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Thursday, February 26, 2015
SCHOOL CALENDAR
February
ART NEWS
24
Battle of the Books
Welcome PTO
backAuction
to school
and another year of art. This
Meeting 7:00 pm
year,
26
Essentials Day
March
3
Preschool/PreK – school pictures
PTO Meeting 7:00 pm
4
Preschool/PreK – school pictures
14
Open House 11:00-1:00
23
ECE Conferences – No classes PS/PreK
24
T/Th PS – conferences - No School
25
5th Avenue Theatre – PTO sponsored
26
Knowledge Night
6:30-7:30 Grades 4/5
6:30-8:00 Middle School
28
PTO Auction
April
3
Elementary Spelling Bee
6 – 10 Spring Break – No school
Camp available
24
Staff/Student Basketball Game 6:00-8:30
30
Kindergarten Play 2:00 & 7:00
BRIGHTON IS MOVING!
It is now official – Brighton is moving! Our new
building will be located at 21705 58th Street West in
Mountlake Terrace. The building
is about 5 minutes away just on
the other side of I-5. The plan is
to start classes there this fall on
September 9th. In the past the
building has been a school and
a church. It will be completely remodeled for Brighton
and will offer quite a bit more space than our current
site. It has a much larger gym, a much larger turf
soccer field, a new innovation lab, more classrooms
and lots of windows. The new site is in a quiet
neighborhood on a dead-end street. The location
feels very quiet and peaceful, especially compared to
where we are now.
Construction on the new site began yesterday and
there is very little leeway in the schedule so we will
keep our fingers crossed. In addition to remodeling
all of the classroom spaces, a new wing is being
added to house the Early Childhood program.
Below are two pictures the show what the site looks
like now, and what the finished site will look like. (The
angles are different and there will be no red poles but
you can get a general idea.)
Current City Church site
Planned Brighton site
We are very, very excited about the move but also
recognize that is a lot of work to do between now and
September. We will continue to send out email
updates weekly about progress and answer andy
questions you have about the move. Please send
your questions to David Locke and I will be
answering them in weekly updates starting with the
most common ones.
Principal – David Locke
Assistant Principal – Russ Noble
6717 - 212th St. SW Lynnwood, WA 98036 Phone (425) 672-4430 Fax (425) 778-0940
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Brighton Bulletin
February 26, 2015
Thanks to our Team!
Getting this far has been a tremedous effort and I
want to extend a special thanks to our management
and senior management - Linda Grobman, Wendy
Bond, and Joan Pittenger, as well as Lee Bohs, Neil
Garawitz and our president, George Bernstein. The
support from Nobel on this project has been
amazing! In addition, the staff at Brighton, and
especially Russ Noble and Kelly Goodmansen (who
is acting as project manager) have gone way over
and above in their efforts. In addition, Nobel’s
business partners, John Richards and Elliott
Severson have been a huge part of getting this
project off the ground and John will be leading the
construction effort going forward.
depicting the personality of the year that has just
passed. On New Year's Eve families gather in the
streets in front of their homes and burn the doll to
symbolize the passing of the old year. At Brighton
School fifth graders made their own Año Viejo and
burned it while sharing aloud their penas (regrets)
from the old year and their esperanzas (hopes) for
the
new
year
all
in
Spanish!
What
are your esperanzas for this year?
Expect lots more communication going forward, but
for now we’ll just take a moment to celebrate this
happy day!
CLASS AUCTION PROJECT VIEWING
This year’s Class Auction Project Viewing will be
Wednesday, March 11th. Visit the MPR anytime
throughout the day to see the amazing works of art
that your student has helped to create. Creative
parent volunteers and our awesome staff have
worked with our students to create glass art, garden
accessories, amazing play items and more that you
have the opportunity to have in your home and
treasure forever.
This year’s Class Auction Project Viewing will also
feature ViVi Jewelry for sale. Brighton mom, Kelly
Menzik will be donating 50% of all sales to the
Brighton PTO Auction. Come check out the beautiful
jewelry and support out PTO.
Student portraits will be available for purchase at the
Art Walk too. Former Brighton student and awesome
photographer, Sam Palmer, has been taking darling
photos of each of our students, this year with a
western theme! The prints will be $15 (cash or
check).
SECOND GRADE STUDIES FAIRY TALES
Second graders recently completed a study of fairy
tales. They compared and contrasted eleven different
versions of Cinderella from different countries and
cultures. They read fairy tales told from different
viewpoints, performed reader’s theater, and explored
the elements of a traditional fairy tale.
After reading a fairy tale(s) of their choice each
student created a game based on the story. Many
students read more than one version of their story.
We had board games, a fairy tale Jenga, a bean bag
toss, and a puzzle to put together. The first graders
enjoyed coming to play with us. The 2 nd graders were
very accomplished teachers as they patiently taught
others how to play their game!
FIFTH GRADE SPANISH
Señora Gahan’s fifth grade Spanish students
learned about a New Year tradition called Año Viejo
(Old Year). In the Spanish-speaking country of
Ecuador families prepare for the new year by making
a life size doll to represent the old year. The doll is
created with old clothes and materials that will no
longer be needed, then it is dressed with a mask
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Brighton Bulletin
February 26, 2015
BRIGHTON GOES TO THE THEATER
Down the Rabbit Hole and into a magical world
Brighton families joined together to go to see “Alice in
Wonderland” Saturday January 24 th. The Bothell High
School performance directed by Chaya Glass
(Brighton’s Summer Drama Camp teacher and alum)
brought all of the characters to life. Favorites of our
Brighton students included the Cheshire Cat, the
Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty
and of course, Alice. It was so much fun to visit the
theater and for over thirty of us to meet in the theater.
Thanks for coming!
In this picture we are reinforcing the many sounds of
"bossy r" or r-controlled vowels. Using the students
love of drawing and stories to help them remember
how to spell. "Ar" like a pirate, "or" like a horn and
"ur, ir, er" like a hot rod.
FIRST GRADE PHONICS
Look how intent the first graders are looking through
books for the "ed" ending in words. They are placing
the words they find on a class chart. When we are
finished they immediately ask, "When are we going to
do that again?" What a way to practice reading!
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Brighton Bulletin
February 26, 2015
THIRD GRADERS ROCK THEIR PLAY!
The Third Graders performed their class play “This
Golden River” written and directed by Sue Elvrum
February 12th for classes, friends, and families.
Following the life cycle of salmon students were able
to act out what they are learning about in science and
what the whole school is watching in the fish tank in
the Lower Campus. With lots of laughs and
inspirational moments the class sang and acted their
way along with the help of their teacher Ellen Garza.
The awesome audience cheered the salmon on as
they rocked their way along the Golden River “Born
in the U-S-A!”
2ND GRADE FIELD TRIP TO SKATEPARK
On Friday February 6th, Brighton’s 2nd graders got to
try a new sport. Together with Mrs. Angie we traveled
to Seattle’s All Together Skatepark. After the
students donned helmets, knee pads, and elbow
pads three patient and enthusiastic instructors taught
the students some skateboarding basics. By the end
of the lesson the students were all more confident
and improved in their skills. After 1 ½ hours of
practice the tired and sweaty kids thanked Shawn,
Marshal, and Steve then headed back to school.
Many of the students are certain that they want to go
back for more!
GO BRIGHTON DI!
Brighton Destination Imagination teams are meeting,
creating, rehearsing, strategizing and acting like
crazy! The NorthSound Regional Competition will
take place Saturday March 7 th at Lake Stevens High
School. This year Brighton has seven teams
competing. They are: 3rd Rock: Erin Martino, Isaac
Vaa, Liam Palmer, Matthew Golden, Clara Guyot,
Simon Albrecht, Katie Barry, coached by Sue
Elvrum; Homeless Helpers: Jake Ingram, Parker
Mitchell, Lindsay Kerns, Koi Minnix, Ameer BotleyHarris,
coached
by
Mark
Ingram; Wild
Quartette: Darby O’Neill, Jayden Roseberry, Dylan
Newman, Taylor Nilson, coached by Lisa
Edwards; Squirmy Squirrels: Blake Eaton, Samir
Ali, Riley Mitchell, Justin Wood, Brandon Yoon, Karl
Watland, coached by Gwen Wood and Carrie
Mitchell;
Fireballs: Ava
Jensen,
Isabella
Tancreti,
Hanna Ellstrom, Emily Saunders,
Cassandra Vaa, Kaylyn Takeya, Amanda Birkby,
coached by Elissa Tancreti; Firing Flames: Casey
Kramer, Izzy Horne, Ellie Aamodt, Salahudeen
Kakar, Mehry Parsai, Cecelia Guyot, coached by
Samantha Pate and Kate Wittenbrooke; Dolphin
Dolphin: Andrew Eaton, Emily Noggles, Betty
Carniglia-Smock, Marilyn Carniglia-Smock, Jessica
Saunders, Marisa Henriques, coached by Jennifer
Saunders and Lisa Henriques. The schedule for the
competition can be accessed at: http://www.wadi.org/uploads/8/3/0/2/8302489/1415_tournament_program_final.pdf.
Everyone
is
welcome to come and cheer the teams on.
Questions? Sue.elvrum@nlcinc.com Go Brighton DI!
BRIGHTON’S BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Brighton’s 2nd Annual Battle of the Books took place
Tuesday. Eight teams have been reading 20 books
for many months and planning how they would meet
the challenge. Participating teams were: Sparkling
Books: Claire Stroh, Anna Moeller, Annabelle
Behnke,
Isabella
Tancreti;
The
Four
Musketeers: Blake
Eaton, Dylan
Pham, Ryan
Melgardshagen, Joseph Ruckman; The Poisonous
Mudkips: Tyler Pham, Ben Chung, Bode Vitense,
Justin Wood; Zapped Zebraz:Gabby Gose, Adilia
Hjelle, Caitlin Zhou; WaWas: Ava Jensen, Eric
Leonen, Kaylyn Takeya, Brandon Yoon; Green Fire
Scalers: Badr Moujtahid, Samir Ali, Trenton
Boyle; Ishkabibble: Ariya Boone, Serena Hasse,
Cloe Batiot, Aryana Marandi;
and Rockin’
Readers: Koi Minnix, Zaine Lahmidi. Audience
members could choose to Battle as well. Audience
First Place: Bryn Harding; Audience Second Place:
Sophie Ziedalski; Audience Third Place: Piper
Jiyamapa. When all of the scores were tallied the
winning teams were- First Place: Sparkling
Books (defending
champions); Second
Place:
Ishkabibble;
Third
Place:
The
Four
Musketeers. Watch for the Battle of the Books lists
for next school year coming out with the Summer
Reading lists. Congratulations to all of our excellent
Brighton readers
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Brighton Bulletin
February 26, 2015
COMMUNITY SERVICE
February Essentials Day will be this Thursday,
February 26th. Brighton collects diapers, wipes, toilet
tissue, and formula for Next Steps in Lynnwood. This
collection supports low income babies in our local
community. Our donations have been amazing and
they are very well received by the non-profit
organization. Collection containers can be found in
the Library and Upper Campus office.
Thank you to the families and classes who have
been supporting the Stone Soup Project in the last
months. This project collects soup ingredients that
are put together at the Queen Anne Food bank near
the Seattle Children’s’ Theater. This is the nearest
soup kitchen we can find. They also are very
welcoming to school groups who would like to help
out. Any group or family who is interested in putting
together some ingredients to take down the next time
you are at the Seattle Center talk to Sue
Elvrum sue.elvrum@nlcinc.com Thank
you
for
helping our children learn about community
involvement.
BRIGHTON BAND FIELD TRIP
Brighton's young musicians got a chance to take a
trip down to Seattle to check out the Seattle
Symphony's Soundbridge and Seattle EMP Museum.
The trip started off with a Science of Sound class
inspired by Trimpin where students got the chance to
make their own instruments out of PVC piping and
place them in any of the instrument families. They
named their instruments and performed them as well.
Students then got the opportunity to play any
instrument in Soundbridge. They really had a blast!
Everyone ate lunch upstairs in Benaroya's cafeteria
lobby, then hopped on the buses to head toward the
exciting Experience Music Project by the Space
Needle. Inside students got to learn about musicians
and bands from around the Seattle Washington area
and see famous artifacts. The highlight of the trip was
the Sound Lab where everyone (adults included) got
a chance to jam in a band, play with drums,
keyboards, soundboard mixers, recording sessions,
musical lazers, and record mixers. It was quite a
musically fullfilling day! The classes that went on the
field trip were: Middle School Symphonic Quintet,
Middle School Rock Band, Guitar Class, and
Elementary Band.
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