HENRY BRAUN

When picking up your children from school, please do not encourage them to j-walk across Graham Road. There are crossing guards in two places to help students safely cross the street. Please be a role model for the students, and use the crossing guards yourself if you are coming to pick up your children. Thanks for your help to make our school community a safe place!

Thank you to the Henry Braun community for your support of both of the recent book fairs that we held! It has allowed us to place just over $3000.00 books into our library collection. More importantly, it has generated the wonderful buzz around reading that children get when they have a book of their very own.

Just in case you are wondering if those dollars your family spends on books are important, please take a look at this report from Science Daily. Having books in your home, whether purchased or borrowed from the public library, will increase the level of education your child attains. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100520213116.htm

Keep Reading!

Thank You!
You are cordially invited to our assembly and tea
in appreciation and praise of Henry Braun’s volunteers.

Where: Henry Braun Gymnasium & Resource Centre
When: Thursday May 3^rd, 2012
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Coffee, juice and treats will be served.
No R.S.V.P. is required.

See the attached order form!

The Johnson Area band program is celebrating a great year of music making! Here's what's happening:

The Gr. 7/8 Band is heading to Moose Jaw May 15-16 to perform at the Kinsmen Festival. Students will depart from Johnson Collegiate Tuesday at 4:30pm. Check the JAM website for more details!

Our grade 6-12 band students will be performing in a Recruiting Concert for our Area Grade 5 students on Tues. May 29^th at 10:30 am at Johnson. We're looking forward to welcoming the new 'recruits'!

Our Spring Band Concert is Tues. May 29^th at 7:30 pm at Johnson. Our Grade 6, 7/8 and jazz bands are eager to show you what they've accomplished this year! Band students should arrive at 7:00 pm wearing their uniform (black pants, black socks, black shoes, and band t-shirt.)

Our Gr.6 Band Wind-up is Thurs. May 31^st. Students will enjoy a pizza lunch and an afternoon of fun to celebrate a great first year of playing!

Music Monday is an annual event to celebrate the gift of music in our lives, on the same day at the same time across the country. The idea is to celebrate the galvanizing power of music in Canada and demonstrate how that power is rooted in school music programs. On Mon. May 7^th take a moment to celebrate the music in your life.J

Instrument Return - School-owned instruments will be collected following the concert on Tues. May 29^th. If your child received an instrument from your band director please plan to spend a few extra minutes at the end of the concert to sign that instrument back in to Ms. Smith at Johnson.

If you are interested in Summer Band Camp information please speak with your band director or check out the Sask Band Association website. These camps are a great way to encourage budding musicians!

If you have any feedback for JAM regarding our fundraisers or if you'd like to get more involved in our band parent association please plan to attend our AGM on June 12^th at Johnson.

FOR GRADE 5s:

A wonderful opportunity is coming to put even more books into the hands of our children and into our library!

Henry Braun has been chosen as the site of Scholastic Book Fairs Annual ½ Price Sale here in Regina.

Monday, April 30^th 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. (1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. is reserved for adult shopping)

Tuesday,May 1^st 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Wednesday May 2^nd 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Students will be able to purchase books after school on each day as well as during a class visiting time on Tuesday or Wednesday which their teacher will have signed up for.

Come to the gym to find great books!

More than ever our society needs creative problem-solvers. Music training stretches these creative, right-brained 'muscles'. It is no wonder that current research continues to demonstrate that success in music translates to success in life.

"On the 1999 SAT [college admissions test], music students continued to outperform their non-arts peers, scoring 61 points higher on the verbal [literacy] portion and 42 points higher on the math [numeracy] portion of the exam."

Steven M. Demorest & Steven J. Morrison, "Does Music Make you Smarter?" Music Educators Journal, Sept., 2000.

Please welcome Ms. McArthur to our Johnson Area Band team! She will be taking over for Mr. Lewicki as he completes his term contract and officially retires (again!) Thank you Mr. Lewicki and best wishes on your retirement.J

The Gr. 7/8 Band is heading to the Moose Jaw Kinsmen Festival May 15-16. Trip forms and fees are due April 25^th. Check the website for more details!

Save the Date! Our final spring concert is Tues. May 29^th at 7:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there! The following Thurs. May 31^st our Gr. 6 Band will have their year-end wind-up. Stay tuned for details.

If you'd like to get more involved in our band parent association please join us at our next JAM meeting on Tues., Apr. 24^th at 7:15pm in the Johnson staff room.

Regina Public Schools provides class list information to the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region for the purposes of tracking immunization records for students. Parents/guardians are still responsible for authorizing immunizations. If you have any questions about immunizations, please contact the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region.

We have a limited number of free Circus Mondo tickets for the April 3rd show at Brandt Centre. See Sheila in the office if you're interested.

Click below for a quick video outlining how important it is to read with your children! Reading = Success in life! http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid1130055309001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAFv844g~,BASb5BU03X_h9kSbSVtbzerZe5KQsF-u&bctid=1138390338001