News & Updates
Newsletter 9/12/24
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 359-2133
FAX 359-2303
Teaching Assignments
PK-K- Ms. Julie Wilson
1-2- Ms. Lynne Ensworth
3-4- Ms. Christy McLaughlin
5-8- Ms. Allegra Stuart
5-8- Ms. Tanya Bannon
LS and Sp. Ed- Ms. Emily Newell
SEL- Ms. Annie Porter
PE- Ms. Christine Russell
Art/Library- TBD
Music/Performing Arts- Ms. Beth Kyzer
Principal-Christine Russell
Admin. Asst.-Louanne Munson
School Medical Assistant-Louanne Munson
Staff Email Addresses
| Name | Title | |
| Tanya Bannon | 5-8 Teacher | tbannon@brooklinschool.org |
| Rebecca Courtot | Ed Tech | bcourtot@brooklinschool.org |
| Beth Kyzer | Music (Band) | bkyzer@brooklinschool.org |
| Christine Russell | PE /Principal | crussell@brooklinschool.org |
| Carrie Hamilton | Ed Tech | chamilton@brooklinschool.org |
| Emily Newell | Sped/Life Skills | enewell@brooklinschool.org |
| Annie Porter | School Counselor | aporter@brooklinschool.org |
| Christy Mc Laughlin | 3/4Teacher | cmclaughlin@brooklinschool.org |
| Allegra Stuart | 5-8 Teacher | astuart@brooklinschool.org |
| Julie Wilson | Pre-K & K Teacher | jwilson@brooklinschool.org |
| Liz Day | Ed Tech | lday@brooklinschool.org |
| Lynne Ensworth | 1/2 Teacher | lensworth@brooklinschool.org |
| Trent Goodman | Ed Tech Life Skills | tgoodman@brooklinschool.org |
| Hilary Tobin | Art | htobin@brooklinschool.org |
| Harry Rodrique | Ed Tech Life Skills | hrodrique@brooklinschool.org |
| Louanne Munson | Administrative Assistant | lmunson@brooklinschool.org |
| David Bowden | Custodian | dbowden@brooklinschool.org |
| Ellen Carville | Cook | ecarville@brooklinschool.org |
| David Bowden | Athletic Director | dbowden@brooklinschool.org |
| Louanne Munson | Medical Assistant | lmunson@brooklinschool.org |
Forms
All the forms will be sent home the first day of school. Please read, fill out, make corrections to emergency forms, emergency contacts, phone numbers, address etc. and return to school ASAP.
Picture Day Date
The School Picture Day will be October 8, 2024.
Flu Clinic
The Flu Clinic will be on October 10, 2024. Be sure to return the sign-up form for your child.
Handbooks
Handbooks were sent digitally vis email. If you need a paper copy, please contact Louanne.
Dress Code
Dress Code- Dress Code Philosophy: Brooklin School’s student dress code supports equitable educational access and is written in a manner that does not reinforce stereotypes. To ensure effective and equitable enforcement of this dress code, school staff shall enforce the dress code consistently and in a manner that does not reinforce or increase marginalization or oppression of any group based on race, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, cultural observance, household income, or body type/size.
Our Values Are:
- All students should be able to dress comfortably for school and engage in the educational environment without fear of or actual unnecessary discipline or body shaming.
- All students and staff should understand that they are responsible for managing their own personal “distractions” without regulating individual students’ clothing/self-expression.
- Student dress code enforcement should be consistent, but not result in unnecessary barriers to school attendance.
- Teachers should be allowed to focus on teaching without the additional and often uncomfortable burden of dress code enforcement.
Our Student Dress Code is Designed to Accomplish Several Goals:
- Maintain a safe and orderly learning environment.
- Allow students to wear comfortable clothing to school.
- Allow students to wear clothing that expresses their self-identified gender.
- Allow students to wear religious attire without fear of discipline or discrimination.
- Prevent students from wearing clothing or accessories with offensive images or language, including profanity, hate speech, and pornography.
- Prevent students from wearing clothing and accessories that denote, suggest, display or reference alcohol, drugs or related paraphernalia or other illegal activities.
- Prevent students from wearing clothing that interrupts the operation of school by disrupting the educational process.
- Prevent students from wearing clothing or accessories that reasonably can be construed as being or including content that is racist, lewd, vulgar, or that contains fighting words, speech that incites others to imminent lawless action, defamatory speech, or speech that threatens others.
- Ensure that all students are treated equally within the school environment with regards to dress.
Brooklin School expects that all students will dress in a way that is appropriate for the school day or any school sponsored event. Student dress choices should respect our intent to provide a safe and orderly school environment as related to student dress and that is inclusive of a diverse range of identities. The primary responsibility for a student’s attire resides with the student and their parent(s) or guardian(s).
#1 – Basic Principle: Certain body parts must be covered for all students at all times. Clothes must be worn in a way such that genitals, buttocks, and breasts are fully covered with opaque fabric. All items listed in “must wear” and “may wear” categories below must meet this basic principle. Clothing must cover areas from one armpit across to the other armpit down to approximately midway on the upper thighs.
#2 – Students MUST wear a top with fabric in the front, back, and on the sides under the arms, AND • bottoms (for example: pants, skirt, sweatpants, leggings, shorts, or a dress), AND • Shoes.
#3 – Student MAY wear, AS LONG AS these items do not violate the basic principle above:
- Religious headwear as required by one’s faith.
- Fitted pants, including opaque leggings and skinny jeans.
- Ripped jeans, as long as underwear and buttocks are not exposed and any rips or holes occur beyond mid-thigh area.
- Tank tops, as long as the straps are approximately one finger wide.
- Athletic attire.
- Hoodie sweatshirts, as long as the hood IS NOT worn in the building.
#4 – Students MAY NOT wear:
- Violent language or images.
- Images or language depicting/suggesting drugs, alcohol, vaping or paraphernalia, gang-related images/statements (or illegal item or activity).
- Hate speech, profanity, pornography.
- Images or language that creates a hostile or intimidating environment based on any protected class or consistently marginalized groups.
- Any clothing that reveals visible undergarments (visible bra straps are allowed with tank tops and spaghetti strap tops).
- Accessories that could be dangerous or could be used as a weapon (chains, hooks, etc.)
- Any item that obscures the face or ears (except as a religious observance). Hats and hoods may ONLY be worn outside and are NOT ALLOWED to be worn in the building (unless arranged and communicated by the Principal).
#5 – Dress Code Enforcement– To ensure effective and equitable enforcement of this dress code, school staff shall enforce the dress code consistently using the requirements below.
- Students will only be removed from spaces, hallways, or classrooms as a result of an extreme dress code violation as outlined in Section 1 and 4 above.
- Students in simple violation of Section 1 and/or 4 will be provided three options to be dressed more to code during the school day by the teacher within the first 5-10 minutes of the class period:
- Students will be asked to put on their own alternative clothing, if already available at school, to be dressed more to code for the remainder of the day.
- Students will be provided with temporary school clothing to be dressed more to code for the remainder of the day.
- If necessary, the students’ parent(s) may be called during the school day to bring alternative clothing for the student to wear for the remainder of the day.
No student should be affected by dress code enforcement because of racial identity, sex assigned at birth, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, cultural or religious identity, household income, body size/type, or body maturity.
Students should not be shamed or required to display their body in front of others (students, parents, or staff) in school.
Dress code violations as outlined in Section 1 or 4 will be documented by staff members. If repeated incidences of noncompliance with the code occurs, administrators reserve the right to apply formal discipline including, but not limited to:
1) parent phone call
2) detention
3) in-school suspension
4) out-of-school suspension.
Administration reserves the right to have the final say with regards to the interpretation of the dress code and whether a student is truly in violation. If something isn’t blatantly inappropriate, our goal is to keep children in their classrooms and avoid unnecessary referrals. However, a safe and orderly learning environment must be maintained at all times.
Lunch Costs
School lunches will be free of charge for all students under the age of 18 this school year. Free and reduced forms will be coming home to fill out; fill out and return even if you do not qualify. These numbers reflect on State monies for Brooklin School to receive.
Breakfast
Breakfast will be served when students arrive at school. Menus are on the Brooklin School website, Facebook Page and will be emailed home to parents.
Newsletter Update
The newsletter will be sent home via e-mail this school year. Please e-mail me at lmunson@brooklinschool.org or call me at 359-2133 with any changes in your email.
Back to School BBQ
The back to school BBQ will be Monday, September 30th at 5:00 PM immediately following the home soccer game. PTF will supply meats and rolls. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Thank you in advance.
Reminder of Security of the Building
During the school day, all doors are locked except the front door to the school. Please be sure to enter and exit through the front door by the flagpole only. Thank you.
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 Christine Russell, Principal, or Louanne Munson, the Administrative Assistant, at 207-359-2133 with any questions you may have.
Brooklin Soccer Schedule 2024
*All games kickoff at 4 pm with the exception of Penbrook games *
Monday Sept 16 AWAY
@ Surry
Wednesday Sept 18 AWAY
@ Penbrook (Penobscot) *Kickoff 4:30
Tuesday Sept 24 AWAY
@ Sedgwick
Wednesday Sept 25 AWAY
@ Castine (Fort George Field)
Friday Sept 27 HOME
Deer Isle-Stonington at Brooklin
Monday Sept 30 HOME
Bay School at Brooklin
Wednesday Oct 2 HOME
Surry at Brooklin
Tuesday Oct 8 HOME
Sedgwick at Brooklin
Thursday Oct 10 HOME
Castine at Brooklin
Tuesday Oct 15 HOME
Penbrook at Brooklin
*Kickoff 4:30
Wednesday Oct 16 AWAY
@Deer Isle-Stonington
Week of October 21
Playoffs (TBD)
Calendar
September
9/13 8:00 AM Community Morning Meeting
9/16 4:00 PM Game at Surry
9/18 4:30PM Game at Penobscot
9/19 3:00 PM Soccer Practice
9/24 4:00 PM Game at Sedgwick
9/25 4:00 PM Game at Castine (Fort George)
9/27 12:30PM Early Release
4:00 PM HOME game vs. Deer Isle
9/30 3-5:00 PM After School Program
4:00 PM HOME game vs. Bay School
5-5:30 PM Back to School BBQ (bring a side dish or dessert to share)
October
10/2 4:00 PM HOME game vs. Surry
10/3 3:00 PM Soccer Practice
10/4 8:00 AM Community Morning Meeting
10/8 Picture Day
4:00 PM HOME game vs. Sedgwick
10/9 3:00 PM Soccer Practice
10/10 Flu Clinic
4:00 PM HOME game vs. Castine
10/11 NO SCHOOL—TEACHER WORKSHOP
1014 NO SCHOOL—HOLIDAY
10/15 4:30 PM HOME game vs. Penobscot
10/17 3:00 PM Soccer Practice
10/18 8:00 AM Community Morning Meeting
10/25 12:30PM Early Release