The Brickton Weekly, October 11, 2012

Manna Orders Due Tomorrow

Manna orders are due tomorrow, Friday, October 12.  This great gift card program gives you the opportunity to buy gift cards for everyday expenses such as groceries, gas, dining and department store purchases, and split the fundraising revenue with Brickton's Middle School as a credit towards next year’s Brickton tuition!  Ordering is easy, online or drop off your form at the business office.  When you order gift cards through Manna, everybody wins!

Go Green & Help Brickton Raise $1,000!

Raise funds without even reaching into your pocket! Brickton only needs a few more families to convert to Viridian customers for electric service to reach a total of 50, thus earning a $500 bonus if obtained by the end of November! And, if we push this total to 75 customers we will earn another $500…That’s $1,000 of support for Brickton! Beyond that, Brickton will earn $150 residually month after month ($2 per customer).

How can you participate?  Enroll for free with Viridian at www.Viridian.com/Brickton to save money on your ComEd bill and support cleaner sources of energy! Please let us know if you prefer to complete a paper agreement and the necessary forms will be provided.  Mike Messina will be available in the lobby a couple afternoons next week, so bring your electric bill with you, and he can walk you through the process.

If you want more information, see the links below:

Research Viridian here and here.

Research the industry at the Illinois Commerce Commission website and the Citizens Utility Board website.

Taste of Montessori

Please join us to get a taste of what it’s like in your child’s classroom and to meet other families.  The families will meet in the Great Room for a potluck dinner from 5-6pm, then move into the classroom to join the students to work until 7pm. Toddler families will meet in the classroom for an hour of work and snack time with their child.  Check the list below to Save the Date for your child’s Taste of Montessori.  Sign-up sheets for each classroom will come from their Directress/Director, closer to the date.

Room 107                  Tue, October 16, 5pm – Great Room, 6pm – classroom

Room 101                  Thu, October 18, 5pm – Great Room, 6pm – classroom

Lower Elementary    Tue, October 23, 5pm – Great Room, 6pm – classroom

Toddler                      Thu, October 25, 5pm - classroom 

Art Club Session 2 Begins

Join Art Club for its second session – Extreme Crafting – for a hands-on art class for students in 1st - 8th grade. For registration information email Kelly.

Starts Tuesday, October 16.

Middle School Drumming Performance

Monday, October 15, 8:45am in the Great Room

Come join the Brickton Middle School class in celebrating the magic of rhythm.  They will perform a 15 minute drumming concert based on skills they have been honing in music class with the Middle School assistant, Beth Peachey.  Using hand drums, the students will display a variety of rhythms and skills – including rhythms from Egypt.  This is an exciting cultural learning event not to be missed. 

Quick Reminders

Move-a-Thon ends tomorrow.  So, if you have any last minute running, walking, biking, skipping, jogging, rollerblading, or skateboarding to do, it is time to hop to it.  Turn your tracking sheets into the office by Monday!

Kindergarten and Lower Elementary to the Pumpkin Farm

Fri, October 12, 9:00am – 12:45pm  Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm

Kindergarteners and Lower Elementary students will take a school bus to Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm in Barrington, IL.  Please wear your Brickton t-shirt!  The students will have pizza lunch upon return to school.

Upper Elementary to Nature’s Classroom  On Monday, the Upper Elementary classroom is headed to Wisconsin for their yearly visit to Nature’s Classroom.  They leave at 9:00am on Monday and return Friday afternoon.  Have fun!