October has been very busy for

Rev. Brown!

*6th-8th grade National Guard Program

(Staying Straight) is in full swing and

members of the National Guard are here

at Rev. Brown teaching every Friday.

*Mr. Robinson is running an after school

Art Program (Grades 2-8)

4 weeks

Wednesday/Thursday 3:00-4:45   $60.00

*K-5 attended a great assembly called

"The Magic of Reading & History"

*Our Teachers had the opportunity to

attend a math training provided by 

(Sadlier Math) our new preK- 5 math

program. Rev. Brown also hosted the

in-service for St. Joseph Reg. School and

Immaculate.

*Our students attended the

 Sussex County Coalition an Anti Bullying

all day seminar.

*Rev. Brown and Pope John are working

to together with "Pass it Along"

to provide tutoring to Rev.Brown

students "FREE" every other Wednesday.

Thank you 6th grade parents for a

job well done! Our "Communion

Social" was a huge success and the

7th and 8th graders had a great

time.

A special thanks to Mary Manzo,

Kelly Leary and Terese Perdue.

Mrs. Corcoran

Parents, Students Faculty and Friends

5K Spirit Run

Saturday

October 18th 2008

9:00am

Please help us support Catholic Education!!

This is an event that we can show our support

for Catholic Education and can speak as one

voice!

 K5 Spirit Run T shirt day

Thursday

Oct. 2, 2008

*Only registered students can where jeans with 5K shirt

In order to participate on this day your child

must be reg. for the FUN RUN or 5K

by

Wednesday

Oct. 1, 2008

Administration and all the Rev. Brown teachers would like

to give a big.....

THANK YOU!!

to our Parent Guild Excutive Board for a great

welcome back that included chocolate and beautiful mums. I

It was wonderful and appreciated. Once again thank you for

your dedication and hard work.

Mrs. Corcoran

WELCOME BACK!!!!

Our first day of school was great!! We are so

glad to see each of you.

All parents should feel free to join us

for our First Friday Mass

Sept.5th...9:15a.m

New Parents Welcome Tea!!!

Mon.

Sept. 8th

@

7:00p.m

Back to school night

Tues.

Sept. 16th

@

7:30 p.m

All of the Teachers and

Administration would like to give a

BIG "Thank You" to our Parent Guild

for a great end of the year

Luncheon!! We appreciate your

 generousity.

Mrs. Corcoran

HOT WEATHER!! Monday-Wednesday


Please feel free to send waterbottles in with your

children as the weather gets hot. We will do our best to

make sure students are as comfortable as possible.

Students may wear their gym uniforms tomorrow.


 

Volunteer Tea!!!!

Thursday

May 22, 2008

Thank you Parents for all that you

do!!

Hope to see you at our special mass

for you at 9:00am and at our Tea

 at 10:30am in the school!

Hope everyone has a safe and fun

Spring Break!! 

Mrs. Corcoran

Our Last day of school this year will

 be......

Friday, June 20th

April 9th our K-4th grade had an assembly funded by a

Grant from the New Jersey Dep. of Health and Senior

Services, Healthy Community Development.

                                Topic

                                    Healthy Eating

                                    Natural Body Cues

                                    Healthy weight  

April 17th our 2nd graders and their parents were invited to

 "Paint a Chalice Celebration."(by Christina from "Express

Yourself") This was a special opportunity for our children

 and their parents to gather together and create a unique

 keepsake of their First Communion!

A Big THANK YOU to.. Mrs. Mary McGuire and Mrs.Madrid for

 putting this special event together.

On April 18th our students and staff participated in a

school wide Science Day. Our students made Solar cookers,

Hummingbird feeders, and planted flowers. We also had

speakers from Schering Plough.

I would like to thank all our teachers and parents for their

help and support which made this day a great success.

Your presents and donations were greatly appreciated. I

would also like to thank Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Quinn for

putting this program together!

8th graders had a successful retreat trip to Paterson,N.J with Monsignor Knauer. T hey also enjoy their annual Lenten retreat led by Father Michael at St. Paul's Abbey.

Spirit Day will be this Friday, Feb. 8th. Students may wear red, white or blue according to their class color.

Report Cards will be given out on Friday, Feb.8th.

F.Y.I-

If we ever have another situation like last Friday and school districts decide to close after running a bus to bring your child to Rev. Brown school, an instant alert will be sent to you IF your child is going to be coming home early due to your district closing early.

The rules for dress codes (WHICH INCLUDES HAIRCUTS) will be enforced in the New Year. The Parent/Student handbook on page 31 states,

“fourth through eighth grade students will be deemed knowledgeable of the code and its intent and held responsible for their own appearance.  As a result, warning notices will not be issued to these students before a consequence such as detention is given.  Younger students will benefit from some leeway depending upon the infraction.  Their parents will in general be contacted first, but even our youngest students will be expected to learn how to dress properly.”

 Please help you child to be in compliance with the rules

 Transportation letter - Snow Closings and Delays

                                 Happy New Year!!!! 

Dear Families,

     Thank you for all your generous gifts I received at Christmas time.  My desk was covered with beautifully wrapped presents and I realized just how special Rev. Brown parents are. Thank you for all your kindness and thoughtfulness. Thank you for sharing your children with me as they grow and develop this year. Memories are in the making-both for you and for me.

Love,

Mrs. Corcoran

What if Reverend Brown School earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!
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Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Reverend Brown School as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!
 
 
 
 

                    ALL PARENTS ARE WELCOME!

The age old problem of bullying has not bypassed Reverend Brown. Whether it's severe or mild, it's still a reality. Parents PLEASE come to this month's Parent Guild meeting on the very important subject of bullying. The CAPs program (Child Assault Prevention) will be running workshops, beginning at the Parent Guild Meeting in November and continuing with the children, running age appropriate programs over several days in January. November 19, 2007

Principal's  Notes

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our family! Enjoy the time you spend together.

 We will be having our Thanksgiving Prayer Service on November 21st.

 "Donuts with Dana" was successful and I am so glad so many parents were able to attend. Hope to see you again in December.

 Our Red Cross program for parents on November 14th was successful and informative.

 Parent Guild Meeting on November 27th at 7:30pm –A parent workshop is being offered on "Bullying".

 Student "TAG" day will be November 29th. Students may wear their regular dress clothes.

Nov. 19,2007

UPDATE...We are proud of you!!

      "Rev. Brown Social Action Group"

The kids have had two social gatherings.  So far they have had a volleyball night and a bowling night.  Both events were well attended by 7th and 8th grade. 

 We have had a few action gatherings as well.

 ~ Students visited with some folks up at Knoll Heights in Sparta (retirement home)

~ Students helped a woman program her cell phone, found a website where another woman could find someone to rescue the injured buzzard living in her yard.

~ Students made plans to come help with VCR/DVED hook ups.

 ~Some will go and serve tea this Tuesday at their Thanksgiving Tea Party.

~Some will return Saturday Dec. 8th to help the elderly decorate their homes for the Holidays.

~a few brave souls weathered the cold this past Saturday morning to help and 85 year old couple rake their leaves.

 Our future immediate plans include helping Project Self Sufficiency with their Holiday party.

 BLOCK OUT DATES FOR PJ TUTORING

The Wednesday tutoring at Pope John offered to RB students will NOT be available on November 21st and December 19th.

RB CHRISTMAS COUNTRY STORE

Don't forget the Christmas Country Store will be held on Monday, December 3rd.  Check your child's backpack after Thanksgiving break for more information and raffle tickets!

This year's fabulous raffle prizes are a 4GB Nano Video I-Pod, a Nintendo DS Lite bundle, and a Polaroid digital camera. 

We still need more volunteers!  Please call Lisa Bossart (973) 726-0917 or Laura Scherr (973) 726-9672 if you would like to help. 

RBS STUDENTS RAISE ALMOST $9,000!

The RBS student council has raised a grand total of $8,935.00 for the Time Is Now Campaign this year. The amount raised is a combination of tag day sales and concessions sold at the Trunk or Treat event. Our students are making a difference, congratulations and thank you!

UPDATE ON OUR RB CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Grab your calendars; the RBS Annual Christmas Program will be on 7:00, December 18th  ! If you are the parent of a student in grades 1-4, you should have received a talent release form sent home with your child this week. 

Service Electric Cable TV will be producing a DVD of the program as well as airing it on television, and they require signed talent release forms for each participant.  If your child is going to be in the Christmas Program, please complete and sign the form and return it to your child's teacher.   Thank you!

                                     BAND CONCERT

Wednesday, December 19th @ 7:00p.m

THE GIVING TREE

Please remember to send in you Giving Tree Donations. For those of you, who have already done so, thank you. Your donations are very

Donuts with Dana will be November 15th at 9:30 in Cassidy Hall see you all there.

There will be a Lunch Volunteer meeting November 13th from 10-11am in Cassidy Hall.

CHOKING CLASS FOR RB FAMILIES

The American Red Cross Sussex County Chapter is reaching out to our community to educate our families on any type of choking emergency. Please come to RBS on November 14th at 7pm in McKenna Hall. Please join us for this one hour presentation, including demonstrations and a question and answer segment! A $5.00 donation to RBS is requested and will be collected at the entrance. All are welcome!

Students can wear their gym clothes on their gym day however, they must have their sweat pants on all day. They may wear their shorts underneath and take the sweat pants off for class but the pants must be worn in the building.

RB NEW GYM TEACHER

Mr. Ian Platt joins us as our new gym teacher; please join us in welcoming him to Rev. Brown.

THE GIVING TREE

Please remember to send in your Giving Tree Donations. Please note the following departments would greatly appreciate any donations received through the Giving Tree program: art, music, Spanish, physical education and the nurse's office.

BID FOR KIDS DINNER

The Bid For Kids Dinner was a success, thank you! We are so thankful to everyone who participated in this fabulous fundraiser. The event raised $35,000 for our new building fund! The student's projects were all amazing! A lot of planning and effort went into all of the gorgeous creations. The children raised $4,110 for the Time Is Now Campaign through their projects!

Mrs. Masone's class raised the most money for their class art project which sold for $1,700! The fourth grade classes won the pizza and ice cream party for the most money raised. The combined total for both of their shrinky dink lamps was an incredible $2,200!

There were many notable auctioned items. Here are just a few: The private dinner with Kirk Avondoglio sold for $3,200. The front pew on Christmas Eve raised $900. The combined total for the Giants memorabilia went for $2,800. Tag Day for a class sold for $600. Front row seats to our Christmas show also raised $600.

Again, thank you so much for all of the generous donations and support of our event. This event couldn't succeed without you!

THANK YOU BID FOR KIDS COMMITTEE

Thank you to the Bid for Kids Committee and the many others it took to pull off this magnificent evening.  The auction items were great, the food was superb, and many parents and teachers had a blast dancing to the live band, which included a couple of previous RB parents.  It was nice to see so many parents come together for an evening out celebrating our kids. 

POPE JOHN THANK YOU

Father McHugh will be presented today with $800 for Pope John's Angel's Club.  This money was donated by parents of RB students as a thank you for having our students and teachers at Pope John for the first 2 1/2 weeks of school this year.  We are forever thankful for not only the school space, but mostly for the positive and caring environment that all of Pope John faculty and students gave to us.  They were in fact our angels.

THANK YOU FOR FALL CLUBS

A big thank you for Cheryl Ryan who coordinated the Fall Clubs. Thanks to all the parent club moderators who gave so generously of their time and talents.  The Clubs were enjoyed by many students; this is one of their favorite activities!

THE GRINCH COMES TO RB

The Family Activity Committee will be showing The Grinch in McKenna Hall on Friday, December 14th! The cost will be $7 a family. The RB student council will be selling pizza and snacks. Then money raised will go to RB! Please save the date and enjoy a fun night with RB families and friends.

RB CHRISTMAS COUNTRY STORE

We need volunteers for the Christmas Country Store.  Set up will be Saturday afternoon December 1st and the store will be open on Monday, December 3rd.  Please call Lisa Bossart ƒv(973) 726-0917 or Laura Scherrƒv(973) 726-9672 if you would like to help.  This day is a lot of fun for everyone, so please call if you can volunteer.

Good News!!

The  second Air Quality Test is back and we passed. This should put everyone's worries to rest. We are still waiting for the second water  test results. As soon as I have it I will post the results.

Thank you parents for all your support.

Mrs. Corcoran

Update...

1. As of the current date we are looking at making up the 3 days we missed at the end of the year.

2. Track is now over for the season. Everyone did an awesome job. We thank Mrs. Manzo for finishing out the season for Mrs. Bertoline who left Oct. 5th.

3. The "Cycle Period" is working well. Both 8th grades are completing a CO-OP prep cycle of Math and English. They will be well prepared for the test. We wish them luck!!!

7th grade was provided with a "study hall cycle" which the students can do work, read, or ask for extra help. We are trying hard to teach the children to be responsible and learn to use their time effectively. They will soon learn an extra minute is worth using wisely.

The other "cycle" would have been Health but do to the absence of a Physical Education teacher this had to be modified. We do have a new Physical education teacher starting very soon and that small problem will be rectified.

The sixth graders had "computes" as a cycle. They also had available to them during the cycle "Study Skills" which all have found beneficial.

The Math Tutoring Program began on Wednesday and was a great success. The pick time is at 4:00 out of McKenna Hall. Thank you Mrs. Loyas and the Pope John tutors.
Parents we are still in need of lunch volunteers. If you can help, please send a note in with you child.
School starts at 8:10 & School ends 2:40
For those new parents that are not sure what "TAG" day is ......Your child may wear their regular clothes. However, there is a dress code for those days in place.