• The Brackett PTO Needs Your Help!
• Place 'Genevieve's' Order by October 20
• October 20: Community Preservation Act: Presentation & Discussion
• October 21: Parents Forum
• Fall Box Tops Drive Deadline - October 24
• Bakers Needed: Election Day Bake Sale, November 4
• Friends of Robbins Farm Park Needs New Members
• Save the Dates
• Important Deadlines

The Brackett PTO needs your help!  

Brackett PTO ‘Genevieve’s’ Fall Fundraiser – Deadline to Order Extended Until Monday, October 20  

Every order makes a difference and helps to fund PTO-sponsored events and activities such as field trips, cultural enrichment programs& more! You can place your order through the catalog or online.  To participate:

CATALOG ORDERS
1. Share catalog with your friends and family.
2. Collect orders and payment.  Make checks payable to Brackett PTO.  Do not collect sales tax.
3. Return the envelope with order form (white and yellow copies) and payment to your classroom teacher by Monday, October 20.
4. Keep the pink copy of order form for you records.

ONLINE ORDERS
Orders can be placed online by emailing your family and friends.
1. Visit:  www.genevieves.com
2. Click on ’Email Family and Friends’
3. Enter school account number 3489

All orders will arrive to the school before the Thanksgiving break.

Please contact Gwen Mansfield (mansfield09@verizon.net) with questions.

Community Preservation Act: Presentation and Discussion
Monday, Oct. 20, 7:30 – 9:00

On November 4, Arlington voters will decide whether to adopt the Community Preservation Act (CPA) to establish dedicated funding to enable Arlington to: Preserve open space and historic buildings, improve parks and recreational spaces, and help meet local families' housing needs.  Come join us on October 20^th at the Hardy School Cafeteria from 7:30 – 9:30 to learn more so you can make an informed decision about the CPA. Katherine Ross of the State Community Preservation Act Coalition will speak about Arlington’s CPA Ballot Question 5. More info about the CPA can be found at: http://www.arlingtoncpa.org/p/home.html. 

Tuesday, October 21: Parents Forum

Being Part of the Solution: Effective Strategies for Children with Anxiety

Presenter: Jessica Minahan, M.Ed., BCBA
7-8:30 PM, Ottoson Middle School Cafetorium
For parents Gr.K-12 

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that one in four thirteen-eighteen year olds has had an anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Without intervention, these children are at risk for poor performance, diminished learning, and social/behavior problems in school. Understanding the role anxiety plays in a student’s behavior is crucial and using preventive strategies are key to successful intervention. Effective behavior plans for these students must avoid the reward and punishment-based consequences from traditional behavior plans and focus instead on the use of preventive strategies and on explicitly teaching coping skills, self-monitoring, and alternative responses.

Easy to implement preventive tools, strategies, and interventions for reducing anxiety, increasing self-regulation, executive functioning, and self-monitoring will be discussed.

Fall Box Tops Drive Deadline - October 24
Every 10 Box Tops earns Brackett School $1

Save the Date

Important Deadlines

For daily updated calendar and event information, please check the Brackett Website at http://brackettelementary.org/