Brockbank Bulletin

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MAKE A CONNECTION

We are learning more and more that we are losing connections with our youth! With texting, social media and such, we are losing some of the face to face interactions and conversations that are so vital to the development of our children! Each week I hope to add just a small reminder to make a connection with your child! Every little connection you make with your child helps him/her build a foundation of emotional, mental, physical and social stability.

This week's connection: The Book Fair is here! Share your favorite book with your child! Tell him/her what you liked to read when you were his/her age! Share information about the characters, the plot, and what you liked most about the book!

Superintendent's Meeting

We would like to invite all parents/guardians to attend the Superintendent's Meeting, which will be Tuesday, October 15th, at 4:00, at Payson High School. Superintendent Nielsen holds 2 meetings a year where he will address district plans, legislative actions, and progress of our district, with the public. There will be a time for question and answers. With upcoming changes that address middle schools, boundaries, and the building of 3 new high schools, it is a great opportunity to be involved and come and listen to our Superintendent and the wonderful things that our district is planning for your child!

Parents and Pastries/Book Fair Event

We want to invite all our students and a parent/guardian to our Book Fair Event that will be the Wednesday, October 16th! We will begin serving doughnuts and milk at 7:30 and we will end at 8:30! We are excited to have you come out and enjoy a doughnut with your child and take a trip through our Book Fair! Thanks to our awesome PTA for all they are doing to promote reading with the Book Fair!

The Book Fair will run from October 16th, 21st-24th. It will open each morning from 8:00-8:45, then after school from 3:00-3:30. Monday, on early out day, it will be open after school from 2:15-2:45. The night of SEP Conferences, it will be open from 3:00-8:30.

SEP Conferences-October 24th

We are looking forward to our upcoming SEP Conferences that will be Thursday, October 24th, from 3:30-8:30. This is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of your child! If you feel you need more time with your child's teacher than what is scheduled, please contact your child's teacher and schedule another time that will allow time to visit. Please be considerate of the time that other parents also need and keep to the allotted schedule. Teachers will also have a dinner break from 6:00-6:40.

The sign-up links will be taken off the Brockbank website, Monday, October 21st. If you need to make an appointment after that you will need to call the office. 801-798-4025.

The schedules will be set up by Kindergarten, younger grades, which will include 1st-3rd grades, and older grades, which will include 4th-6th grades. Also, because of the amount of students in 3rd grade, there will be a Wednesday option for Mrs. Creer, Mrs. Christiansen, and Mrs. Marx. Mrs. Heelis, and Mrs. Dimond will have their own schedules as well.

PTA Halloween Carnival Fundraiser!

Mark your calendars for Monday, October 28th, for the PTA Halloween Carnival! This fun, family event will be from 5:00-8:00 pm at the school! Tickets will be 50 cents each and can be used for a spooky spook ally, face painting, and all sorts of fun games! Food will be sold so families can come and eat and enjoy the night! Families may dress up in their Halloween Costumes! The PTA can use extra help this night, so please, whether you are a member of PTA or not, sign up to help!

PTA-We have set up an online store so it's easier to buy a membership. We also are sending an envelope home with your child, as another way to pay and join the PTA.

Here is the link to the store https://brockbank.memberhub.store/ If the link doesn't work, just type in this in your search bar Brockbank.memberhub.store

Thank you!

Halloween!

We are looking forward to Halloween! It is such a fun time of year. I know some of you are getting ready; buying and making fun costumes that your child may wear to the PTA Halloween Carnival, which is October 28th, and for Halloween on October 31st. Please remember for BOTH events, that painting blood and gore on faces and body, masks, and violent costumes or weapons, will not be allowed at school. Face painting is fine, but again, no blood or gore. Please help your child be appropriate here at school!

Box Tops App!

We all know that Box Tops has been a great help to our school! With Box Tops we have been able to put money towards the drinking fountains that specifically fill up water bottles, and our marque, as well as many other fun things that help our school!

As you are collecting Box Tops, take notice of the attached flyer that details how you can scan your receipts and collect Box Tops! This will help you save time by quickly scanning receipts, and not cutting out coupons and watching for expiration dates!

We appreciate Christa Nichols for all her work in helping with this program, and to you as parents for bringing extra money to our school!

Safety

We want to let you know that we are practicing monthly drills to help our students know what to do in various types of emergencies. Today we had a fire drill. We even had Spanish Fork police here to help with the evacuation and checking our school and classrooms! We appreciate their willingness to assist us with these drills!

Parents, please follow our school rules that we expect our students to follow! Please be an example! Here are some reminders:

*If you are picking up your child, you will need to park on 300 West. If you park on the east side, YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE YOUR CHILD CROSS AT THE INTERSECTION WITH THE CROSSING GUARD.

*Please drive slowly and be patient. We all need to work together to get our children safely home!

*If you want to park in the parking lot, you will need to park your car, then walk in and get your child.

*Please do not park where there are orange cones.

*If you are coming into the school to get your child, please wait in the front entrance until the bell has rung.

We want to keep our students safe, and even though you may be with them, we need you to follow the rules as well.