Latest News from the PTO

We have finally reached the end of the school year! Congratulations to our 8th graders! We will miss you and wish you well at high school.

We have a few important announcements before school ends on Thursday.

YONDR POUCH COLLECTION

Yondr pouches will be collected in Advisory Tuesday, June 23. If your student’s yondr pouch is broken or lost you will be charged a $30 replacement fee.

TANGO MANGO FUNDRAISER

Thank you everyone who participated in the Tango Mango fundraising weekend. We raised $210 for the Brown PTO and got to eat delicious food. It is a win win!

BOOK FAIR

Our new partnership with Wellesley Books for the book fair was a success! We raised just under $1000 and students got books for summer reading! Thank you to those who donated earlier this year so the PTO could help purchase books for those that needed help.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND OTHER DATES

If you are already thinking about next year, school starts on September 2nd (Wednesday) unlike previous years when school typically began the day after Labor Day.

In addition, 6th graders will be able to visit the school, Tuesday, September 1 from 9-9:45am. Our back to school picnic for families is set for Thursday, September 17th (rain date the 24th) and back to school night is Wednesday, September 30th.

We are also planning a caregivers’ night out for October. Stay tuned for details about that!

VOLUNTEER FOR NEXT YEAR!

The PTO only works because of our amazing volunteers. Please see herefor open volunteer slots for next year and sign up if you are interested. We are especially looking for help with the back-to-school teachers’ breakfast, the back-to-school pizza party, and our website.

THANK YOU

We have a number of PTO Board members who are graduating this year: Danielle Wachs (Co-President), Divya Gupta (Treasurer), Debbie Kuronen (At-Large Board Member), Phoebe Cushman (Team ECO chair), Lucy Ewins (Brown Working Theatre Chair),and Xiaodan Xie (Music Program Chair).

They have contributed a lot to this community and we will miss them. Please see below for more thank yous!

And a big thank you to all who contributed their time, supplies, snacks, and dollars to the PTO.

We appreciate all our Brown Community.

MABEL’S LABELS CAMP FUNDRAISER

Getting the kids ready for summer camp? Shop for durable name labels through Mabel’s Labels Support Page. Make sure to select Charles E Brown Middle School PTO at checkout, and our PTO will receive 20% of the profits from your purchase!

Have a wonderful week and a great summer!

The Brown PTO Team
brownpto@brownpto.org

We start by thanking our outgoing PTO Officers, Danielle Wachs (Co-President) and Divya Gupta (Treasurer) for their leadership the past two years, and Debbie Kuronen who has logged years of service as an At-Large Board Member. In addition, we want to recognize the substantial contributions of the Board Members who served this year, and will remain in the Brown Community: Ashley O’Connor (Co-President), Yael Gill (Secretary), Ying Chen (Treasurer). Daria Kasatova (At-Large Board Member), and McKenzie Howarth (At-Large Board Member).

Many thanks to Debbie Kuronen and Yael Gill and the teacher appreciation committee volunteers for orchestrating meaningful teacher appreciation events.

We want to thank our many behind-the-scenes volunteers who made sure directories worked, newsletters were sent and websites were updated–Thank you so much to Aparna Singamsetty, Nikita Lochub, Sara Mohan and Ann Leacock.

Thank you to Jess Lourie and Barbara Mauger for thoughtfully producing our Creative Arts and Sciences programming.

Thanks to Eliza Spaulding for leading SEPAC, Jinhui Xu and Daria Kasatova for serving as our ELL Liaisons, and Noorie Abbasi and Debbie Kuronen for serving as our School Council Parent Representatives.

Thank you to our Team Parent Coordinator, Debbie Kuronen and our fantastic Team Parents: Julie Winsett, Cathy Yao, Miriam Blankenship, Katherine Biotti, Victoria Trevino, Sara Kunin, Katie Brigham, Nada Langellotto, Asma Ejaz, Daria Kasatova, Xiaodan Xie and Danielle Wachs.

Thank you to Katherine Biotti and Ritika Singh for chairing the Back to School Picnic; Kindness Week Chairs Lindsey Gulden, Punam Sharma and Yael Gill; Book Fair Chairs Amanda Wong, Miriam Blankenship and Christina Grace; and Brownwear Chairs Katie Brigham and Cathy Wong.

Great appreciation to Ken Wing who did yeoman’s work on Lost and Found this year. Thanks to Brown Working Theatre Chairs Sarah Fogelman and Lucy Ewins; and our Music Program Chairs Xiaodan Xie and Ying Chen.

Many thanks to our 8th Grade Moving On Committee Debbie Kuronen, Vida Kianzad, Sara Kunin, Nirmala Doddannara, Xiaodan Xie and Danielle Wachs for working tirelessly to provide a spectacular send-off for our 8th Graders.

Tons of thanks to Phoebe Cushman and Julie Winsett who continued to build on the success of Team Eco’s inaugural year and kept Brown’s Food Scrapping Program running this year – and an extra thanks to Julie Winsett for extending her leadership to the Newton Serves Community Service Day!
Our students and teachers are very lucky to have this committed and generous group adding so much to our community every day.  Thanks again and enjoy the summer!

Thank you to our 8th graders for these beautiful plants for our lobby!

• Moving-On Rehearsal at Newton South Stadium: Tuesday, June 23, at 1PM during the school day
• Thurs., June 25, 10AM: Graduation Ceremony at NSHS Football Stadium (rain or excessive heat location is NSHS Field House)

If you missed the book fair, books for summer required reading can be borrowed at the library.

• 6th Grade: Frazzled by Booki Vivat
• 7th Grade: The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
• 8th Grade: Becoming: Young Reader’s Edition by Michelle Obama

Honor Thy Teacher is a fantastic way for folks to show appreciation to the staff and educators who make such an impact on their student’s lives.  With no minimum donation, it is accessible to everyone and truly appreciated by teachers.  Teachers get a car magnet and you’ll see them driving around with their multiple years honored displayed proudly.

Newton Schools Foundation (NSF) directly supports each Newton Public School by funding educator initiated grants.  Since 1985, NSF has donated over $4million to NPS. Find out more and donate here!