❤️ **RED RIBBON WEEK 2026!** ❤️
**October 26–30**
Brussels CUSD #42 is excited to celebrate **Red Ribbon Week!** This special week is all about encouraging our students to make healthy choices, show kindness, and build a bright, drug-free future!
We have a fun-filled week of dress-up days planned to remind our students that making good choices is always in style! 🌟
❤️ **Monday – Ready to Be Drug Free!**
Wear RED!
🏀 **Tuesday – Team Up Against Drugs!**
Wear your favorite sports team attire!
🦸 **Wednesday – I Have the Power to Be Drug Free!**
Dress like a superhero!
🧦 **Thursday – Sock It to Drugs!**
Wear your craziest, most colorful, or mismatched socks!
💙 **Friday – Our School Says NO to Drugs!**
Show your Brussels pride by wearing your favorite school spirit gear!
We encourage all students and staff to join in the fun as we celebrate the importance of making positive choices and supporting one another.
**Choose Healthy. Choose Kindness. Choose a Drug-Free Life!**
💙🤍 **Together We Rise!**
We need your help. Who carved the best pumpkin? 🎃 The student body picked, but now it's the community's turn. Comment with your vote.
1. Sad Face
2. Skeleton/Scarecrow
3. 67
4. Bat
5. Pumpkin Ghost Eating a Pumpkin
Mark your calendars! It's time to get spooky. The Freshman and Sophomore classes are partnering together to bring the Brussels community a haunted house this Halloween season. It will be during the annual Trunk or Treat on 10/24. All proceeds will be divided amongst the two class funds to go toward prom, graduation, and senior trips.
Miss Steward found a website that engages students to write and assess not only their writing but their peer's writing anonymously. Definitely a win when they say they are enjoying it and asked to do another prompt!
Good Afternoon Parents/Guardians,
Attached to this email, you will see a copy of our NEW Cellphone Policy for the Brussels Community School District. This policy takes effect on Monday, October 19th, 2026. Please look this over with your children, as this is a new policy to our school district. This policy will also be available on our website under the "Documents" folder.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call our District Office at 618-883-2131.
Thank you.
Attached to this email, you will see a copy of our NEW Cellphone Policy for the Brussels Community School District. This policy takes effect on Monday, October 19th, 2026. Please look this over with your children, as this is a new policy to our school district. This policy will also be available on our website under the "Documents" folder.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call our District Office at 618-883-2131.
Thank you.
1st and 2nd grade used technology and teamwork to answer grammar questions today in Miss Steward's class!
💙🤍 A BIG THANK YOU to the Brussels Women’s Club! 🤍💙
What a wonderful surprise we had yesterday when Mrs. Carol Sue Carnes stopped by to deliver a generous donation from the Brussels Women’s Club to both our elementary and high school!
We are truly blessed to be part of a community that continues to show up, give back, and support our students and schools. Your kindness and generosity do not go unnoticed, and we are so grateful for the difference you make!
Thank you, Brussels Women’s Club, for investing in our students and helping make great things happen at Brussels CUSD #42! 💙
It truly takes a village, and we are so fortunate to have such an amazing one!
💙🤍 Together We Rise! 🤍💙
💙🤍 Thank You, Brussels! 🚌
A BIG thank you from Brussels CUSD #42 and Bruce to all of our families who helped us through our recent transportation challenges!
Whether you drove, adjusted schedules, made a phone call, or simply showed patience and understanding, we appreciate each and every one of you.
And a special thank you to Bruce for putting in the extra miles to keep our students moving! 🚌💙
Thank you for stepping up, Brussels! We appreciate YOU!
💙🤍 Together We Rise! 🤍💙
🚌 IMPORTANT BUS ROUTE UPDATE 🚌
Brussels Families,
Due to a bus driver shortage this week, we will have some adjustments to our bus routes beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, October 13.
Tomorrow, Bruce will be running the entire bus route for both morning pickup and afternoon drop-off. Please be patient, as pickup and drop-off times may be different than usual.
Additional changes may be necessary throughout the week. We will keep families informed as updates become available.
If you plan to bring your child(ren) to school or pick them up, please comment on this post or call and leave a message at the school (618-883-2131) so we can plan accordingly.
Thank you, as always, for your patience, flexibility, and understanding as we work through these transportation challenges. We truly appreciate our Brussels families! 💙🤍
Together We Rise!
🎩 HATS OFF! 🎩
Our elementary students are doing the right thing—even when no one is watching! 💙
Through our Hats Off program, students can be recognized for making good choices, helping a friend, showing kindness, working hard, or simply being a great Eagle! 🦅
When a student earns a Hats Off, their name goes into our popcorn bucket. 🍿 Each week, we draw a winner—but the best part is that everyone’s name stays in the bucket for future drawings!
It’s a fun way to celebrate and encourage the little things that make a BIG difference—being kind, working hard, helping others, and making great choices.
We are so proud of our Eagles! Keep earning those Hats Off! 🎩💙
Together We Rise!
1st grade drew some spooky skeletons today and then used adjectives to describe them to Mrs. Long during Miss Steward's ELA class!
What a beautiful day to have science outside. 1st/2nd grade learned about diagrams by comparing a pumpkin diagram with a locally grown pumpkin. We labeled all parts of the pumpkin and decided that the diagram accurately described the parts of our pumpkin.
If your child is getting picked up after our Grandparents Day Celebration today, you MUST call the office to let them know. If there is no confirmation from a parent, your child will be sent home on the bus.
Our office phone is 618-946-0072
Our office phone is 618-946-0072
📊 IAR Data → Instructional Action
Using Student Data to Strengthen Teaching & Learning
Today was a true meeting of the minds! Our teachers came together to listen, learn, and dig into a presentation led by Mrs. T. Long.
Together, we looked closely at our English Language Arts, Math, and Science data from last year’s Illinois Assessment of Readiness. We learned more about what the data tells us, what it means for our students, and—most importantly—how we can use it to drive instruction and strengthen teaching and learning.
We are excited to see where this work takes us and how using our data with purpose will help our students continue to learn, grow, and SOAR! 💙📚
Together We Rise!
💻📱 THINK BEFORE YOU POST! 📱💻
Yesterday, our students participated in the Think Before You Post program, and what a great message for our kids!
Students learned how the things they post online today can impact their future—including college, careers, and job opportunities. They heard real-world examples of individuals who missed out on jobs because of what potential employers found on their social media.
It was an important reminder that your digital footprint matters! We are thankful to Chet for bringing such a relevant and powerful message to our students.
Interested in bringing this program to your school? Contact Chet at sportsinkansas@gmail.com.
💙 Another great opportunity to prepare our students for life beyond the classroom!
Together We Rise!
A little delayed in sharing, but too meaningful not to post. 🇺🇸
Our Jr. High students took time to remember and honor those whose lives were forever impacted by the events of September 11, 2001. Students worked together to create this 9/11 Remembrance Poster as we reflected on the importance of remembrance, unity, and honoring the heroes who showed incredible courage that day.
We will never forget. ❤️🤍💙
#NeverForget #September11 #TogetherWeRise
5th grade Social Studies class enjoying their first weekly "Cocoa Circle" time. Each week we will make a cup of warm cocoa and discuss the lessons we had in class. This week was all about Native American Cultural Regions.
As part of their Fall science study the 1st/2nd graders adopted mini pumpkins. They promised to take care of them and read to them everyday.
The 3rd/4th grade science class put all their skills to work during their Speed and Energy lab. They used timers, measuring tapes , and engineering skills to complete tables and graphs to complete their lab.
5th grade completed a common and proper noun challenge in Miss Steward's ELA class today. They work extremely hard and did great!
