Inside This Issue - Brownsburg Community Schools

HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT-TOGETHER
Delaware
November 9, 2012
Delaware Trail Elementary
School
3680 Hornaday Road
Brownsburg, IN 46112
Principal: Mrs. Jennifer Greene
Counselor: Mrs. Stacey Kraus
Trail Blazer
Http://www.brownsburg.k12.in.us/delawaretrail/
Happy Friday Delaware Trail Families!
Principal’s Message
Important to Remember:
For student safety, we need all
visitors to sign in at the front
office please.
Our school day is 8:45-3:40
Wednesday Early Release
3:10
No early release if there is a
2-hour delay on Wednesday
Students must be in
attendance for the entire day
to be considered for perfect
attendance
Inside This Issue
Principal’s Corner
Watch Dog
Counselor News
We have had a lot of excing acvies happening here at DT since returning from Fall
Break. Our first day back from break we hosted a “Chick Teacher Night” at the Avon
Chick Fil A. We had many students, parents and teachers in aendance.
Last night, we held a family literacy night called, “Come Read with Me”. This was a
huge success with over 500 people in aendance. One of our school improvement
goals focuses on literacy and we are
working as a school community to
strengthen this area.
Today, we hosted both our Grandparent’s Breakfast and our Veteran’s Day convoca‐
on. All of these events are reminders to me of how important our school and community
partnerships are in helping to create posive experiences for our students. I
truly appreciate your connued support of our school.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend :)
Mrs. Greene
PTSG Corner
Perfect Attendance & Honor Roll
Dates to Remember & Physical
Education Calendar
Indiana Department of Education Report Card Grade for Delaware Trail: A
Letter grades are calculated based on data collected throughout each school year.
Indiana recently shifted to a more comprehensive way of measuring and reporting
school performance, as required by state law. These grades take into account a
variety of factors, namely student performance and student growth.

2012 Elecon Day at Delaware Trail
The polls were open and busy at Delaware Trail on Elecon Day. We had over
390 students cast votes for President and Governor. The students signed in,
went in to the vong booth and deposited their ballot in the ballot box.
Delaware Trail had a very evenul and evenul week!

“Watch Dog” Tackles Bullying and Crime
BCSC has launched a new anonymous reporting system provided by Crime Stoppers. This system, that will be known as "Watch Dog", allows anyone - students, parents,
community members - to anonymously report anything that may affect the safety of our students and our schools. "Watch Dog" provides the flexibility for anonymous tips to
be made through a phone call, text message or online submission. Read more in the current issue of Spotlight on Education.
1. Text “INDYCY” + your tip to 274637
2. Online @CrimeTips.org
3. Call (317) 262-8477 (TIPS) or 800-222-8477 (TIPS)
Watch Dog is the preferred reporting method for middle and high school students, rather than current school hotline numbers,
although current hotline numbers will remain active until the beginning of the second semester in January of 2012. Elementary
students can also use this process.
Note: Here’s the link to the October Spotlight hp://www.brownsburg.k12.in.us/documents/communicaons/spotlight/octspot.pdf
Super Hero Trail Dash
Mrs. Flynn’s class parcipated in the Super Hero Trail Dash obstacle course at Williams Park, an event
sponsored by the Brownsburg Parks Department. The students dressed as their favorite super hero and
competed the obstacle course. Fun was had by all.

Counselor News:
Character Education:
The Brownsburg Community School Corporation character trait for
November and December is
Compassion
Compassion means being kind to others. Compassion is about showing empathy towards others. Compassion is using kind
words to others such as, "way to go," "nice job," "good work," "thanks," "you look nice today," "please", and "thank you."
When you use words like this, you make others feel good—you might even make them smile. Compassion is also about helping
others when they need it. This month students are talking about Compassion during character education lessons with
Mrs. Kraus and learning about ways to show others that they care about them.
Help encourage our students to show Compassion by talking about the character trait each week in November and December.
Body Safety:
The school counselor, Mrs. Kraus, will conduct lessons on body and personal safety for all students at Delaware Trail the week
on November 28 th and 29th.
11/28 2 nd grade, 5 th grade, 4/5, and Kindergarten
11/29 3 rd grade, 2/3, 4 th grade, and 1 st grade
These lessons are part of our school corporation’s health education program called the Michigan Model for Comprehensive
Social Health Education. Unfortunately, sexual abuse of children takes place more often than we would like to believe. The
counselor will meet with each grade level, show a video and discuss self-protection. Each video and each discussion is tailored
for the grade level. As a result of the lesson, students will develop the ability to differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate
touches; they will learn assertive self-protection skills; and they will identify people to whom they can go for help.
The Parent Information Night for this program was held earlier in the year. Please call or email Mrs. Kraus if you have additional
questions about this program.
Also, please check the E-Friday Folder for important information regarding body safety and how to discuss this topic with your
child.
Cheer Food Drive:
Delaware Trail needs your help to bring cheer to our Brownsburg families. We are asking you to assist the Brownsburg Cheer
Committee in reaching out to families in need this holiday season. Following is a list of donations that Delaware Trail Elementary
students and families have been asked to provide. If you can donate any of the items, please drop it off at the school or
have your child bring it in to their classroom between Monday, November 26 th and Friday, November 30 th . Thank you for
any help you can provide. The following items are needed:
Bath Soap
Boxed Dinners
Canned Fruit
Canned Meat
Deodorant
Laundry Detergent
Dish Soap
Paper Towels/Napkins
Soup
Pasta/Rice

Parent Teacher Support Group (PTSG) News Corner
Here are some excing upcoming acvies that you don’t want to miss! Be
sure to mark these special events on your calendars!
The Discover INDY Savings book went home with your child last Monday. This is a great opportunity to raise money for Delaware Trail
while passing the chance to save money onto those around us. The Discover INDY Savings Book is a “coupon” book for the Indianapolis
and surrounding areas; the savings include restaurants, movies, bowling, and many area aracons, just to name a few. Books are
$25 each.
The Discover INDY Savings Book that came home with your child is to be used as a visual aid to those interested in purchasing a savings
book. The books sell themselves; all you have to do is get out there and give friends, family, coworkers and neighbors the opportunity
to buy. What a great holiday gi; why not start thinking about Christmas now and stock up!
Our goal is to sell 600 books. Delaware Trail receives 40% of the total sales! Funds raised will go towards field trips, Track & Field
Day, and much more! Here are some details for turning in the Discover INDY Savings Books orders:
Orders, money collected and unsold books are due on Monday, November 12.
If no books were sold, place book in the white fundraising envelope and return.
If books were sold, please keep the original book to deliver and only return the order form in the envelope.
Thank you for your aenon to these details. Together we can make this fundraiser a huge success!
Fall Class Pares
November 21, 2:15 pm
Fall Class Pares are just around the corner! The pares will be held in class on Wednesday, November 21, at 2:15 pm. Set‐up may
begin at 2:00 pm. Lead Party Coordinators should be contacng parent volunteers to get everything organized for
the pares. If you are interested in donang/helping with a class party and have not heard from the Lead Party Coordinator,
please contact the PTSG at delawaretrailptsg@yahoo.com. Donaons and creave planning from the
parents are what makes these pares a fun success for our students!
Movie Night: Rio
November 30, 6:00 pm
The PTSG is hosng a Family Movie Night on Friday, November 30, at 6:00 pm. This year’s movie will be Rio! Pizza,
snack, and prizes will be included. Advance ckets are $5 per family, and will be available on sale on Thursday,
November 29, and Friday, November 30, before school, beginning at 8:30 am. Tickets will be available at the door on Movie Night, and
will cost $6 per family.
Students are encouraged to wear their pajamas to the show!
Santa Shoppe
December 10‐14
Please save the date for this year’s Santa Shoppe. This fun shopping experience for our students will be held the
week of December 10‐14. Look for more informaon in the December TrailBlazer, as well as on our PTSG
Facebook page.

DOG JOG 2012
DOG JOG 2012 was an awesome success this year! With the help of students, parents, and community volunteers, we raised over
$9,000!!! This money goes directly back into our school to support field trips, character educaon and much more.
A few DOG JOG 2012 facts…
*We had approximately 120 volunteers help us kick off and execute Dog Jog.
*We hole‐punched over 8,000 mes.
*We filled over 1,500 cups of water.
*We had over 500 happy kids running around the track to “Who Let the Dogs Out”!
To put all of this together, we had 5 amazing commiee volunteers who did an awesome job yet again this year! A big THANK YOU to:
Ali Garne Calli Crawford Trisha Rowe Stephanie Pierce Erica Reed
THANK YOU!!
We would like to thank everyone for helping make the Chick‐Fil‐A Spirit Night a success! We were able to raise $350 for Delaware
Trail! Thank you to the families for coming out to parcipate! And thank you to the teachers for being so involved in making this a fun
night for our students! Everyone loved seeing the teachers dressed up in their Halloween costumes!! The winner of the Teacher
Costume Contest based on having the most “ps” in her jar is…Mrs. Terry, dressed as Pinkalicious! Congratulaons, Mrs. Terry!!
Also, THANK YOU to everyone who donated food items for the teachers during teacher conferences! Those are long days for our
teachers, and we were so happy to be able to provide dinner for them due to your generosity! We would like to extend a big THANK
YOU to Jen Rademacher for organizing such a wonderful way to treat and thank our teachers!
PTSG Parent Noficaons
We would like to take an opportunity to introduce you to the formats available to you to learn about upcoming PTSG sponsored acvies
and ways you can help support our children in their academic and personal development while aending school.
PTSG News Corner
As acvies and/or fundraisers draw near you will
find informaon about these programs at a high‐level within
the school newsleer – the Delaware TrailBlazer! You’ll also
find informaon on our PTSG Bullen Board in the school
lobby.
Delaware Trail Elementary Parent Teacher
Support Group (PTSG) is on Facebook
We will keep you up‐to‐date about acvies we have
planned this year using this social media site.
Of course, you can always reach us by email at delawaretrailptsg@yahoo.com!
You can help our school earn free money and educaonal resources!
We will have several collecon contests during this school year so
start collecng your labels now! A collecon container for these
labels is located in the school office and can be submied at any
me. Remember to include your child’s classroom teacher when
subming your labels.

Perfect Aendance—First Nine Weeks
Kindergarten
Logan Anderson
Chole Barnard
Elinor Bergstrom
Anna Deatline
Oscar Grant
Hunter Henry
Elijah Johnson
Eliysa Johnson
Levi Ratliff
Jordan Reynolds
Jackson Wagner
Tyler Whitley
Cassidy Wiseman
First Grade
Kadence Abbott
Samantha Boyd
Elise Cougill
Lathan Denson
Ainsley Fought
Matthew Gatton
Allison Goff
Devon Harding
Haneef Jenkins
Andrew Johnson
Keagan Kline
Isaac LaRoche
Nicholas Ozolins
Jackson Suddeth
Malori Walden
Mackenzie Williams
Second Grade
Elijah Appleget
Maya Black
Jacob Bollinger
Olivia Carmin
Maia Cristo
Jaxsen DeLaRosa
Kimberlyn Duety
Clare Dueweke
Grant Enlow
Emily Fults
Bianca Granderson
Elijah Grant
Noah Miller
Mark Ober
Henry Pham
Aubrey Polen
Kiersten Reed
Conner Rogers
Maya Rowe
Cohen Scott
Gaven Smith
Jaiden Sucec
Parker Suddeth
Caleb Walters
Snit Welde
Selena Weldeselasie
* Denotes All A’s
Third Grade
Kevin Amalaraj
Adam Beeler
Mary Brondyke
Rowan Brown
Jack Bush
Evelyn Cougill
Murphi Crawford
Jailynn Euliss
Caden Garner
Dawan Gray
Ekamveer Grewal
Kushveer Grewal
Paramveer Grewal
Helen Hauser
Ananiah Lang
Sophia Lattimer
Jaden LeBlanc
Kayleigh McCarthy
Jayme Miller
Garret Milum-Dunbar
Maxwell Palmer
Danial Qasim
Emery Reszka
Isabella Stonebraker
Vivian Tran
Lucas Watson
Hermon Welde
Cora White
Braden Wood

Perfect Aendance—First Nine Weeks
Fourth Grade
Madilynn Adams
Cayla Barnard
Clara Barnard
Jessica Bush
Emma Hacker
Luke Henley
Nathaniel Heyen
Audrey Hites
Bailey Johnson
Julia Lashbrook
Allison Nelson
Zoe Nelson
Brandon Nguyen
Timothy Powers
Kayla Rogers
Grant Smith
Alivia Wesley
Jalen Wilson
Jordan Wright
Fifth Grade
Brianna Abbott
Ali Ahmed
Irene Amalaraj
Isaiah Appleget
Gabriella Berna
Lillian Brown
Joselyn Carter
Emma Cougill
Austin Denson
Brooke Dixon
Dominic Duety
Mark Hamilton
Jared Hughes
Jacob Kemp
Keilee LeBlanc
Dev Patel
Ethan Polen
Arif Qasim
Olivia Romano
Makayla Rooney
Tyler Rowe
Julia Stonebraker
Cambryn Torres
Terrance Webb
Lucy Wrinkle
Delaware Trail Attendance
This month’s attendance— 97.9%
Kindergarten—97.6%
First Grade—97.4%
Second Grade—98.2%
Year to Date—98%
Third Grade—97.4%
Fourth Grade—98.6%
Fifth Grade—98%

First Nine Weeks
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Madilynn Adams * Angela Mahowald * Brianna Abbott Alisha Patel *
Alexis Ashley Ashton May Ali Ahmed * Dev Patel *
Margaret Beery * Jacob Meller * Austin Alley * MacAlister Perkins
Ethan Benjamin Natalie Metzger * Irene Amalaraj * Kaitlyn Pierce *
Saniya Blain Alexandra Napers Isaiah Appleget * Ethan Polen
Gavin Bollman Allison Nelson Thomas Barnes * Arif Qasim *
Diana Bonilla Zoe Nelson Nicholas Bolden Landon Reed *
Jonathan Bourque Nathaniel Ober Angelo Botha * James Roberts *
Jessica Bush Christopher Pearson Emily Britton Olivia Romano *
Ethan Carr Samuel Perkins Lillian Brown * Molly Romine *
Natalie Cash Timothy Powers Rachael Bruce * Tyler Rowe *
Anthony Cookerly Kathleen Preo Casey Bryson-Johnson Nolan Sinclair *
Maya Delong * Aidn Rademacher Geoffrey Carr * Parker Sinclair *
Warner Douglas Nicholas Reynolds * Joselyn Carter Petter Solomon
Madelyn Edwards Kayla Rogers Emma Cougill * Abby Stephens *
Avery England Logan Rose Lauren Cover-Rinehart * Julia Stonebraker
Alex Freeman * Rory Smith Emily Crawford * Jamie Sweet *
Morgan Fultz Adaline Stevens Taia Cummings Mary Alice Topi
Myles Grant * Aiyanna Sucec * Brooke Dixon * Cambryn Torres
Emma Hacker Carson Thomas Dominic Duety Terrance Webb
Caitlin Hagmeier Samantha Vondersaar * Jayden Dykstra Tomas Weldu
Luke Henley * Alivia Wesley Mark Hamilton Skye Wente
Nathaniel Heyen * Jalen Wilson Emma Hart Jenna Wilhite *
Audrey Hites Claeb Yoder Jared Hughes Lucy Wrinkle *
Jansen Hobbs Tristen Yoder Amanprett Hundal
Bailey Johnson * Sophia Yohman * Lauren Hunt *
Lillian Jones
Jacob Kemp
Kanon Kelley Allison Krutz *
Benjamin Lanius Keilee LeBlanc *
Julia Lashbrook Rachel McIntosh *
Raven Lucas
Samantha Miley
Madeline Lynch Maxwell Newberry *
Fitzhugh Lyons * Payton Nowlin *

Delaware Trail School Improvement Plan Goals:
Our academic goal is 92%
92% passing ISTEP, 92% reaching Benchmark in DIBELS
Our aendance goal is 97% or higher
Yankee Candle
Yankee Candle pick up will be Nov. 13 from 4‐7 p.m. and Nov. 14 from 12 ‐4 and
6‐8 p.m. at Harris Academy. All items MUST be picked up during this me. If you have
quesons, please call Angela Falcone, Yankee Candle Chair at 902‐9658. Thank you for
your support of the Brownsburg Educaon Foundaon.
E‐Friday Folder
Please make sure to check out the E‐Friday Folder for informaon about sport
camps and other acvies offered in the schools and community. Some of the features
you will find include:
Musical Breakfast with Santa
Turkey Bowl
Christmas Music Program
Our Christmas Music Programs are fast approaching and are a nice way to get in the holiday spirit. Students are asked to aend
and parcipate in their scheduled programs. Please make plans to aend these amazing pro‐
grams.
Monday December 17
Grade 2 at 6:30 The Incredible Reindeers
Grade 4 and Mrs. Dougherty’s class at 7:30 Elfis and the Sleighriders
DATES TO REMEMBER
NOVEMBER 19
Picture Retakes
NOVEMBER 21 Fall Pares 2:15‐3:00
NOVEMBER 22‐23
NOVEMBER 28
NOVEMBER 30
Thanksgiving
Student Council Snack Sale
Movie Night

Let’s be thankful for what
we have and enjoy our
families, friends, and
significant others.
NOVEMBER 2012 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2
3
Eat a fruit snack
while walking around
Lie on your back and
keep a ball from touch‐
Challenge a family
member to a “smile off”.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Jump in the air and
touch your toes. Can
With a paper and
pencil, play a game of
Catch five partner passes
in a row while both of
Measure how far you
can sprint and scream
Bounce a ball as high as you
can. Set a personal record
Toss a jump rope in
the air, catch, swing,
Touch your nose to
your knee from three
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Move while dribbling
a ball (hand or
Jump rope to 100
with your eyes
Do a jumping jack for
each pound you
See if you can leap
frog another
Face a partner in a curlup
posion (toes touch‐
Play a tag game
while all
Face a partner with toes
touching. Hold hands
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Using two balls, see
how long you can keep
Put your feet (socks) up
against a wall like a hand‐
Find a partner. Run
around your house
Find two ways of
supporng a partner
Be thankful for what
you have. Try one fruit
Try 3 handstands. Set a
personal goal for a me
Pracce partner pushups
with a ball balanced
25
Do a sit up for each
pound you weigh.
26
Dribble a basketball
around your body
while sing down.
27
Work on keeping
your balance
During one song.
28
Bounce a basketball
10 , throw and
catch it 10 mes.
29
Play push up
Hockey with a partner.
Try to slide
beanbag, sock,
30
Dance non stop to
three songs
“I am
thankful for all of
you.”
Happy
Thanksgiving

Brownsburg Basketball
Annual Purple and White
Night
1 st
Featuring Brownsburg High School’s Varsity Basketball Team
along with the BHS Junior Varsity and Freshman
also East MS, West MS, and Brownsburg Hoops League Teams
November 12, 2012
Brownsburg High School Varsity Fieldhouse
7:00‐8:30 pm
Price of Admission: Donaon of a Case of Water or Gatorade to the Basketball Program
Order of Events:
Quarter 1: East 7 th Grade vs West 7 th Grade
Quarter 2: East 8 th Grade vs West 8 th Grade
Quarter 3: Freshman vs Junior Varsity
Quarter 4: Varsity Scrimmage
Join us for a first look at your Brownsburg Basketball Teams as well as concessions,
fan compeons, and prizes