yesterday from a disgruntled family member regarding picture day.  She takes our best and worst everyday from students, staff, parents and administrators.  What makes yesterday different is the lifting of her voice over the phone, "I am showing you respect and I need you to show me the same."  Thanks to Mrs Perez for modeling our WSFCS Core Values and the Brunson Habits of Character.

Tuesday, April 9th

This week, our Child Nutrition department promotes Inclusion

• Tuesday is - We Build People
• Favorite Food Activity Sheet
• Wednesday is - We Build Culture
• Be the Change Challenge cards
• Thursday is  - We Build Community
• Pass the Positivity cards/cookies

Dr. Peddle will do PE classes in the classrooms as we have pictures in the gym

Class pictures are on the stage steps.  Portraits are in the gym.

Monday, April 8th

Twas the week before Spring Break, and all through the house, not a teacher in the .....???  So sorry,  I seem to have a "mash-up" of two stories, connected by the theme of anticipation.  Let's take our emotional response for spring break and channel it into our most powerful instructional tool, modeling.  Demonstrate for all students the habits of character that drive YOU toward excellence in the present, while basking in the anticipation of spring break.

Picture day is Tuesday, April 9th.  The schedule is posted, in the previous Blog and will be e-mailed today.

BELT meets on Wednesday with team time utilized in Crews to work on "Better Brunson Day." 

Keep our Mrs. H. in your thoughts as she will have surgery on her shoulder this Thursday.  

Friday, April 5th

Please contribute thoughts to the technology survey.

The BELT suggestion document is linked.

The picture day schedule is below and posted by the sign in sheet.  Williams and Marzullo will miss 5 minutes of specials, sorry.  Please delay recess until after pictures to ensure a clean shot. 

	Picture Day - April 9, 2019
Time	Class	Individual
8:25 AM	W. Binkley	K. Gutierrez
8:35 AM	K. Gutierrez	W. Binkley
8:45 AM	V. Hailstock	M. Haynes
8:55 AM	M. Haynes	V. Hailstock
9:05 AM	K. White	Brown/Gardner
9:15 AM	Brown/Gardner	K. White
9:25 AM	C. Alva	R. Connor
9:35 AM	R. Connor	C. Alva
9:45 AM	E. Fedel	M. Jordan
9:55 AM	M. Jordan	E. Fedel
10:05 AM	A. McIntyre	M. Surbeck
10:15 AM	M. Surbeck	A. McIntyre
10:25 AM	K. Williams	S. Marzullo
10:35 AM	S. Marzullo	K. Williams
10:45 AM	L. Weber	H. Pollard
10:55 AM	H. Pollard	L. Weber
11:05 AM	B. Robertson	Patrick/Hall
11:15 AM	Patrick/Hall	B. Robertson
11:25 AM	N. Walters	H. Say
11:35 AM	H. Say	N. Walters
11:45 AM	L. Hicks	L. Sorrenti
11:55 AM	L. Sorrenti	L. Hicks
12:05 PM	B. Hollomon	M. Howell
12:15 PM	M. Howell	B. Hollomon
12:25 PM	R. Dempsey	K. Woody
12:35 PM	K. Woody	R. Dempsey
12:45 PM	E. Raines	L. Hatcher
12:55 PM	L. Hatcher	E. Raines

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Please welcome our district guest as we work together on our walk-through. 

Staff Crew @ 3:30 today in the media center.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Have you turned your lesson plans in to Mrs. H for our district monitoring and support visit on Wednesday? Please give her a printed copy asap. 

To ensure great relationships with our parents, please respond to communications within 24-48 hours. 

Monday, April 1, 2019

Monday, April 1, 2019

     If you have not completeed the Bond Tech Survey (in an email on March 26th) from Stacy, please do so.

Coming soon:

• Wednesday the 3rd ~ We have our WSFCS Monitoring and Support visit.  Please make a copy of you lesson plans and give them to Mrs. H by the end of the day on Monday. 
• Thursday the 4th ~ EBOB District Competition.  We wish our studnets well.
• Tuesday the 9th ~ Photo day (class and individual)
• Wednesday the 10th ~ Report cards go home
• Friday evening, May 3rd ~ Mark your calendars NOW for our Spring Fling. Please plan to be here and support the students and PTA with this awesome event. 
• Saturday, May 4th ~ Recruitment Fair at the LJVM Coliseum from 9 am - 12 pm.  If you are interested in assisting for an hour or so, please contact Mrs. H.