Students who sold 10 or more boxes during the World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser got a special treat! A limo arrived at school and whisked the kiddos to Curbside where they enjoyed burgers and ice cream. They all had a blast!

These cuties, their classmates, and their teachers have been working hard to get ready for our 1st Mini-Production of the 2019-2020 School Year!

SWATCH - The Girl Who Loved Color, our 2nd Grade Mini-Production will be tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend this colorful show!

Parents of 2nd Graders: please send a pair of black pants with your child tomorrow morning (labeled with their name) if you have not done so already.

Additional parking will be available in the Catholic Life Center Parking lot, The gate will be opened at 9:00 a.m.

Thank you, and we can't wait to see you all there!

Students in Ms. Curtis' class took some time to see, think, and wonder about different types of habitats and came up with some great questions. 

We don't always have the answer, but it's important that we teach students to "see, think, and wonder." This is a great strategy for you to use at home with your child. Building curiosity and the ability to wonder will lead to effective questioning and interest in the world around them. Give it a try the next time something catches their attention. Ask your child, "What do you see?" "What does this make you think about?" "What do you wonder or want to know more about?" Sometimes we can just Google the answer, but give them a chance to sit and ponder for a moment, you'll be amazed at the questions they come up with! This strategy works great when reading a story, too! 

On Friday, Southeast Middle School visited our fifth graders to tell them all about SMS's Magnet program in the Digital Arts. Students watched a video and talked about the various programs Southeast offers such as audio engineering, video production, coding and robotics, and print media. 

You can learn more about the opportunities at Southeast by visiting their website at https://www.smsdataschool.com/ and clicking on 5th GRADE!

Students in Ms. Curtis' class are learning about the 5 senses and why they are important. They are also learning about how animals use their sense of smell, and how it is similar and different to humans. 

Happy Moon Festival, BRCVPA! Today is Friday the 13th, but it also marks a very old and important traditional festival known as the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is a harvest festival, celebrated by people in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the Moon Festival”because it is celebrated during a full moon.

First Grader Christian's family donated some mooncakes to our faculty and staff to help us celebrate! These delicious cakes are similar to pastries and have various sweet fillings such as red bean paste and Chinese date paste. Thank you so much, Nguyen Family! 

You can read more about this very important festival, as well as see a video on how mooncakes are made, at this link: ​https://kidworldcitizen.org/the-mid-autumn-festival-the-moon-fairy-and-mooncakes/

It's time to smile, because tomorrow is picture day at BRCVPA! All students have free dress for picture day. If you are purchasing pictures, please send the envelope back to school with your child. Money will not be accepted after picture day. If the envelope did not make it home, no worries! Just write the information on the outside of a plain white envelope and return it to school with your child.

NOTE: Credit card payments can be made by going to www.SpencerStudios-BR.com and must be completed by 3:00 TODAY! 

Good afternoon! We are back with a Parent Pro Tip for you all about your child's Google Account. 

As part of G Suite for Education, EBR Schools offers a Cloud account for every student. This allows access to apps such as Google Drive, Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets, Google Drawings, Google Classroom, and Google Forms, among other integrated apps that are too numerous to list! 

Students DO NOT have access to Gmail; however, they have a Gmail Address. When logging in to sites such as Clever with Single Sign On for the first time, students will need to enter their username followed by the District's domain name. Example: 
                                         jv123456@ebrschools.org
The domain name is @ebrschools.org. The password is the same one listed on your child's online access card. 

The domain name is auto-filled on student Chromebooks and allows simpler access for your child to log in. However, at home you will need to include the domain name. If you try to access your child's accounts using YOUR Gmail, you will get error messages.

​This account will follow your child through his or her entire education as a student of East Baton Rouge  Parish School System. The password will change every year but the username will remain the same.