The Greatest 5th Grade Show Tickets - On Sale Now!
June Fair Call for Volunteers
Early Morning Reading Today
Community News:
Arlington Children's Theater Presents Gulliver's Travels: May 17 - 20
Atelier Apollo's Summer Program Openings
Thompson's 4th Grade teacher, Sarah Marie Jette's first book release, What the Wind Can Tell You
Community Forum: Mass Ave Rapid Transit Pilot, May 16
SAVE THE DATES 5/28 - NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day
6/10 - Brackett June Fair
Brackett Art Show a Wonderful Evening!
Kudos (and a heartfelt "thank you!") to all of the volunteers who came together to make the Brackett Art Show happen once again this year. Congratulations to all of our artists who submitted work or performed music, and to everyone who contributed to the event in ways big and small. If you have not yet picked up your artwork from the lobby, please do so as soon as possible.
Brackett Green Team News
Milk/Juice cartons needed for Green Team June Fair project! Please drop off your half gallon milk/juice cartons for the Green Team to use for their June Fair pizza gardens. A collection box will be outside the school at drop off and pick up Thursday and Friday.
Playground clean up tomorrow (Friday) after school from 2:30-3pm! Meet at the compost toters outside the lunchroom. Brackett Green Team will participate in the playground cleanup and then head to the 3rd floor greenhouse to check on our pizza gardens. Green Team will meet as usual until 3:30pm.
The Greatest 5th Grade Show Tickets - On Sale Now!
Support Brackett 5th Grade Graduation Activities and have a fun night out! On June 12 at 7 PM, the Brackett 5th Graders will present "The Greatest 5th Grade Show" at Lowe Auditorium in Arlington High School.
The 5th graders are also selling tickets on Tuesday and Friday afternoons outside of Brackett and at the Art Show this Friday! And we’ll be having a raffle for 4 front row seats during the Art Show!
Prices: $10/person; children under 5 are free.
The 5th graders are working hard to make the show a great success! Please join them on June 12 to celebrate their time at Brackett and wish them well as they head off to junior high! If you have questions, please contact Kristin LeClair (kleclair624@gmail.com).
June Fair Call for Volunteers
Dear friends of the Brackett School (and of the June Fair!) – as we rapidly approach the annual Brackett School June Fair, to be held on Sunday, June 10th from 11:00 – 3:00 pm, we are in need to an army of committed volunteers to assist us in ensuring this event is once again a great success! Our SignUp Genius is now live, and can be accessed at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a45abad2caa8-june6 or through our new FaceBook page, @BrackettJuneFair (https://www.facebook.com/BrackettJuneFair/) where we will be also be posting updates over the next several weeks. This year’s event will feature the return of many of your old favorites, plus the addition of some exciting new activities which we will announce soon. There will be separate recruitment for donations for the Cake Walk and our new Bake Sale, as well as for volunteers for the Dunk Tank – but many activities need your help, from set up to clean up to everything in between! For questions, please contact one of your co-chairs, Ian Pilarczyk, at ipilar@bu.edu. Thank you!
Early Morning Reading Today
Early morning reading this morning, 7:30-8:00am in the Brackett library! Come read, relax, and check out books with your child(ren)!
Adapted by Lowell Swortzell
Directed by Matt Lundeen
Based on Jonathan Swift’s famous novel Gulliver’s Travels takes audiences on a great adventure, following Lemuel Gulliver on his four famous voyages to far off lands to experience strange and unusual things - from Lilliput to Brobdingnag, to outer space, to the land of the noble Houyhnhnms and to the comic Yahoos. Gulliver's Travels is a joy for actors and audiences everywhere.
Gulliver’s Travels features a talented cast of 43 ACTors ages 7-12 from seven local towns. Performances will be held on Thursday, May 17 at 7 PM, Friday, May 18 at 7 PM, Saturday, May 19 at 10 AM, 2 PM and 7 PM, and Sunday, May 20 at 3 PM at the Masonic Temple, 19 Academy St, Arlington, MA 02476. Tickets are $10.00 and available online at http://gulliver.brownpapertickets.com or at the door.
Atelier Apollo's Summer Program Openings
Atelier Apollo's Summer program has a couple of openings for its program during the week of July 23rd! Please visit www.atelierapollo.com or contact letizia@atelierapollo.com for more information.
Thompson's 4th Grade teacher, Sarah Marie Jette's first book release, What the Wind Can Tell You
Ms. Jette's first book, What the Wind Can Tell You, will be released on May 15th. Ms. Jette will host a reading and signing on Saturday, May 19th at the Robbins Library from 1pm-3pm.
The book will also be available at the Book Rack for purchase.
Community Forum: Mass Ave Rapid Transit Pilot, May 16
Community Forum about the Mass Ave Rapid Transit Pilot
Wed, May 16, 7-9pm, Town Hall Auditorium
Come hear more about this project that aims to reduce traffic congestion and lower carbon emissions.
More info at ARLINGTONMA.GOV/PROJECTS
