Important Dates and a Peek at the Week!

Next week is a B week. (Library on Friday)

3rd Quarter Interim Progress Reports:

3rd Quarter Interim Progress Reports will be issued via ParentVue on Wednesday, February 26th

Pinebrook 15-Year Celebration:
Mark your calendar for May 7th!  Please see the flyer below about our Pinebrook 15-year celebration! 

PINEBROOK SHOE DRIVE

PLEASE DONATE YOUR GENTLY WORN, USED AND NEW SHOES TO A CURE FOR JACK, BENEFITTING SLC6A1 #ACureforJack

My name is Janet Hart and I have been part of the Pinebrook family for the past two years. Our son, Jack, is a busy 6 year old boy living with a rare neurological disease, SLC6A1. He suffers from seizures, cognitive delays, apraxia of speech, and developmental delays. We are actively working toward a cure and need your help to raise the necessary funds to move on to a clinical trial for gene replacement therapy. Every shoe collected turns into dollars for #ACureforJack and will help Jack and the other children diagnosed with SLC6A1, the disease so rare, it doesn’t even have a name. Please click the link below to read more about Jack's story.

Accepting ALL shoes, including kids, athletic and cleats. No tears, rips, or holes please.

The goal is to collect 100 bags of shoes, with 25 pairs in each bag! Please help us to achieve this.

Collected shoes are used to support micro-enterprise vendors. Micro-enterprises are small businesses in developing nations. They are typically operated by one person or family and friends, depending on size.

https://slc6a1connect.org/jack-hart/

A Call for Career Day Volunteers!

Do you remember how it felt when you started your job? The excitement, anticipation, because maybe you've never done it before? That's how we feel now!

If you are passionate about your occupation and would like to share with and inspire our students, we are looking for parent and community volunteers to speak/present at our upcoming Career Day (4/2/20)! You can share what your typical workday involves, where you went to school, and why you chose your particular occupation. Please return the linked google form by Mar. 2. Thank you for your support in helping our Pumas reach for the stars! https://forms.gle/cUR5bsyjEZGRbFcZ6

Quick Notes:

• Tell us how we are doing!

• Every year, LCPS families, teachers, and students in grades 3-12 take the LCPS Annual Stakeholder Surveys to share feedback about their schools. We use the results to assess the learning climate in our buildings and make plans for the following year. The Annual Parent and Family Survey is now open. We want to hear from everyone so that we can make the best decisions for ALL our students!
• The parent/family survey will only take a few minutes of your time. To respond, go to https://www.lcps.org/Page/226918 You will be asked to fill out a survey for each grade level in which you have a child enrolled (elementary, middle, high, or program). The Survey will be open from February 18 - March 6, 2020.

Thank you for sharing your opinion with us!

• Transportation - Arrival and Dismissal items to keep in mind
• Please understand that we ask these procedures of parents to keep students, parents, and staff safe through organized and predictable areas to minimize potential unforeseen hazards. If you have questions or concerns, please contact any school administrator.
• Arrival
• Please take the bus or walk
• When walking to school, please use the sidewalks as opposed to walking through the ball fields
• When in the Kiss-N-Ride, please stay in the car through the entire path. Please do not park and walk through the parking lot.
• If driving, please use the Kiss-N-Ride for drop off only. Mindful Court is not a place to drop-off students
• Dismissal
• Allow the students to take the bus or walk
• If driving, please only use the Kiss-N-Ride for pick-up. Mindful Court is not a place to pick-up students.

Dreambox

Students need to complete 60 minutes of Dreambox to earn Fun Friday.  If you are having difficulty accessing Dreambox through LCPSGO, you can click the link below.  The login and password is your child’s student number and the Class Code is 44359.

https://play.dreambox.com/login/kwah/pinebrooke

Test Dates:

February 27th - Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall Quiz

March 5th - Helen Keller and Rosa Parks Quiz

March 10th - Measurement Test

March 11th - George Washington Carver and Benjamin Franklin Quiz

March 17th - Abraham Lincoln and Cesar Chavez Quiz

March 20th - Famous Americans Test

Important Dates:

February 21st - Parent Coffee at Little River Elementary - Topic: Anxiety (Time TBD)

February 26th - Moe's Spirit Night (5pm-8pm)

March 3rd - No School For Students (Professional Development Day)
March 4th - Fine Arts Night 6:30pm
March 9th - PTA Meeting 7pm
March 16th-March 20th - Spring Book Fair
March 24th - Parent Coffee
March 25th - Spring Bingo
March 26th - End of Quarter 3
March 27th - No School for Students (Teacher Work Day)
March 30th - Parent Coffee

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

* Reading:  We will learn about different characters in our books. We will also be working on the main idea in a non-fiction text. 

* Writing:  We will be writing about and nominating our favorite books.

* Math:  We will begin a unit on measurement
* Social Studies- We will learn about Famous Americans.