Stuart Gibbs will be at Quail Ridge Books!

Stuart Gibbs has many beloved ongoing mystery series: Spy School, FunJungle, and Moon Base Alpha.  He visits us for the first time on Tuesday, April 4, at 4:30 pm for Panda-monium, fourth in the FunJungle series. It's the day Panda-monium is published - time for a launch party! More mystery comes to FunJungle as Li Ping, the zoo's anxiously-awaited panda, goes missing from the truck transporting her.  The FBI is investigating, but Teddy Fitzroy, as FunJungle’s resident sleuth,  gets drawn into the case.  Who's going to be left bamboo-zled?  Ages 8+.

"Gibbs never scrimps on creating belly-laughing hullabaloo ... Interweaving animal facts (pandas can produce 50 pounds of poop per day) into his plot, the author seamlessly inspires compassion and urgency on behalf of species endangered due to lack of habitat and exotic animal trafficking." - Kirkus Review

Event date: 

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 4:30pm

Event address: 

North Hills

4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road

Raleigh, NC 27609

Panda-Monium (Hardcover)

WHAT? ZOOTOPIA LEARNING EXPERIENCE

WHEN? Thursday April 6, 2017 from 2:30-3:30

WHERE? Brassfield Elementary Media Center

WHO? 4th grade Track 2 students

Dear Parents,

We are excited for you to join us at our living museum, as we transform into exotic animals or zookeepers to share our knowledge of animals and the adaptations needed to survive in unique habitats. Please join us!

Grade 4 Track 2

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Check out a way to help our Earth and Brassfield!

Duke is running an awesome program right now that will allow you to receive a FREE energy kit with lightbulbs and other energy saving tools.  All you have to do is go to this website MY ENERGY KIT 

Scroll down and fill out the information to receive your kit.  Make sure to choose Brassfield as your school.  For every 100 kits that our school requests, the school receives $250! The company also will choose 2 families that request a kit to win $1,000! Also, the school that requests the most kits will receive $2,500 for our school!

Please consider requesting a kit, it is completely free and only takes a few minutes to fill out :)

Need a trackout brain teaser? Give it a try!

You have fifty $1 bills in your wallet, and each morning you go to the store to buy dessert. Desserts always cost $1.25 and the clerk at the store always gives you three quarters as change. When you get home you always put the three quarters into a glass jar.

How many days will it be before you have a greater number of quarters in the jar then dollar bills in your wallet?

Spring Running Club Sign-ups!

Calling all 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students that enjoy running and would like to prepare for a race (1 mile, 2 mile, or 5k). You should join the Brassfield running club!   During our weekly runs, we will work on building endurance and speed while fostering a love of running.  The club will begin on Wednesday, March 8th, and will meet weekly on Wednesdays from 3:45-4:45.  Our last running club will be Wednesday, May 17th.  The runners must be picked up promptly at 4:45 in the carpool parking lot loop.  We expect that all students participating in our running club will exhibit PAWS behavior. We will be participating in the Angels Among Us 5k on April 29th- see registration information in this sign up form! If you have questions, feel free to contact Libby Lipetzky (elipetzky@wcpss.net) or Annie Pakes (apakes@wcpss.net).  Happy Running!

*Reminder: This form must be completed each season.  If your child participated in the fall you must still fill out this form for them to participate in the spring.*

Sign up for running club here! 

The Spring Book Fair is coming!

S'More fun with Books! The Brassfield Book Fair is almost here and the theme this year is campfire fun! Book Fair Dates are from February 24-March 8th. 

In addition, please join us for Media by Moonlight on March 7th from 5-7:30. There will be crafts, games, stories by the campfire by Mr. Wall and Mrs. Costa, and off coarse, S'Mores! Pre - orders for pizza will be sent out as we get closer to the event. Several literacy workshops will be offering focusing on Digital Literacy, writing about Reading, and picking "Good Fit" Books for your child. These workshops will be offered in classrooms around the learning commons. Please stop by with your children between 5-6:30 for some information on these topics as well as fun make-and-take craft for each topic! Also, as some of you may know, one of our 5th graders had a book published and will be at Media by Moonlight for a book signing event! 

As always there will be a "guess how many jar" game which will run the entire Book Fair. Funds raised from the game help buy books for Brassfield students who would otherwise not be able to buy one. Prizes will include a camping themed package and other great stuff!

Backpack buddies food drive will be going on during the Book Fair. There will be a collection box near the Book Fair area. 

Lastly, we can't do any of these without our volunteers