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Weekly PTO Bulletin 


Have news or events to share? Email us at driscollbulletin@gmail.com by Thursday at 5pm to submit. 

Driscoll Events
FALL FLING is Thursday, October 22! Celebrate with Driscoll families and teachers on the Driscoll Gym Dance Floor at this fun and energetic social. Move to the beat of the DJ  ~ plenty of group dance opportunities and a great time for all age groups. (Electric Slide, limbo, locomotion, Macarena, and more!) Festivities include face painting, henna hand painting, and more.  Snacks provided by BEF (Brookline Education Foundation) Organized and funded by the Driscoll School PTO

Driscoll News
DRISCOLL PTO IS ON FACEBOOK: Want the latest details and updates on all things Driscoll? Be sure to "Like" the PTO Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/DriscollSchoolPTO.

Community News
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:00 PM in the James F. Walsh School Committee Room, 5th Floor, Town Hall.  The docket for the meeting can be read here: http://bit.ly/1jkLf8G
BROOKLINE SEPAC HOSTS WORKSHOP: BASIC RIGHTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
Presenter: Elizabeth Bostic of Federation for Children with Special Needs, Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 6:30p.m. - 8:30p.m. Devotion Elementary School at 345 Harvard Street in the main floor Library NO RESERVATIONS OR FEE contact: brooklinesepac@gmail.com
Brookline Asian American Family Network (BAAFN) is holding an Open House on October 24th, 3-4:30 PM at the Coolidge Corner Library.  BAAFN was formed to support the needs of Asian/Asian American students and their families in the Brookline school system.  For information or to RSVP, email BAAFN1@gmail.com.  Check out BAAFN at www.facebook.com/groups/BAAFN and www.baafn.weebly.com.
Join us for our 4th Annual Fall Fest! Come to the Main Library on Thursday, October 29th for lots of fall-themed fun, including face painting, pumpkin painting, and gourd bowling!  We'll be outside on the School St. side lawn UNLESS it rains, in which case the fun will move inside to Hunneman Hall.  Families with children of all ages are welcome to attend from 3:00 to 5:00pm.
3 Days of Inspiration: TEDxBeaconStreet 2015 Conference
TEDxBeaconStreet is a unique community event featuring diverse, multi-generational thought leaders from all walks of life.  We support contemporary themes and highly interactive learning to facilitate community discussions and envision the impact of emerging ideas. November Speaker Preview: An astronaut, a Red Sox SVP, a Grammy(R) award winner, a Whitehead institute fellow, a Boston Globe Columnist, a Harvard astrophysicist, a co-founder of Android, a poet laureate, a MacArthur Genius Fellow, the president of the Pritzker Innovation Fund, and many more! TEDx Beacon Street - promoting innovation and inspiring lifelong learning. This is big...and right here in Brookline in November. Register for FREE! http://www.tedxbeaconstreet.com/tedxbeaconstreet-2015/
Lincoln's PUMPKINFEST Festival, Sunday Oct. 18, 12-4pm
Celebrate fall with a fun family festival! Treat your children to a carnival rides or a scare in the Spooky Space. Hedge your bets with the Wheel of Fortune. Test your strength in tug of war. Dunk a teacher or take in a live musical performance. Scoop up a gently used Halloween costume. Gobble baked goods, authentic Japanese & Korean cuisine, and various Food Truck fare. Bid in the silent auction for Red Sox tickets, passes to Disney World, gift certificates to local eateries, ski resorts, summer camps, premier hotels, businesses and more. There are pumpkins and books for sale, face painting, a climbing wall, basketball games, homemade cakewalk, balloon blast, glitter spa, photo booth, and much, much more to enjoy. All Pumpkinfest proceeds directly support the Lincoln School. For more information contact lincolnpumpkinfest@gmail.com
A “Real Food” kids scavenger hunt to benefit the Brookline Food Pantry,
Thursday, October 22, 2015, Brookline Farmers’ Market, open 1:30 pm till dusk.
Take your kids shopping at the Brookline Farmers’ Market after school on Thursday, October 22.  Help them participate in a “real food” scavenger hunt, where they can identify fruits and vegetables which you can donate to the Brookline Food Pantry site.  Buy fruits and vegetables for your family and purchase extra for Brookline Food Pantry clients.  Drop your donations in the bins by the Big Green Tent; we’ll deliver them for you. This activity is a great learning experience.  Kids will learn more about healthy food options and also hear about the 2015 national Food Day campaign for food justice, access, and equality.  Let’s replace the canned goods at food pantries with healthy options.
COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION:
Mother's Out Front Brookline is hosting a community discussion at KooKoo Cafe in Brookline Village, on Monday, October 19th, 8-9:30am. All are welcome. This is our chance to discuss how we in Brookline can do something to alter the course of Climate change. Community Choice Aggregation in Brookline will be the hot topic of this next coffee hour.
West Nile Virus: State Public Health Officials announce the first West Nile-related death of the year. On September 29, 2015, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) confirmed the fourth and fifth human cases of West Nile virus in the state this year, both in Suffolk County, including the first human fatality. Learn more about mosquito-borne viruses, how to protect yourself, and how the Brookline Department of Public Health is addressing this issue. brooklinema.gov
 
 

Classifieds
Corner Co-op Nursery School – We Grow Together – Nurturing Families Since 1972
OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, October 24, 2015, 10:00 AM – 12 noon, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, (Corner of Beacon and Dean Rd, entrance on Dean Rd) Corner Co-op is an exciting and safe place for children to initiate and choose, be free and responsible, experiment and discover, play and make friends.  We nurture children's natural need to learn and grow through a dialogue-centered process. We regard play as an essential medium of learning. Ages 2 years 9 months to 5 years. Flexible schedule options. Contact us for more information at 617-738-4631 or visit us online www.cornercoop.org
06 Lexus LS430 $13,900: Runs beautifully.  91K. Good condition (a few exterior scratches,interior near perfect).  Long list of features with Luxury Package including Mark Levinson sound system, dynamic laser cruise control and heated / cooled seats. Currently fitted with all season tires but included is a set of Michelin X-ice winter .Car performs well in icy and snow conditions.  Has been serviced at Lexus dealer. No accidents. Ph Hanna Bray 512 913 9557
 
 

 
 

Upcoming Events
OCTOBER
12


No School 
Columbus Day
OCTOBER
22


Fall Fling
Family Dance
6:00 - 8:00 pm
OCTOBER
30


3rd-5th Grade Community Meeting
8:15 am

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Principal's Corner

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” ~ Oscar Wilde


At our faculty meeting we began our work on our school improvement goals.  In our Math group, we explored and discussed the application of a shared set of principles of mathematical teaching in order to increase student growth and achievement.  

What exactly do we want to accomplish with this goal? 

Our work involved the introduction of the text: Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All, from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2014).  In our five faculty sessions we will introduce the ideas in the text and think through them in teacher teams and in ways determined by the math team. The math team engaged teachers in a discussion of the article “Never Say Anything A Kid Can Say” by Steven Reinhart.  

Our discussion was centered on and was guided by the following:

  • Facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse-Effective teaching of mathematics facilitates discourse among students to build shared understanding of mathematical ideas by analyzing and comparing student approaches and arguments. 

 

  • Pose purposeful questions- Effective teaching of mathematics uses purposeful questions to assess and advance students’ reasoning and sense making about important mathematical ideas and relationships. 

 

  • Support productive struggle in learning mathematics – Effective teaching of mathematics consistently provides students, individually and collectively, with opportunities and supports to engage in productive struggle as they grapple with mathematical ideas and relationships

Thank you for attending our Community Meeting for Grades 3-5.    The children presented grade level highlights with amazing confidence and sang the Driscoll Song with pride.  

We are so excited to congratulate Heidi and her family on the birth of her twin boys, Calder West and Wyeth Quill!   Everyone at Driscoll is excited to meet them.  

Have a great week and thank you for your support. 

Eileen Woods, Interim Principal, 

David Youkilis, Assistant Principal

Read past Principal's Corner's here.

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