Principal's Message
We enjoyed an awesome week at Greenbriar with lots of fun things happening in our in-person and RLA classes. Our in-person students learned outside as much as possible so we could take advantage of the warm weather and sunshine before we return to the 40s and 50s next week.
We enjoyed having Krieger with us on Monday for his first full-day at Greenbriar. As he completes his training this month, he'll begin to add more days at Greenbriar until he's here every day. Check out our newest staff member in his spirit wear! --->
Today, we're attempting our first all-school virtual assembly at 12:30. This time overlaps with our RLA students' lunch time, allowing Greenbriar RLA students to join without missing other parts of their schedules. All students and staff will meet via a giant Zoom meeting to sing the Greenbriar song together and work on a paw decorating project via SeeSaw. We're excited to have the majority of our school together again, even for just half an hour! We'll try to take some photos of the assembly and final collaborative art project to share on social media.
Please enjoy the warm weekend weather!
Warmly,
Ginny
Lunch/Snack Plan in Cold Weather (in-person)
Despite the warm weather this week, the elementary principals have been grappling with how to structure lunch and snack times in the colder weather. We want to be consistent across the buildings, so below are the guidelines we will follow at Greenbriar, Meadowbrook, and Westmoor.
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Below 10 degrees with windchill: District-wide procedure, don't go outside (lunch, recess, snack, P.E., etc.).
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Between 11-40 degrees with windchill: Supervisor's discretion for lunch/snack inside or out (depending on wind/sun, precipitation, etc.); P.E. & recess remain outside.
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Above 40 degrees with windchill: We will go outside for all normal activities.
At Greenbriar, when students eat inside, they will rotate eating in their classrooms or the large and small gyms. Half of the students will eat in the gyms during each cold day (five classes during each lunch period between the two gyms). All remaining classes will eat in their classrooms. When eating in the classrooms, students will eat at their desks and utilize trifold desktop dividers. Windows will be open, as well as the classroom door. Students will get situated, open milk, etc. before removing their masks. Students will be asked to talk as little as possible and replace their masks when they are finished eating. Regardless of the space, students will follow their normal sanitizing routine before and after lunch.
Support Canines4Comfort! (in-person & RLA) *repeat*
Did you know that it costs about $10,000 to train a psychiatric service dog like Krieger? Canines4Comfort is a non-profit 401c3 organization that relies on donations as their main source of income. We'll be leading some fundraising projects once Krieger starts at Greenbriar, but if you'd like to support this awesome organization right now, here are a few ways:
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Sponsor their annual calendar by advertising a small business. Find out more details here.
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Donate directly via their website here.
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Fulfill some of their Amazon Wish List items.
- Two Heartguard provides heartworm preventative for one year
- Two packages of Advantix provides flea & tick protection for one year. (Or use 1 pkg = 6 months).
- Dogs typically eat one 30 lb bag of food each month, consider purchasing a six month subscription
- FortiFlora is a daily probiotic supplement that maintains a healthy intestinal tract for dogs, please consider a multiple package purchase or a subscription
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Consider supporting them via Amazon Smile. Please select Canines4Comfort as your charity; Amazon will donate a percentage of your purchases made through this site to us.
NBD28 Children's Choir (in-person & RLA) *repeat*
Signups are now underway for the Northbrook 28 Children's Choir winter trimester. If your 3rd through 5th grader enjoys singing and they would want to be part of a socially distant, 100% virtual Children's Choir, please contact Mr. Bartunek (
jbartunek@northbrook28.net). 5th Grade meets on Tuesday, 4th on Wednesday, and 3rd on Thursday after school from 3:45-4:30.
