12/9- spirit day on friday! it’s funny friday!
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December’s Highlighted Trait: HONESTY Character Counts! I encourage you all to check out the Counseling Connections newsletter published by our counselor, Holly Baxter, each month. While we emphasize the importance of honesty with our students at school each day, we know that parents also work to instill honesty in their children as they grow. Despite our greatest efforts as parents, children may still be untruthful at times and we can best guide them if we understand some of the developmental reasoning behind their actions. Mrs. Baxter includes some very helpful guidance and tips ion this topic n this month’s newsletter, which is available on our website and can be accessed HERE. I also encourage you to attend her parent session next week (see below!).
Do you want to email us? I want to remind everyone in the Brookside community to make sure to use the OPUSD.org domain when emailing school and district staff. The general rule for knowing the email address of any employee: First Initial + Last Name @opusd.org. For example, to email me you would use [email protected]. (We no longer use the @oakparkusd.org domain and appreciate you using the new @opusd.org email addresses exclusively.)
12/9- Spirit Day on Friday! It’s Funny Friday! Our next Student Council sponsored event will be a spirit day! This Friday, December 9th, will not be just any old Friday, it's going to be FUNNY FRIDAY!
You can wear crazy hair, wild socks, your clothes backwards or inside out, bring breakfast for lunch, etc. There will be a gift card to Sweet XO for the student with the craziest hair in each grade level. Start thinking now what you will wear to make this Friday a fun one!
FROM PRINCIPAL AHL
THIS WEEK AT BROOKSIDE!
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12/6 -Spirit Stick Sale on Tuesday After School! Let’s show our holiday spirit for the month
of December! Spirit Sticks make great
gifts and stocking stuffers!
Date: Tuesday, December 6th, 2016 Time: Kindergarten Dismissal 1:15
Grades 1-3 Dismissal 2:30
Grades 4-5 Dismissal 2:56
Save time and write down your selections by downloading and printing the order form HERE and have your student present at the table!
Please join us for our Spirit Stick sale on Tuesday, December 6th! This month we will
feature festive winter penguins, Star Wars, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We
will be located at the tables in front of the school right after class dismissal. Thank you again
for your continued support!
Lost & Found-Claim Items before Friday, 12/9! There are a LOT of jackets and water bottles in the lost and found rack and shelf in
front of the MPR. Please have your children check these before Friday, 12/9, after which time, those items will be donated.
Important Pick-Up News: Field Access at Conifer Closed through 1/8 Beginning November 21st through January 8th -- the lower field (closest to Mae Boyar Park)
will be re-seeded. The area will be fenced off and this will include the gate leading to the
field from Conifer. This gate will remain locked during the re-seeding process and you will not
be able to access campus from this gate. If you park along Conifer to pick up your student
please make other arrangements for a meeting spot, climbing over the fence is not an
option. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
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Important Morning Drop-off Reminders Parents, in the interests of safety and consideration for others, please do not use the morning drop-off area if your child does not have their backpack or other items in their lap ready to exit the car CURBSIDE. If your child has larger items that must be kept in the trunk, please park, and
walk your child on campus. We appreciate your patience while waiting your turn to drop-off;
safety is our number one priority. Thank you for your cooperation and care for our
Brookside community. We are fortunate to have parent VOLUNTEERS helping our students
each morning. If you would like to improve the process and volunteer to assist with traffic &
safety, please contact Kim Kavett-Moore, VP of Volunteers at [email protected].
December Digital Spotlight With technology at their fingertips, students have been learning about digital
citizenship in the classroom. To further connect the classroom and the home,
we will be creating monthly digital spotlights to help get conversations started
at home. Thank you for joining this partnership to ensure your child’s digital safety and
responsibility.
Topic: Cyberbullying and Online Community
Discussion Starters: How is a community in real life similar/different to/from an online community?
Do people behave differently in the two realms?
What can you do as a community to empower and support one another through
difficult times (both online and offline)?
Resources: Parent Tips: Click Here Common Sense Media Q & A’s: Click Here
UPCOMING EVENTS! 12/14 Brookside Invades Westlake Promenade & Barnes & Noble Book Fair 12/22 Minimum Day (12:15 p.m. Dismissal - All Grades) 12/23 NO SCHOOL (local holiday) 12/26-1/6 WINTER BREAK (NO SCHOOL) 1/9 School Resumes (Elementary Only) *No PTA General Association meeting this month
FROM OPUSD
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12/15 & 12/16: December’s Parent Education Event with Counselor Holly Baxter
12/10- Santa Comes to Westlake/Agoura & Beyond Join Us! Saturday, December 10 at 8:30 AM at the DIY Home Center at 28750 Roadside Drive in Agoura Hills. Mark your calendars for a
community-wide event to benefit families in need with non-perishable food
items. What will be happening? Face painting and crafts for the kids! Santa!
Boy Scouts! Girl Scouts! Music!! More importantly, sorting and delivering
food for those families in need. This is a great way to get your entire family involved! Food
Drive spirit sticks will be given to BES students while supplies last!
The Oak Park Unified School District is proud to offer a Parent Education Event:
Growing Tall Oaks Supporting and Building Your Child’s Conflict
Resolution and Self-Advocacy Skills Presented by Cara White & Daniel Veselak, LIFE
Conflicts occur throughout our day, week, and lifetime. At times, conflict can be unavoidable and can leave us feeling angry or down about ourselves. This presentation will help you to grasp the three different types of conflicts, and the ten steps towards conflict resolution that our children experience with friends, siblings, and classmates. Throughout the presentation you will learn self-advocacy skills to teach your children, and learn to understand how your children can help themselves in difficult situations.
LIFE provides comprehensive therapeutic treatment for those in need within the community. At LIFE, Cara White and Daniel Veselak work with pre-teens, adolescents, and young adults, who might be struggling with anxiety, depression, social skill deficits, family conflict, academic/sports pressures and much more.
Thursday, 12/15 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Repeat presentation:
Friday, 12/16 8:30 – 10:00 am
Red Oak Elementary, MPR 4857 Rockfield St, Oak Park
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12/14-SAVE THE DATE: Next Wednesday! Brookside Invades the Westlake Promenade and Barnes & Noble Book Fair! Didn’t quite finish your holiday shopping at our Scholastic Book Fair?
MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Wednesday, 12/14!
Back by popular demand, is our BROOKSIDE INVADES WESTLAKE PROMENADE EVENT next Wednesday! The fun begins at 4pm.
• Take a break from cooking and grab dinner at Fresh Brothers Pizza or Champagne Bakery
to support Brookside!
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• Plan for an evening of family fun, story time, cooking decorating, scavenger hunt, & raffle
prizes at our Barnes & Noble book fair where you can get your holiday shopping done & earn up to 20% back for Brookside. Everything in-store counts! GREAT time to get those books, toys, games and holiday gifts!
BARNES & NOBLE BROOKSIDE BOOKFAIR DETAILS & SCHEDULE • In-Store Book Fair Runs 12/14 through 12/20! • On-line Book Fair Runs 12/14 through 12/25! • Visit BN.COM/bookfairs and enter Bookfair ID 11991106 at checkout. Note: we earn a
reduced percentage of 10% from online sales.
ON DECEMBER 14TH IN-STORE! • 3:30-6pm: Enjoy holiday cookie & brownie decorating, complimentary gift wrapping (all tips
go back to the PTA!)
• 4-6pm: In-Store scavenger hunt!
STORY TIME SCHEDULE Raffle prize drawings at each story time session!
• 4:00 p.m. Principal Ahl • 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Shaver, Brookside Librarian • 5:00 p.m. Drew Daywalt, Bestselling Author of The Day the Crayons Quit
• 12/14 3:30-8pm: Complimentary gift wrapping for in-store purchases.
• 12/14-12/20 In-Store Book Fair: mention Brookside at checkout
Holiday shop for our amazing teachers from their Barnes and Noble wish list.
PARTICIPATING RESTAURANT VENDORS 12/14 (11 am-closing) • Fresh Brothers Pizza-20% back to Brookside (dine-in, take-out, delivery) show flyer or
mention "Brookside"
• Champagne Bakery-10% back to Brookside (dine-in and take-out) please PRINT attached
flyer
• Starbucks café inside Barnes & Noble-up to 20% back to Brookside. Show flyer or mention
“Brookside”
REMEMBER: Be sure to mention “Brookside” or show the attached event flyer on your phone at Barnes & Noble and Fresh Brothers Pizza. Champagne Bakery requires a PRINTED copy of their flyer when paying.
LOOK FOR FLYERS TO BE POSTED ON PARENTSQUARE THIS WEEK! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
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Year-End Giving: Pledge Now to Brookside PTA’s Just for the Kids Annual Giving Campaign! Click HERE to DONATE TODAY! If you have not yet contributed to
Just for the Kids, it is not too
late. This is the PTA’s primary
fundraiser—nothing to buy or
sell, just a straight donation and
is 100% tax deductible.
Thank you to the over 220 families who have donated to
the Brookside PTA’s annual giving campaign. The PTA is working on our list of donors to
gratefully acknowledge your generosity. For families who have not yet contributed, please
know that all amounts are appreciated and consider giving now. We hope by now, you are
able to see some of the programs the PTA funds at Brookside in order to fill the state funding
gap. The state does not fund our music program, our technology instructor, art, the Music Van, Run Club, Reflections, Lunchtime Enrichment programs, and the 2,500 + hours of additional instructional aide time along with library books, additional classroom supplies, the 60 programs we support, and much more; your contributions do. Please see the
infographic above to view where our money goes; every single expenditure is approved by the board and our general association, and the budget is formulated based on membership input from our annual spring survey. Our financials are audited twice yearly
and submitted to the Conejo Council PTA for review. All contributions to the Brookside PTA
are tax-deductible as we are a 501(c)(3). If you have any questions concerning PTA finances,
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please feel free to contact Tina Wang, PTA President, at [email protected], or
Maria Cross, PTA Treasurer, at [email protected]
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MCMS & OPHS Winter Concert Schedule! Please join us for the MCMS and OPHS Winter concerts and experience the amazing talent of
our band and music students. All performances are FREE and will take place in the OPHS Pavilion. Baked goods will be sold at the shows to raise money for OPIMA!
• Tuesday, 12/6 @ 6pm: OPHS Jazz Band, MCMS Jazz Band
• Tuesday, 12/6 @ 7pm: MCMS Intermediate Concert Band,
• Wednesday, 12/7 @ 7pm: OPHS Concert Band, OPHS Wind Ensemble, OPHS String
Ensemble
• Thursday, 12/8 @ 6pm: MCMS Beginning Band, MCMS Advanced Band
• Thursday, 12/8 @ 7pm: MCMS Choir
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reach over 600 local families. Pricing Options:• $50 for 1 week/ad,
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Lamppost Pizza Fundraiser!
Help the Oak Park Instrumental Music Association (OPIMA)
raise money by bringing the attached flyer to Lamppost
Pizza (located near Pavillions-corner of Kanan/Lindero)
anytime between 12/12 and 12/16. OPIMA will earn 20%
of sales to help fund the band programs and OPHS and
MCMS. Even valid on take out.
Agoura Hills Recreation and Events Center Presents 4th & 5th Grade Night
4th & 5th Grade Nights
Friday, December 9 7:00-9:00pm
Agoura Hills Recreation and Event Center $10
GAMES BROUGHT TO LIFE
Register online at www.agouragarage.org or in person. For questions or more information, please call
(818) 597-7361 or email [email protected].
Jump into your favorite board game! Design your own Mario cart and play life
size board games!!
Food and beverages will be available for purchase
Not Affiliated With Oak Park Unified School District