August 3, 2020
What you need to know this week:
  • Learn more about Phase-In Days: August 18-21
  • Back to School: Information about forms, Bright Afternoons, immunizations and supply fees. Health forms are due this Friday.
  • Watch for an email this week to sign up for the required Ascend online health monitoring program.
  • Review our return to school plan.
  • Purchasing back-to-school items? Support Bright School on Amazon Smile and at Publix.
  • Register now for Cadek music lessons on campus.
Phase-In Days, August 18-21
As you know, there is no Registration Day this year. Instead, we are having Phase-In Days for students to come in small groups, about four per classroom each day, August 18-21.

When Is My Child's Phase-In Day?
Families will receive an email later today with a date for their child's phase-in day. Students only come one day during the first week. It is a full day of school, and students wear uniforms. There will be no Bright Afternoons during Phase-In Days. Bright Afternoons will begin on Monday, August 24.

Who Is My Child's Teacher?
Teachers are sending special personalized notes to each child in the mail, and families should receive those next week.
Meet and Greet with Teachers on Phase-In Days
There will be a meet and greet time for families and teachers each phase-in day from 8-8:30 a.m. After 8:30 a.m., parents leave and students begin their school day. All parking will be on campus.

JPK, PK and kindergarten parents and students will enter classrooms through the outside door to each classroom. There will be temperature checks for all parents, and face coverings are required. After parents drop off children in the classrooms, they should go to the Mondo play area (between the Early Childhood Center building and library) to pick out a rest mat for their children. Rest mats are $40 each and will be charged through the FACTS account. Purchased mats will then be delivered to the classrooms.

Grades 1-5 will meet at specified outdoor locations around campus. All teachers for that grade will be in one area, and parents will have time to meet their child's teacher before the school day begins. Parents of children in these grades will not enter the school building. Here are the locations for the meet and greets for grades 1-5:
First grade: Concourse
Second grade: Left side of the courtyard
Third grade: Right side of the courtyard
Fourth grade: Flag court on the Hill
Fifth grade: Peeples Pavilion
Back-to-School Information
Forms
The start of school is just around the corner. There are several forms that must be turned in prior to the start of school. Parents should have received an email last Wednesday with a link to each form needed for the start of school.

Medical Forms are due this Friday, August 7. All forms are online except the Epi-Pen and Inhaler Action Plans. Click below to access the forms. Email the Epi-Pen and Inhaler forms, if they apply to your child, to Rachel Gentry at  [email protected]  or print them and return to the school office by the deadline.

Information Forms are due Friday, August 14. All of these forms are online.

Bright Afternoons
Registration is required for Bright Afternoons to help us plan for staffing. There will be no drop-ins of unregistered students allowed. Please visit the Bright Afternoons page to learn more. Click below to register.

Immunizations
All students must have an updated immunization form on file by the first day of school. Students in grades JPK, PK and kindergarten and any new students should receive a new form from their pediatrician when immunizations are updated each year. New forms do not need to be turned in after students have completed immunizations. Immunization records need to be on a Tennessee form. Please send these forms to nurse Rachel Gentry at [email protected] .

School Supplies
Bright students do not need to purchase school supplies. All the supplies students need will be purchased by teachers and covered by the supply fee each family pays. JPK and PK students are given a book bag to use for school. Students in grades K-5 may use any backpack or bag of their choice. Grades JPK-K do need rest mats, and those are purchased through the school on the Phase-In Days (see Meet and Greet section above)

Fees
Supply fees will be drafted through each family's FACTS account on August 7. Families who do not have a FACTS account need to turn in payment by the first day of school. For questions, please contact Sabrina McAllister at  [email protected].

The fees are as follows:
JPK: $50
PK, K, 1, 2: $120
3 & 4: $125
5: $145
Health Monitoring with Ascend
All parents must complete the Ascend online questionnaire each morning before children arrive at school. Families will receive an email this week from Ascend by Base Camp Health to set up an account. Please bookmark the link on your phone or device for easy access each morning.

If your child attended Bright Prep or Bright Care in July, and you used the program already, you do not have to sign up again.

On school days, you will receive a reminder email and text to log into Ascend and answer the quick questions about symptoms, current temperature, possible exposure and recent COVID-19 tests. The program will let you know if your child is cleared to attend school that day. If you have any health-related questions, please contact nurse Rachel Gentry at [email protected]. Contact your child's teacher if your child is not attending school that day.
Be Happy. Be Together. Be BRIGHT!
Stay up-to-date with our plans for the fall.

Newest Items:
  • All students, faculty and staff will wear face coverings at all times indoors. There will be regular breaks taken outside when masks may be removed and there is physical distancing.
  • Students need to bring two face coverings to keep at school at all times.
  • Face coverings may be cloth or disposable masks, buffs or bandanas.
  • More information about monitoring illness: what happens if someone tests positive.
  • We will review all protocols during the first trimester and make changes as needed and based on the current situation.
Support Bright While Shopping
Do you shop at Publix? Support Bright School while you shop. Enroll in the Publix Partners program. Registration ends September 30. Set up a Club Publix membership to get started. Click here. Choose Bright School when asked to support a school.
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All those Amazon purchases add up when you shop through Amazon Smile. When you shop on Amazon, select Amazon Smile and then choose Bright School Inc.
Cadek Registration Open Now
Cadek will be offering private music lessons at Bright School this year. Lessons will take place after school. Physical distancing and face covering protocols will apply. To register, click here.
Calendar
August 3
Phase-In Day Email

August 7
Medical Forms Due
August 14
Non-Medical Forms Due
August 18
School Begins
First Phase-In Day

August 24
First Full Day for All Students
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