March 6, 2023

Dear Breton Downs Families,

Last week our school community was thrilled to experience this year’s PTO musical, Frozen, Jr.! It was truly wonderful to see 225 of our students shine in so many different ways. The cast, crew, and lights are all composed of or managed by our students. Even our kindergarten, first and second graders had the chance to be a part of the show as townspeople, the summer chorus, and the Oaken’s family. I am grateful to our PTO for their sponsorship of this incredible opportunity each year. Congrats to the cast and crew of this year’s show!

A huge thank you goes to Mrs. Timmer for directing our musical! Her passion for our school and love of children is evident in all the work she does. Thank you, also, to the play committee and the many parents, staff, and volunteers who participated by helping with the set, costumes, props, playbill, publicity, microphones, decorations, photography, and so much more. I am thankful for how the school musical brings our community together and provides valuable opportunities for students. 

March is Reading Month
March is one of the most exciting months in an elementary school due to the celebration of March is Reading Month! Throughout the next five weeks we look forward to promoting one of our favorite activities - reading! We will be hosting Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) time ten during the month where our students and staff will all enjoy a good book at the same time. In addition, we invite students to participate in the following Spirit Days

• Friday, March 10- Be a Good Sport and Read (dress as your favorite sports team)

• Friday, March 17- Camp Out with a Good Book (bring a flashlight and wear pjs)

• Friday, March 24- Reading Gives You a Bright Future (dress in bright colors)

In addition to our school-wide activities, teachers will host activities unique to their classroom. Thank you to our PTO for providing us the opportunity to participate in March Book Madness again this year. All classrooms will read picture books from March Book Madness 2023 and vote on their favorite titles. We look forward to a great month of celebrations!

Spring Conferences
Conferences will be held this Thursday, March 9 and next Tuesday, March 14.  All conferences have been scheduled.  If you have any questions on the time of your conferences, please contact the classroom teacher or Mrs. Rogers at 616.235.7552 or lrogers@egrps.org  with questions.  We look forward to discussing your child(ren)’s growth thus far this school year! 

Calendar
Please click here for upcoming events at Breton Downs.  Here are some upcoming calendar dates:

• Thursday, March 9- Spring Conferences from 4-7 p.m.

• Friday, March 10- Spirit Day, Be a Good Sport and Read (dress as your favorite sports team)

• Monday, March 13- Board of Education Meeting at EGRMS at 6:00 p.m.

• Tuesday, March 14- Spring Conferences from 4-7 p.m.

• Friday, March 17- Spirit Day, Camp Out with a Good Book (bring a flashlight and wear pjs to school)

• Monday, March 20- Melodies in March 

• Thursday, March 23- Breton Downs PTO Meeting in the learning commons at 6:00 p.m.

• Friday, March 24- Spirit Day, Reading Gives You a Bright Future (dress in bright colors)

• Friday, March 31- Sunday, April 9- Spring Break, No school for students K-12

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at ccannon@egrps.org

Warm Regards,

Caroline@PrincipalCannon

2023-2024 and 2024-2025 District Calendars

District calendars for school years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 are now available on the district website at egrps.org. 

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Choir News

PLEASE NOTE:  NO CHOIR TOMORROW, MARCH 7.  Rescheduled this week to Thursday, March 9.  Look for an email from Mrs. Kline coming soon.

Information for the upcoming Melodies in March concert on Monday, March 20 can be found here.  You will find links to videos for the songs the choir will be singing along with practice tracks here.  Please have your choir student rehearse using these tracks.  Thank you!

Note - Mark your calendars!!  There will be NO choir practice on March 21

Huffer's Highlights

Please click here for a note from our School Social Worker, Mrs. Erin Huffer, regarding identifying feelings.

With Basketball March Madness just around the corner, March Book Madness is already underway, thanks to a grant this past fall of more than $10,000 from the Foundation (thanks to our donors, the Foundation began sponsoring March Book Madness in 2017). Breton Downs kicked off March Book Madness Thursday morning with a packed gym full of students cheering enthusiastically as this year’s bracket of 16 picture books was announced (Lakeside and Wealthy also had March Book Madness kickoffs last week). Students will vote on the books as the month goes along. A champion picture book will be crowned in March, along with champions in categories for upper grades. “It’s amazing to see how excited the kids are about the books,” says Elementary Learning Commons Coordinator Sarah Webber, whose position was also funded by Foundation donors. 

Here’s a video of selection Thursday.

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