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November 2013
We Entertain

Congrats to Mr. Brookwood Daniel Kim

The 2013 Mr. Brookwood Pageant is always an entertaining evening in the midst of a busy Homecoming week. This year was no exception. Congrats to this year's winner, Daniel Kim. Nigel Simmons was voted Mr. Congeniality and Dakota Phillips was "Best Legs." 
We Negotiate

Model UN in a Diplomatic Battle

Congratulations to the Model United Nations Team for its depiction of Uganda at the Georgia Tech Conference in October. The team had a diplomatic battle with teams from all over the Southeast. Awards were won by Nick Na and Teddy Murphy.  An Outstanding Delegate Award in one of the "Crisis" committees was won by Peyton Fite.

 

We Learn

Spanish Club Learns the Salsa & Other Latin Dances

With help from BHS Dance Teacher Ellen McCollister, Spanish Club students lined up to learn the salsa and other Latin dances.  This is the fifth year the group held this event and their numbers have tripled.  The students danced for nearly an hour before club sponsors dished out taco salad to reward the students. We are pleased to see interest in culture, in addition to what is being taught in the Spanish classroom during the school day. 

We Lead
 
Peer Leaders in Pilot Program

Brookwood Peer Leaders are in a pilot training program with Kennesaw State University.  They are receiving graduate-level training at the college's Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics & Character. In the photo, they are working on a team-building exercise.
 
We Perform

Cast & Crew of Sweet Charity Bring Home Awards

congrats to the cast and crew of Brookwood's production of Sweet Charity. They performed one act of the musical at One Act Competition in October. Rachel Wagner, Robert Cunningham and Autumne Sneed all were recognized for All Star Cast. The Brookwood crew won the Crew Award and Brookwood won for choreography! 
We Compete

Science Olympiad Dominates 1st Tournament

In October, the Science Olympiad Team competed in the Rockdale Magnet Invitational Science Olympiad Tournament. In the first competition of the year, the the team dominated the competition, posting 18 top 3 finishes, while placing in all but 2 events.
We Encourage

Science Student Wins $250 Prize in Video Contest

Robert Chandler won a video contest and a $250 cash prize with his video about world hunger. The video was a project Robert completed for his AP Environmental Science class.
 
To view Robert's video, click here. 
We Commend

Students of the Month

Congrats to our Students of the Month. The following students were selected by BHS staff for achievement, motivation and acts of service: Kynan Clymore, Fabi Delgado, Austin Fretwell, Sara Zaidspiner, Richard Glover, Austin Younts, Amira Yanni, Aspen Gordon, Kevin Horning, Chase Glenn, Shakira Williams, Michael McCutcheon, Osborn Gomashie and Donald Parham.
A MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL DEES

Greetings!    

 

October was packed full of activities to keep our students busy and engaged. The highlight was Homecoming Spirit Week. Students dressed in themed costumes each day of the week, with many teachers joining in the fun. Later in the week, we took in the Mr. Brookwood show and had a pep rally in the stadium for the entire student body. On Friday afternoon, the community lined the streets around school to enjoy the homecoming parade. But, nothing felt more like Homecoming than a night of football in Brookwood Community Stadium, where we crowned the royalty at halftime.  The week was topped off with a dance in the Commons Area on Saturday night. 

 

Fall sports are winding down, but some big cross country meets and the Brookwood-Grayson football game are coming up. In addition, we have several exciting performing arts productions, including the fall dance show this weekend and Raggedy Ann and Andy in mid-November. I hope to see you at a game or a show soon.

 

I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have sent me well wishes as I move into a new position with GCPS. There is much to do before I pack my office. I expect to be at Brookwood during the month of November and will spend that time making sure there is a smooth transition for Brookwood's new principal.   

 

Warmly,

Debbie

We Speed
XC Teams Win Area Meets & Those Farther Away

Congrats to our distance runners for excellent finishes in the Coach Wood Invitational. Boys JV took 1st place (in photo), Boys Varsity 2nd, Girls JV 2nd and Girls Varsity 3rd.

Varsity girls cross country took 2nd place to a tough team out of New York and the JV had a big 1st place win at the Disney Cross Country Classic at ESPN Wide World of Sports.

 

We Celebrate
Brookwood Celebrates Homecoming Spirit Week
Nick Na & Katie Reid as "The Flintstones" on character day.
Dozens of student groups were part of the Homecoming Parade.


The whole community came together to celebrate Homecoming. In photo at right, the band drum majors at the schoolwide pep rally.
Homecoming Royalty were crowned at halftime of the football game, where the Broncos defeated Berkmar 14-0.  Congrats to Princess Allie Myers, Prince Daniel Kim, Queen Sheridan Schuster and King Josh Brown.

We Care
Key Club Adopts A Road

In October, members of the Key Club cleaned up their stretch of Adopt a Road (Dogwood in front of school).  We are proud of their service to our community.

 

We Achieve
Academic Team Brings Home County Championship
As county champions, the team earned a spot on WSB-TV's High-Q program.

Our Academic Team won the Gwinnett County Championship held at Brookwood.  The team finished 5-0 in the prelims, then went on to defeat North Gwinnett in the semi-finals and Norcross in the finals.  Norcross ended our 14-year streak as champions back in 2011 and won again last year as well.  Hopefully this marks the beginning of a new streak and we can keep the championship trophy where it belongs!

We Applaud
Performing Arts Students Receive Recognition

Congratulations to the following Brookwood musicians who have passed the district level All-State auditions and will now move to state level competition in January. Those chosen will perform at the GMEA conference in Savannah next semester.

 

Orchestra

Ian Chen, Jenny Choi, Emma DeJarnette, Maria Ilyayeva, Micah Jo, Wayne Kung, Cody Lavallee, Jackie Lenz and Tony Zeng.

 

Jazz

Griffin Dangler, Steven Ren, Cody Lavallee and Daniel Rogers.

 

Band

In addition, the following members of the Brookwood band made the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony:  Kevin Choi, Drew Hooper and Steven Ren

Congrats to the following Brookwood band members for making the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra of Atlanta:  Drew Hooper and Susan Zhang.  And, congrats to string student Emma DeJarnette. She competed in the State Fiddle Competition and won!


Chorus

We just received the list of students who made GMEA All State Chorus this morning.  Congrats to all!
 
Jenna Medcalf (Soprano-Senior Women's Chorus)
Chase Fretwell (Alto-Senior Women's Chorus)
Allison Davis (Alto-11/12 Mixed Chorus)
Bakari Culbreath (Bass-11/12 Mixed Chorus)
Thomas Walker (Bass-Senior Men's Chorus)
Jerry Chambers (Tenor-Senior Men's Chorus)

Daniel Boaitey (Bass-Senior Men's Chorus)