Saddle Up for the Week of March 16-23

Saddle Up!
for the Week of March 16-23

Saddle Up! is Your Guide to What's Happening at Brookwood High School

Boys track leads the pack, winning the Jerry Arnold Challenge last weekend; girls took 3rd. More from the Gwinnett Daily Post. Boys & Girls compete March 16-17 in the Georgia Coaches Invitational @ Georgia Tech & March 17 in the Roswell Relays @ Roswell High School. More about this weekend's competitions from the AJC.

Academics

Congratuations to Shushmita Hoque, Valedictorian for the Class of 2012. Salutatorian is Adrian Alabi.

Coming soon,

home-to-school email using the parent portal. Maintaining the home-school connection will get even easier on March 27 when the new email feature goes live on the parent portal. You will find email links to each of your student's teachers on the "current schedule" page.

Latest information for Juniors & Seniors.

Seniors with perfect attendance 9th-12th grade or Kindergarten-12th grade, see Ms. Collado in C1.

It is not necessary for Juniors who have passed an end-of-course test in Language Arts, Math and/or Science to take these portions of the Ga. High School Graduation Test. All juniors will take the Social Studies portion during an extended 1st period on March 20.

Connect 2 Brookwood

Brookwood "Inferno" Ultimate Frisbee Club soars. Varsity takes on Lakeside, March 17, noon @ Crews Middle. JV vs Decatur, 11:00 a.m.

Senior Yard Signs on sale in the Commons during lunches on March 19-29. $20.

Info about the Senior Letter Project. Letters of encouragement will be delivered to seniors at the senior picnic May 4.

PTSA General Assembly Meeting, March 19, 6:45 p.m. in the Commons. 2012-13 officers will be elected.

Job Fair for Students, March 19, 7:00 p.m. in the Gold Gym. Zaxbys, Aeropostle, TJ Maxx, Taco Bell, Riverside Pizza, McDonalds and Chick-fil-A will be on hand to speak with students about job opportunities.

District IV Board Meeting, hosted by Dr. Robert McClure, March 27, 7:00 p.m. in the South Gwinnett HS Theatre. This is a time for the School Board to share info with the public & for citizens to discuss education topics with elected officials.

Parents & rising 9th graders are invited to 8th Grade Activities Night, March 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Do you Shop in Gwinnett? Brookwood earns $10 for every $20 "Shop in Gwinnett" discount card purchased. You'll get great discounts and deals locally and be suppporting Brookwood at the same time. More details. Order online.

Rising Seniors on-campus parking info.

Athletics

Lacrosse

March 20, Girls 6:30 p.m. vs Grayson @ home. Boys 7:00 p.m. @ Grayson.

March 22, Boys 5:55 p.m. vs Grady @ home.

March 23, Girls 5:00 p.m. vs GAC @ home.

Baseball
March 16, 4:15 p.m. @ Columbus.

March 19, 5:45 p.m. @ Central Gwinnett.

March 21, 5:45 p.m. vs Shiloh @ home.

Junior Taylor Allen has been named among the Gwinnett Daily Post Super Six for Golf.

Golf

March 17, BHS Invitational, noon @ Summit Chase.

March 19, 3:00 p.m. vs Parkview @ Summit Chase.

March 21, 3:30 p.m. vs Eastside @ Oaks Golf Course.

March 22, 3:00 p.m. vs Grayson @ Summit Chase.

Soccer
March 16, Girls 5:30 p.m., Boys 7:30 p.m. @ Grayson.

March 20, Girls 5:30 p.m., Boys 7:30 p.m. @ Central Gwinnett.

March 23, Girls 5:30 p.m., Boys 7:30 p.m. @ Berkmar.

Tennis
March 21, Girls 4:00 p.m. vs Marist @ home. Boys 4:00 p.m. @ Marist.

March 22, Girls 3:30 p.m. vs Dacula @ home. Boys 3:30 p.m. at Dacula.

Both the Girls and the Boys tennis teams are ranked #1 in the region.

Fine Arts

Up next for Brookwood Drama, One Act Festival, March 22, 23 & 24, 7:00 p.m. in the Theatre. This show is two one act comedies. Tickets on sale at the door. $7 for adults, $6 for students & senior citizens.

Taste of Brookwood March 24, 5:00-8:00 p.m. in the Commons Area. Each ticket will receive five "tastes" from local restaurants, a dessert and a drink. Performances by the Winter Guard, Indoor Drumline & Jazz Bands, plus a Silent Auction. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door & can be purchased from band students, online or during lunches March 20-23. Details.