End of the Year Auction

We are holding an "End of the Year Auction" next week for a chance to spend our Brown Bucks before heading off for the summer. However, the auctioneer could really use some extra special items for auctioning off by next Thursday. I am not asking you to purchase anything new, but maybe you have an extra item in a "regifting" closet, or an item set aside to place in a garage sale that you'd like to donate!!! I have a few items already, but could really use some more. Here are some ideas:

• Packages of gum
• Hershey Kisses
• Football/Basketball/Baseball cards
• Fun pens/pencils
• Gift cards
• Bags
• Healthy snacks/treats
• Candy on Healthy Food Guide Line List
• Individual drinks
• $ store items
• Decorations for locker (mirror, pen holder, notepad)
• Magazines
• Hair items/Hats
• Notepads

Thank you for helping ALL year with donations!
Looking forward to the next 7 days as we celebrate together!

Breakfast Club

Our final two Breakfast Club breakfasts will take place this week and next week. ALL students invited to April's BF Club this Friday already received an invitation.

I will be sending home invitations for the final BF Club this week. We will meet next Wednesday at 8:20. Congratulations to ALL students that attended at least 1 BF Club to celebrate you're successes!

Congratulations Payton!

Our friend and classmate, Payton, submitted a poem and was selected as a finalist to be published with Creative Communications! Please join me in congratulating her on her success!

Victory Field Info

We head to Victory Field on Thursday, May 19!!!! The buses will pull out of Brown's parking lot by 9:15.

ALL STUDENTS MUST BRING $$$ FOR CONCESSIONS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT DAY!

At this point, the weather @ http://www.weather.com/ calls for a high of 69 degrees and partly cloudy (or partly sunny if you're an optimist)! However, the low is 54 degrees that morning. We will keep our fingers crossed for dry weather, and warm weather will be a bonus!

Please dress accordingly for the weather and the event. We will be doing a lot of walking, so gym shoes are preferrable. Also, let's plan to wear our BLACK 5th grade t-shirts (if you have one) or just a black t-shirt.

Keeping All the Forms Organized!

One of the kids said yesterday, "There are just too many papers to return!" I totally agree, but if we don't get them out there, many of the exciting end of the year activities we have won't be successful--so I thought I'd lay it out here to help organize all of the forms:

• 5th Grade Party donations--half white sheet sent home Wednesday--due as soon as possible
• Marsville Volunteer on May 24--Blue sheet sent home last week
• Marsville T-shirt iron on volunteer opportunity--sent home Wednesday--due if interested
• Picnic/end of the year party permission slip and donations--sent home Monday--RSVP and permission slip due as soon as possible
• T-shirt size for Marsville--not paper form, but important information that is needed to order shirts--need by Friday
• Baseball permission slip--sent home last Thursday--due by May 13 for all students: all parent volunteers riding the bus have been notified. All other parents are welcome to join us at the field, too, but will purchase tickets at the gate and find us in Section 120.