Briarwood Events and Important Notes
To Briarwood Parents:
School Events
Item 1: Thank You to Our PTA From the Briarwood Staff: Thank you, so much, for the
wonderful meals you have provided throughout the
year and most recently for our Staff
Appreciation Week extravaganza. Thank you to all of the parents who
donated food and gave
gifts to our teachers. You are such an amazing,
thoughtful group. We appreciate you so much!
Item 2: Bus Passes: The last day for bus passes is Thursday, June 5.
Item 3: Spirit Day: Wear something from the past this Friday, June 6 for our Spirit
Day!
Item 4: Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough
Pick-Up: Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough will be
delivered on Friday, June 6 and will be available
for pick-up between 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm in
the multi-purpose room. The dough is a frozen
and perishable product; if you are
unavailable to pick up your order during that time,
please make arrangements for
someone to do it for you. We are unable to store
your order. If your child (except for AM
kindergarteners) ordered one or two containers, the
cookie dough will be delivered to your
child’s classroom and can be taken home on the
bus. Please contact Melinda Baggenstos at
425.917.0720 or baggenstos@comcast.net
with any questions.
Item 5: Sock Hop: The PTA sponsored 50’s Style Sock Hop will be held in Briarwood’s
gym
from 6:45 pm until 8:30 pm this Friday, June 6.
The 4th grade will be singing before the sock
hop at 6:30 pm in the multi-purpose room.
Item 6: Gift-A-Book Pizza Lunch: The Gift-A-Book pizza lunch will take
place on
Wednesday, June 11 during
all of our lunches.
Mr. Terry and Ms. Soel will be serving pizza
and drinks to the students who donated books
to Briarwood’s library.
Item 7: Children’s Hospital Foundation: Briarwood’s Student Council is collecting
monetary
donations for the Children’s Hospital Foundation
(diabetes clinic). The drive ends on Thursday,
June 12. Any contribution will be
appreciated. If you have any questions or comments, please
contact Ms. Fry at frym@issaquah.wednet.edu or
425. 837.5042.
Item 8: 2007-2008 Yearbooks: Yearbooks that were preordered will be distributed on Friday,
June 13. Remaining yearbooks will be
available at Briarwood’s Field Day on Monday, June 16
or by calling Ellen Tinseth at 425.271.8552
or randytinseth@msn.com. The cost for a yearbook
is $17.00.
Item 9: Field Day: Field Day is coming Monday, June 16! Field Day is a huge year-end
event
for the students, sponsored by the Briarwood
PTA. The students are challenged to travel
through a series of carnival-like events. Field
Day takes place during the school day and cannot
happen without volunteers assisting teachers
with the events. Volunteers meet in the gym by
1:00 pm and stay until the end of the
school day (2:53 pm). Please e-mail or call Ann Clardy
at
425.271.1491or anndclardy@comcast.net
to volunteer or if you have questions.
Item 10: Fifth Grade Graduation: Fifth
grade graduation is Tuesday, June 17 and will be a
day to remember for you and your fifth
grader! Family and friends are invited to attend the
“Moving Up” ceremony at
10:30 am in the gym.
The doors will open for seating at 10:00 am.
Students who have filled out and returned
their permission slips to their teacher will be
transported by bus from Briarwood to Castle Ice at
12:50 pm for a PTA sponsored skating
party. There is no charge for the skating
party; PTA has been generous, once again, and will
pay for the admittance to Castle Ice.
Parents need to pick up their child at
Castle Ice by 3:00 pm; there will be no return buses to
Briarwood. If you have any questions call Melinda Baggenstos at 425.917.0720 or e-mail her at
Item 11: Lost and Found: There are many coats, sweatshirts, shoes, lunch bags, and more
that have been left at school. Please check or
have your student check the lost and found in the
multi-purpose room. Smaller lost items are kept in the
office. Unclaimed items will be donated
to a charity on Friday, June 20.
Item 12: Medications: Orders for the administration of medication at school are good
for one
academic year only. In addition, medications at
school are not carried over to the next school
year and need to be returned to the parent. To
avoid accidents we do not allow students to
hand carry their medication home, but request
the parent to pick up the remaining medication at
the school office no later than Wednesday,
June 25. If medications have not been picked up
by this date they will be destroyed.
Item 13: Office Hours: Briarwood’s office will be closed beginning Friday, June 27 and
reopen on Monday, August 11. Our office hours
will be from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm and from
1:00 pm until 3:00 pm until school begins
on Wednesday, September 3.
Item 14: Report Cards: Report cards will go home with your student on the last day of
school
(Thursday, June 19) if…
• All of his/her library books have been
returned to the library (the due date was last Friday,
May 30). If there are any unreturned or
lost books a replacement fee will be charged.
Please call our librarian, Ms. Soel, at
425.837.5010 for more information.
• All of his/her lunch accounts are
current by the end of the school year. Please call
425.837.5033 for more
information.
• Any other damaged or lost school
district items may also incur a fine.
If your child has an outstanding balance
on library books, lunch accounts, and/or damaged or
lost items their report card will be held in
the office until their accounts are rectified.
If your child is not present on the last
day of school you will need to provide a selfaddressed,
stamped envelope for it to be mailed.
Item 15: Last Day of School: The last day of school for PM kindergarten is Tuesday,
June
17; the last day of school for AM
kindergarten is Wednesday, June 18; the last day of school
for full-day kindergarten and grades 1
through 5 is Thursday, June 19 at 11:00 am.
Item 16: New Dog Policy: The District has adopted a new policy regarding dogs on all
campus unless they are directly providing
service to any student, staff, or community member.
Item 17: Site Council Reps: As Briarwood begins planning for next year (2008-2009), we
are
in need of Site Council reps. If you are interested
in being a part of this important committee
please pick up an application and return it to
the office before the end of the school year. We
meet once a month for about an hour.
Item 18: Are You Returning to Briarwood? If you have a child who is NOT returning
to
Briarwood next fall, please inform the
school office at 425.837.5000 immediately. An accurate
enrollment count is critical in determining how many
classrooms at each grade level will be
needed and the assignment of teachers to these
positions. Also, if you have a fifth grade
student who will NOT be attending
425.837.6909.
Item 19: Extra PTA Directories: If you are a PTA member and would like
an extra directory
there are a few available. Contact Gail at markandgailc@gmail.com
or 425.255.1194.
Item 20: Family Access: Family Access gives parents and students online access to student
information, including attendance, class schedules,
and immunization records. Parents can
also verify online that the emergency contact
information and personal information on each
student is correct.
Upon completed registration and submittal
of your e-mail address, you can set up your Family
Access by visiting the
clicking on the Family Access link.
Note: On the Friday before Labor Day, if
you have set up your Family Access account, you will
be able to log onto your account and find
out your student’s teacher.
For questions about Family Access logins
or to update your family’s phone number and physical
address, contact Briarwood’s registrar at
425.837.5000. If you have forgotten your password,
log in and ask that your password be sent to
you.
Please make sure your e-mail address in
Family Access is correct. Besides being used to email
your password if you forget, every fall
e-mails are uploaded into school and District e-news
lists. E-mail addresses are used to contact
parents in an emergency and used by teachers to
communicate and correspond with you regarding your
student and class activities.
An easy way to login to Family Access is
to go to Briarwood’s website at
http://www.briarwood.issaquah.wednet.edu/ and
click on Family Access.