May 21, 2015
DATE
TIME
BRAEBURN CALENDAR
EVENT
Thurs, May 21
9:00am-3:00pm
7:30-9:00pm
Wear Pink for Angel Ride Spirit Day
Morning Inter-El Rehearsal at Bushnell
Incoming Kindergarten Registration
Inter-El Performance at the Bushnell
Fri, May 22
9:00-10:00am
2:00pm
Memorial Day Assembly
Dictionary Assembly, Gr. 3
Mon, May 25
Memorial Day-No School
Fri, May 29
Sat, May 30
Fitness Friday
6:30-10:00pm
Wed, June 3
Braeburn at the Rock Cats
Family Night/Non-electronic Family Activities Encouraged
Thurs, Jun 4
9:00am-1:45 pm
11:00am-1:30pm
Gr. 4 to Westmoor Park
Gr. 3 to University of Hartford Lincoln Theater
Fri, Jun 5
7:45am
8:00-9:00am
Student Council Meeting, Room 136
Gr. 5 Strawberry Breakfast
Sat, Jun 6
11:00am-6:00pm
Gr. 5 Family Picnic at Winding Trails
Tues, Jun 9
8:45am
6:00-7:00pm
Volunteer Thank You Coffee
Kindergarten Celebration Night, Auditorium
Thurs, Jun11
3:20-3:50pm
PTB Farmers Market
9:00am-1:00pm
2:00-3:00pm
2:15-3:20pm
Fitness Friday
Gr. 5 to Bowl-O-Rama
Gr. 5 Service Project, Gym
P-K End of Year Celebration
Mon, Jun 15
1:00-2:30pm
Gr. 5 Continuation, Auditorium
Tues, Jun 16
11:00am-1:00pm
Gr. 5 to Luna’s Pizza
Fri, Jun 12
2:00pm
Early Dismissal, Last Day of School
Final Edition of The Sunflower: Thursday, June 4
Deadline for Submissions: Monday, June 1
Please email submissions to: [email protected]
CONGRATULATIONS
AHHHHH! Summer is almost here. I can hear
the waves crashing down, the seagulls singing. I
can smell the sunblock and hot dogs roasting.
Let’s not forget about the Italian ice and ice
cream! I love everything about summer!
This summer, I’m encouraging Braeburn students to enjoy all that summer has to offer including great books! I’m asking students to stop,
drop and read for 15 minutes every day. Readers
might look at the pictures in a book, read words
and chapters or listen to another person read to
them. I will give a reading packet to every PK-4
grade student to help keep track of the books
students listen to or read. I will share information about 5th grade summer reading as well.
Congratulations to Teagan D., Mebret F., and
Tarik F. for successfully performing at the third
annual “Hello! West Hartford” event at the
West Hartford Town Hall on Monday, April 27.
These three students in grade four performed an
original song in Spanish about favorite foods
created in conjunction with Andrea DeSimoneRafferty, Spanish Teacher at Duffy School and
Montse Rich, Spanish Teacher at Charter Oak
School. They were joined by first grade students
from Charter Oak and third grade students from
Duffy to perform on the Town Hall stage
together.
Did you know there are over 70 languages represented in West Hartford Public Schools? This
annual event unites the various cultures in our
town through music, food, dance and videos.
Please consider “catching” your child in the act
of reading a great book this summer. Take a
quick picture and send it to
[email protected]. I will print the picture and use it for a display in September. Have
a wonderful and restful summer!
Here is the initiative of Hello! West Hartford
and a link for more information on how to get
involved: Hello! West HartfordTM, a project of
West Hartford's new Community Connections
group, is a town wide initiative to build bridges
between community members. Put simply, it is
saying "Hello" and "Welcome" to each other in
one of the many languages spoken by West
Hartford residents. Hello! West Hartford link:
http://www.hellowesthartford.org/
Claudine Lavoie
Library Media Specialist
Señora Tracy
Spanish Teacher
THANK YOU
The Braeburn Teachers and Staff would like to thank our PTB and our
Braeburn parents for the wonderful celebrations and treats during Teacher
and Staff Appreciation Week.
The Concession Cart was especially appreciated, along with the Thank You
messages on our lobby monitor. Team Spirit Day and thank you cards to
the teachers were so thoughtful! The Grand Slam breakfast was a special
treat. A heartfelt thank you to our Braeburn PTB, parents and students!
West Hartford Special Education PTO will
be presenting:
Thanks to the generosity of the Braeburn PTB, every
student will receive a one year paid subscription at
school to one of the above newspapers, published exclusively for kids! Our PTB’s kindness is greatly
appreciated and this gift will directly enrich the informational text component of the Connecticut Common
Core standards based lessons at all grade levels. Thank
you Braeburn PTB!
Christine Levine, MS, JD, BCBA, and MSW
Ms. Levine will be speaking on: "Promoting better
communication, social skills, play and leisure skills and
increased flexibility in children with Anxiety Disorders, Autism, ADHD, Learning Disabilities and related disorders.”
It’s up to us to teach our kids how to play and be socially appropriate, but how do we do it? Please join
the West Hartford SEPTO and Christine Levine in
discussing the important needs of our children in
communicating and socializing in our society.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
at Sedgwick Middle School
SEPTO needs your help!
Applications for 2015-2016
Braeburn PK Program
Applications are still available for the 2015-2016
Braeburn PK program in the Residency Office at Town
Hall, in the Braeburn main office and on the West
Hartford Public Schools website at www.whps.org
Applicants must be four years old on or before
January 1, 2016 and reside in the Braeburn
neighborhood. Enrollment will be granted based on a
lottery system. Tuition will be assessed on a sliding scale
based on gross yearly income. Proof of West Hartford
residency will be required in order to apply.
West Hartford SEPTO (Special Education Parent
Teacher Organization) is seeking volunteers to work
in two-hour shifts to help sell water and soda at SEPTO’s booth at Celebrate! West Hartford, a two day
fair held Saturday, June 6 (10am -6pm) or Sunday,
June 7 (12-6pm).
If you can’t give your time please consider a donation of money to purchase or buy cases of soda, iced
tea, lemonade or water yourself. Please contact Randi
Leopold at (860) 874-3533 or via email at [email protected]. You can mail or drop off your
donations to Randi Leopold, 54 Bainton Rd. West
Hartford, CT 06117.
SEPTO thanks you in advance for your
participation.