Brickton's Holiday Cookie Exchange! Moms and Dads, please join us in ROOM 106 for an Old Fashioned Cookie Exchange! Bring 3 to 4 dozen of your favorite homemade cookies, exchange them with friends, and leave with a fantastic cookie jar to enjoy!
Please bring a container to carry your cookies home. Tuesday, December 20th, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Please RSVP to sara.gregory@brickton.org Geography Bee Monday is our annual Geography Bee for Upper Elementary and Middle School. The winner will take a qualifying test to participate at the state level. We wish all of Upper Elementary and Middle School students good luck! Spirit Day The 25th Anniversary Spirit Wear has arrived. To celebrate, Tuesday, December 20th, will be Spirit Day at Brickton. Wear your favorite Brickton gear (old and new). Winter Break Brickton’s Winter Break begins Wednesday, December 21st. School starts back Thursday, January 5th. Enjoy your time off! Brickton’s Annual Alumni Event Brickton’s Annual Alumni Event will be Friday, January 6th, from 7 – 9 PM at Whirlyball Chicago (1880 W. Fullerton). All former students (ages 12 and up) and current 7th and 8th grade students are invited to attend. Please pass this message along to any Brickton alumni you know!
RSVP to Sara Gregory at 773-714-0646 or sara.gregory@brickton.org. Winter Extracurricular Classes Check out our new and returning classes for this Winter’s Extracurricular Classes. Download the form here.
Featured Blog Each month we will feature a couple of blogs so that you can see what’s going on in other parts of the school. This week, we are featuring the Middle School Blog, which is written by the students! middleschoolprogram.posterous.com (password: brickton) Breakfast with Santa Breakfast with Santa was a success! We would like to thank all the crafters and bakers who donated to the event, Meredith Gregory (a Brickton alumnus!) who took photos, Joe Somers (Brickton parent) for his special lighting, and Christina Calderon and Sydney Delin (Brickton alumni!) for helping Santa. A VERY SPECIAL thank you to Santa for stopping by and taking pictures with all our Brickton students. Some photos from the event are displayed on the bulletin board and the slide show below, but if you would like to download a picture from the event, go to http://tinyurl.com/breakfastwithsanta2011 (you will need to use the password: brickton).
Did you miss a book at the Scholastic Book Fair? Didn't get enough books at the Scholastic Book Fair? Forgot to pick up that one favorite book for your student? Rushed to school only to realize the fair had already closed for the day? No worries! We have a great new solution this year--The Scholastic Online Book Fair Extension Sale. Visit www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs/2913433 between December 9th, through December 20th, to purchase additional books and items from our book fair. Books will be delivered to the school after the Winter Break. A percentage of these sales, as well as the in-school book fair sales, fund Upper Elementary field trips and materials. And we love to encourage reading by bringing so many different kinds of books to your families! Don’t forget to check out the Classroom Wish Lists on the middle doors of the Great Room! Order these books online and donate them to your child’s classroom library. Manna Orders Due Friday Manna orders are due Friday, December 9, with card pick up next week. Manna cards make holiday gift giving easy, and offer something for every age and interest. Let your shopping benefit the Middle School and your tuition bill, and never pay a fee!
Order online or with hard copy at the business office. Please contact kathleen.kasser@brickton.org with any questions, and thanks for your support. Brickton's Holiday Cookie Exchange! Moms and Dads, please join us in the Great Room for an Old Fashioned Cookie Exchange! Bring 3 to 4 dozen of your favorite homemade cookies, exchange them with friends, and leave with a fantastic cookie variety to enjoy!
Please bring a container to carry your cookies home. Tuesday, December 20th, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Please RSVP to sara.gregory@brickton.org Upcoming Dates: Friday, December 9th: Club Day/Conferences
Wednesday, December 21st: First Day of Winter Break
Thursday, January 5th: First Day back after Winter Break Save the Date! Brickton’s Annual Alumni Event will be Friday, January 6th, from 7 – 9 PM at Whirlyball Chicago (1880 W. Fullerton). All former students (ages 12 and up) and current 7th and 8th grade students are invited to attend. Please pass this message along to any Brickton alumni you know!
RSVP to Sara Gregory at 773-714-0646 or sara.gregory@brickton.org.
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 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.
Brickton's Holiday Cookie Exchange! Moms and Dads, please join us in the Great Room for an Old Fashioned Cookie Exchange! Bring 3 to 4 dozen of your favorite homemade cookies, exchange them with friends, and leave with a fantastic cookie variety to enjoy!
Please bring a container to carry your cookies home in. Tuesday, December 20th, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Please RSVP to sara.gregory@brickton.org
Scholastic Book Fair Our Scholastic Book Fair is this Monday, December 5, through Thursday, December 8. In preparation for this Book Fair, we are asking for volunteers to help set up on Saturday, December 3, at 1:00 PM. It is not a huge job but requires as much help as possible. With enough help, the work is over in about 45 minutes. This is such a successful fund raiser for our Upper Elementary students, and it all begins with an inviting set up. (Those of you who attend Breakfast With Santa are welcome to join us afterwards.) If you would like to volunteer, please email Erica (erica.lane@brickton.org) or John (john.huber@brickton.org) in the 9-12 classroom.
Off to Nature’s Classroom The Middle School students are headed off to Nature’s Classroom for a week. Nature’s Classroom Institute is a residential environmental education facility where students participate in a variety of activities along with students from other Montessori schools across the Midwest. It is an exciting opportunity for Brickton Montessori School students who attend Nature’s Classroom for one week each year in the 9-12 program and 2 weeks each year in the Middle School program.
Spanish Hannah Birdsall, our Children's House and Lower Elementary Spanish teacher, has resigned with her last day on Monday, November 28. We are currently in the process of securing a replacement with a goal to hire someone to start when we return from Winter Break. In the interim, we shall continue to expose the children to Spanish culture in our classroom environments.
Manna Orders Due Friday Manna orders are due this Friday, December 2, with card pick up Wednesday, December 6. Ordering is easy, online or through the business office, with the added benefit of a tuition credit on every card you purchase. We'll have a final Manna order for 2011 next Friday, December 9, with card pickup the following Wednesday, December 13. Thanks for your support of this important fundraiser!
Midwest Academic Talent Search Congratulations to Brickton Students!
Each year, the Northwestern University’s Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS) conducts an annual search for current fifth through eighth grade students who scored at or above the 90th percentile in specific math and/or verbal areas of a nationally normed achievement test. The Brickton Montessori School students who are eligible to participate this year, based on tests administered in January, 2011 or past participation, are: Class of 2015: Julia Deane, Simone Leinenweber Class of 2014: Alex Contursi, Tayler Sain, Morgan Wolfe Class of 2013: Sean Arnoldt, Kira Barrett, Joseph Ergastolo, Tyler Flechs Class of 2012: Max Balster, Camden Cortes, Patrick Criel, Isabelle Rowland Weiss Class of 2011: Mary Clare Frawley, Lily Goodman, Aidan Hardy, Susanne Wiecek
These students can elect to take an out-of-level test designed to provide more information about their math and/or verbal abilities. They will receive certificates of recognition and a listing of summer and academic year programs designed especially for students with high verbal and/or math scores. Further information about this program can be found at www.ctd.northwestern.edu.
Pool Noodles Needed! Kerry Santefort, our gym teacher, will be running a fun new extracurricular class and needs pool noodles! Do you have any left over from your summer vacation lying around? We need 8 more. Please bring in any pool noodles you have!
Brickton's Holiday Cookie Exchange!
