We had a great week of volleyball camp! The campers learned so much - even serious and we love volleyball poses. ❤️🏐❤️ #DIG #Shape309
Summer PD- Today was the Literacy Summit.
💥 The morning kicked off with a keynote from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander. Surprise guest Jerry Craft joined him halfway through the keynote! 💥
Takeaways from Kwame were:
👉Kids are your curriculum- find what they love and what motivates them and go from there
👉Reading is like a Carnival- let them chose the ride
👉Poetry is so impactful- Bring it into your life and student's lives
Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Shoff, Mrs. Fraelle, Mrs. Norman, Mrs. Baumgarten, Mrs. Gilles, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Albritton, and Mrs. Loser attended sessions throughout the day.
Some sessions we attended were: Using Canva, Tier 2 and 3 Interventions, The Science of Reading, Using AI in the Classroom, Applying History Lessons Today, Borders and Belonging In the Classroom, and IEP Goals for Writing.
Discover. Inspire. Grow. #shape309
Brimfield School District's annual used Chromebook sale will take place on June 13 & 20 from 10 am to 6 pm at the high school. Chromebooks are $40 each with a limit of 5 per household.
Volleyball camp this week at the High school 9-11 am. 🏐🏐🏐
7th & 8th grade - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
4th - 6th grade - Tuesday and Thursday!!
On Tuesday Mrs. Forney, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. McGrath and Mrs. Loser participated in an all day training with Krista Leh called SEL Integration.
⭐Often times when we hear SEL (Social Emotional Learning) we think about relationships and feelings. SEL is not a program but a set of skills all humans need to "Be Decent Human Beings".⭐
✏️No matter how long a class is, what age, or topic these skills can be acknowledged and brought to life.
✏️Skills like understanding others perspectives, communicating effectively, being open minded and curious, problem solving, teamwork, goal setting, responsible decision making, and many others.
✏️Learning physically cannot happen, based on brain research, if we are not regulated. To learn a person needs to be in the cortex of their brain and to do this people need to feel safe, connected, and regulated.
✏️Today was spent recognizing easy ways to do this.
Today a group of BGS staff participated in K-12 math instructional PD on the importance of using manipulations at all grade levels! We learned about CRA... concrete (physical objects/manipulatives), representation (drawing pictures to represent math ideas/problems, and abstract (mental thinking and problem solving) and then explaining our thinking and reasoning. Mrs. Walker (reading and math interventionist k-8), Mrs. Dawson (math interventionist), Mr. Kruiswyk (8th grade math teacher), and Ms. Albritton had a great day exploring opportunities for BGS students in math!
Teachers are still learning over the summer. Mrs. Albritton, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Shoff, Mrs. Norman, Mrs. Loser, and Mrs. Fraelle attended Brain Based Classrooms with Stephanie Brown.
Biggest takeaways:
⭐In order for students and adults to be able to learn, reflect, and take in information we need to be in our cortex. To be there we need to be regulated.
⭐Regulate, Relate, Reason This is the sequence we need in order to be an optimal learner
⭐Kids are not giving you a hardtime they are just having a hard time
⭐To help patterns of stress make sure your classroom is predictable, moderate, and controllable
⭐People want your energy not your time
⭐Humans remember 55% of your facial expressions, 38% of your tone, and only 5% of your words
⭐I'm going to be part of the solution. You chose how YOU show up!
So far at BGS:
✔️Our custodial, maintence, and technology crew have been hard at work.
✅4 classrooms painted
✅Trophy case emptied to get painted
✅Partitians removed in the bathrooms to prepare for new ones and a fresh look
✅One hallway emptied for phase 2 of windows and carpet
✅Fresh mulch out back
✅Heaters and old registers removed in some of the rooms
✅A few K4 classrooms are already cleaned and shampooed
Our BHS softball team will be playing Beecher in the super-sectional on Monday at EastSide Center at 4:30. Tickets can be purchased at gofan.co at a discounted price. Let's Go Indians!!
Lady Indians are Sectional Champs!! They advance to Super Sectionals Monday against Beecher, East Peoria at Eastside Center at 4:30.
BHS Softball advances to the sectional championship vs. Peru St. Bede Friday at 5:00 at IVC. Buy your tickets at gofan.co
Come support the BHS softball team at sectionals on Tuesday night. The game is at IVC at 7:00 against Canton.
Tickets can be purchased at a discount through GoFan.co
Bring a lawn chair, bleacher seating is very limited.
Elmwood-Brimfield Girls 4x800 finishes 8th to earn all state medals!! Congrats!
Just kids doing "senior" things! Class of 2026 personalizing their parking spots for the 25-26SY.
Congrats to the Regional Champions!
Congrats to Kaden and Derek; they're headed back to state in Bass Fishing. Great season to Tristan and JD! #Proud #Shape309
Last Day of School! We dismiss at 11:30! Have a great summer.
We need to sell 5 more yearbooks to get the "Gold Standard" rating again this year. A few extra copies have been ordered. The online store will close May 30. We have ordered a few extra copies for purchase and you can get them at this link: https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1076259/Brimfield-High-School/2025-Yearbook/2024071804262663789/CATALOG_SHOP/ .
FYI--if people wait until next year to purchase an overrun copy, the price will increase again!
Click on the link and vote for Layne!
https://www.clutchsportsil.com/post/vote-csm-spring-athletes-of-the-week-may-12-17-2025
High School regional softball games are cancelled for tonight. Will be rescheduled for tomorrow.