BROWN ELEMENTARY IS A NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
U.S. Secretary of Education, John B. King, Jr., announced last week that Brown Elementary has been named a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School. Brown is one among 279 public and 50 private schools receiving this honor. Congratulations to the teachers, staff, students, and families for working together to help Brown Elementary students achieve great things!
CLICK HERE to read more about the award

National Merit Honors Thirteen BHS Seniors
Of the 1.5 million high school juniors who enter the
National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the PSAT, five Bulldogs are among the 16,000 students nationwide who were named National Merit Semifinalists.  Congratulations to BHS seniors Julie Bahr, Andrew Fulwider, Rebecca Sims, Samantha Smock, and John Vermeulen.  Eight BHS seniors were also honored as Commended Scholars:  Jennifer Abel, Abigail Bohrer, Jacob Bosse, Matthew Copeland, Spencer Douglas, Jesse Lindenfeld, Mia Romine, Taylor Traut.

November 8th Election Includes Three School Board Seats      

Election Day is November 8th.  There will be many offices for which to vote this year, including three of the five seats on the Brownsburg Board of School Trustees.  The community is cordially invited to a Meet the Candidates Night sponsored by BCSC Parent Support Groups, Wednesday, November 2 at 6:30pm, at the Administration Building (enter door #7.)  CLICK HERE to read coverage on last week's Meet the Candidates Forum sponsored by Brownsburg teachers.

RECORD NUMBER OF AP SCHOLARS AT BHS

A record number of Brownsburg High School students achieved the distinction of AP Scholar. AP Scholars are students who scored a 3 or higher on at least 3 different AP exams. There were 85 recent BHS graduates joining these 63 current juniors and seniors (pictured above) to give BHS a total of 148 AP Scholars.   AP Scholars (avg 3 or higher):  Jennifer Abel, Brooke Allison, Mackenzie Allison, Julie Bahr, Audrey Bettner, Jacob Bosse, Corin Campbell, Jonathon Carroll, Kenyth Cooper, Taylor Doehrman, Taylir Eazell, Dinah Ferguson, Daria Frame, Courtney Grimes, Jonathan Hagerman, Emma Hasek, Jonathan Heidegger, Timothy Heidegger, Madelyn Johnson, Sydney Kibby, Isabel Lehn, Mason Lovett, Jackson Marusich, Taylor Mattern, Jenna McCarthy, Dietrich Ney, Alicia Nygra, Benjamin Perkins, Aubree Pond, Corrina Riess, Luke Ritchison, Packard Rozzi, Olivia Scholz, Rachel Walters.  AP Scholars with Honors (avg 3.25 or higher):  Jennifer Barton, Abigail Bohrer, Jennifer Bowles, Anna Bradley, Sydney Cox, Landon De-Long, Lydia Gallo, Jacob Galloway, Kevin Gast, Andrew Gleissner, Allyson Prichard, Samantha Smock, Lydia Thomas, Taylor Traut, Amy Vertacnik, Joseph Winebrinner.  AP Scholars with Distinction (avg 3.5 or higher):  Noah Baker, Lee Breece, Joshua Fierek, Andrew Fulwider, Alexander Harrison, Logan Kabrich, Mansi Patel, Sara Polk, Cecilia Ridgeway, Mia Romine, Courtney Sackett, Rebecca Sims, Ryan Sims, Sarah Thomas, John Vermeulen  

Reagan Elementary is a finalist for the Indiana Dairy World School Milk Day Contest.  Visit Indiana Dairy's Instagram account (@INDairy) and like this picture to vote.
UNITED WE STAND BOWL - OCTOBER 8

The inaugural United We Stand Bowl is an event you won't want to miss - THIS SATURDAY at 8pm at C.F. Roark Stadium. Come and watch police & fire battle it out in this charity flag football game supporting Shop With a Cop & local food pantries!  CLICK HERE for more info


Beautiful weather, a huge spirited crowd, great floats, and lots of candy made for a fantastic Homecoming Parade and led into a 29-28 thrilling Homecoming win for the Bulldogs over Westfield.
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BHS CHAIN Link student government has organized the upcoming football themes for the 2016 season: 

Oct 7 - Home vs Noblesville - Pink Out (wear pink)
Oct 14 - at HSE - Camouflage Theme
Oct 21 - Home - Sectional vs Ben Davis - Halloween Theme

Tickets on sale now through middle school choir students and in the BEMS or BWMS Office. Since this is a dinner show, tickets are $14 and must be pre-ordered by Monday, Oct. 31. Limited availability.
BHS INTERACT CLUB WILL ACCEPT FLOWER VASES

The Interact Club at Brownsburg High School is participating in a project called a Random Act of Flowers. This is a project where the focus is to collect vases in order to deliver flowers to long-time patients in hospitals throughout our community. If you are interested in helping someone in need and making someone smile, please donate unwanted flower vases to the Interact Club. There are donation boxes throughout the school cooperation but you can find the main drop-off center in the main office of Brownsburg High School.

The Sound of Brownsburg Marching Band and Guard continue their marching season with several top 5 finishes already this season!  CLICK HERE to see their performance from their invitational Sept 17th. 
REPORT CARDS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD IN POWERSCHOOL - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

Brownsburg Schools use PowerSchool to manage school data, including grades, for students in grades 1-12. Student report cards for the first quarter will be available for download in Powerschool on Friday.  CLICK HERE for helpful instructions for printing a report card.

To celebrate good behavior in the first quarter, White Lick kindergarten students spent some time with the BHS football team. It's always fun to watch our youngest bulldogs interacting with our veterans.
Flyer Folder
We collect flyers and information from local non-profit organizations and put them all in one place for you - the Flyer Folder!  You can check back weekly for updates by clicking the purple folder icon at the top of our website, or CLICK HERE and bookmark the page.

The BHS performing arts department presented Aida to big, enthusiastic crowds last weekend
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2017 VISION BCSC CLASS
 
We invite you to learn more about all aspects of the Brownsburg Community School Corporation in a fun and exciting format with the Vision BCSC program.  Since it began in January of 2007, Vision BCSC has given people representing all areas of our community the opportunity to take part in an interactive, in-depth ten-month learning experience. Participants go "behind the scenes," meet the people who are responsible for programs and services, and see first-hand how the Corporation creates a climate of success for our growing student population.
CLICK HERE to get your name on the list for next year's class.

The Vision BCSC Class of 2017 will meet ten times between January and November for approximately two and a half hours once a month.  Meetings will occur on Thursday mornings at various school buildings.  Vision BCSC is a key opportunity for us to provide you with an unprecedented level of understanding about this School Corporation and for you to provide us with a community perspective of what we do at BCSC.

Members of the middle school orchestras will be performing with the Hendricks Symphony Orchestra October 27th & 29th (more details tbd).  BWMS students are pictured above rehearsing with conductor Benjamin Del Vecchio.
FORD DRIVE FOR YOUR SCHOOL THANKS

THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the Ford Drive 4 UR School event on September 8th at East Middle School.  In that short 5 hours, $22,350 was raised for the Brownsburg Education Foundation.  We are grateful to everyone who was able to take a few minutes to come over and drive a car!  Thank you also to the Brownsburg Kiwanis Club and the BHS Key Club for their help as well as the many local businesses who pledged a dollar amount per drive.

BHS History Club students attend a 9/11 presentation and get to see the Brownsburg 9/11 Twin Towers Beam that will eventually become part of a memorial in Williams Park.
B.E.F. YANKEE CANDLE SALE 
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the 16th Annual BEF Yankee Candle Fund Raiser.  Pick-up for candles will be Tuesday, November 8th from 3 - 8 pm and Wednesday, November 9th from 1:30 - 8 pm at the BCSC Maintenance Facility (550 Airport Road, located to the left of the bus barn).  PICK-UP WILL BE DRIVE THROUGH again this year!  Orders that were submitted online will be shipped directly to your house or the house of the purchaser.  You can still order online at yankeecandlefundraising.com through December 1st!  Register an account and use GROUP NUMBER 990065833.  Products will be delivered right to your door just two weeks after ordering.  Your support of this BEF fundraiser helps us do great things for the students and teachers of the Brownsburg Community Schools. 

BEMS CHAIN Link and NJHS members pack and sort over 4 pallets of food donated by BEMS families for the BCSC Food Pantry.  THANK YOU!
Upcoming Events
OCTOBER
4  BHS Financial Aid meeting for senior parents 6:30pm
4  Reagan PSG 6:30pm
4  BWMS PSG 7pm
Elementary & MS Parent-Teacher Conferences (scheduled with teacher) 4:30 - 8pm
BEMS Picture Retakes
BEMS PSG 7:45am
6  Elementary & MS Parent-Teacher Conferences (scheduled with teacher) 4:30 - 8pm
DT All Pro Dads 7:45am
Report Cards available in PowerSchool
FALL RECESS - NO SCHOOL
OCTOBER 10-21

25 Brown Picture Retakes
25 Cardinal PSG 6:30pm
25 BHS National Art Honor Society Induction 7pm
26 Delaware Trail Boo Bash 6pm
26 BECC PSG 6:30pm
27 BWMS Halloween Social 5:30pm
27 BEMS Halloween Social 6pm
27 BHS Orchestra Concert 7:30pm

Brownsburg Community School Corporation | 317.852.5726  [email protected] | www.brownsburg.k12.in.us

Board of School Trustees
Adam Brower, President
Kim Armstrong, Vice President
Phil Utterback, Secretary
Jessica Heffernan, Member
Richard Sutton, Member


Administration
Dr. Jim Snapp, Superintendent
Kat Jessup, Assistant Superintendent
John Voigt, Chief Operating Officer
Barry Gardner, Director of Finance
Jodi Gordon, Director of Human Resources
Jennifer Dezarn-Lynch, Director of Special Education
Editor: Vicki Murphy, Communications Coordinator