Parents! Students! Teachers! You take great pictures, right? And you love seeing them in the yearbook, right? This year we have a new, improved, super-easy way for you to send those sweet shots straight to us. Download the Replay It app on your phone or tablet. Connect your account to the Briarwood yearbook - it's easy to find. Our password is bulldogs14. Once the app is connected you can easily send any picture or set of pictures to the yearbook. The best pictures for the yearbook are the one of students and teachers at school or at school events - let's celebrate our Bulldog pride! And, of course, you can also still email pictures to briarwoodpictures@gmail.com if that works better for you. Thanks for helping us make a great yearbook! Questions? Call or text Liz at 913-235-2578. If you are looking at this on your phone or tablet, click the link below to open the website that has links to the App store and Google Play.

Reminder! The first spirit wear order cutoff for delivery in early September is Sat, Aug 26! Order now! https://briarwoodspirit.itemorder.com/sale

Hey Bulldogs! Mark your calendars: a week from today, Tuesday, Aug 29, is a Skate Party AND a dining event at Firehouse Subs. Skate with your Bulldog buddies from 4-6pm at Skate City and then head over to Firehouse Subs for dinner at 91st and Metcalf (4p-8p and must show printed flyer or flyer on phone) and Briarwood gets 10%!

Still lots of spots open for crossing guards through the end of first semester. We need your help to keep our kiddos safe - please sign up to help if you can!

As you may have heard, several Briarwood families were tragically impacted by a devastating fire at the Colonial Gardens apartments on Monday night. We want our Briarwood community to know that the Briarwood staff has been working closely with the families and the Red Cross to meet as many of their needs as possible during this heartbreaking time. Below are links to both the news story and a GoFundMe Memorial page that was established by a member of the Mendoza-Carter family, the Briarwood family that suffered an unimaginable loss. We know how big-hearted our community is and as new ways to help become clear we will pass them on to you as soon as we can. Please keep these families in your thoughts. http://www.kctv5.com/story/36136434/2-children-killed-in-fire-at-apartment-complex-in-overland-park https://www.gofundme.com/HenryJr-Alexis-Carter-Memorial

Here are some photos of this morning's Boo-Hoo coffee. Welcome to Briarwood, new Bulldogs, we are so glad you're here!

Excited about the new Briarwood spirit wear? We are too! The great news is that you can easily shop the large variety of choices in both youth and adult sizes online. There is even a choice between two different logos on most options. Visit https://briarwoodspirit.itemorder.com/sale to select your items. Purchase by Sat. August 26 and your items will be delivered to you at school by early September. Thanks for supporting Briarwood PTA with your spirit wear purchase. We can't wait to see you in your Bulldogs gear!

HELP NEEDED! Tomorrow is the ice cream social and we are short on volunteers. Our kiddos look forward to this every year - we want it all to run smoothly. It's a team effort! Please sign up to take a shift, and please ask your Briarwood friends to do so as well. https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f0848aea62fa1fc1-icecream

We need volunteers for the 86th and Juniper crosswalk! Please sign up if you can. Let's keep our Bulldogs safe!

Can you help? We need volunteers for the ice cream social - which is somehow happening is in less than a week! Sign up here! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0848aea62fa1fc1-icecream

REMINDER! The ice cream social is Wednesday, Aug. 9! Meet your teacher from 5-6pm (they will only be in classrooms until 6!) and then enjoy some ice cream, find new spirit wear/birthday books and more in the flex space near the 1st grade rooms until 7pm. There will also be a new family orientation at 6:30pm in the gym. As always, we need volunteers for this to come together! Please sign up for a shift using the link below. Thank you!

At this point, we're sure you've heard about the solar eclipse happening on Aug. 21. What you may not know is that our PTA is purchasing eclipse-viewing glasses for all Briarwood students and staff and we will view the eclipse as a school. We are very excited about this unique learning opportunity!