11/02

Middle School Dance 7-10 pm

11/05

6th-8th Grade Report Cards Issued

11/06

Student Holiday

11/07

Dress Down for $1 Yellow or Gold

Early Dismissal – 1:00 pm

11/08

Douglas County Honor Band

Auditions

11/12

Governing Board Work Session

6:00 pm

11/13

Spirit Night – Panda Express

5:00-9:00 pm

11/14

Early Dismissal – 1:00 pm

11/15

Lunch with Leadership – 12:00 pm

11/19-11/23

Holidays

11/26-11/30

Book Fair

11/26

Governing Board Meeting 6:00 pm

PTO Meeting 6:00 pm

11/28

Early Dismissal – 1:00 pm

12/1-12/2

Mistletoe Market

12/6

Weekend of the Arts

Performing Stars, Elem. Musicians

12/7

Weekend of the Arts

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells 7:00 pm

12/8

Brighten Phoenix vs. Harvester Hawks at Phillips Arena 1:00

Weekend of the Arts

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells 7:00 pm

12/9

Weekend of the Arts

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells 3:00 pm

12/10

Weekend of the Arts

Middle School Chorus, Brighten Band, Ignite Phoenix

Governing Board Work Session

12/12

Early Dismissal – 1:00 pm

12/14

AR Celebration Party

Lisa McDonald, Executive Director

lmcdonald@brightenacademy.com

(770) 615-3680 Brighten Bulletin November 2018

REFRIGERATOR REMINDERS

In This Issue…

• Students in the

Community

• Classroom

Funding and

Grants

• Volunteer Hours

• Specials Updates

• Gravity Games

• Mental Health

and Emotional

Wellness Classes

• Gravity Games

Volunteer Hours

We would like to thank the following families who have earned all 20 of their

volunteer hours for the year (as of October 30th)!

We’re excited to report that we have a total of 3,680 hours entered so far! Thank

you! We couldn’t do it without you!

Students in the Community

Douglas County Calendar Art Contest

Winner

Congratulations to Jackson Allong, a Brighten

Academy 3rd grader who was one of 12 county

winners of the Inaugural Douglas County

Calendar Art Contest for 2019! Jackson is also

the only winner who is not a high school

student! Congratulations, Jackson!

Crane Industries Training Session

Several Brighten students attended a one-day

training session at the new facility for Crane

Industry Services. Altina Leigh, Camden

Hatfield, Claire Riggs, Olivia Rice, Nia Perry,

Maliyah McCoy, Megan Garner, and Madelyn

Ivey spent a day learning about careers in

construction as well as learning to tie rigging

knots and working on crane operator simulators.

Classroom Funding and

Grants

Donors Choose

Congratulations to Mrs. Jennifer

Jones for receiving full funding

for her Donor’s Choose project.

Mrs. Jones’ classroom will

receive two laptops!

AAE Grant

Congratulations to Kristin

Peterson for receiving an

Association of American

Educators grant! Mrs. Peterson

will receive $500 to purchase

books in the 800 Lexile range

and higher!

The Barmore Family

The Miller Family

The Nelson Family

The Shirley Family

The Espinoza Family

The Harbin Family

The Amundson Family

The Thompson Family

The Orndorff Family

The Turner Family

The Threlkeld Family

The Baldwin Family

The Patton Family

The Reyes Family

The Gilbert Family

Chorus

Mendi Wittwer

BACS Chorus students totally ROCKED their performances of “Together

We Can Change The World” at our October Community Circle gatherings!

They sounded great, musically conveying the message of how we ALL can

make this world a better place. Special kudos to our soloists: Lindsey

Mercer, Nia Perry, Ronnie Polane, and Megan Garner. Fantastic job,

EVERYBODY!

This month, we are busy working on music for our winter performance at

Weekend of the Arts. Both Beginning and Advanced Chorus will perform

on Monday, December 10 (6:00pm), as will Middle School Band students.

We look forward to presenting our musical work to you!

In this month of giving thanks, know that I am very grateful for the

opportunity to make music with our BACS middle schoolers. Thank you

for your support!

Specials Updates

Shequitia Davis-Pate

P.E

. Angela Kiker

4th and 5th Adventure PE is full swing into our Ultimate Frisbee

Unit. Our long-term goal is to be able to play a 4v4 game of

Ultimate Frisbee before we are out for Thanksgiving!

Middle School Adventure PE is finishing up our Orienteering Unit.

This week we are using topographic maps of the school property

and compasses to complete a multipoint, timed course.

Middle School Theatre Arts – Toni Aybar

Our Theatre Arts students have been hard at work on a Puppet

Theatre Unit. They have shown amazing creativity while

completing Shoe Box Theatres, used their imaginations to write

short stories using the elements of writing, have completed their

script conversions, and are beginning to present their original

shows!

You can keep up with our class by signing up for the 2nd period Theatre

Arts Remind using the following link: remind.com/join/hhdde9.

Tajuan White

Our 1st ,2nd ,3rd ,4th , and 5th grade classes are all working on holiday songs

preparing for Weekend of the Arts.

6th Grade, Intermediate and Advanced Bands are all working on songs for

Weekend of the Arts.

Select Advanced and Intermediate Band Students are preparing for County

Honor Band on November 8th at Alexander High School.

K-1: Students have been learning how to volley a balloon using their

hands and using a paddle. Students have also participated in dance,

yoga, relay races, and some basketball activities. Next month students

will get the opportunity to learn to throw and catch.

2-5: Students finished up our jump rope unit this month. We have also

learned the proper way to throw and catch a ball. We are currently

learning the skill of dribbling a basketball. Fifth Grade students

completed the 20 Meter Pacer Run this month and will work on

improving our score in our post test in December.

Middle School: We have been learning about volleyball and how to

perform the skills of forearm pass, set, and the serve.

Coach Kiker

and

Sandi Gore

There’s lots of fun hands-on learning happening in the science lab! I would love to be able to restock some

materials for the kids to use. Below is a list of items that would be very helpful for the school. I am also looking

for two or three people to volunteer in the lab on the days that I am not here to support teachers, pull materials and

put them away, and help maintain the organization of the lab. If you are available and have a flexible schedule,

please email me and let me know if you’d be willing to step in and help. I could also use some helping with

binding the teachers science lab books if you need some volunteer hours. As always, thank you for your continued

support as we explore the wonderful world of Science!

STEM Wish List:

Tea Light Candles, Food Coloring, Ping Pong Balls, Cotton Twine/String, Large Poppers, Orthodontic Wax, Paper

Towels, Household Cleaner (Mr. Clean, Lysol, etc.), Hand Soap Refill Bottle (not antibacterial), Masking Tape

Kendra Lijoi

Gravity Games

Brighten Academy was one of 60 student-led teams that competed in the 5th Annual GravityGames, a gravity-only car race

competition sponsored by Google, Georgia Tech and the City of Douglasville.

Brighten Academy swept the competition, winning all four divisions it raced in — Stock, Super Stock, Scottie Stock and

Engineered. We would like to thank all of our staff, students, and parents who came out to support our team. The

Brighten Academy team was led by Roy Garren and included Camille Crowder, Jackson Herzlieb, Cameron Miller, Joey

Arnold, Zach Henderson, Alain Civil, Tyler Civil, Alexa Garren, and Khloe Smith.

2018 Brighten Academy Gravity Games Results

Stock Class (200-pound limit):

1. Brighten Academy

2. Mirror Lake Elementary

Super Stock Class (240-pound limit):

1. Brighten Academy

2. Brighten Academy

Scottie Stock Class (255-pound limit):

1. Brighten Academy

2. Chapel Hill High School

Engineered Class:

1. Brighten Academy

2. Google Douglas County