WHITE TIGER NEWS Phone: (508) 867-8774 Fax: (508) 867-0320 www.tantasqua.org/brookfield Sept. 21, 2017 Welcome to the White Tiger News! We welcome submissions; simply e-mail Jennifer Grybowski at grybowskij@tantasqua.org. Save the Date! Fri, Sept. 21 EarthView Globe Wed, Sept. 27 School Banking Thurs, Oct. 5 Family Science Night Fri, Oct. 6 NO SCHOOL Mon, Oct. 9 NO SCHOOL Thurs, Oct. 19 Early Release, 11:45 a.m. Parent/Teacher Conferences Fri, Oct. 20 School Pictures What s Inside? Girl Scouts Meeting.....2 Science Night... 3 Suburban B-Ball Tryout...4 Rec B-Ball....5-6 Apple Country Fair..7-8 REMEMBER YOUR SOCKS! Thanks to our generous PTO, the Project EarthView a 20-foot inflatable globe will be visiting our school tomorrow. This is a fun and interactive presentation. However, in order to enter the globe (yes, enter!) children need to be wearing socks. Please make sure your child is wearing or brings socks with them tomorrow! Library at the BES Below are listed times classes meet for library at which they can take out and return books. It would greatly be appreciated it if you could make sure your child has their book for return so they can renew or make a new selection each week. Thank you! Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday KM 3B 6GK 2C 8:45 9:25 10:25 11:05 11:10 11:50 12:30 1:10 Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday KC 2T 1D 12:30 1:10 1:10 1:50 1:55 2:35 Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday 5J 4R 3F 6MW 8:45 9:25 9:30 10:10 10:25 11:05 11:10 11:50 Thursday Friday Friday 1O 5P 4F 1:55 2:35 8:45 9:25 9:30 10:10
Cultural Council Grants Do you have a great idea for a project, presentation, trip or lesson that BES students could benefit from? The Cultural Council is currently accepting grant applications. The applications can be obtained from Jeanne Lytle and are due back NO LATER than Oct. 15. Pumpkinfest The Cultural Council will host PUMPKINFEST 2017 on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the common. Live music, cider & donuts and awards. E-mail lytlej1234@gmail.com for more info. Halloween Festivities Trick-or-Treating will be held Tuesday, Oct. 31 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the village area of town, followed by a parade and costume contest on the common. There will be no bonfire this year, due to Halloween being on a weeknight. THE SCHOOL is a drop-off point for candy donations. If your children will be trick-or-treating, please make a donation! Volunteers Volunteers are always welcome, but please remember volunteers cannot work without being fingerprinted and CORI checked. For more information on either of these, please contact the office. BES Twitter Account Dr. Hosterman tweets often; she will tweet about special events and everyday things in the classroom, and her tweets always include pictures of our students here at school. If you want to check them out on your computer go to, https://twitter.com/signup; on your ipad or app-enabled cell phone, go to the app store and download the free Twitter app. Type in @BES61Principal in the search bar and my Twitter account pops up with the name Mrs. H., click Follow and you will be able to follow all of the Tweets made about our school. Check the Tweets for Lost and Found items! School Banking School banking will begin once again with North Brookfield Savings Bank. Please contact Mary Antinovitch at 508-867-1322 or mantinovitch@banknbsb.com for more information.
2017-18 Tantasqua Girls Suburban Basketball Tryouts Tuesday Oct 17 th & Thursday Oct 19 th Brimfield Elementary School Grades Registration Tryouts Grades 5 th /6 th Begins @ 5:30 6:00PM 7:15PM Grades 7 th /8 th Begins @ 7:00 7:30PM 8:45PM Pre-Registration (New!): To pre-register prior to tryouts, please send an email to Aaron Smith below with your daughter s name, grade, and town. Please try to pre-register as this will help limit any lines at the door on tryout nights. Suburban basketball is a competitive play league for all girls who reside within the Tantasqua regional school district (Brimfield, Brookfield, Holland, Sturbridge, or Wales) or a school choice student in the Union 61 district. Pioneer Valley Girls Suburban Basketball is the best playing opportunity for girls in grades 5-8 wishing to play competitive travel basketball as part of the Tantasqua community. To learn more the league website is below: lytlej1234@gmail.com http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=pvgirlsbasketball Attendance at one of the two tryout sessions is mandatory for team consideration. Participation at both sessions is highly encouraged. Girls selected into the league should consider this their first athletic priority over other activities since there are limited spots. Practices will begin late October / early November with game play starting in early December and running through February including playoffs. The regular season consists of 16 games against towns generally west of Sturbridge, with most travel times within 45 minutes. Playoffs start at the conclusion of the regular season. League cost is approximately $170 per player. For more information please contact: Aaron Smith or Rusty Corriveau (508) 740-5401 (413) 896-3856 aaron.j.smith44@gmail.com rusty.corriveau@gmail.com @
39 TH ANNUAL BROOKFIELD APPLE COUNTRY FAIR Saturday, October 7 th from 10:00 4:00 On the Brookfield Common AppleCountryFair.com Over 70 crafters, food vendors, bake table, live music, kid s games, raffles, face painting and more! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We re in need of volunteers (age 12 and over) to help during the day for 2 hour shifts. We have many different places we need help including: set up, kid s games, taking orders and delivering crafter lunches, clean up, and more! This is a great opportunity for kids who need volunteer hours. PLEASE NOTE - Volunteering for the Community Club is a requirement for any Tantasqua Senior who would like to apply for our annual Senior Cash Grant. Please contact Lois at LOANOLOL@hotmail.com APPLE PIE CONTEST: Rules: Your entry must be a 9, 2 crust pie in a disposable pie pan. Age groups are pre-k to 12 years, 12 years to 19 years, 20 years and up. 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd place ribbons will be awarded for each age group. Pies must be delivered to the Brookfield Fire Station at 4 Central St no later than 10am on October 7 th. 2 ND ANNUAL 5k: Join us for the 2 nd Annual Apple Country Fair 5k. To be guaranteed a t- shirt, you must pre-register online by October 1 st (running4free.com). PRE-REGISTRATION FEES: Kids under 12 (without a t-shirt): $10. Kids under 12 (with t-shirt): $17. Over 12 (with t-shirt only): $25. DAY OF REGISTRATION FEES: $30 for all ages. Day of registration/check in starts at 7am, race starts promptly at 8am behind the Town Hall at 6 Central St. BAKE TABLE: donations are welcome to the bake table! Please drop of donations to the Bake Table on the Common before 10am (along the walking path, near the drinking fountain) NON-PROFIT BOOTHS: If you have a Non-Profit organization that would like to have space on the Common, please complete an application and return as soon as possible. Applications can be found at applecountryfair.com/applications Stop by the Community Club s tent near the gazeebo to enter raffles, purchase an Apple Country Fair tote bag, enter silent auction bid for the Jacob Knight print An Apple A Day, and to share your Fair memories for the 40 th Annual Apple Country Fair Memory Book! For any questions, please email applecountryfair@gmail.com