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January 18, 2013

RISE UP! FALCONS DAY

Staff, Students & Visitors Are Wearing Red & Black Today To Show Our Support For The Atlanta Falcons.

Go Falcons!

Brookwood Elementary Celebrates The 100th Day Of School!
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No School Monday - January 21
Martin Luther King Jr.  Holiday

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4th Gr.  Cultural Arts Program The American Revolution

4th graders got to hear about the American Revolution - It was fascinating!

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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 

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 
Community Information

Camp Invention:The Alumni Registration Discount of $35 off is only valid through February 7, 2013. Please take advantage of these great savings! Sign up at

will be at Craig Elementary from June 3 - 6.
  

Important Dates

  • January 21 - Martin Luther King Jr. - School Holiday
  • January 22 - 6:30 pm - Building Bridges/Fractions Workshop for Grades 4-5 (Parents & Students)
  • January 22 - Buck's Pizza Night
  • January 24 - 6:00 pm - Science Fair
  • January 29 - 6:30 pm - Building Bridges/Fractions Workshop for Grades 4-5 (Parents & Students)
  • January 31 - 6:30 pm - K-2 Literacy Night 
  • January 31 - 5:30 pm - Mrs. Williams' 2nd Grade Poetry Night 
  • February 1 - 4:00-5:30 pm - LA Focus Game Night - Cafe
  • February 2 - County Spelling Bee

Announcing Brookwood Elementary's Spelling Bee Winners!

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Congratulations to all of our Spelling Bee participants! The winner is:

 

Winner: Neil Patram - Mrs. Cash's 5th Grade Class

Runner-Up: Riyaan Firoz - Ms. Carlton's 4th Grade Class

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Way To Go  Chase Sammon!

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Congratulations to Chase Sammon, Mrs. Wilkin's 4th grade student! Chase won 2nd place for his age group in the Free throw shoot out held at Grayson Elementary last Saturday. Way to go Chase we are proud of you!

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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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.

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Gwinnett Online Campus
Gwinnett Online Campus Informational Meetings 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.

General Sessions Grades 4 - 12
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 10        South Gwinnett HS Theater
Jan. 24        Collins Hill HS Theater
Jan. 31        Mountain View HS Theater
Feb. 7         Gwinnett Online Campus "Building F"
These sessions are designed to provide the information parents need to make an informed 
decision about enrolling a student full-time at Gwinnett Online Campus. 
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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.

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