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Welcome to the 2014-2015 School year! I am excited about the year ahead as we embark on our theme "Design for Excellence." As I mentioned in my summer letter, the teachers have been working hard to prepare their classrooms and curriculum for an outstanding educational experience for your children. From designing new STEAM units to enhancing lessons by using cutting edge and relevant technologies, I believe our faculty and staff are well-prepared and dedicated to providing a first-rate, distinctive education. I am eager to be part of the many successes your children will experience this year.
This year we will continue to publish our weekly Bulletin on Fridays. I hope you will read it carefully, so you can prepare yourselves and your children for the week ahead. Please be sure to scroll down to read the Parents' Association's news, and try to take time to read the news in the divisions other than your child's. This is a great way to understand what is happening on campus. In addition, the main calendar changes occasionally, and all changes will be posted on our website and in the weekly Bulletin.
While we try to limit direct emails, we will send out grade specific or important information at times, as well as weather-related changes or concerns that may need immediate attention.
Please remember we have a proximity-card security system. We ask that all parents and visitors check in with our greeter at #69 Middlesex Road. Our students in grades 5-12 will continue to have a personal card, and children in the Lower School will have the same teacher-directed system as last year.
I look forward to welcoming you to my campus home on the opening days, so we can share a cup of coffee and exchange our thoughts on the year ahead.
Sincerely,
Judy Guild
Head of School
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Welcome New Students!
Brimmer and May School and the Admissions Office would like to extend a warm welcome to all new students and their families!
This year, we have 79 new students (37 in Lower School, 20 in Middle School, and 22 in Upper School) representing 29 towns in the Boston area and 4 countries.
We are so glad you chose to join the Brimmer and May School community, and we look forward to seeing you on campus next week!
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Brimmer and May Welcomes New Faculty!
Brimmer and May welcomed new faculty to campus this week for orientation meetings.
Pictured here from left: Bethany Shannon (Full-time Middle/Upper School Science Teacher; Middle School Outdoor Education Program), Megan Donelan (Pre-Kindergarten Assistant), Meghan Ship (Fourth Grade Teacher), Matthew Skelly (Middle/Upper School Science Teacher), Cheryl Hirshman (covering maternity leave for art teacher Nicole Stone), Kyla Graves (Middle and Upper School Humanities; Middle School English; Grade 8 History; Upper School Desktop Publishing teacher), Jessica Christian (Director of Diversity, Admissions Associate and Adolescent Topics Teacher), Mirna Goldberger (Middle/Upper School Spanish Teacher), and Gina Chang (Middle/Upper School Mandarin Teacher).
Missing from photo: David Cutler '02 (Director of Writing Center; Upper School History and Journalism Teacher; Technology Integration Specialist) and Miriam Gates (Part-time Science lab teaching assistant).
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EdTechTeacher Workshops
Brimmer and May faculty, along with teachers from Beacon Academy, participated in technology workshops this week following a keynote presentation by Greg Kulowiec of EdTechTeacher. Greg is a nationally recognized instructor, presenter, and author, on using mobile devices in the classroom.
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Tutoring
Please click here for tutoring information and an application.
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All-School Photo Day - Monday, September 8!
Photo Day is on Monday, September 8! Please click here for the Order Form and have your child bring the completed form and check to School on Photo Day.
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Join the Conversation - Connect with Brimmer and May!
Brimmer and May news and photos are posted to social media on a regular basis. Stay connected with us!
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September Lunch Menu
Please click here for the September Lunch Menu.
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Yearbook Order!
Don't forget to get a head start on your Yearbook order! Click here and enter the password: gators.
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News from Lower School
Dear Lower School Families,
Ms. McGillicuddy and I look forward to welcoming new families and catching up with returning families next week when you meet with your children's homeroom teachers for goal-setting conferences and when you visit the classrooms on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Please remember that Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 dismiss at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday and Friday from McCoy Hall (Pre-K & K from the Pre-K door and Grade 1 from the front hall). Please click here for the Pre-K & K dismissal procedure, and click here for the Grade 1 dismissal procedure, which starts on Monday, September 8.
Back-to-School Night is Thursday, September 18! It will be a time to learn about the curriculum and routines in your children's classes.
Updated homeroom lists are included below.
The beginning of the school year is always filled with excitement and anticipation. Welcome back!
Best wishes,
Thomas Fuller Courtney P. McGillicuddy
Head of Lower School Assistant Head of Lower School
Early Childhood Coordinator
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Extended Day Information
If you are planning to sign up for Extended Day, please click below for the forms and return them to the School.
Extended Day Agreement Form
Enrollment Form
Matt Vaughan
Extended Day Director
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Middle School News
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 Notes from the Middle School Head
Dear Parents/Guardians
I wanted to extend a warm welcome to the entire Middle School and tell you that we are all very excited to begin this year in earnest. Please be on the lookout in the following issues of the Bulletin for the Class Deans' grade updates. If you have any questions regarding the beginning of the year, please feel free to contact your son/daughter's advisor. As always, you are more than welcome to meet with me as well. Please contact Mary Gates at mgates@brimmer.org or 617-278-2369 if you would like to do so.
ERB information and results will be sent out to families within the next couple of weeks. If you would like to discuss the results of the ERB's please contact Kristin Sammeta (formally Wisemiller), the Director of Academic Services. Wishing all of you a wonderful school year!
Please click here for the packing list for Camp Cedar. Just a reminder that we leave at 8:15 a.m. (please be at School by 7:45 a.m.) on Wednesday, September 3, and arrive back to Brimmer and May on Friday, September 5, at 2:00 p.m.
Back-to-School Night this year is on Tuesday, September 23. This will be a great time to meet your child's teachers and learn about the curriculum and routines in your children's classes.
Peter Gordon
Middle School Head
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Upper School News
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 Welcome from Upper School Head
Welcome back to Upper School students and families! The Upper School faculty is looking forward to working with new and returning students in the 2014-2015 school year. We hope that everyone is relaxed and refreshed and ready to re-engage in their academic work, extracurricular activities, and community endeavors.
Joseph Iuliano
Upper School Head
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9/2
Opening Day
Gr. 6-12
Parents Back to School Coffee (gr. 6-12), 8:00 a.m.
LS Classroom visits and picnic, 4:30 p.m.
9/3
MS Class Trips depart, 8:00 a.m.
US Class Trips depart, 8:30 a.m.
9/4
Opening Day
Gr. Pre-K-5
Parents Back to School Coffee (gr. Pre-K-5)
PK-1 early dismissal
11:00 a.m.
Gr. 2 and 3 dismissal, 2:50 p.m.
Gr. 4 and 5 dismissal, 3:05 p.m.
9/5
Pre-K-1 early dismissal
11:00 a.m.
US Class Trips return, 12:00 p.m.
MS Class Trips return, 2:00 p.m.
Gr. 2 and 3 dismissal, 2:20 p.m.
Gr. 4 and 5 dismissal, 2:35 p.m.
9/8
MS/US Opening Convocation,
8:15 a.m.
Bus routes begin
Extended Day begins
MS After-School STudy Hall begins
Class photos
Dress Day
9/9
Rain date for Class Photos
9/10
Pre-K, K early dismissal
11:30 a.m.
9/11
US Back-to-School Night, 6:30 p.m.
9/18
New LS Parents Breakfast and Orientation,
8:00 a.m.
LS Back-to-School Night, 6:30 p.m.
9/23
Middle School Back-to-School Night,
7:00 p.m.
9/25
No School - Rosh Hashanah
View the full School calendar
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