Family Newsletter Week of November 14, 2025

Dear Brackett Families,

 

Hope you had a lovely long weekend. On Monday our teachers had an amazing time collaborating together, learning from each other, and looking at student work. Nevertheless, we were so excited to see students back on Wednesday.:)

 

In this newsletter, we are trying something new. I have collected newsletters from our specialists to share with you. These are sometimes sent out separately, but today you will receive some of these here! I hope you take some time to look through them. These classes provide such inspiration for our students.

 

 

You may be wondering about the addition of Digital Learning in our specialist classes. This quarter we are hosting the Digital Learning Teacher Residency. Read more about this below.

 

Best,

Dr. Vice

 

 
 

 

New Information Overview
    • Digital Learning Teacher Residency
    • Warm up for Winter Event at the Welcome & Resource Center


     
Important Links:

November PTO Newsletter

Nursing Newsletter

 

 

All previous family communication can be accessed in the News and Announcements on the district website.

 
 

Digital Learning Teacher Residency

We are excited to share that the Digital Learning Teacher Residency in the Library is beginning this quarter at Brackett.

This model was designed to ensure that ALL third, fourth, and fifth graders in APS have access to high-quality instruction aligned with the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science (DLCS) Standards.

In addition, our Digital Literacy teacher is engaging with all Kindergarten, first and second grade classes allowing for all of our students to build creativity, problem-solving, and DLCS (digital literacy and computer science) skills!

Read more here.

 

 
 
 

 

Calendar Reminders

Nov 12 - Nov 18 - Fall Food Drive

Nov 12 - Nov 13 - Winter Gear "Shop the Swap" (after school)

Nov 14 – PTO Culture and Creativity Night, Winter Gear "Shop the Swap" (6:30-8pm)

Nov 21 – Spirit Day – Hat Day

Nov 25 – Warm up for Winter Event

Nov 26 – Early Release (11:30) for Thanksgiving

Nov 27 & 28 – NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving

Dec 1-5 – Book Fair

 

Please add the Brackett Calendar to your personal calendar system. You can find a link to this on our district website event page.

 
Brackett Elementary
Arlington Public Schools

66 Eastern Ave

Arlington, MA 02476

https://brackett.arlington.k12.ma.us/