News & Events
Wingmasters
Our first-graders enjoyed a visit from Wingmasters and learned about birds of prey, including visits from lots of real-life birds!
Before break, our first-graders enjoyed a visit from Wingmasters and learned about birds of prey, including visits from lots of real-life birds! The program is designed to explain predation, the birds' place at the top of the food web, their different hunting adaptations, and their status in a rapidly changing world. This presentation also features one or more of the endangered raptors that we care for, and explains why these species face an uncertain future.
Thank you for your support in funding visits like these!
Teacher Appreciation Week!
⭐️ ⭐️ Brown School is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week from April 29th to May 3rd this year! ⭐️ ⭐️
Help us show our teachers and staff what STARS they are!!! Please consider donating towards our Teacher and Staff Breakfast via our Sign Up Genius, or contribute towards teacher goodie bags via our Amazon Wishlist! 🚨🚨 If you choose to purchase from our Amazon wishlist, ship directly to Corinne's home and make sure it will arrive by April 27 - and thank you! 🚨🚨
Don't have time to bake or shop? We are also very grateful for any monetary donations which will help us shower our teachers and staff with goodies throughout the week! Donate here or Venmo @BrownSchool-PTO and mention Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you for your support as we roll out the red carpet for our amazing Brown School teachers and staff!
Brown School Day At The Railers
Brown Day at the Railers is Sunday, April 7!
Congratulations to our fourth grade chorus for singing the national anthem at the Railers game on April 7! The Railers went on to win 9-5 against the Maine Mariners! Way to go Railers and Brown Bears! And thank you to everyone who came out to support the event!
Sunday, April 7th at 3:05 PM our Brown school 4th graders have been invited to sing the National Anthem to kick off the Worcester Railers hockey game at the Railers rink in Worcester! Come out to support your friends and watch the game with other Brown School families! After the game, stick around for an autograph signing session with Worcester Railer hockey players!
All those entering the rink need a ticket. Tickets are $22 ($3 from each ticket will go back to the Brown PTO!) and can be purchased at this link: https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Natickschools.
Singing is optional but many 4th graders will choose to participate! 4th graders who want to sing but may need financial assistance purchasing tickets should please reach out to afrost@natickps.org or slittle@natickps.org for a confidential conversation.
Annual Family Dance Party!
Music, entertainment, and Games provided by DJ Peter. This community event is FREE to attend with a donation of a canned good or box of cereal to a Place to Turn.
Thank you to everyone who came out for our family dance party last Friday supporting A Place to Turn! We hope you all had fun dancing the night away!
Join us for our annual Family Dance Party in the Brown School Gym!
Friday, April 5, 6:30-8pm
Music, entertainment, and Games provided by DJ Peter. This community event is FREE to attend with a donation of a canned good or box of cereal to A Place to Turn, a food pantry on Hartford St. in Natick. Their most requested canned goods include canned chicken, tuna, and canned fruit.
We need some help setting up, collecting food donations, and we also welcome donations of baked goods to sell at the event! Please sign up here. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0945AAAE2DA5F58-48754523-family#/
Snacks and treats for sale! Bring your own water bottle please! Siblings welcome! **Please note this is not a drop-off event. Parents, please supervise your children.**
Spring Book Fair!
Get ready for the Spring Book Fair!! The kids are going to love all of the new books to choose from Scholastic. We have a sign-up sheet for anybody who would like to volunteer. We're always looking for grownups to help the kids find their books and get ready to read! More info will be coming home soon.
Sign up to Volunteer!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0945AAAE2DA5F58-48759479-brown
CrossFit Fundraiser
Donate here.
After the early release on the 24th swing by CrossFit New England, 19 Tech Circle (near Longfellow)...
Brown students K-4 are invited to come try a CrossFit Kids class in exchange for a donation to the PTO! $20 suggested donation, any amount is welcome. Class is limited to 24 students. Register and fill out waiver here: https://crossfitnewengland.pushpress.com/landing/plans/plan_72b3e622b263d0
CrossFit Kids programs are less strength-based and more movements like jumping and climbing, and include games, stations, and conversations about healthy behavior. Check them out! Your kids might love it!
Square One Art Now Available!
The beloved Brown School tradition continues! Each child at Brown School created artwork that is now available to order through the Square One website.
Order keepsakes and gifts personalized with your child’s unique art. Please place all orders by Friday, April 12th. All orders support Brown School, too! Happy shopping!
All orders are done online now. Search for your child’s art at: https://shop.square1art.com/Shop/artwork/Search
Discovery Museum Visits Kindergarten
The Discovery Museum visited Brown School this week to teach kindergarteners about Force & Motion. The kids explored concepts of force and motion and experimented with the effects of forces, such as gravity and friction. They even got to engineer and experiment with their own toys!
The Discovery Museum visit is funded by the PTO Cultural Arts budget. Thank you for your ongoing support of our programs!
Paul Revere House Visits 3rd Grade
Third graders had a visit with Paul Revere House to explore the facts and fiction surrounding the story of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride!
This week, our 3rd graders had a visit with Paul Revere House to explore the facts and fiction surrounding the story of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride! With the addition of some fun costumes, our Brown Bears retraced Revere's route as they took on the roles of Paul and Rachel Revere, their children, British soldiers, rowers, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and others!
The Paul Revere House visit is funded by the PTO Cultural Arts budget. Thank you for your ongoing support of our programs!
Origamido!
On Tuesday, our second graders enjoyed a visit from Origamido!
On Tuesday, our second graders enjoyed a visit from Origamido! Origami artist Michael shared some of his amazing origami critters including a paper penguin named Creamsicle.
Thank you for your continued support of the PTO! It allows us to continue bringing programs like this to Brown School!
Next PTO Meeting
Save the date! We hope you'll join us for our next PTO meeting on Tuesday, March 5, at 7pm in the library - or virtually here https://meet.google.com/gfx-dksm-kby
All are welcome!
Attention 4th Grade Families!
Submit your yearbook photos!
Calling all 4th grade parents: we are still looking for yearbook photos - including baby photos!
Thank you to those who have already submitted photos for the 2024 4th grade Brown school yearbook! We want to make sure all students are represented at least once in candid shots from around school and school activities. If you have not yet submitted any photos for the yearbook, please email 1-2 photos that include your 4th grader to brownptonatick@gmail.com with the subject line "yearbook photos." We are looking for photos from Brown school events (fun run, pancake breakfast, book fair, chorus concert, field trips, classroom events, etc). The yearbook team requests you send photos by March 10th.
EVERY 4th-grade family is also invited to submit one pre-elementary school photo. Please name the photo file with your student's "firstname.lastname" and email to brownptonatick@gmail.com.
If you have any yearbook questions, email mariannemcgarrity@gmail.com.
Pumpernickel Puppets Visits Kindergarteners
Our littlest Brown Bears enjoyed a visit from Pumpernickel Puppets this morning.
Kindergarteners enjoyed a visit from Pumpernickel Puppets this morning. We are so happy they could come again this year to perform for our littlest Brown Bears! 🐻
Thank you for your continued support of the PTO that allows us to fund these beloved programs at Brown School!
Family Movie Night - Elemental!
Enjoy the movie Elemental with friends! Saturday, 1/13 @ 6pm in the gym
What a wonderful turnout for our January movie night! Our Brown Bears and families enjoyed pizza, popcorn, treats, and candy as they watched Elemental in the school gym.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and donated so many tissues and wipes for our teachers and staff! And a special thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers who donated baked goods and helped sell concessions, and to Jordan’s IMAX for the freshly popped popcorn donation and to Nick’s Pizza for the generous discount on the pizzas!
Saturday, January 13, 6-8:30 pm in the Brown School Gym. Doors open at 6:00 and the movie starts at 6:15.
Bring your friends and some low lawn chairs, blankets, or beanbags, and watch the movie Elemental with friends!
The event is free to attend. We ask that families bring a box of tissues or wipes to donate to classrooms.
Pizza, popcorn, and treats will be available for purchase, as well as Brown Bear spirit wear!
If you’d like to volunteer, sign up here.
Incoming Kindergartener Intent To Register
Do you have a child who you would like to register for Kindergarten for this coming year? Your child must be 5 years old by August 31st, 2024 in order to qualify for Kindergarten. If so, please fill out this Intent to Register form so we can include you in our upcoming communications about registration.
Summer Camp Information Night
It's time to start thinking about fun in the sun! The Brown School Summer Camp Information Night is back!
It's time to start thinking about fun in the sun! The Brown School Summer Camp Information Night is back! Thursday, January 18th, 7-830 PM in the cafeteria.
Many camps from around the area will be in attendance with information on pricing and other details. Many camps will also offer deals and/or free weeks via our Silent Auction! No need to register, just show up!
The Natick Community Organic Farm
Branches at Meadowbrook
School of Rock Natick
Summer at Tobin
LINX Camps
NEOC (New England Outdoor Camp)
iCode of Wellesley
Camp Cody
Danforth Art School
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
Mass Audubon
Camp Nonesuch
SewEasy
Villari’s Martial Arts
Natick Recreation and Parks
Metrowest YMCA
Elly Swartz Visits Fourth Graders
Author Elly Swartz visited Brown School and inspired fourth graders to be uniquely themselves!
On Tuesday, 1/9, author Elly Swartz visited the fourth grade! An author of five books, Elly shared her journey to becoming a writer and told us about each of her books, including the challenges and mental health struggles her characters face and overcome. Students were reminded that imperfect is beautiful and that we are all many things, including awesome, kind, and brave!
We are grateful to Elly for inspiring us to be ourselves!
To learn more about Elly, check out her website: https://ellyswartz.com/.
Elly’s books are Hidden Truths, Dear Student, Finding Perfect, Give And Take, Smart Cookie, and Same Page (coming spring 2025)
Winter Cocoa and Treats for the Teachers!
We celebrated our teachers, specialists, and support staff and sent them off with some goodies before Winter Break!
Thank you to everyone who donated towards Winter Treats for the Teachers! This spread was 95% donated by parents - sweets and treats that teachers and staff could box up and take home! We also had a hot cocoa bar and warm cider and tea!
Monday, December 18th
Join the PTO and help us celebrate our teachers, specialists, and support staff as we send them off with some goodies before Winter Break! The PTO will provide everyone with cocoa, hot cider, and some treats (including gluten and nut-free!), and we hope you can help! Sign up HERE to volunteer to bring in a dozen of your favorite cookies (baked or store-bought) or delicious treats! We will provide all staff with take-home goodie boxes so that they can bring home some tasty treats over the break. Thank you for helping to make the last week before break extra delicious for our Brown School staff!
Brown Elementary PTO Ice Skating Event
Looking for something to do during break with your Brown school friends? Sponsored by the Brown PTO, this event is FREE to attend with a suggested donation of $6/person or $15/family. Entry includes skate rental.
Looking for something to do during break with your Brown school friends?
Sponsored by the Brown PTO, this event is FREE to attend with a suggested donation of $6/person or $15/family.
Entry includes skate rental. Arrive early if you need to rent skates!
No pre-registration required, just show up! Hope to see you there!
No drop-offs. Children must be supervised at all times. Helmets are required for skating children.
Cash or Venmo donations accepted at the door - @BrownSchool-PTO
Thursday, December 28 3:30-4:20pm
William Chase Arena - 35 Windsor Ave, Natick
Force & Magnetism with The Discovery Museum
Third graders learned about Force and Magnetism with the Discovery Museum!
Our third graders had a visit from the Discovery Museum! They learned about the basics of force and motion and explored ideas of balanced and unbalanced forces while working with and learning about magnetic force. They then built an original moving toy of their own design that used the force of magnetism to operate.
Thank you to the Discovery Museum for this wonderful presentation and to YOU for your continued support of the PTO, which allows us to provide these programs for our budding scientists!
