The Brickton Weekly, November 17, 2011

An Interview with one of Brickton’s Founding Members
25 years ago, when Brickton first opened its doors, it did so with the help and guidance of some very important people, the Founding Members.  Each month, we’d like to highlight a Founding Member as someone who made a significant impact on our school.  To them, we say thank you with appreciation for their courage and spirit.

Breakfast with Santa
Join us for our Annual Breakfast with Santa! Tickets go on sale Monday, November 14th, and are available in the Main Office.
When: Saturday, December 3, 2011, from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Where: Hanging Gardens Banquet Hall
                8301 W. Belmont
                River Grove, IL
BAKERS AND CRAFTERS NEEDED:
The Breakfast with Santa celebration features a Craft and Bake Sale Table. Please help us by donating homemade treats and crafts. Please contact Jackie Toro with any questions (jackie.toro@brickton.org).

Spirit Wear Orders
  Don’t miss out on your Anniversary Spirit Wear! Turn in your order forms and payment by Tuesday, November 22. That’s next Tuesday!

 

Affy Tapples are Coming
The Middle School is selling TAFFY APPLES!  Special orders are due by Friday November 18, at 5pm. There are order forms outside of each classroom and on the bulletin boards. Special orders will be available for pick up after 12pm on Monday, November 21.
TAFFY APPLES will also be available, in the main lobby, on Monday and Tuesday.

Free Money for Brickton
There are two large green paper recycling bins in Brickton’s parking lot (one in the west lot and one in the east lot).  Each month, the paper in these bins is picked up and processed, and Brickton receives a check.  Free money!  This month, we received a check for $18.42 and saved 4.96 cubic yards of landfill space.  Thank you to everyone who has dropped off paper.

Extracurricular Classes  
Students are having a blast in our Fall Extracurricular Classes! Thank you parent volunteers for Lego Club and Running Club for your hard work. Stay tuned for details on Art Club and Sports Club which will be offered in the Spring Session.

 Alumni News – Lily at Roycemore
JST (January Short Term) is a unique course Roycemore offers: Each student submits a proposal for an independent project and presents it to the JST board (made up of some students and teachers and the headmaster at Roycemore) for approval.   Then for the month of January, instead of going to class everyday, students work on their thesis.  They then come back at the end of the month and “defend” their work through a presentation to the same JST board members. Lily (Class of 2011) has put together a proposal with a friend on photography.

Lily’s proposal is going to many of the different Chicago neighborhoods and doing a portrait of a person from each neighborhood by “interviewing” with a short series of questions.  She intends to show that although people come from different ethnicities and different economic circumstances, we are all basically the same in terms of our hopes and dreams for ourselves/family.

We look forward to hearing more about your project, Lily!