Fall festival count down...

This is it!  We are so close to Friday and our Fall Festival it's hard to contain our excitement!  This Friday we will hold our first fall festival.  Please join us this Friday beginning at 5:30 for fun games, good food and great family time!  100% of the funds raised go back into the school to support our students.  There will be inflatables, cake walk, basket raffle, silent auction, sno cones, hair painting and much more!  Taylor's Catering and Concessions will be selling items so don't worry about cooking on Friday!  Auction items for the Silent Auction include:  Monkey Joe's Party Package, Golf packages, Hand-made crafts, ice skating passes, Symphony and theater tickets, NCSU football tickets, Women's lacrosse stick, restaurant gift cards and many more items!  Come one and all to our Fall Festival!!!!

School Assignment Update from WCPSS

Please follow this link to find out more details about the assignment plan for the 13-14 school year.  There is also a place for public comment.  http://www.wcpss.net/announcements2/2012/10/wcpss-board-of-education-asks-staff-to-return-to-2011-12-base-assignment-maps-for-the-2013-14-school-year/ 

As I receive more information about the new plan I will update you. If you have specific questions about the plan that I can help you with, please let me know.  Thank you , Mrs. Graf

Fall Festival Countdown...one week away!

The Fall Festival is coming!  Our first fall festival is just one week away.  Join us next Friday, October 26th from 5:30-8:30 p.m. for games, food and fun here at BRES.  Our PTA is working hard to prepare for this wonderful event.  Do you have time to help?  Visit the PTA website or call the school and we can get you connected with a PTA representative.  More details to come about the Fall Festival...

Early Release Reminder

Just a reminder that Friday, October 19th is an Early Release Day.  We will begin dismissal at 1:15 p.m. for all students.  If you will be requesting a change in transportation, please be sure to send a note in to the classroom teacher or call the front office at 919-890-7333.  Thank you!

Music centers come to the 3rd grade!

Ms. Loftin has immersed our third grade students in music by planning music centers.  Students are put together in music learning teams called "ensembles" to learn and practice music skills, reinforce content, classify instruments into instrument families and repeat rhythms using an app on the iPads.  Additionally, the ensembles practiced 21st century skills of collaboration, team work and use of the iPad apps.  Ms. Loftin encourages a love of music in each student and the various music centers allow students to be engaged in music in a fun way!  Check out the photos of Ms. Bychurch's class in music centers today with Ms. Loftin!

Additionally, Ms. Loftin is leading the work of our BRES Chorus.  We are proud to share that our 4th and 5th grade chorus has almost 100 members spread over the four tracks.  Our chorus is preparing for their preview performance at Barnes and Nobles in November along with our Winter Performance scheduled for November 29th and the audition for Pieces of Gold in early December.  Parents of students in chorus should check Ms. Loftin's blog for information regarding these two upcoming events.

Race to the note!

Identify the music symbol!



Sort and classify the instrument into the correct instrument family.



Using an app on the Ipads to listen to and repeat different rhythms. 





Calling all Volunteers from 11-12 school year...it's time to reactivate!

All approved volunteers from the 2011-2012 school year (i.e., individuals approved as volunteers prior to 6/30/12) must re-activate no later than 10/31/12 in order to continue as approved volunteers during the 2012-2013 school year.

#1--WCPSS Intranet

#2--Business Applications

#3--Administrator Login

#4--Type in User Name and Login

#5--Expiring Volunteer Report

 

Additionally, after 10/31/12, the volunteer system will be open from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Mondays only beginning 11/5/12 through 5/20/13 with the exception of the follows dates: 12/24/12, 12/31/12, and 1/21/13.

Our media center is open each morning and we will support you in activating if you come by during the school day.  You must reactivate on a WCPSS computer.  You can go to any school to complete this process.  Please call us at 919-890-7333 if you have any questions.  Thank you.

Beautification Day!

Thank you to the Avant family, the Luke family, the Bone family, the Livengood family, the Brugler family, the Washington family and the Skonberg family for coming out and sprucing up our campus.  The beds look beautiful with fresh mulch and the trimmed trees really frame the entrance to the building.  Thank you so much for all the hard work this morning for BRES!  This morning was another way that shows our students and families blaze trails in all that we do!