Brimfield CUSD #309 - Discovering, Inspiring, Growing

Hello Brimfield Community, We are planning for our 13th annual school supply giveaway! It will take place August 4th from 5:00-6:30 at the Union Church in Brimfield. This is a community sponsored event that provides school supplies to students in our community and beyond. No students are turned away, regardless of where they live. On Sunday, August 3rd, there will be time from 10:30-12:00 to drop off donations and get things organized. While we welcome any donations of supplies, monetary donations are important to help us get the more expensive items (calculators, Trapper Keepers, etc). If you would like to donate supplies, but can't drop them off on the 3rd, just let me know and we can work something out. If you would like to make a monetary donation, you can do 1 of the following: Venmo donations to: Kelly-Walker-44046 with supplies in memo Mail cash/checks to: Kelly Walker, Box 566, Brimfield, IL 61517 If you would like to volunteer to help, please let me know. Volunteers will need to be at the Union Church in Brimfield by 4:45 on the 4th. Thanks, Kelly Walker BGS kelly.walker@brimfield309.com

Families: Online registration is open now for the 25-26 school year. Please log in to Skyward to complete registration. Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Have a safe and happy 4th of July!

Pens Pizza and PD. Mr. Tilly hosted a session all about Sketchnoting. Sketchnoting is using words and images to help connect ideas. We learned, sketched, shared, and discussed ways we can use this in our own learning as well as our students. Thank you Mrs. McGrath, Mrs. Osborne, Mrs. Shoff, Mrs. Fraelle, Mrs. Asbell, Mrs. McKinty, Mrs. Walker, Ms. Eller, Mr. Kruiswyk, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Loser, and Mr. Tilly for attending.

Good afternoon BHS families,

Please fill out this form to reserve a parking space for your student for the 2025-2026 SY. All portions of the form must be complete and registration fees must be paid for students to pick a parking spot. High school students should come to BHS any time during the in-person registration day on August 4, 2025 to reserve a parking spot. Spots are arranged by grade level. Students may select a parking spot from available spots within their grade level's allotment. Students will then be given a BHS parking permit to hang on their rear view mirror. Any student that cannot make it on August 4th may reach out to Mrs. Steele via email to schedule a time to pick their parking spot, sometime between August 5th – 12th.

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This link has been sent to each student's school email address as well. Please check with your students to see if he/she have completed the form yet. Thanks.

Enjoy the second half of the summer.

#Shape309

Softball Open Field Dates Brimfield Sports Complex For girls entering 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade July 2, 8, 9, 16, and 17. 8:30 to 10:00am

Join Brimfield Grade School for the 25-26 school year.

Coach Kurt is up for Coach of the Year!!! Please vote! They had such a successful season. Check out this article from Journal Star: Who is Peoria's top coach? Vote now for Journal Star coach of the year for 2024-25 https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/high-school/athlete-of-the-week/2025/06/24/journal-star-coach-of-the-year-poll-vote-for-top-high-school-coach/84316250007/

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.