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November 30, 2012
Author Visit - Eric Litwin 
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Exciting News! Eric Litwin is coming to Brookwood Elementary School December 4th and 5th!

Thank you PTA for bringing this wonderful author to our school!

See attached pdf for book ordering & author signing information.
Please Complete the Brookwood Elementary - PARENT SURVEY
Attention Parents: Please take the time to complete the Parent Survey on the Parent Portal by Dec. 14th. If you do not have access to the Parent Portal, drop by the front office to complete a Parent Portal form. If you do not have access to a computer, for your convenience there will be two computers dedicated to the Parent Survey in Lab A during school hours. Feel free to drop by. Thank you for taking the time to complete the Parent Survey.  
The Season Of Giving Is Here!

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Brookwood Elementary PTA would like to pass along information regarding the "Take Charge of Education" program. Please see the attached information. 
The Season Of Giving Is Here pdf 

Brookwood High School News

Through December 7, BHS is selling premium coffee to the community to raise money for Helping Hands & Hearts (HHH). $14 per bag & HHH keeps $7 from each purchase. Order online using these instructions.

 

Brookwood Theater presents Twelve Dancing Princesses, December 6 & 8, 7:00 p.m. in the BHS Theater. 

Community News

Aurora Theater 

Winter Information pdf

Important Dates

  • Dec. 4 & 5 - Author Visit - Eric Litwin
  • Dec. 6 - 6:30 pm - Chorus Winter Concert & PTA Mtg.
  • Dec. 8 - BES Chorus Sing For Santa @ Gwinnett Gladiators
  • Dec. 11 - Cultural Arts - Peachtree Brass, Gr. 1, 3, & 5
  • Dec. 11 - Zaxby's Night - Sugarloaf Parkway
  • Dec. 13 - Cultural Arts - Atlanta Percussion, Gr. K, 2 & 4
  • Dec. 18 - Buck's Pizza Night
  • Dec. 19 - End of Second 9 weeks
  • Dec. 20 - Jan. 2 - Winter Break/Student Holiday
  • Jan. 2 - Teacher Workday
PTA  - TrueBlueSchoos Program
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The PTA is excited about a program we would like to share with you!  It's called the TrueBlueSchools program.  Georgia Natural Gas will donate $5 a month (from their funds) to our school if you link your existing or new account to Brookwood Elementary.  Residential and commercial accounts are included.  If we have just 100 accounts linked to Brookwood, we can raise $6,000 in a year.  Go to TrueBlueSchools.com or call
1-866-ONLYGNG for more information and to link your account.  The steps are quick and easy to link your account or switch providers to GNG.  They will also give you a discount per therm if you use promocode: TrueBlue.  Thank you for supporting Brookwood!!  (See attached flyer) switch n save pdf
Shop For Sensory 

 Benefiting Brookwood Elementary's 

Special Education Classes

Always Unique - Totally Interesting - Sometimes Mysterious 

Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market pdf

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Yearbooks On Sale On-Line 
Gwinnett Online Campus Information For Parents

Gwinnett Online Campus is a charter school within the GCPS system. Families who are interested in learning more about the full-time online school for grades 4 - 12 are encouraged to attend one of the following informational meetings.

Information pdf
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Click Here to read the latest issue of GCPS eNews

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Sign up today to receive BeThere@GCPS, an e-newsletter for involved GCPS parents.

BeThere is a national movement that inspires parents to become more involved in their children's education, and the BeThere@GCPS e-newsletter connects Gwinnett parents with online resources they can use to support their child's learning. Click here to sign up for BeThere@GCPS
 
Click Here to read the latest issue of GCPS' parent involvement e-newsletter.

SuccessMaker At Home Program

Information and Order Form - Order Form pdf

SuccessMaker at Home Program - Must have Internet access at home.

Education City

educcityThis is an online software program (www.educationcity.com) that targets Georgia learning standards in the areas of Math, Language Arts, and Science. Students work on creative activities that teach them needed academic strands at the same time. The children love this software! Home licenses usually cost around $75 for a year but through Brookwood Elementary you can purchase a home license for $10 for one child plus $5 for each additional child in the same family. To sign up, print the attached form and send it in with your payment. Education City pdf

Free Math Tutorial Access

  1. Go to the Gwinnett Online Campus Website: www.gwinnettonlinecampus.com
  2. Click "LOGINS" in the upper right corner.
  3. Username: brookwoodesmath
  4. Password: brookwoodesmath
  5. Select desired tutorial.
  6. For grade 4, click the "Content" tab in the upper left corner of the screen to begin the tutorial.  For all other grades, you wil be prompted to "click here" to begin the tutorial.

You can find Giddy Up newsletter archives by going to the Brookwood archives in Parent/Student Information on the BES website.