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Family Newsletter Week of December 12, 2025

December 11, 2025

Dear Brackett Families,

Wow! It is cold outside. Just so you know, we will try to go outside for recess unless it is extremely cold. We use the Child Weather Watch Chart to guide our decision on the length of time we spend outside or if we will go outside at all. Please send in coats, hats, and mittens/gloves, so that everyone can safely play during recess. Remember to label these as best you can.

 

Related to this, our number of tardy students has been steadily increasing over the past couple of weeks. With the cold weather, I know that more of you are driving to school for drop off and pick up. While driving may be warmer, finding parking and getting out of the car with all of those hats, mittens, and coats takes a bit of time. Please take a look at your morning routines, so that we can all be in the building by 8am each morning!

 

Looking forward to seeing students dress up like teachers and teachers dress up like students tomorrow on day 67 of school! I need to find my crocs!

 

Best,

Dr. Vice

 
 
New Information Overview
  • Specialist Monthly Newsletters
  • Brackett Theater Group

 

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

 

December PTO Newsletter
December Health Office Happenings newsletter

 
 

Specialist Monthly Newsletters

 
 

Brackett Theater Group

Brackett Theater group is a social skills group using creative arts to foster leadership skills, creativity, and collaboration. Students will explore what it means to be a Brackett cricket by utilizing the community values of Courage, honesty, inclusion, responsibility, to be proud to be Brackett crickets!


  • Facilitated by Dance/Movement Therapy student Hannah Cyr, Drama Therapy student Jade Ahneman, and Social Worker Erica Gorton.

  • Starting Friday, January 23rd-March 20th, After school from 2:30-3:15 pm.


If your student is interested, sign up here: Brackett Theater Group Sign Up

Please have parents/guardians fill out this Permission Slip

 

 
 
Calendar Reminders

Dec 12 – Spirit Day … Students dress like teachers, teachers dress like students

Dec 17 – Winter Chorus Concert

Dec 24 – Winter Break begins!

Jan 5 – First day back from Winter Break

 

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/