Originally delivered on 10/27/2024 3:00 pm

SUBJECT: Brayton Blast October 27, 2024

Brayton Blast

October 27, 2024

Important Upcoming Dates & Deadlines

October 31: Halloween Parade, 1:40pm

November 4: Summit Cross Country Race (Grades 3-5)

November 15: Mike Dawson Assembly

November 16: Fall Fest 12-3pm

November 18: Picture Retakes

November 22: General PTO Meeting with Literacy Coach Staci Kaplan to review new ELA curriculum

Thank You!

Thank you families for your donations to Bridges Outreach! We exceeded our goal and assembled over 250 cold weather kits for the homeless. Congratulations to 1st Grade for collecting the most items! 1st grade has earned a PJ Day on Friday, Nov. 1st!

Brayton News

Brayton Fall Fest! - Buy Tickets Now!

Brayton Fall Fest is Saturday, November 16 from 12pm-3pm! It is a fun family afternoon with inflatables, carnival games, amazing raffle items and more! Buy admission tickets October 13 through November 11 for early bird pricing: $25 per family. CLICK PHOTO to buy tickets.

We need your help and generosity to make this event a success:

Fall Fest Volunteers: Please take a moment to check out the Sign-Up Genius to volunteer at the event! We cannot run the event without our parent volunteers!

Fall Fest Raffle Donations: Purchase a raffle item directly from our Amazon Wish List to help create our raffle baskets. Grab a group of friends, neighbors or classmates and collect money to purchase a bigger item from the wish list. Can’t decide what to purchase? CLICK HERE to make a monetary donation that the PTO will use to purchase raffle items (ticket purchase is not necessary to make donations).

Ticket Donations: In the past, tickets for live sporting events, concerts or holiday events have been very successful in our raffle. Please contact our raffle chair, Amanda Darnowski (fallfest@braytonschoolpto.com) if you or your employer would be willing to donate tickets.

We truly appreciate your donations and generosity. Thank you for all of your support in helping to make this event a success!

Author Visit - Mike Dawson

The PTO will be sponsoring a visit from Award Winning Cartoonist and author of The Fifth Quarter, Mike Dawson, on Friday November 15th. Pre-purchase a signed copy of the graphic novel before November 1st! Order forms will be sent home with students but we have included the form below as well. Payment can be made by Venmo or by returning the form with cash to school.

Summit Cross Country Race

Calling all 3rd, 4th and 5th Graders! Get ready to take your mark at the Annual Summit Cross Country Race on November 4! Details below.

Brayton Yearbook - Last Call for 10% Discount!

Last call to buy a yearbook before 10/31 and save 10%! Yearbooks are delivered to classrooms in June 2025 before school ends. Buy now & design your optional free custom pages any time before April 30, 2025! (Don't worry - We will remind you!) Click the poster below to purchase now (Brayton Passcode is 1016155636504975)!

UPDATE/Subscribe to our calendar on your mobile device!

** New for Fall 2024 - please delete and re-add this calendar subscription to your mobile device. Any Brayton PTO calendar previously synced will no longer work**

Take a moment to subscribe to our Brayton PTO Calendar on your mobile device! Never miss an important moment at our school!

Red Flag Advisories

Red flag updates as decided by the school are available on our website on weekday mornings. We'll do our best to make sure it's updated... but, you know - mornings happen!

On your mobile device in your browser, they can be found when scrolling halfway down the page. Keep an eye out as it may alter the way you approach Brayton. As always, follow our Red Flag day procedures!