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This is our last weekly Bulletin for 2014. The week before the New Year, I watch the media's effort to present us with a visual review of the year gone by. Thankfully, my own year-in-review is filled with images of students learning, enjoying life, and expressing themselves in a variety of ways. When the world is filled with conflict and pain, I count it a privilege to be surrounded by optimism and lightheartedness on a daily basis.
I wish all of you a wonderful vacation with your children and a peaceful and happy New Year. I look forward to seeing you in 2015.
Sincerely,
Judy Guild
Head of School
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Your ANNUAL FUND Dollars at Work!
 An incredible moment in 7th grade English class with teacher Kyla Graves. Students peer edited their book reviews on The Fifth of March.
Make your Annual Fund Gift This Year and Take a Tax Deduction!
Make your gift to the Annual Fund by December 31, 2014, to receive a tax deduction for this year! Make your gift online!
Thank you!
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Holiday Concert Photos & Video
Students in grades 4-12 gave wonderful performances at the annual Holiday Concert. See video and more photos capturing the beautiful concert!
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 Circles Eleven Coffee House Join us for Circles Eleven Coffee House on Wednesday, January 7!
6 p.m. - food and drinks
7 p.m. - performances
Free Admission, Corkin Dining Room
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Middle and Upper School Instrumental Ensembles Concerts
The Brimmer and May Creative Arts Department Proudly Presents:
Middle and Upper School
Instrumental Ensembles Concerts
in the Ruth Corkin Theatre
Middle School - Wednesday, January 7, at 10:45 a.m.
Upper School - Wednesday, January 14, at 10:45 a.m.
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Diversity Night Asian Celebration
Please join us in the Chase Dining Room on Thursday, January 15, at 5 p.m. for a Community Diversity Night celebrating Asian New Year! There will be great food, art, and entertainment.
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 Kenyon Bissell Grogan Humanities Symposium
Our Economic Times
January 20, 2015
Ruth Corkin Theatre, Chase Building
Featuring panel workshops that focus on topics covering different aspects of the economy today. Workshop topics will include world currency, fair trade, commodities, the economics of sports, bitcoins, the economy of China, and more.
Keynote Speaker John D. Spooner P '88, GP '22, will present Your Brilliant Future: Street Smart Solutions for the Problems You'll Have.
Learn more about the Symposium.
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Boston Bus - Tuesday, December 19
The Boston Bus will leave Brimmer and May at 11:45 a.m. TODAY for the return trip to Boston.
The stops are as follows:
Huntington and West Newton - 12:10 p.m.
Columbus and West Canton - 12:15 p.m.
Beacon and Charles - 12:25 p.m.
Beacon and Fairfield - 12:35 p.m.
Beacon and St. Paul - 12:40 p.m.
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 Traveling this Holiday Break? Shop for the Passport to the World Auction!
Are you traveling during the holiday break? If you are, we hope that you will consider bringing something back from lands far or near, so we can create wonderful international baskets for our Passport to the World Auction. If you are going out of the country, think about wine, oils, spices, cookbooks, music. . . All of these will be put into a beautiful basket for display on our Silent Auction table that night, Saturday, April 25, 2015. Thank you in advance, and have a happy and healthy Holiday Season!
Amanda Spooner Frank '88
afrank@brimmer.org
617-264-1424
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Connect with Brimmer and May!
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Brimmer and May news and photos are posted to social media on a regular basis. Stay connected with us!
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News from Lower School
Dear Lower School Families,
We want to take this opportunity to wish you the best during the holidays and also to wish you a happy New Year.
The Lower School collected over 1,200 items for the Greater Boston Food Bank! That's more than 2,000 pounds of food and serves over 1,500 meals! Thank you to all contributors!
Best wishes,
Thomas Fuller Courtney P. McGillicuddy
Head of Lower School Assistant Head of Lower School
Early Childhood Coordinator
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Important Extended Day & After-School Clubs News
Please read the Extended Day winter newsletter, The Later Gator, which includes information on Extended Day Clubs.
Registration for Lower School After-School Clubs is now online
and open to ANYONE in Lower School! To register, click here. (The link to the After School Clubs registration is on the Extended Day page of the School's website. That will take you to the ULTRACAMP registration website--the same site for our Summer Programs registration.) Set up your account, (you can use your Summer Camp account if you have one) and register! Any questions, please call Auxiliary Programs Director, Cassie Abodeely, at: 617.278. 2350 or email Camp.
Choose from 7 clubs: Imagine and Move, Inventorium, MIT Science Guy, Strategy Games, Mandarin Club, The Innate Mathematician, and Cooking with Erin. Clubs run for one hour, from 3:15 - 4:15 pm. Extended Day is available to parents before and/or after the club. Register here.
To all of our Extended Day families, it is time to fill out your 2015 (Block 2) enrollment paperwork. It is also located on the Extended Day portion of the Brimmer and May website. This form is
due back to Matt Vaughan by December 18 at the latest in order to ensure your child's enrollment in the program for when we return from Winter Break. Please do not delay, and fill it out today!
Matt Vaughan Director of Extended Day
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Middle School News
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 Middle School Reminders
Dear Parents/Guardians
Wishing all of you a very relaxing and enjoyable Holiday Break!
Just a reminder that school resumes on Monday, January 5, 2015.
Peter Gordon
Middle School Head
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Global Connections Exhibitions
Please join us for the 2015 Middle School Global Connections Unit Exhibitions!
Tuesday, January 13 - Grade 7 Exhibition - 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday, January 14 - Grade 8 Exhibition - 8:00 a.m.
Thursday, January 15 - Grade 6 Exhibition - 9:15 a.m.
We hope you will join us as we celebrate the culmination of our studies of Latin America! Please let me know if you have any questions!
*All exhibitions take place in the Corkin Theatre.
Carl Rapisarda-Vallely P '27
CRapisarda@brimmer.org
MS Drama Director
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Brimmer Plus
Jared Heller '19 has co-authored a book with his father entitled The 200 Most Important Things Kids Need To Know About Life (And a Parent Needs To Teach Them) published by Xlibris (2014). The book is a collection of practical wisdom and philosophy about many major subjects, including school, parent-child relationships, independence, morality, friendship, love, being your own person, and finding your identity. An interesting feature of the book is that some of the useful maxims are expressed through the metaphors of young people's sports and games. Jared's book appears on both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
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Upper School News
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Upper School Information
Happy Holidays! Wishing you all a wonderful break and very happy New Year!
School resumes on Monday, January 5.
Joseph Iuliano
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The upcoming break is a great time to make sure your child will be set to leave the country in March! Please make sure his/her passport is up to date and has at least 6 months remaining from the day the group will return to the United States. Christine Chapman has been in contact with everyone who will also need to obtain visas, and those students will need to return to School in January with the required documents so we can move forward with the visa process. Additionally, please visit travel.state.gov to see if your child will need any vaccinations and for updated travel guidelines about the country he or she will be visiting.
Kelly Neely
Director of Global Studies
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 2014 Shakespeare Competition Winner
Congratulations to Ava Gruber '18 who was the winner of the 2014 Brimmer and May Shakespeare Competition. She will go on to represent the School at the English-Speaking Union's regional competition on January 24 at Mount Ida College Campus Center Theatre. Students prepared and delivered a 20-line section from a Shakespeare play and a sonnet to a panel of Brimmer and May teachers including Dean of Upper School Students Paul Murray; English teacher Don Reese; and Creative Arts Department Chair Bill Jacob, who then chose the winner. This is the seventh year the School has organized the competition.
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 Musical Theater Students Perform a Showstopper
Students in Mr. Rapisarda-Vallely's musical theater elective showcased a series of incredible hits at a December assembly. Watch the video of our highly talented performers!
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Summer Opportunities
Despite the chilly weather, it is not too early to begin thinking about summer plans. Since early fall the College Counseling Office has been receiving brochures and posters on a daily basis from various academic and experiential programs from around the world. Look on the College News bulletin board after the holidays to see some of the programs displayed. Students and families are also invited to look through the box of information that will be kept in the College Office. This year, many organizations are sending information electronically. All of this information is being forwarded to all students in the Upper School and to the Middle School when appropriate. Please remind your student to check his or her Brimmer email on a regular basis.
PSAT's
The results of the PSAT exams will soon arrive from The College Board. The parents and guardians of all students who took the exam will receive a mailing containing an official score report, the actual test booklet the student used, and a detailed explanation from College Board about how to interpret the scores and the other helpful information provided on the score report. Please read through this material carefully as each score report is individualized to provide specific information on how your student can prepare for the SAT. Each student in grades 10 and 11 will be instructed to meet with a member of the college counseling team to go over their score report.
Summit SAT Class
Please be sure to register for the SAT preparation class that will begin in early January and continue weekly until spring, when the May and June SAT exams will be given. A mailing was sent home to all parents and guardians of students in the Class of 2016. Financial aid is available to those who qualify. Small group classes can also be arranged for ACT prep. A minimum of 4 students is needed and the class would take place in the home of one of the participants. Call Mrs. Pendergast in the College Office for more information about small group classes. There is no financial aid for these small group classes.
Cindy Pendergast
Director of College Counseling
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Thank You and Happy Holidays!
As 2014 comes to a close, we would like to thank our students for a successful Lower School Food Drive, which benefits the Greater Boston Food Bank and families throughout our community. Our heartfelt thanks to all our parents, guardians, and caregivers for your generous support throughout the semester. You and your children make Brimmer and May a special place. We wish you a wonderful Winter Break and look forward to seeing you in 2015!
January 2015 Events to Remember:
Upper School Coffee House 1/17
Community Diversity Night 1/15
Grogan Symposium 1/20
Upper School Semi Formal 1/31
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Please note that this email was generated from a "no reply" email box.
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Total raised: $470,814
Parent Participation: 36%
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Important Upcoming Dates
1/5
School Resumes
1/7
MS Instrumental Ensembles Concert
10:45 a.m.
Coffee House
6:00 p.m.
1/12-1/15
MS Exhibition Week
1/14 U.S. Instrumental Ensembles Concert 10:45 a.m.
1/15
Community Diversity Night
5:00 p.m.
1/16
No School - Professional Development
1/19
No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/20
Bissell Grogan Humanities Symposium,
Gr. 6-12
10:45 a.m.
1/30
Gr 11. and Parents College Counseling Evening
7:00 p.m.
1/30
Pre-K, K Informance
8:00 a.m.
1/31
US Semi-Formal
7:30 p.m.
View the full School calendar
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