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Will McWhirt
Boys Tennis Plays in State Championship vs North Cobb, May 11, 1:00 p.m. @ Clayton County International Tennis Center. Junior Will McWhirt in photo by Keepsake Portraits.

Academics 

 

PRINTABLE MAY TESTING CALENDAR 

  

Moving from the area or withdrawing your student from Brookwood over the summer? Contact Laura Price in counseling at 678-639-3479.
  
Fine Arts  
Rudy Wilson
Rudy Wilson, who has given 28 years to the Brookwood Band Program, will retire at the end of the year. He will be back in October to sub for Laura Stanley, who will be on maternity leave.

A Lindahl to Join the Theater Department!
Guess who is replacing Ken Lindahl as head of Brookwood's Theater Department. It's a Lindahl! Ken & Patty Lindahl's daughter, Laura, who is an award-winning actress from Chicago & an alum of Brookwood Theater, will head the department when her parents retire this year. In addition, LeAnn Hedrick will move from Language Arts to Theater. 
  
34 original compositions from the students in Music Tech can be downloaded for free online.
Dance show
Spring dance show, Unspoken, May 10 & 11, 7:00 p.m. in BHS Theater. Tickets at the door. (Photo by Jennifer Burdick Silas.)
  
Athletics
Girls soccer
#9 Brookwood took down #2 Mill Creek & proceed to the State Elite 8. Senior Kim Fincher in photo. More from Gwinnett Daily Post.
Soccer
May 10, 7:00 p.m. Girls in 3rd round
(Elite 8) of the State Playoffs @ Lowndes. 
QuanDra
Senior QuanDra Shanks placed 5th in state in the 1600 with a time of 5:04.03. Photo from the Gwinnett Daily Post.
 
Track
May 9-11, Girls compete in the State Championship @ Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany, GA.  Details including directions & schedules.
   
Golf
May 13, 2:00 p.m. Boys in Sectionals @ Brookfield Country Club in Roswell.
  
Brookwood, UGA & NFL football star Rennie Curran will be signing his new book Free Agent in the Media Center, today, 2:00-4:00 p.m.  
  

Connect to Brookwood

Grad gowns
Don't let your kid be that senior who has not yet picked up the cap & gown or Honor stole.  Tell him/her to see Ms. Bean in B27.

   

Relay for Life event is at the Gwinnett Fairgrounds tonight. Opening ceremony is at 6:30 p.m. Here's a map to help you find the Brookwood team.

 

There is a vacancy for a parent representative on our School CouncilDetails about responsibilities, nominations and voting

 

On-campus parking info for juniors.  The last day to turn in on-campus parking applications for next year is May 22. 

 

The final supply of school yearbooks will be sold before and after school in Room A23 until they are gone. $100 cash or money order.

 

The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2013 will be May 22, 8:00 p.m. in the stadium. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the school website.  $20 DVD copies of the ceremony are for sale from the home page of the school webpage.   

 

Project Graduation tickets will be on sale for $65 at the Senior Breakfast. This is going to be an incredibly fun night for seniors! The party starts at 11:30 p.m. on May 22 (rain or shine) and goes until 5:30 a.m. Activities include unlimited video games, pool tables, bowling, casino tables and more! Complete information can be found at www.brookwoodhsptsa.com or contact Tara Pannell tpannell816@comcast.net.  

 

Hosting an all night lock-in the night of graduation is a long standing tradition in the Brookwood PTSA.  We can't do it without parents to chaperone. This year the party will be at Dave & Buster's and we need parents of freshmen, sophomores and juniors to help out during the night. Please consider helping this year, knowing that when your child graduates, other great parents will step up for them. Contact Ginger Ragans gingerragans@comcast.net.
 

The PTSA treats all the seniors to a breakfast the morning of graduation, just before rehearsal. If you would like to make a donation contact Cindy Nichols savbeachbums@bellsouth.net.

 

Brookwood Schools Foundation is auctioning off unique items & experiences, as a fundraiser for the organization.  Donate or bid at this link. Auction ends May 20.

 

Baccalaureate Service, May 19, 3:00 p.m. at Cannon UMC. (Seniors arrive at 2:15 p.m. wearing cap, gown, cords & stoles, without their purses or cell phones.)

 

If your student has medication in the clinic, please plan to pick it up by the end of the school year. Call Melanie Pickens @ 770-736-2097 with questions. All medication not picked up by 5/22 will be discarded.  Medication can be picked up from the clinic during normal school hours.