Thank you again for your incredible support and cooperation with regard to the orange zone testing program and our efforts to reopen. We will resume the hybrid program tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 3) with the A-L cohort. We look forward to seeing the M-Z group on Friday, Dec. 4.
Although Governor Cuomo announced changes to Orange Zone testing requirements yesterday, we are still awaiting new regulations from the state. Until we receive the new regulations, we are still operating under the current Orange Zone rules that require 100 percent of staff and students to be tested in order to return to in-person instruction.
The three finalists are: Bobcats, Bruins, and Bulldogs. We now need the community’s help with submitting logo artwork for these three finalists.
The 2020-21 school calendar has been changed to maximize in-person instruction days. There will no longer be half days on the following Fridays: Nov. 13, Nov. 20, Dec. 4, and Dec. 11.
It is with sadness that we send this message to the Brighton school community! After much thought and conversation, and with safety of all in mind, we have made the decision to cancel this year’s Festival of Ideas.
Recent events related to violence, race, politics, and the wide variety of issues we are struggling with as adults can have a significant impact on our children. They are heart wrenching and confusing for the mature emotional brain, much more so for young people who are exposed to difficult and challenging conversations more often than ever before.
The Brighton girls swimming and diving team won its fourth straight Section V Class B championship on Friday, Nov. 20. Brighton finished with 414 points to hold off second-place Honeoye Falls-Lima.
As an extension to their social studies unit of citizenship, Mrs. Ashley Youngman’s second graders studied the election process, voting, and leadership in our country on a local and national level. As a culminating activity, students wrote their own "If I were President" speech and presented it to the class.
Congratulations to the Brighton girls tennis team on winning a Section V Class A2 Championship with a win over Pittsford Mendon on Nov. 14.
The bench is in memory of student Mila Ruangsuwana. We hope that this bench will help both new and old friends connect, while encompassing the beautiful essence that we remember of Mila.
A few French Road Elementary School teachers hosted meet-ups in front of the building.
Staff and students, both hybrid and remote, celebrated Halloween by dressing up in costumes.
The school and PTSA invited families to display their carved pumpkins in the school’s bus loop. The pumpkins were arranged around the bus loop by staff and lit up with candles.
