110 S. Thompson Street, Carson City, NV 89703 School Phone: (775) 283-2400 Attendance: (775) 283-2480 FAX: (775) 283-2490

A High Achieving Title I Distinguished School

October 2019

Carson City School District is committed to equal opportunities in both education and employment. The District provides all students access to educational programs and activities without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, parental status, or disability.

Dear Bordewich Bray Families, We are off to a great start this school year! I would like to give a “shout out” to our amazing PTA for their support during our Meet and Greet this year! The Kona truck was a huge hit, es-pecially during our warm summer days. Parent engagement and participation is extremely important so thank you for attend-ing our Back-to-School Night with your child’s teacher. This is such an important night for our parents as they receive firsthand information regarding your child’s classroom expecta-tions and curriculum goals for the year. If you would like to be a part of our PTA, please join us the second Wednesday of every month in our library beginning at 3:30 PM. We would love your support and participation. I am very excited to announce that Bordewich Bray moved from a two star school to a THREE STAR school during the 2018-19 school year! This means that our school has met the state’s standard for performance. This is due to all of the hard work our students put into their academic performance on the state SBAC assessments and the classroom teacher’s rigorous in-struction preparing each of the student’s for success. In addi-tion to academic performance, our school is scored on our chronic absenteeism. Absenteeism is one of the areas that we really need help from the parents. All students need to be in school every day, all day. We understand that students get sick from time to time; however, our elementary school has the highest chronic absenteeism among all elementary schools in our district, as well as the overall district percentage. Last year we had 10.9% of our students considered chronically absent which is above the district’s overall percentage of 8.5%. School begins every day at 8:25 AM and students are dismissed at 3:15 PM, with the exception of Early Release and Minimum days. Thank you for any support that you can give to lower our student’s absenteeism rates. With fall quickly approaching and days becoming chilly, espe-cially in the morning, please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for colder temperatures. Students can wear sweatshirts, jackets, beanies, and gloves outside to help keep them warm. We never know when winter temperature will set in. Enjoy the fall colors that will begin to appear in our community. Hope you have an enjoyable October. Lisa Hutchison

Upcoming Events

Oct. 2nd Walk to School Day Starts at 7:45 a.m. (see article below)

Oct. 4th JOG-A-THON

Oct. 7th Early Release Day

Dismissal at 2:00 p.m.

Oct. 8th

Parenting Class 5:30 pm-7:30 pm

English and Spanish classes (see article for details)

Oct. 9th Green Team Meeting

@ 3:15-4:30 p.m.

PTA Meeting @ 3:30 pm

in the library

Oct. 14th Early Release Day

Dismissal at 2:00 p.m.

Oct. 17th Family Night @ 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 18th 1st Quarter Ends

Oct. 22nd

Parenting Class 5:30 pm-7:30 pm

English and Spanish classes (see article for details)

Oct. 23rd

Flu Shots 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Green Team Meeting @ 3:15-4:30 p.m.

Oct. 25th NEVADA DAY NO SCHOOL

Oct. 28-Nov 5th

Book Fair in the library (see article for details)

Oct. 30-Nov. 1st

Parent/Teacher Conferences MINIMUM DAY

DISMISSAL AT 12:40 P.M.

Oct. 31st Costume Dress-up

(see article for details)

Walk to School Day Oct. 2nd—Starts at 7:45 a.m.

Meet at the Governor's Mansion or the Fire Station on Stewart Street.

October 31st Students can wear

costumes. No masks,

no face makeup, and

no weapons.

BOOK FAIR

Artic Adventure "Snow Much To Read"

October 28th—November 5th.

Look for the flyer that has all the times listed. Parents, we will be

open during conferences.

Adult Volunteers needed to help with Set Up - Thursday, October 24th,

after school at 3:25 pm

Adult Volunteers needed to help with Take Down - Tuesday, November 5th

at 4:15 pm

Pencils: The pencil container has been

moved to just outside the Library. Pencils are only 25 cents - and you help

the library buy books.

Carson City School District is committed to equal opportunities in both education and employment. The District provides all students access to educational programs and activities without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, parental status, or disability.

Please remember that

FLOWER or BALLOON

deliveries are not allowed

for students during teaching time.

This causes distractions and we

don’t allow this at school.

Thank you for your cooperation.

October 30th, 31st and November 1st

are conferences days.

This will be a MINIMUM day for students.

DISMISSAL is at 1 2:40 p. m.

There is a BOX TOP box outside the library door. Please drop them there.

Bordewich Bray Elementary school is going to offer parenting classes based on Dr. Roger H. Morgan’s book "Loving Solutions." It will be offered 2 classes per month, one in English and the other one in Spanish the same day, but in different classrooms. All families are invited.

The program is titled:

Parent's Guide to Raising Tough Kids, ages 5-10 years old.

The course starts on October 8th and meets every other Tuesday from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Child care will be available. There are 10 sessions as well as a graduation day.