This year, we have worked on community service projects by grade. Most recently, second graders made cards and bracelets for child cancer patients through a partnership with the Austin Hatcher Foundation. (Mrs. Hurlbut's students show their work in the photo.)

Previously, fourth grade raised money for items to help homeless people, and fifth graders collected items for McKamey Animal Center. Third graders wrote letters and sent plush pals to children in the hospital. Look for information soon about a project in conjunction with Bright World week.

Here is your chance to participate in the Parents' Association for the 2019-20 academic year. There are many jobs and positions available. Challenge yourself with a leadership role, a chairman's role, or take a support role on a committee. To learn more, please download this form. Willingness to Serve forms must be completed and returned to Kim Brown by 3 p.m. today.

Join us for the Bright Family Breakfast tomorrow, March 12, from 7-7:45 a.m. in the Dining Hall. Cost is $3 a person. What's for breakfast, Mrs. Mary?

Biscuits and Country Gravy

Pork Sausage Patties

Grits

Scrambled Eggs

Fruit and Yogurt

Our World Famous Monkey Bread

Cereal, Coffee, Juice 

Get Your Girl Scout Cookies!

The Bright School Girl Scout troop will be selling cookies at the breakfast. Boxes are $4 or $5 each. Pay with cash, check or Venmo. Thank you for supporting our troop!

Friday is the first day students may wear Bright World shirts. Newly ordered shirts should be arriving soon. Other dates to wear the shirts include: March 22, April 5 and April 12.

Plan now to attend Bright World Night on April 12 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

All students and their families are welcome to attend Math Night on March 19. This event is 5:30-7 p.m. in the gym. Mathnasium provides activities and games that our teachers oversee. The class that has the most students in attendance will win a cupcake party with the Mathnasium mascot, Mr. A+! This is a fun event for all!

Students in grades 1-5 who want to participate in the Doodle for Google contest need to turn in their designs to the office by this Wednesday. This parent letter has more details, and you may download the entry form here.

This year's theme is "When I grow up, I hope ..." Please see the parent letter for more information. If you have questions, email art teacher Thankful Davis at [email protected] or visit the Doodle4Google website.

Bright Afternoons will be available on March 22, which is the half day starting spring break. If your child is attending, please RSVP below.

Students may invite grandparents and/or special friends to attend this year's event on May 3. The Parents' Association sent home forms last week for you to provide us with the names of people and their addresses for invitations. These forms are due back to the office by March 22. If you did not receive a form, download one here.

Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day is very popular. Please be advised that the fire marshal has asked us to enforce the seating capacity in the Centennial Theater, where the main program will take place. Only grandparents and special friends may sit in the theater. Parents and other guests will be asked to sit in the library and watch a live stream of the program. Open House on May 2 is the event for parents to attend. We know both events will be fun for the students and their families, and we appreciate your cooperation as we try to accommodate a large number of people.

Make your child's summer a Bright summer! Registration for Bright Days, our summer program for early learners, is open. Bright Days is open to girls and boys age 3 (by August 1) through rising third graders. For all the details, visit the Bright Days website.