Newsletter 9/5/19
Thank you: PTF for the beautiful Welcome Back sign and plants under the Brooklin School sign.
Reminder of Security of the Building
During the school day, all doors are locked except the front door to the school. Please ring the buzzer to be let inside. Always enter and exit through the front door by the flagpole only. Thank you.
Physical Education Class
Physical Education classes are on Tuesday’s and Friday’s. Sneakers are required for physical education class. Please also send your child dressed in shorts or pants but no dresses or skirts. Thank you in advance.
Lost and Found
There are already clothes on the bench in front of the office of lost and found. Remind children to have all their clothes with them at the end of the day.
Follow the Brooklin School on Facebook. Updates on games, events and school-wide news will be posted there.
Brooklin School Web Page
Visit our new school web page at BrooklinSchool.org. It is a great resource for the school calendar, handbook, and many different links to helpful resources.
School Board Meeting — September 10th
The School Board meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the school. Please come to these meetings and make your important contributions to the school.
Volunteer Form
All parents and volunteers, please fill out the Volunteer Form that was sent home this week. Without this filled out, returned and a background check is done through the Superintendent’s Office, you will not be allowed to volunteer in the school or with students.
Forms Sent Home
All the forms: free and reduced lunch forms, emergency forms, and several permission forms were sent home this week. Please read, fill out, and return to school tomorrow.
Newsletter Update
Anyone who is interested in receiving the newsletter via e-mail or regular mail starting in September, please e-mail me at lmunson@brooklinschool.org or call me at 359-2133.
Lunch Costs
Lunch/Milk Program
COSTS (per day):
- Lunch $ 3.00
- Breakfast $1.75
- Milk $ .40
- Adult Lunch $7.50
One milk is served with all hot lunches. Hot lunch includes one milk.
Order extra milks for:
*a second hot lunch milk
*milk to drink with a bag lunch from home.
All extra/snack milks cost $.40. Families participating in the Free/Reduced lunch program are also charged $.40 per extra milk.
Picture Day-Date
The School Picture Day will be September 23, 2019.
School Picture Day Volunteer
I am looking for a volunteer to help the photographer the morning of Monday, September 23rd while he/she is taking pictures. Please call Louanne at 359-2133 if you can help. Thank you in advance.
Calendar
(http://brooklin-es.u76.k12.me.us/47531-2/)
September
- 9/9, 4:00 PM Soccer Game at Sedgwick
- 9/11, 3:30 PM Soccer Game Home vs Castine
- 5:00 PM,Back To School BBQ
- 9/16 ,4:00 PM Soccer Game at Bay School
- 9/17, 4:15 PM Soccer Game at Home vs Penbrook
- 9/18, 4:00 PM Soccer Game at Deer Isle
- 9/23,9:00 AM Picture Day
- 4:00 PM, Soccer Game at Home vs. Surry
- 9/24 , 3:05 PM PTF Meeting
- 9/25 , 4:00 PM Soccer Game at Home vs. Bay School
- 9/26 ,4:00 PM Soccer Game at Blue Hill
- 9/27 ,1:00 PM Early Release
October
- 10/1 , 4:00 PM Soccer Game at Home vs. DISES
- 10/2, 4:00 PM Soccer Game at Home vs. Blue Hill
- 10/3, 4:00 PM Soccer Game at Home vs. Sedgwick
- 10/5, 5:30 PM Funorama at Castine
- 10/7, TBA Kieve for 7/8 Grade
- 10/11, Parent/Teacher Conferences—No School
- 10/14 , No School—Holiday
- 10/15 , 4:00 PM Soccer Game at Surry
- 10/25 ,1:00 PM Early Release
PTF News
Brooklin Backpack Program
Brooklin Backpack Program run by the Brooklin School PTF. They are teaming up with the staff and teachers of Brooklin School to offer a supply of nutritious meals and snacks for children over extended weekends and breaks, free of charge. Their teacher distributes bags to your child on the last school day before the long weekend or break. The bag of food will be discreetly placed in the oldest child in the families backpack before they get onto the bus.
Any child enrolled in Brooklin School is able to receive these weekly bags of food. If you do not want your child to participate in this program, please fill out the form below. You only need to need to return this form if you do not want your child to participate in Brooklin Backpack Program.
PTF Barbecue–September 11th, 5:00 pm
The PTF (Parents Teachers Friends) group invites everyone in our school community to our annual Back To School BBQ to kick off another school year. The event will be held on Wednesday, September 11th starting at 5:00 at school. Please come and join us for this annual event for all teachers, staff, students, families, and friends of the school. The PTF will grill hot dogs, hamburgers, and sausages and will also provide fixings, snacks, and drinks. We are asking people who attend to please bring a side dish, salad or dessert item to share with everyone. Please remember no nuts!
Welcome back to school
The PTF members welcomed our teachers back to school with an awesome hearty breakfast last week. Thank you to all the parents and friends that made that happen. Everyone at Brooklin School had been working hard all summer to get school cleaned and refreshed and it looked beautiful already! Thank you to the parents and friends that came out on the 29th to help with a few last projects. The PTF put in some new gardens out front, organized the sheds out back and weeded the front gardens for a finishing touch.
The PTF has stocked the teacher’s lounge with healthy snacks for your children in case someone has a grumbly stomach during school or needs a little energy before practice. We also will be sending food home for the Brooklin Backpack Program on October 10th and if you do NOT want food to be coming home with your child during extended breaks, you will need to opt-out of the program. You can always opt back in later if you change your mind. Please use this form to OPT-OUT https://forms.gle/a159jxfz8t2M7dNx7
If you would like to read more about this program you can go here.
Upcoming Events:
- Friday, September 6th @ 7:30 am First Coffee Social. Come have a cup of coffee and a snack.
- September 11th Back-To-School Community BBQ @ 5. Everyone is welcome! Please bring a side or dessert.
- September 24th at 3:15 – PTF meeting in the library. Everyone is welcome!
- Fill out paperwork for Brooklin School Backpack Program https://forms.gle/hzYpnYonBsZ2Rtt47
Soccer Schedule
Sept 9 at Sedgwick
Sept 11 vs Castine at Brooklin (3:30) *
Sept 16 at Bay School
Sept 17 vs Penbrook at Brooklin (4:15) *
Sept 18 at Deer Isle *
Sept 23 vs Surry at Brooklin
Sept 25 vs Bay School at Brooklin *
Sept 26 at Blue Hill (Blue Hill s A team)
Oct 1 vs Deer Isle at Brooklin
Oct 2 vs Blue Hill at Brooklin *
Oct 3 vs Sedgwick at Brooklin *
Oct 5 Funorama at Castine 5:30 to 8:30 pm (Saturday)
Oct 15 at Surry *
Makeup games and playoffs – week of Oct 21…….finals probably Oct 24.
* denotes game counts toward playoff standings
All games at 4:00 pm unless otherwise noted
Welcome back!
Welcome Back!! First Day 9/3/19
School Address
PO Box 120
Brooklin, ME 04616
School starts at 7:45 AM and ends at 3:00 PM
Telephone Numbers
The Brooklin School 207-359-2133
FAX 207-359-2303
Superintendent 207-348-9100
Brown’s Busing 207-359-8053
Bus Schedules
Brooklin Bus A—Eyleen, Driver
6:50 Hales Woods Road
6:53 Bay Road
7:00 Harriman Point Road
7:06 Flye Point Rd
7:10 Old County Road
7:20 Morse Lane
7:25 Brooklin School
Proceed to GSA
Brooklin Bus B—Jerry, Driver
6:45 High Street
6:53 River Road
6:58 Reach Road
7:01 Folly Road
7:13 Naskeag Point Road
7:21 Pooduck Road
7:25 Brooklin School
Proceed to DISHS
Dismissals
Buses load at the main entrance. Parents who are picking students up should wait by the side entrance by the gym (except for the Puffin and Pre-K students). Students who bike or walk home are dismissed after the buses have departed. Information about new students has been given to the bus company if they have been registered through Louanne in the office. If you have any questions or concerns about the buses or routes, please call Brown’s Busing at 359-8053.
Student Dismissal Notes
Students are expected to have a note at the beginning of the day indicating where they will be going after school. If a change needs to be made for a student where they are going after school, please call the office before 2:45 PM.
Tardiness
Students are tardy if they are not present at the beginning of the school, which is 7:45 AM. Tardiness is disruptive to other student’s learning and the teacher’s instruction.
PTF Barbecue–September 11th, 5:00 pm
The PTF (Parents Teachers Friends) group invites everyone in our school community to our annual Back To School BBQ to kick off another school year. The event will be held on Wednesday, September 11th starting at 5:00 at school. Please come and join us for this annual event for all teachers, staff, students, families and friends of the school. The PTF will grill hot dogs, hamburgers and sausages and will also provide fixings, snacks and drinks. We are asking people who attend to please bring a side dish, salad or dessert item to share with everyone. Please remember no nuts!
Lunch Costs
Lunch/Milk Program
COSTS (per day):
- Lunch $ 3.00
- Breakfast $1.75
- Milk $ .40
- Adult Lunch $7.00
One milk is served with all hot lunches. Hot lunch includes one milk.
Order extra milk for:
- *a second hot lunch milk
- *milk to drink with a bag lunch from home.
All extra/snack milk cost $.40. Families participating in the Free/Reduced lunch program are also charged $.40 per extra milk.
Newsletter Update
Anyone who is interested in receiving the newsletter via e-mail or regular mail starting in September, please e-mail me at lmunson@brooklinschool.org or call me at 359-2133.
School Board Meeting — September 10th
The School Board meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM at the school. Please come to these meetings and make your important contributions to the school.
Brooklin School is a Nut Sensitive School
What does this mean? As a school community, we will work together to ensure the safety of all the children in our school. We are asking the entire Brooklin community to assist in this effort to keep children with food allergies safe. The menu in the school cafeteria will feature nutritionally appropriate substitutes for peanut and tree nut products. All staff members will share in the responsibility of keeping children safe in our school.
How can I help? You can help by talking with your child about food allergies and supporting the efforts taking place at school to make all children aware of the nut sensitive policy at Brooklin. Some of our efforts will include the importance of hand washing throughout the school day and not sharing food with other students. You can also help by cutting down whenever possible the peanut and nut products your child brings to school for lunch or snack as is reasonable for your family.
What if I have further questions? Please do not hesitate to call Jil Blake, Principal, or Louanne Munson, the Administrative Assistant, at 207-359-2133 with any questions you may have.
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA):
Guidelines for Sports Teams and Gym Classes
What is MRSA?
- MRSA is a bacteria, a special form of Staphylococcus aureus (“Staph”) that is resistant to many of the antibiotics that we usually use to treat Staph infections. Staph bacteria are the most common cause of skin infections.
- Like other forms of Staph, MRSA is commonly present on the skin or in the noses of healthy people without causing illness. It can also be carried in the armpit, groin, or genital area.
- When these bacteria get into a break in the skin, they can cause a skin infection. To determine whether an infection is caused by “regular” Staph or MRSA, a swab of pus or drainage from the wound is sent to the laboratory for testing.
How is MRSA spread?
- MRSA is spread from person to person, mostly by direct skin-to-skin contact.
- People can also get MRSA when their skin comes into contact with items that have been contaminated by bacteria from wounds in people with a MRSA infection. This could happen by sharing towels or clothing/personal equipment or when exercise mats, weights, etc…, are not cleaned off after use.
How is MRSA treated?
- Athletes with skin infections should notify athletic or school nursing staff, and should be seen by a healthcare provider to see if treatment or and/or any tests are needed. Sometimes, skin infections need only good wound care and extra hygiene (e.g. keeping the area clean and dry, washing hands after caring for the area, carefully disposing of any bandages, and allowing the body to heal.
- Treatment of MRSA and other skin infections often requires the use of antibiotics. The antibiotics that are used to treat MRSA are different than the ones usually used to treat regular Staph. Decisions about treatment are made by doctors, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants.
How can I prevent MRSA infection among athletes?
*Hand washing is the single most important behavior in preventing the spread of infectious disease. Emphasize this to your athletes.