TEACHER IN-SERVICE—There will be no school on Friday, May 9th due to a teachers’ professional development day.

FIELD DAYS—Our students will be participating in field days on Wednesday, May 21st and Thursday, May 22nd.  The schedule will be as follows:  May 21st from 9:00-11:00 a.m.—3rd grade, May 21st from 1:00-3:00 p.m.—1st & 2nd grades, May 22nd from 9:00-11:00 a.m.—4th grade and May 22nd from 1:00-3:00 p.m.—5th grade.  Parents are invited to come and cheer the students on.

UPPER EL MUSIC CONCERT—Our Spring Concert for 4th and 5th graders will be held here at Brown on Tuesday, May 13th at 2:00 p.m.  We hope to see you there!

CHILDREN’S SAFETY SEMINAR—The Downriver YWCA will be holding a Children’s Safety Seminar at Brown Elementary on Friday, May 23rd from 6:30-7:30 p.m.  This seminar is for children from the ages of 5-12 and will cover awareness, prevention & safety tips, fun, interactive role plays and basic escape strategies.  For more information, please stop in the office to get a paper or call the YWCA at (734) 284-9030.

SPRING PICTURES—Spring pictures were sent home with students before spring break.  If you have not yet paid for the pictures or returned them, please do so as soon as possible.

BREAKFAST AND LUNCH CHARGES—As our school year is coming to an end, we need to close our books on breakfast and lunch charges.  If your child has any outstanding charges, please pay them as soon as possible.  We appreciate your cooperation

PTO NEWS—Just a reminder that we will be selling chips on Friday.  The cost is 50 cents per bag with a limit of two bags per student. 

LIBRARY BOOKS—If your children have books that need to be returned or owe fines, please take care of this as soon as possible.

DROP OFF AND PICK UP TIMES—Our school day begins at 8:38 a.m. and ends at 3:40 p.m.  If you drive your children to school, please be sure to drop them off and pick them up on time.  If you need latchkey care, there is a program available at Sunnyside Kindergarten Center through the YWCA.  For more information, call (734) 284-9030.  We appreciate your cooperation.

EARLY PICK-UPS AND CHANGES—If you are picking your child up from school, please send a note to the school.  If we do not have a note, we will have to send your child home on the bus.  Also, if you have a change in plans (pick up or ride the bus), please contact the office before 3:15 p.m.  Our office gets extremely busy at that time and sometimes it takes a while to track down students to give them these very important messages.  We appreciate your help in keeping our students safe.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
MAY 6, 2008                           TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY
MAY 7, 2008                           CAREER DAY                                            9:00-10:30 a.m.
                                             DARE PROMOTION (5th grade)                  1:30 p.m.
MAY 9, 2008                            PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT                    NO SCHOOL
MAY 13, 2008                          UPPER ELEMENTARY MUSIC CONCERT          2:00 p.m.
                                             PTO MEETING                                           6:00 p.m.
MAY 19, 2008                          MARKET DAY PICK-UP                                6:00-7:00 p.m.
MAY 21-22, 2008                     FIELD DAYS