CALENDAR
Sept 

30         Jason out for the week 

30         TPA Goal Setting Due - Evaluator List

30       School-Based Professional Development Day- No School for Students

              

Oct            

1 PALS K Window Opens 

3      3rd Camp Friendship 9:15am -1:45pm Robinson, Pallante, Crotteau

3 Thursday Meetings 2:50 pm

4      3rd Camp Friendship 9:15am -1:45pm Chernauskas, Henry, Bowen

5      PTO Bee Healthy Color Run 8am

7      PTO Kindness in Chalk 7am

7-2 PTO Coat Drive

9 School Pictures

9      Miller School Students TBD

9       Team Leaders 2:45 pm

10     5th Grade Paramount Theater 9:30am - 12:15pm 

10 Thursday Meetings 2:50pm

11 PALS Data Due

MONDAY’S EVENTS

RIGOR FOR ALL - Western Feeder Pattern Elementary Schools 

Brownsville Elementary School 

September 30, 2019

8am Breakfast in the main hall 

8:20 Presentation in the BES old gym 

8:25 Break-out into 3 sessions: 

        CRT- old gym 

        Session B Powerful Task Rubric and PLC/CLT - Library

        Session C Powerful Task Rubric a Deeper Dive - Rm 307 Sullivan 

8:30 Begin Break out sessions

11:30 RIGOR FOR ALL concludes / Lunch 

12:30 -1:30pm Tech Time with Sandy Shaffer

12:30pm - Team Time, 1st Being a Reader 

2:00 - 3:30pm - 3rd Grade Team @ Center 1 

TECH TIME with SANDY, MONDAY @ BES 12:30-1:30pm

All,

Sandy Shaffer will host a session, this Monday, if you are interested 

in learning more about the new Promethean touch screen monitors. 

These monitors are new this year and we may begin integrating them 

more. Currently, they are available for check-out. They are also being 

used for temporary projector replacements, so there may be a waiting list. 

If you are interested in what they can do, feel free to sign up using this link: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7OmjSbYX_JOqXHK_B95blk0z4aHpeRA19VG_zUP4wVRRIKw/viewform?usp=sf_link

SCHOOL-WIDE MORNING MEETINGS 

Begin thinking about what your team will share. 

Meetings are scheduled for the 29th and 30th of October. 

SUNSHINE COMMITTEE

Hi Bee Family, 

   Interested in spreading joy and encouragement to those 

around you? Consider joining the sunshine committee. This 

is an organization that we created last year with the purpose 

of supporting and celebrating our community of all the BES staff - 

teachers, office staff, leadership team, specialists, interventionists, 

TA's, cafeteria staff, custodial staff and anyone else who works with 

the amazing students at Brownsville. 

 It is the hope that this team will help us get to know each other better 

and continue to foster encouraging relationships among us all. 

 Some fun to look forward to this year: 

1. Opt in gift exchanges during holidays (Winter, Valentines Day...)

2. Notes and treats of encouragement 

3. Shout outs for all the hard work and love we know you are 

pouring into this job. 

 Please reach out to Tate (tmoore2@k12albemarle.org) if you are 

interested in joining and BESSunshineTeam@gmail.com if you 

know of someone who may need some words of encouragement or some celebrating.

Thank you!

The Buzzness!

THE REGAL 

BEEGLE

CALENDAR

Sept

23 - 25  PTO / Honey Hive Change Challenge

25    Miller School Students TBD      

25 Bus Evacuations 1st Half 2:40pm

26 Bus Evacuations 2nd Half 2:40pm

26 Faculty Meeting - New Report Cards 2:45 pm

27 SPIRIT DAY: BES BEE-BOP

27 PALS 1-3 Window Closes

27   PTO Movie Night 6:30pm  (Rain Date Oct 11)

30   TPA Goal Setting Due - Evaluator List

30 Jason out for the week
30   School-Based Professional Development Day- No School for Students

              

Oct            

1 PALS K Window Opens

1 - 18    Coat Drive 

2    Team Leaders 2:45 pm

3    3rd Camp Friendship 9:15am -1:45pm Robinson, Pallante, Crotteau

3 Thursday Meetings 2:50 pm

4    3rd Camp Friendship 9:15am -1:45pm Chernauskas, Henry, Bowen

5    PTO Bee Healthy Color Run 8am

ALMOST COMPLETE PEER WALK SCHEDULE

Most of the walks schedules are complete and can be seen in this doc. 

Highlighted areas are awaiting schedules. Thank you for your help with 

all of this. 

Included on the doc is a link to the learnwalk record sheet you may use in 

conjunction with the rigor chart as you assess the cognitive engagement 

levels of the students you observe. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GkdfzLE4s0JqT-Z5c2Txu3F6bw-dCntA

3cR3zdRfXZw/edit?usp=sharing

BEE BOP SCHEDULE

Here is the BEE BOP - BES Spirit Day schedule

Ms. Wittkowski is working out an art class schedule and admin will have the 

TA lunch coverage schedule by Friday. 

8:15 – 8:45 All K in Specials  

8:45 – 9:55 All K back in class

9:00 - 9:40 K-1 BEE BOP 

9:45 – 10:15 All 1st in Specials- Pick up from BEE BOP

10:15 – 10:45 All 2nd in Specials

11:00 – 11:40  2nd-3rd BEE BOP

11:05 – 11:30  K Lunch

11:15 – 11:40  4th Lunch  

11:40 – 12:20 5th Lunch

11:45 – 12:15  All 3rd in Specials- Pick up from BEE BOP

11:50 – 12:20 2nd Lunch

12:20 – 12:50 1st Lunch

12:20 – 12:55  All 4th in Specials

12:30 – 1:00 3rd Lunch

1:00 – 1:40   4th- 5th BEE BOP

1:45 – 2:25  All 5th in Specials- Pick up from BEE BOP

The Buzzness!

CALENDAR

17    Fire Drill 10:15 am 

19    Lockdown Drill 1:25pm - after 4th grade Specials 

19 Thursday Meetings 2:45 pm (Grade 2 and 3 RTI meeting)

23 - 25  PTO / Honey Hive Change Challenge

24    Fire Drill (Make UP) 8:40am right before first K transition in Specials 

25    Miller School Students 10:30am - 12:15pm  

26 Faculty Meeting - Report Cards 2:45 pm

27 SPIRIT DAY: BES DAY AND BEE-BOP- Schedule TBD

27 PALS 1-3 Window Closes

27    PTO Movie Night 6:30pm  (Rain Date Oct 11)

Bus Evacuation Drill Date, Monday, October 21. Schedule TBD 

TPA/LEARNWALKS/ADMIN WATCHLIST/PEER WALKS

Teams, let admin know when you have fifteen minutes during planning next 

week for Jason, Brandi or Trish to discuss these items briefly. 

RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM 

School leaders will learnwalk next week, with an eye out for Responsive 

Classroom practices. Brownsville is a RC school and there are expectations 

for every classroom that we guarantee our community. 

1) Morning Message

2) Morning Meetings 

3) Learning Language

4) Modeling 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 SCHOOL -BASED PD - RIGOR FOR ALL!

We have a general plan for this PD day. 

All western feeder pattern elementary school teachers will meet at Brownsville 

beginning at 8am. 

8:00 - 8:25am Breakfast

Then you will break into 3 groups. 

8:30 - 11:30am Everyone who has NOT attended the Introduction to Culturally 

Responsive Teaching attend session A. 

8:30 - 11:30am - Those who have attended Intro to CRT can attend session B or 

C to learn more about the Powerful Task Rubric (Rigor Chart) through PLC or a 

deeper dive into the Rigor Chart itself. 

A google form will go out next week so you can select your options for the morning. 

Afternoon options will be: 

New Promethean Board training with Sandy, 12:30 - 1:30pm

3rd Grade Reading (possibly mandatory) more info to come. 

1st Grade Being a Reader

Team Time

More info to come.

PURCHASING RESUMES NEXT WEEK

Bee on the lookout for an email from Avis early in the week. She will let you know 

when you may resume submitting orders. Sorry for the hang-up.