Good Evening, Bryant Families,

Here are the messages from Bryant for this week.

Calendar

• Class picture day: Wed., April 1. Forms went home with children. No fooling! Follow this link and use this code: EVTQ6Q736. Order Form for Bryant Class Pictures_20260401.pdf 
• 9:30 Thursday, April 2^nd, Northwest Opera In Schools, Etc. comes to Bryant to present The Shaving Scene from The Barber of Seville. It’s mischievous and slapstick silly. All welcome. Enter through the gate starting at 9:10.
• Spring Break: School closed Monday, April 6-Friday, April 10.
• Save The Date for Garden Faire!
  • Friday, May 1st from 3:30-5:30 at our garden. 
  • Celebrate spring and the earth with student performances, cardboard castle, raffle prizes, seed and clothing swap, plant sale and a Parade of the Species! 
  • Ms. Renfro's class will sponsor a sustainability clothing drive at the May 1 Garden Event. Donations of gently used clothing (sizes birth-Middle School) and gently used children's toys, books, and puzzles can be donated. Items can be given to your child's teacher. Donations will be accepted April 13-29.
    • **Any items Lost and Found that have not been claimed by May 1 will be included in the clothing drive donations and will be given to charity after the event. **
    • Please contact Ms. Renfro at srenfro@tacoma.k12.wa.us if you have any questions. Thanks!

PTO News

• Spring has sprung, can summer be far behind?  Now is the time to start planning for it. If you know of camps, events or just fun things to do, drop us a line about it. We will put it in our May Buzz to help you with those plans.
• PTO Elections will be at our next general meeting. Check out the webpage to learn more. Open positions are:
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
• Have a question or concern? Wonder how the PTO operates? All meetings are open, both General and Executive Board. Join us at our next Executive Board meeting virtually: March 31^st at 6 pm meet.google.com/nyv-hrbv-axi.
• Our next General PTO meeting will tentatively be April 17^th at 6pm at the BNC. Join us for a sock hop for the kids right after. More to come.
• Sign up for the Rainier’s game on May 27^th . Walk the field and enjoy the game. Tickets:
  • $16 dollars – tickets, hotdog, water, and chips.
  • $26 includes a hat.
  • Order form

Last Call: Classroom Placement for Next School Year. Each spring, teachers, counselors, Kathryn, and I consider classroom placements for students for next year. Teachers take the lead in this process, but Kathryn and I have a vantage point that is helpful. We welcome your input. It is best to do this in a formal way and to avoid working with your child’s teacher to try to select the teacher of your preference. I have asked all teachers to hold parent requests loosely. The formal way to submit requests is to use the survey link below. The information you enter will guide teacher and administration decisions for students

• moving between houses and
• where classroom climate hinders your child. 

Note: As a Montessori school, we form multi-year classrooms. The goal is to keep each child in their Children's House classroom from preschool through kindergarten, in their Lower Elementary classroom from first through third grade, and in their Upper Elementary classroom from fourth through fifth grade. Multi-grade classrooms are unique to Montessori and offer multiple benefits - and sometimes challenges. We will only move children out of their multi-grade classroom as a last resort. If you are requesting that, please know that we will look to see why you want the change and what steps you have taken to resolve the concerns. Thank you!

Take the survey. Survey closes Friday.

That is all for tonight. Good night!

Neil O’Brien, Principal

Bryant Montessori School

Tacoma Public Schools

nobrien@tacoma.k12.wa.us

253-571-2800