Please join us for our first meeting next week! Come meet the new PTA Board and get the updates on upcoming events (Fall Carnival, Trunk or Treat and more!). There are still positions open and we would love to have you join us. It’s a great opportunity to get involved with the school and community and to ensure we give our kids the best experiences at Brookvale! Looking forward to a great year:)
AGENDA
6:30PM – Call to Order
6:35PM – Treasury Update
6:45PM – Programs Update
6:55PM – President’s Note
7:05PM – Principal’s Note
7:15PM – Open Forum
7:30PM – Close Meeting
REGISTER
All attendees must register here. Once registered, a confirmation email will be sent with the Zoom information needed to join the virtual meeting.
VOTING
Everyone from the Brookvale community may attend the meeting, but only PTA members may vote on issues brought to our association. To begin or renew your membership for the 2023-24 school year, please join via TOTEM prior to the September 5th meeting.
Virtual Meeting for PTA! All attendees must register here. If you are interested in joining the PTA Board for the next school year (2023-24), we encourage you to attend the meeting to get a feel of how things are run! As you know, our current Board is serving their second term and in order to keep PTA running, we will need to fill these positions at minimum: President, Secretary and Treasurer. It’s a great opportunity to get involved with the school and community and to ensure we give our kids the best experiences at Brookvale! It’s been a great year- thank you for the support!
AGENDA
6:30PM – Call to Order
6:35PM – Treasury Update
6:45PM – Programs Update
6:55PM – President’s Note
7:05PM – Principal’s Note
7:15PM – Open Forum
7:30PM – Close Meeting
REGISTER
All attendees must register here. Once registered, a confirmation email will be sent with the Zoom information needed to join the virtual meeting.
***Public Notice: Community Under Construction ***
Teacher appreciation week is next week and our theme this year is “Community Under Construction”.
This is not to say our community needs fixing, but more so to highlight the ceaseless colossal efforts of our faculty and staff to continually maintain, grow and solidify our community at Brookvale. Each student and family are unique integral parts of our community and we’re grateful to have the Brookvale team here to continuously steward the brightest of futures for us as a community.
Here is our agenda for the week ahead:
Monday 5/8: Families bring flower(s) and a handwritten Note/card. This can be from the student AND parents
Tuesday 5/9: PTA Lunch
Wednesday 5/10: PTA tba
Thursday 5/11: PTA Pie and Coffee
Friday 5/12: Families bring a gift
Remember gratitude can be expressed in many ways and we’re here to help organize that. We hope that everyone is able to participate next week — as we all know, they deserve it!
The Candle Lighters will be opening their annual Ghost House from October 13th to October 30th! We have just confirmed that next Tuesday, October 18th, is Brookvale Night! Our school counselor, Victoria Tanaka, and our school librarian, Alexondra De La Rosa, will be dressed up in costume and mingling with the crowd! The Ghost House is located at the Fremont Hub (right next to Chili’s) so check it out! For more information, please visit their website:
Over the past 8 years, FDA has impacted over 5000 elementary and middle school students. Under our instruction, students and alumni internationally over the past 3 years have championed or qualified to elimination rounds 200+ times, accumulated 350+ winning records, and received 110+ speaker awards. FDA has also developed programs in 19 states and 8 countries, including Oregon, Arkansas, Australia, India, and more! In addition, Fremont Debate Academy has taught 100+ teachers from institutions like Broward County. Since 2014, our international team of over 200 volunteers has logged over 20,000+ hours, with several volunteers receiving certification for the gold-level Presidential Volunteer Service Award from FDA.
Students participating in FDA’s debate & civics programs saw a 39.1% improvement in their self-confidence & public speaking skills. Students participating in FDA’s debate & civics programs saw a 45.9% improvement in their knowledge about the world & research skills. 90% of students said participating in FDA’s debate & civics programs has had a positive impact on their academic performance.
FDA Brookvale Debate sessions will be held on Tuesdays in the MPR from 3:15 pm to 4:45 pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be October 25rd in person at Brookvale Elementary. Our last session will be on December 20th. November 22nd will be excluded due to Thanksgiving break. We will be capping student enrollment at around 30 students on a first come first serve basis. Priority will be given to 5th and 6th graders, and 4th graders will be put on a waitlist.
To Register: Please go to the website below to register! The deadline for registration is on October 17th https://www.fremontdebateacademy.org/fda-brookvale Feel free to direct any questions to our three instructors: Teacher Lead – Christine Dillon – cdillon@fusdk12.net Student Lead – Agastya Gaur – agastya@fremontdebateacademy.org Student Lead – Jessica Kim – jessicak@fremontdebateacademy.org
