Happy New Year & Welcome Back! 

Report Cards Go Home Friday, January 11th, 2013

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Brookwood Elementary Happenings

January 4, 2013

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Art Club Display - Crayons

Congratulations BES Reflection County Winners:
Kate Mikell, 3rd Grade - Literature 
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Morgan Price, 4th Grade - Music
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Caught in Action! Mrs.

Obrock's class recording books in their readers notebook and talking about their genre studies.

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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
 

Keep Saving Those Receipts!
Shop For Sensory 

Benefiting Brookwood Elementary's 

Special Education Classes

Save & turn in your receipts to benefit Special Education 

Always Unique - Totally Interesting - Sometimes Mysterious 

Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market pdf

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Important Dates

  • Jan. 7 - Session 3 Tutoring Registration Begins (bring to the front office)
  • Jan. 7 - 8:20 am - Colt Club Registration Begins (bring to lobby outside Counseling suite)
  • Jan. 10 - 6:30 pm - PTA Exec. Board Mtg.
  • Jan. 11 - Report Cards Go Home
  • Jan. 14 - 9:15 am - Spelling Bee
  • January 15 - Reflections Breakfast Grades K-3 (students only) Invitations will be sent to participants. 
  • Jan. 15 - 6:30 pm - Building Bridges/Fractions Workshop for Grades 4-5 (Parents & Students)
  • January 16 - Reflections Breakfast Grades 4-5 (students only) Invitations will be sent to participants.
  • January 16 - 100th Day Of School

Calendar set for 2013-14 school year with Wed., Aug. 7 (Start Date) & Wed., May 21 (End Date). See the GCPS Calendar Link for the 2013-2014 school year.

Witzzle Pro News

Witzzle Pro Math Club will start the new year on January 8. There is still plenty of room for interested 4th or 5th students to participate. We will meet twice a week on Tuesday and Friday mornings at 7:45AM in the cafeteria. Students need to attend at least once a week but are welcome to attend both days for more practice. We are preparing for the Brookwood Cluster Witzzle Pro Tournament hosted by Craig Elementary on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Students who are interested in participating can submit a permission slip to Mrs. MacKellar..

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Building Bridges of Understanding with Fractions

Parents and Students You are invited to participate in a math workshop with your 4th or 5th grade child. You will have the opportunity to build your understanding of fractions with hands-on activities that can be used at home. The workshop will consist of 3 different sessions on Tuesday evenings January 15, January 22, and January 29 from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Please see the attached information and sign up to attend. 

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Soul Project Contribution

On behalf of the Soul Project team, we thank you, parents and students at Brookwood Elementary School for your generous donation of 276 pairs of shoes! We are forever grateful to Anita Brooks, who coordinated this campaign.  The support that you all have provided will help many children and adults who have to walk around daily without the comfort and safety of shoes.

 

Again, we appreciate you!!!

Temita Davis, Soul Project Liason 

December Issue
GCPS On-Line Magazine 

Below you'll find a link to the December issue of the digital Communique

In this end-of-the-semester issue, you'll find a message from the superintendent about safety; stories about the STEP Academy, the Special Olympics, and a U.S. Olympian in the classroom; facts about GCPS' athletics and tips and resources on health and fitness; a profile from Gwinnett's community-based mentoring program; and photos and videos highlighting our top teachers and "GCPS Moments" in our schools.

Publix Key Fob Coming Home 

publixLook for a bright orange sheet of paper in your child's "Friday Folder" with a Publix key fob attached. Please contact your teacher via email if you require more cards (or replacements), or you may pick more up from the front office at Brookwood or even at our local Publix on Scenic Hwy. - Presidential Market Shopping Center. Thank you for continuing to help make our school great by supporting this and other programs.

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.comor 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
Yearbooks On Sale On-Line 
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Click Here to read the latest issue of GCPS eNews

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Help us spread the word by letting our Brookwood Elementary families know about the Giddy Up. Sign up for the Giddy Up at:  
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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
 
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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.