March is Reading Month! 📚

We're sharing what members of our staff are reading.

Food Service Team Member, Jennifer Reith, just finished "When We Had Wings" by Ariel Lawton, Kristina McMorris, and Susan Meissner.

" I would highly recommend this book! It was excellent! It follows three nurses from World War II. I finished it in three days!"
about 1 hour ago, Brandywine Community Schools
staff reads
Our fourth grade students were busy rehearsing this week for the wax museum at Art & Literacy Night! Art & Literacy Night is on Tuesday, March 17 from 6 - 7:30 p.m.
about 3 hours ago, Brandywine Community Schools
girls in hallway at school smiling
art and literacy night march 17 6 p.m.
The match is set!

Our Girls Basketball team is heading to the Quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 17 at 7 p.m. at Loy Norrix High School in Kalamazoo. They will play Hart.

Tickets can be purchased here: https://gofan.co/event/6196995?schoolId=MI10159

Let's go, Bobcats!
about 4 hours ago, Brandywine Community Schools
girls playing basketball
girls playing basketball
girl giving high five to teammates
girls playing basketball
girls playing basketball
girl getting up from floor of court
girls playing basketball
Brandywine Project Graduation Prom Basket Raffle! Tickets will be for sale from March 9 - 20 for $10 a ticket. The basket is valued over $1,000 and includes everything you need for prom - included two prom tickets, salon gift certificates, restaurant gift certificates, nail gift card, and so much more!

Tickets can be purchased in Mrs. Knapp's. The drawing for the winner will be March 23.
about 6 hours ago, Brandywine Community Schools
a night in rio prom basket raffle tickets for sale march 9 through 20 $10 a ticket
Congratulations to Coach Josh Hood on his 500th win last night!
about 20 hours ago, Brandywine Community Schools
team with coach for 500 wins
coaches cheering on 500 points
coaches cheering on 500 points
First graders just finished up their study of the History of Earth! To end their unit, they became geologists and paleontologists, digging for fossils and rocks! Chocolate chip cookies make for perfect earth layers, and the chips make perfect rocks!
about 24 hours ago, Brandywine Community Schools
kids excavating fossils from block
kids excavating fossils from block
kids excavating fossils from block
kids excavating fossils from block
little girl dissecting cookies
kids at desk dissecting cookies
kids excavating fossils from block
Congratulations to the Pride of Brandywine!

The Brandywine High School Band received a Division I rating, a "superior" score, at the MSBOA Band Festival yesterday! Way to go, Bobcats!
1 day ago, Brandywine Community Schools
band on stage at festival
band in room rehearsing
band director with 1 rating board
March is Reading Month! 📚

We're sharing what members of our staff are reading.

Mrs. Janke's freshman class just finished reading the graphic novel "They Called Us Enemy" by George Take. The book explores young George's experience growing up in an internment camp during WWII as a Japanese American.
1 day ago, Brandywine Community Schools
staff reads

Dinner plans? Tonight is Hacienda Give Back Night! Our elementary students will have bean artwork on display and a portion of the profits will go back to Brandywine!

1 day ago, Brandywine Community Schools
little girl working on art project
frijole fiesta
little boy working on be a art with glue
DK's Flower Shop is open for business just in time for Spring!
2 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
kids playing at flower shop
kids playing at flower shop
The 8th Grade Band had their first festival performance yesterday! At the MSBOA District VI Band Festival at Lake Michigan College, the band received a Division 2 rating. The band also received a Division 1 in Sightreading! We are so proud of the band's achievements in their first festival performance!
2 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
8th grade band on stage
band ratings
March is Reading Month! 📚

We're sharing what members of our staff are reading.

Kindergarten Teacher Amy Ramos is currently reading the Pathfinder series by Orson Scott Card.

"I read all of the Ender's Game series and many other books Card wrote so this year I decided to try this series by him. It’s very different but still very interesting. This is book 2 of 3. "
2 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
staff reads
The Bobcats go head -to-head with Kalamazoo Christian tonight for the Regional Championship! Game time is 7 p.m. at Bangor High School. Let's go, Bobcats!

Grab your tickets here: https://gofan.co/event/6196981?schoolId=MI10184
2 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
girls guarding each other on basketball court
basketball player getting ready to shoot the basket
basketball players standing on the court
basketball player guarding player with ball
basketball players defending each other
basketball player on court with crowd behind her
It's Season 3, Episode 11 of Cat Chat!

In this episode, we are sitting down with members of our food service team to talk about what a typical day looks like in the kitchen, how menus are created, the work that happens behind the scenes that many people never see, and what makes their work so meaningful.

Listen: https://sites.libsyn.com/497938/season-3-episode-11-food-service-staff
2 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
Cat Chat
The student leadership group, B-LEAD, is hosting a bookmark design contest!

For March is Reading Month, the group is hosting a week-long contest where students can design a bookmark that supports and aligns with B-LEAD's Mental Health May initiative. Students are invited to submit as many bookmark design submissions as they want! The winning bookmarks will be copied, in color, and distributed for free during Mental Health May at the high school, the Niles District Library, and the Cass County Library!

Designs can be turned into room 505 or emailed to abjanke@brandywinebobcats.org by March 16 at 3 p.m.
3 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
b-lead bookmark template and application
We're highlighting members of our staff! 🐾

Meet Amanda Janke, 1st Grade Teacher at Merritt Elementary! Ms. Janke has a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and this is her 10th year teaching at Brandywine. The best part of her day includes seeing coworkers, students (current and previous), and her son everyday at school! Her son is currently in DK at Brandywine. She also has two calico cats- Padmè and Ahsoka.

Thank you for all that you do, Ms. Janke!

3 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
Amanda Janie with family
Kindergarten was transformed into a kingdom recently as our kindergarteners explored the world of Kings and Queens!

Our little monarchs discovered that kings and queens are born into special royal families, their role is to rule the kingdom and look after their people, and that there are still some kings and queens in other countries today.
3 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
three little kids playing with beads
two little kids dressed as royalty
two little kids dressed as royalty
two little kids dressed as royalty
Our very own Food Service Team is stepping away from the kitchen and behind the mic on this week's episode of Cat Chat! 🎙️

In the latest episode of our podcast, we’re diving into what it takes to feed hundreds of people every day with passion, precision, and a lot of heart. From following nutrition guidelines to the chaos of the lunch rush, this is a side of the team you’ve never heard before. Tune in tomorrow morning!
3 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
three members of the food service staff

March 13 is a half day for the end of the marking period.

Merritt Dismissal 11:45 a.m.
Elementary Dismissal 11:55 a.m.
MS/HS Dismissal 11 a.m.

3 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
half day march 13 end of marking period
March is Reading Month! 📚

We're sharing what members of our staff are reading. Preschool/GSRP Teacher Maddi High's favorite book is the Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Mass.
3 days ago, Brandywine Community Schools
staff reads