MARCH 2020

MARCH 5

Open House 6:00p

MARCH 6

Field Day

MARCH 9-13

Spring Break

MARCH 18

General PTA meeting 6:30p

MARCH 19

Chess Session 3 begins

MARCH 20

Kindergarten Round Up

MARCH 20

High Touch High Tech 4th Grade Visit

Click below for a message from our PTA President:

March Presidents Vlog

FEBRUARY RECAP

We want to give a huge thank you to all of our volunteers during the busy month of February! Our amazing community of volunteers stepped up big to help with the Valentineâ€™s Day parties for the lower grades and book fair, in addition to our ongoing programs that always require a lot of volunteers. Thank you to all of the homeroom representatives that planned and executed the class parties and all of our volunteers who showed up to help make everything run smoothly. We are so lucky to have all of you working hard to ensure that our kids have the best elementary school experience possible!

BOOK FAIR & FAMILY READ-ALONG

We hosted our first bilingual read along during book fair family night! Students and parents were treated to a reading by our librarian Ms. Pearson, and PTA member Querube Tamez for a reading of â€œThe Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissorsâ€ in both English and Spanish.

Thank you to all of the volunteers who spent time in the library helping with book fair and especially to our book fair chairs, Katie Luong and Tracy Stevens, who put a tremendous amount of time into planning and overseeing everything all week long!

THE DALLAS OPERA

We were thrilled to have the The Dallas Opera touring opera team back to our Brinker gym on Tuesday, February 11. Our 3rd-5th graders were treated to a 50-minute fully-staged, live performance of Doctor Miracle in our very own Brinker gym, accompanied by piano with a complete set and costumes. Thank you to Arts in Education Chair Ann Lin for organizing this performance, and to our members who's generous support of the PTA sponsors exciting programs like this to enrich our Brinker Bearâ€™s appreciation of the Arts!

AUTHOR VISITS

Our Brinker Bears were treated to some special literary visits in February! K-3rd graders enjoyed a reading by Author Susan Stevens Crummel, author of several NY Times Best Seller, and Bluebonnet books! 4th and 5th graders got to experience a multi media event and character visit from Towerville, by Author Patrick Carmen. We are so thankful for these wonderful literature experiences. Thank you to the PTA, and our Literary Enrichment chair Suchi Subramanian for organizing these great events!

FEBRUARY VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

MELANIE HUMENESKY

Melanie, and her husband Mike, have been Brinker parents and supporters for many years. Their oldest, Kaylie is a 7th grader at Renner, Zachary is in 4th grade at Brinker, and Payton is in 1st grade at Brinker. Melanie spends much of her time being involved in her kids sports and activities, but loves to read when she gets some down time. Melanie has donated her time to countless Brinker events, chair roles and activities. From being in the trenches as room representative to behind the scenes as website support, she has done it all. As a former nurse, she is also serving on our newly formed school safety committee, working with administration to develop safety routines and protocols. Thank you Melanie for all of the time you put into supporting our school and our PTA!

FEBRUARY TUESDAY TUNES PERFORMERS

Thank you to our February Tuesday Tunes performers!!! 2nd grader Shiloh Zuckerman, 5th grader Akshaj Nandigam, 5th grader Rohan Pasham, and 3rd grader Adelaide Geheb. Your performances were awesome!

Tuesday Tunes encourages participation of our young musicians to perform for their classmates and teachers in an informal setting.

To qualify to participate in Tuesday Tunes, the student must have two years of formal training. All instruments are welcome including voice!

Sign upherevia the PTA membership toolkit.

Questions? Email ktsai@brinkerpta.org

MARCH EVENTS

FIELD DAY

MARCH 6TH

If you would like to volunteer to help with field day click HERE. We will have 2 shifts available:

K-2nd: 8am-11am

3rd-5th: 11am-2pm

On field day, be sure your Brinker Bear wears their designated grade level color. They can wear their Color Run shirts from this year or any other shirt in this color:

K- orange 1st- green 2nd- blue 3rd- red 4th- yellow 5th- gray

CHESS CLUB

Registraion for Session III is now open

The Brinker PTA will once again be sponsoring an after school Chess Enrichment program. Session 3 runs from March 19-May 7 every Thursday from 4-5:15pm in the Brinker Library.

The cost is $180 per student and all skill and grade levels are welcome! Click HERE to register through March 19th

PTA MEETING

Join us March 18th, 6:30pm

We will be holding our last general PTA meeting of the 2019-2020 school year.

At this meeting we will have student recognition, a representative from the Plano Environmental Health Department to present tips on being more green at home, and we will be electing our 2020-2021 PTA Executive Board.

Be on the look out for more information about this event.

Calling all Brinker Parents! So far, only 196 yearbooks have been pre-ordered... donâ€™t let your Brinker Bear miss out on this awesome book of 2019-2020 memories! Here are how many books have been sold per grade to date:

Kinder- 23, 1st- 22, 2nd- 33, 3rd- 37, 4th- 28, 5th- 52

Not sure if your order is included in the number above? You can check your past orders in your Brinker PTA website account by clicking â€œPrevious Ordersâ€ at the top of the page, or contact mcross@brinkerpta.org if you placed your order via paper order form.

Yearbooks are currently on sale for $30 each. We will have a very limited supply available to purchase at the end of the school year on a first come, first serve basis for $35. To ensure your student receives one, pre-order today!

Click HERE to order online or HERE to download the paper order form

Questions? Email mcross@brinkerpta.org â€¨

DID YOU KNOW...

Brinker is working on becoming a more environment-conscious school this year. One of our goals is to be recognized as a Green School by the City of Plano. Brinkerâ€™s office manager, Denise Evans, is leading this important initiative along with our PTA.

In January, we received new blue recycling bins for each classroom. Our Brinker students were so excited to see the bins and are doing a great job placing only those items that can be recycled in the blue bins.

Below are some helpful guidelines for recycling at home. To learn more, come to our PTA Meeting on Wednesday, March 18th. A representative from the City of Planoâ€™s Environmental Health department will be there to share even more tips and tricks to be green at home.

We only have 3 months left to meet our 2019/2020 Box Tops goal and we have a long way to go! Have you downloaded the new BOX TOP app? The download is available on the App Store and Google Play. Just link your account to Brinker Elementary and start scanning your receipts! Brinker will receive $.10 for every eligible purchase. For more information on the Digital BOX TOP program, click HERE.

Questions? Email mnanson@brinkerpta.org

Do you have a 2020 graduating Senior who attended Brinker Elementary? Or maybe you know someone who does? Each year, the Brinker PTA offers a $1000 scholarship to a graduating PISD senior who attended Brinker Elementary for at least grades 3 through 5. Click HERE for the scholarship requirements and application. Applications must be postmarked no later than April 6, 2020.

Questions? Email jlevy@brinkerpta.org.

It's never too late to join the PTA! Our membership form is always open and we encourage all of our parents and community members to join. Not a member yet? Click the join button for more information or to join today!

Questions? Email adewers@brinkerpta.org