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For three years, Principal Eileen Cole has has received grant funding from GE Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Massachusetts. The funds support the KNOWAtom science program bringing a comprehensive science program to grades 3 through 5, with informational text and hands on experiments using the scientific method. In addition to the curriculum and materials, GE volunteers donate their time to come to the school and assist students with the experiments.

At a recent GE luncheon recognizing their volunteers, two of our students were chosen by Superintendant Catherine Latham: Audrey Antonelli from grade 4 (on the left), and Hayliana Howes from grade 5 (on the right), to be guest speakers at this event. These students did an outstanding job speaking extemperaneously about their love of science. Both girls were poised and confident as they spoke, explaining the example experiments and their journals. A representative from GE joins our students on stage.

Welcome To The Brickett Elementary School

"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation."
-Jack Kinder

Welcome to the Brickett Elementary School website. Here at Brickett School the administration, staff and parents share common goals and communicate high expectations for all the students.

We have entrenched character building into the curriculum with what we call, "A Community of Character." The focus of this program is to encourage our students to create strong independent character that will be evident at school, home, and in the community. This has had a positive impact on the climate and culture of the school.

At Brickett School we recognize the research that demonstrates a strong correlation between parent involvement and student achievement. Throughout the year we offer many opportunities for parent involvement, and we promote the importance of parents instilling learning and supporting education.

It is our belief that as we work together we are creating the foundation for the future success of our children.

Eileen P. Cole
Principal

List Brickett Elementary School Information
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K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
(781) 477-7333
(781) 596-2665
123 Lewis Street, Lynn, MA 01902
Monday - Friday | 8:15 AM to 2:15 PM
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Phone
E-mail
Eileen Cole
(781) 477-7333 ex. 1551
colee@lynnschools.org
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Phone
E-mail
Jackie Sarcia
(781) 477-7333 ex. 1552
sarciaj@lynnschools.org
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E-mail
Angela Reaney | Room 13
(781) 477-7333 ex. 1553
reaneya@lynnschools.org
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Dave Reed | Room 5
(781) 477-7333 ex. 1563
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Cathy Constantio
(781) 477-7333 ex. 1581
PDF School Improvement Plan | 2012-2013
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Public Notice to comply with P.L. 107-1 10, Section1111 (h) (6) (A)

The Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires school districts that receive federal Title I funding to notify parents of their right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers who instruct their child.

As a recipient of these funds, the Lynn Public Schools will provide you with this information in a timely manner if you request it. Specifically, you have the right to request the following information about each of your child's classroom teachers.

• Whether the teacher meets the state qualifications and licensing criteria for the grades and subjects he/she teaches.

• Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or provisional status because of special circumstances.

• The teacher's college major, whether the teacher has any advanced degrees, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree.

• Whether paraprofessionals provide services to your child and, if so, their qualifications.

The Lynn Public School System is committed to providing quality instruction for all students and does so by employing the most qualified individuals to teach and support each student in the classroom. If you would like information about the qualifications of your child's teachers, you may contact the principal of your child's school.

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  Lynn Schools Healthy Meals Program
The Lynn School  Food Service Program is comprised of a partnership between Preferred Meals Systems and Chartwells. Over the past five years some of their accomplishments include: adding more Balanced Choice meals and "Better for you" snacks;  adding more fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains to our menus at all grade levels. Removing all fried foods from the menu and zero trans-fat in all foods. Look fore more exciting changes to come in the near future. Click here for School Lunch Menus and Food Program
  Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) is designed to meet the requirements of the Education Reform Law of 1993. This law specifies that the testing program must

- Test all public school students in Massachusetts, including students with disabilities and English Language Learner students;
- Measure performance based on the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework learning standards;
- Report on the performance of individual students, schools, and districts.

As required by the Education Reform Law, students must pass the grade 10 tests in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics and one of the four high school Science and Technology Engineering tests as one condition of eligibility for a high school diploma (in addition to fulfilling local requirements).

In addition, the MCAS program is used to hold schools and districts accountable, on a yearly basis, for the progress they have made toward the objective of the No Child Left Behind Law that all students be proficient in Reading and Mathematics by 2014. http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/

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Brickett Elementary School Faculty List

List Subject | Faculty Grade Room
Kindergarten
  Colleen Barry K 15
  Cynthia Gagnon Aide  
  Linda Condon K 11
  Constance Pettipas Aide  
  Sarah Longo
K 04
  Erlene Smith
Aid  
Grade 1
  Pamela Shurtleff 1 14
  Christine Mulcahy 1 16
  Raina Medico 1 19
Grade 2    
  Phyllis Tuohy 2 10
  Wendy Venza 2 12
Grade 3    
  Irene Falite 3 22
  Susan Caron 3 24
  Elizabeth King 3 23
Grade 4    
  Marianne Merawi 4 27
  Abbey Dion 4 29
Grade 5  
  Diana Luciano 5 27
  Donna Whalen 5 29
Art  
  Leslie Light   04
ESL    
  Renee Carrabba ESL Lab | 02
Music    
  Jillian Bamford Music Auditorium
Physical Education  
  Joe LoRusso PE Yard | Gym
Reading    
  Susan Buchanan Reading 26B
  Shirley Moulton-Bachini 17
SAC    
  Erin Kelter SAC  
Speech    
  Joan Curran Speech  
SPED Resource    
  Anne Gaudet Resource 25
  Pamela Lobel Resource 26A

2012 | 2013 School Supplies

Dear Parents,

Every year the students come to school with backpacks full of items that parents and students anticipate that they will need for school.  I myself run to all the back to school sales trying to supplement school supplies that we usually deplete before the end of the school year.  The teachers have come up with a suggested supply list for their classrooms.  I want to be clear that it is not mandatory that your child comes to school with these items, the school will provide them.  I  would rather you purchase supplies that they will actually need as opposed to ones that they shouldn’t bring to school.

Thank you,
Eileen Cole, Principal

Shim
Grade
Shim
Supplies
Kindergarten Tissues
Antibacterial Surface Wipes
Paper Towels
Gallon Size Zip Lock Bags
Sandwich Size Zip Lock Bags
Baby Wipes
One Hand Sanitizer
Antibacterial Surface Wipes
Sharpener With Cover
Tissues
# 2 Pencils    
Gallon Size Zip Lock Bags
Sandwich Size Zip Lock Bags
Two Hand Sanitizer
Antibacterial Surface Wipes
Sharpener With Cover
Tissues
# 2 Pencils        
Three, Four, Five Hand Sanitizer
Erasable Pens
Antibacterial Surface Wipes
Sharpener With Cover
Tissues
Pocket Folders (5)
# 2 Pencils
Markers        

Brickett Curriculum | 2012 Spring Update (English and Español)

The Goals of our School are in accord with the district-wide goals and summarize the School's perception of its mission: provide all students at Brickett School with equitable opportunity for optimal achievement in all academic areas.

MATH | How's Your Child's Math?
If you groaned, please read this! After studying much data, the Brickett School teachers have set the goal of increasing our children's math abilities…with your help. Here's what your children should know in each grade and how you can help them learn it. If they already know it, great. Otherwise…let's get practicing!

Kindergarten
Draw and use objects to solve addition and subtraction problems up to 10.
Suggestions:
* Use anything you have -- Cheerios, coins, buttons, pencils, etc. Give your child 6 of them, for example, and ask how many more they would need to get to 10. Or start with 10 and take away five, ask how many are left.
* Have your child draw something, like a pancake. Ask how many more would they need to feed 7 people. How about 8?

1st Grade
Know addition and subtraction facts up to 10. Use them to solve problems.
Suggestions:
* Use flashcards to practice adding and subtracting.
* Have your child write the math fact families. For example, 1+5=6, 6-5=1.
* Use it every day. For example, you ate an orange this morning. I ate two. How many did we eat altogether? Or your sister had 10 marbles. She gave 6 to you. How many does she have left?

2nd Grade
Be able to easily (fluently) add and subtract up to 100. Know how to line up numbers (place value) and the relationship between adding and subtracting.
Suggestions:
* Practice with flashcards adding and subtracting.
* Have your child line up numbers to make sure the tens and ones are in the right place. For example 102

+45
Be able to tell the time for every 15 minutes using a digital or analog clock, for morning (a.m.) and evening (p.m.)
Suggestions:
* Ask your child the time at different times of the day.
Identify the value of all U.S. coins and $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills. Be able to tell the value of a set of coins and dollars bill and represent that amount in different ways.
* Pull out your change! Ask your child to count the money. Then ask them to combine the coins. For example, instead of 6 cents, how else could I talk about it. 1 nickel and 1 penny.

3rd Grade
Know multiplication facts through 10x10 and related division facts.
Suggestions:
* Practice flash cards for multiplication and division up to 100.
* Ask your child everyday questions that involve groups. For example, if we make 3 cookies, and put 4 chocolate chips on each one, how many chocolate chips will we need? Or we're going to be playing in teams. We have 15 kids. How many teams will be have if we put 3 on each team?

4th Grade
Be able to divide up to a three-digit number with a single-digit divisor, with or without remainders. Be able to interpret remainders.
Suggestions:
* Lots of division practice! Try 125 divided by 5; how about 125 divided by 3, and the like. There are a number of websites that have lots of interactive games for long division.

5th Grade
Identify fractions as a ratio or part of a whole number and locate them on a number line.
Suggestions:
* Explain how a fraction means a part or a piece of the whole thing. Use a pizza, cake, apples, or anything you can cut into even pieces. Ask if I have 2/8 of a pizza, what does it look like? 2 pieces out of 8 pieces in the whole pizza.
* Take a ruler. Mark out the inches as the whole numbers, 1", 2", 3" etc. Then look at the quarter markings as 4 pieces of 1", for example, or 1/4th. Compare that to if you divided that 1" into 3 parts, or 1/3. Ask which is bigger, ¼ or 1/3.

READING | Just Half an Hour a Day
The second goal is to get our children to read, every day. If our kids read 30 minutes each day, they'll improve their vocabulary, fluency (how fast they read) and comprehension or understanding of what they read.

Let's think of how they spend their time now…how many hours in front of the computer, TV or on a video game? A half an hour of reading is really not a lot by comparison.

Here's some easy ways to do it:
* Read to each other -- you read one paragraph or sentence, they do the next.
* Go to the library and let them choose the books they like.
* Have a regular time to read, maybe as soon as they come in from school, or just before bed.
* Let them see you read and tell them about it so they can see how much fun reading can be.

If our kids read just 30 minutes a day, by the end of the school year, they will have read 126 hours!



Operaciones de Matemáticas
¿Su Hijo/a Sabe Su Matemáticas? Si usted gimió, ¡favor de leer esto! Después de evaluar muchos datos, las maestras de Brickett han fijado unas metas para mejorar las habilidades de nuestros hijos en matemáticas…con su ayuda. Aquí hay lo que sus hijos deben saber en cada grado y como les puede ayudar aprenderlo. Si ya lo saben, mejor. Si no…¡vamos a practicar!

Kindergarten
Dibujar y usar objetos para resolver problemas de sumar y restar hasta 10.
Sugerencias:
* Usa cualquier cosa que tiene -- Cheerios, monedas, botones, etc. De 6 a su hijo, por ejemplo, y pregúntale cuántos le necesitaría para tener 10. O comienza con 10 y elimina 5; pregúntale cuántos restan.
* Haz que su hijo dibuje algo, como un solo panqueque. Pregúntale cuántos más necesitaría para dar de comer a 7 personas. ¿Y a 8?

1er Grado
Saber sumar y restar hasta 10. Usar estas operaciones para resolver problemas.
Sugerencias:
* Usa tarjetas con las operaciones de sumar y restar.
* Haz que su hijo escribe las familias de la matemática. Por ejemplo, 1+5=6, 6-5=1.
* Úsalo todos los días. Por ejemplo, si tu hermana tuviera 10 canicas y te de 6, ¿cuántos tendrías?

2o Grado
Fácilmente (con fluidez) poder sumar y restar hasta 100. Saber como alinear los números (su valor posicional) y saber la relación entre sumar y restar.
Sugerencias:
* Usa tarjetas con las operaciones de sumar y restar.
* Haz que su hijo alinea los números para asegurar que tiene las diez y los unos en su lugar correcta. 

Poder decir la hora por cada 15 minutos usando un reloj digital o análogo, tanto de la mañana (a.m.) como de la tarde (p.m.)
Sugerencias:
* Pide a su hijo decirle la hora durante diferentes tiempos del día.

Identificar el valor de todas las monedas estadounidenses y de los billetes de $1, $5, $10 y $20. Poder decir el valor de un conjunto de monedas y billetes y poder representar esta cantidad de diferentes maneras.
* ¡Saca el cambio de su bolsillo! Pide a su hijo contar el dinero. Luego pídale combinar las monedas. Por ejemplo, en lugar de 6 centavos, ¿de que otra forma lo puedo representar? Una moneda de 5 centavos y uno de 1 centavo.

3er Grado
Saber las operaciones de multiplicación hasta 10x10 y las operaciones de división correspondientes.
* Usa tarjetas con operaciones de multiplicación y división hasta 100.
* Pregunte a su hijo cada día preguntas que tienen que ver con grupos. Por ejemplo, si hacemos 3 galletas, y ponemos 4 chispas de chocolate en cada uno, ¿cuántos chispas vamos a necesitar?

4o Grado
Poder dividir un numero con 3 dígitos con un divisor de un digito, con o sin restos. Poder interpretar los restos.
Sugerencias:
* ¡Haga mucha practica con división! Intenta dividir 125 por 5; ¿Qué tal 125 dividido por 3? y así. Hay muchos sitios de Web que tienen muchos juegos interactivos de división.

5o Grado
Identificar a fracciones como un ratio o parte de un numero y poder ubicarlo en una línea de números.
Sugerencias:
* Explica como una fracción significa una parte o un pedazo de algo entero. Usa pizza, pastel o cualquier cosa que puede dividir en pedazos iguales. Pregunta, ¿qué seria 2/8 de una pizza? ¿Qué tal ¾ ?
* Toma una regla. Marque las pulgadas como 1”, 2”, 3”. Luego marca cada cuarto de una pulgada, o 4 partes o ¼. Compare esto con algo dividido en 3 partes o 1/3. ¿Cuál es más grande? ¿¼ o 1/3?

LEE
Solamente Media Hora por Día
La otra meta es de hacer que nuestros hijos lean cada día. Si nuestros niños lean 30 minutos por día, van a mejorar su vocabulario, fluidez (la rapidez con que lean) y su comprensión o entendimiento de lo que han leído.

Pensamos en como gastan su tiempo ahora… ¿cuántas horas en frente de la computadora, tele o juego de video? Al comparación, una media hora de lectura realmente no es mucho.

Aquí hay unas maneras fáciles de hacerlo:
* Lee uno al otro -- usted lee un párrafo o frase, y ellos leen la siguiente.
* Ve a la biblioteca y deja que escogen los libros que quieren.
* Ten un tiempo regular de leer, quizás cuando llegan de la escuela, o justo antes de dormir.
* Déjales verle leer y cuéntales de lo que lea para que puedan ver lo divertido que puede ser el leer.

Si nuestros hijos leerán solamente 30 minutos por día, al final del año escolar, ¡habrán leído 126 horas!


Brickett 2013 News | Announcements | Important Dates

News DESCRIPTION DATE TIME
  Open House January 29th 5:30 to 7:00 PM
  All parents and guardians are welcome to attend - giving you an opportunity to meet with your daughter or son's teachers one-one-one. Come hear about what they are learning and what's coming up. Your child will receive a free homework pass if you attend! Looking forward to seeing you there. 
  Pizza Night February 7th 5:30 to 7:00 PM
  Admission: $3 per individual, $10 per family of 4.  The book fair will be running during the pizza dinner.
   Brickett Book Fair February 4-8  
  New books from Scholastic and used books for 50 cents apiece. Every kid gets a free used book! 
Clipboard Winners of the December 4th
Pizzeria Uno's Fundraiser
DATE TIME
  Our Raffle Winners!
> Arts & Crafts - Emilia Garcia | Rm. 21
> Toy Story - Chukwuma Ejindu | Rm. 10
> Game Night - Zacarias Howes | Rm. 16
> Gingerbread House | Felicity Blaney Williams
> Movie Night - Joseph Mendez | Rm. 16
> MP3 Player - Kelvin Murphy | Rm. 10
> Ice Cream - Mrs. Cole | Principal
 
   
School Boxtops For Education
 
Brickett is participating in a program with the food corporation, General Mills. We are collecting the box top logos from the General Mills products. All you have to do is cut off the box top logo and send it to school with your child.
Boxtops
Our goal is 7500 box tops. For each box top that is turned in Brickett receives 10 cents. General Mills will give Brickett a check for the amount of the box tops we have turned in. With this money we can buy anything that is deemed necessary for the students. Make sure that you ask your relatives, friends, co-workers, business associates, etc... to save their box top logos and bring them to school. Also, you can save during the summer and bring them in when school starts. For more information click here for the Boxtops Website!

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Brickett's Recycling Project | Mrs. Whalen's Fifth Grade Classs

Mrs. Whalen's 5th grade class has been working on an environmental project!

Our project topic is recycling. We choose recycling after discussing ways in which we could help our school and environment. We noticed that each day at school we use a lot of paper and much of that paper was not being recycled.

We decided that if we could learn about recycling, teach our school about what we have learned and encourage recycling in our school then we could make a difference. Because of the amount of paper we use each day at school we decided that recycling paper would be the focus of our project.

Through the help of experts and researching recycling facts and benefits in our computer lab, we have learned about the importance of recycling and how much recycling can help our Earth.

Together we have created a PowerPoint presentation " Got Trash" using facts we have learned. Click on our logo below to view the presentation. We hope that after you view our presentation you will want to make a difference by recycling and encouraging others to do so!

Please view our completed Brickett Recycling portfolio.


Recycling

Brickett's Parent and PTO Page | 2013

NEXT MEETING | See Below

Welcome to the Parent-Teacher Organization at Brickett School! We are a group of concerned parents and guardians working with the teachers and principal of Brickett School. During the school year we organize events for families to get to know each other, assist in the school to support our teachers, and raise funds to help pay for educational field trips, books and a myriad of things to support our children.

We have a PTO meeting every month that lasts no more than an hour. All parents/guardians are welcome to attend. We hope you'll join us in supporting our school!

PTO Fundraisers
View the Announcements and News Tab for PTO events and fundraisers!

PTO Meeting Minutes Archive ( PDF Format)
News PTO Minutes 2013 2012 2011    
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