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Principals report spring programming: authors, concerts, trips and safety-tool rollout
Summary
Council Rock, French Road, TCMS and Brighton High School principals gave updates on classroom projects, author visits, concerts, student leadership and safety-app rollouts; schools highlighted family-engagement events and a large student food donation.
Principals from across the Brighton Central School District presented building-level updates at the Feb. 25 board meeting, describing classroom projects, upcoming events and operational safety work.
Council Rock's principal described first-grade reading activities, a Biblio Borough traveling-library project, STEM club sessions, free after-school sports clinics with up to 40–50 students per session and kindergarten celebrations tied to community service. The principal also noted author Van White, a Brighton graduate, will visit for Black History Month programming.
French Road's principal described guest visits from a Channel 8 weatherman to fourth graders, interactive Black History Month bulletin boards, makerspace "breakout" activities and the TAP app rollout to improve drill accountability and reunification procedures.
TCMS's principal highlighted student-council fundraising and service activities, a Quebec trip, growth of student unions (Muslim Student Union and a new Jewish Student Union) and use of the CLPS program for threat assessment and safety planning.
Brighton High School assistant principals Mark Lincoln and Jabrell(e) Bowens and other BHS staff described Lunar New Year programming, mentor programs connecting high-schoolers to middle-schoolers, a Black Student Union event featuring Van White and the tenth annual Say Yes to the Dress formal-wear event. BHS staff also noted facility work including a new gym and a new security entrance intended to improve daily arrival and dismissal safety.
Several principals linked program activity to district priorities in the blueprint updates and emphasized continued professional learning and safety drills as schools move into spring events.
