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11/02
Middle School Dance 7-10 pm
11/05
6th-8th Grade Report Cards Issued
11/06
Student Holiday
11/07
Dress Down for $1 Yellow or Gold
Early Dismissal – 1:00 pm
11/08
Douglas County Honor Band
Auditions
11/12
Governing Board Work Session
6:00 pm
11/13
Spirit Night – Panda Express
5:00-9:00 pm
11/14
Early Dismissal – 1:00 pm
11/15
Lunch with Leadership – 12:00 pm
11/19-11/23
Holidays
11/26-11/30
Book Fair
11/26
Governing Board Meeting 6:00 pm
PTO Meeting 6:00 pm
11/28
Early Dismissal – 1:00 pm
12/1-12/2
Mistletoe Market
12/6
Weekend of the Arts
Performing Stars, Elem. Musicians
12/7
Weekend of the Arts
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells 7:00 pm
12/8
Brighten Phoenix vs. Harvester Hawks at Phillips Arena 1:00
Weekend of the Arts
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells 7:00 pm
12/9
Weekend of the Arts
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells 3:00 pm
12/10
Weekend of the Arts
Middle School Chorus, Brighten Band, Ignite Phoenix
Governing Board Work Session
12/12
Early Dismissal – 1:00 pm
12/14
AR Celebration Party
Lisa McDonald, Executive Director
(770) 615-3680 Brighten Bulletin November 2018
REFRIGERATOR REMINDERS
In This Issue…
• Students in the
Community
• Classroom
Funding and
Grants
• Volunteer Hours
• Specials Updates
• Gravity Games
• Mental Health
and Emotional
Wellness Classes
• Gravity Games
Volunteer Hours
We would like to thank the following families who have earned all 20 of their
volunteer hours for the year (as of October 30th)!
We’re excited to report that we have a total of 3,680 hours entered so far! Thank
you! We couldn’t do it without you!
Students in the Community
Douglas County Calendar Art Contest
Winner
Congratulations to Jackson Allong, a Brighten
Academy 3rd grader who was one of 12 county
winners of the Inaugural Douglas County
Calendar Art Contest for 2019! Jackson is also
the only winner who is not a high school
student! Congratulations, Jackson!
Crane Industries Training Session
Several Brighten students attended a one-day
training session at the new facility for Crane
Industry Services. Altina Leigh, Camden
Hatfield, Claire Riggs, Olivia Rice, Nia Perry,
Maliyah McCoy, Megan Garner, and Madelyn
Ivey spent a day learning about careers in
construction as well as learning to tie rigging
knots and working on crane operator simulators.
Classroom Funding and
Grants
Donors Choose
Congratulations to Mrs. Jennifer
Jones for receiving full funding
for her Donor’s Choose project.
Mrs. Jones’ classroom will
receive two laptops!
AAE Grant
Congratulations to Kristin
Peterson for receiving an
Association of American
Educators grant! Mrs. Peterson
will receive $500 to purchase
books in the 800 Lexile range
and higher!
The Barmore Family
The Miller Family
The Nelson Family
The Shirley Family
The Espinoza Family
The Harbin Family
The Amundson Family
The Thompson Family
The Orndorff Family
The Turner Family
The Threlkeld Family
The Baldwin Family
The Patton Family
The Reyes Family
The Gilbert Family
Chorus
Mendi Wittwer
BACS Chorus students totally ROCKED their performances of “Together
We Can Change The World” at our October Community Circle gatherings!
They sounded great, musically conveying the message of how we ALL can
make this world a better place. Special kudos to our soloists: Lindsey
Mercer, Nia Perry, Ronnie Polane, and Megan Garner. Fantastic job,
EVERYBODY!
This month, we are busy working on music for our winter performance at
Weekend of the Arts. Both Beginning and Advanced Chorus will perform
on Monday, December 10 (6:00pm), as will Middle School Band students.
We look forward to presenting our musical work to you!
In this month of giving thanks, know that I am very grateful for the
opportunity to make music with our BACS middle schoolers. Thank you
for your support!
Specials Updates
Shequitia Davis-Pate
P.E
. Angela Kiker
4th and 5th Adventure PE is full swing into our Ultimate Frisbee
Unit. Our long-term goal is to be able to play a 4v4 game of
Ultimate Frisbee before we are out for Thanksgiving!
Middle School Adventure PE is finishing up our Orienteering Unit.
This week we are using topographic maps of the school property
and compasses to complete a multipoint, timed course.
Middle School Theatre Arts – Toni Aybar
Our Theatre Arts students have been hard at work on a Puppet
Theatre Unit. They have shown amazing creativity while
completing Shoe Box Theatres, used their imaginations to write
short stories using the elements of writing, have completed their
script conversions, and are beginning to present their original
shows!
You can keep up with our class by signing up for the 2nd period Theatre
Arts Remind using the following link: remind.com/join/hhdde9.
Tajuan White
Our 1st ,2nd ,3rd ,4th , and 5th grade classes are all working on holiday songs
preparing for Weekend of the Arts.
6th Grade, Intermediate and Advanced Bands are all working on songs for
Weekend of the Arts.
Select Advanced and Intermediate Band Students are preparing for County
Honor Band on November 8th at Alexander High School.
K-1: Students have been learning how to volley a balloon using their
hands and using a paddle. Students have also participated in dance,
yoga, relay races, and some basketball activities. Next month students
will get the opportunity to learn to throw and catch.
2-5: Students finished up our jump rope unit this month. We have also
learned the proper way to throw and catch a ball. We are currently
learning the skill of dribbling a basketball. Fifth Grade students
completed the 20 Meter Pacer Run this month and will work on
improving our score in our post test in December.
Middle School: We have been learning about volleyball and how to
perform the skills of forearm pass, set, and the serve.
Coach Kiker
and
Sandi Gore
There’s lots of fun hands-on learning happening in the science lab! I would love to be able to restock some
materials for the kids to use. Below is a list of items that would be very helpful for the school. I am also looking
for two or three people to volunteer in the lab on the days that I am not here to support teachers, pull materials and
put them away, and help maintain the organization of the lab. If you are available and have a flexible schedule,
please email me and let me know if you’d be willing to step in and help. I could also use some helping with
binding the teachers science lab books if you need some volunteer hours. As always, thank you for your continued
support as we explore the wonderful world of Science!
STEM Wish List:
Tea Light Candles, Food Coloring, Ping Pong Balls, Cotton Twine/String, Large Poppers, Orthodontic Wax, Paper
Towels, Household Cleaner (Mr. Clean, Lysol, etc.), Hand Soap Refill Bottle (not antibacterial), Masking Tape
Kendra Lijoi
Gravity Games
Brighten Academy was one of 60 student-led teams that competed in the 5th Annual GravityGames, a gravity-only car race
competition sponsored by Google, Georgia Tech and the City of Douglasville.
Brighten Academy swept the competition, winning all four divisions it raced in — Stock, Super Stock, Scottie Stock and
Engineered. We would like to thank all of our staff, students, and parents who came out to support our team. The
Brighten Academy team was led by Roy Garren and included Camille Crowder, Jackson Herzlieb, Cameron Miller, Joey
Arnold, Zach Henderson, Alain Civil, Tyler Civil, Alexa Garren, and Khloe Smith.
2018 Brighten Academy Gravity Games Results
Stock Class (200-pound limit):
1. Brighten Academy
2. Mirror Lake Elementary
Super Stock Class (240-pound limit):
1. Brighten Academy
2. Brighten Academy
Scottie Stock Class (255-pound limit):
1. Brighten Academy
2. Chapel Hill High School
Engineered Class:
1. Brighten Academy
2. Google Douglas County