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February 8, 2013

Winter Book Fair - Volunteers Needed !!!!!
booksPlease consider signing up to work at our Book Fair!  We do not currently have enough volunteers to run it.  Volunteers save 10% on their child's purchases!  Volunteer Needed - February 12th - 22nd.  

E-mail chrissyboyce@comcast.net to sign up.

Be Sweet To The Staff  -
Volunteers Needed
Parents, we need volunteers to help with our annual event, Be Sweet to the Staff of BES! This year's date is Wednesday, Feb. 13!  There are two opportunities to help: 1. We are asking each classroom to get 2 volunteers to send in a treat.  2. The day of the event, we could use a few volunteers to help with set up, replenishing treats, and clean up. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Stephanie Langford, slangford73@yahoo.com 
For specific details about the event, please read the attached letter for more information. Be Sweet To The Staff pdf Thank you for your support of the BES PTA and the teachers and staff of Brookwood Elementary!  PTA Hospitality Committee
Congratulations Neil and Karl Patram - Winners of the Gwinnett County Spelling Bee!  

spelling bee 

Staff Photo- Gwinnett Daily Post: Neil Patram, 11, left, receives a hug from his older brother Karl Patram, 13, after Karl won the Gwinnett Spelling Bee with Neil finishing as the runner-up. Neil is a student at Brookwood Elementary School and Karl attends Crews Middle School. The spelling bee was at Central Gwinnett High School. The District 3 Bee will be on Feb. 23 at North Gwinnett High School.

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

farmers market

PTA  - TrueBlueSchoos Program
trueblueThe 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

Important Dates

  • February 12 - 3:00-10:00 pm - Zaxby's Night
  • February 13 - 22 - Book Fair
  • February 13 - Be Sweet To The Staff
  • February 15 - Student/Teacher Holiday
  • February 18 - Student/Teacher Holiday
  • February 22 - 6:30 pm PTA Family Fun Bingo Night
  • February 22 - Regional Science Fair
  • February 25 & 26 - 12:50 pm - Early Release, Parent/Teacher Conferences
  • February 26 - Buck's Pizza Night
Bingo Night!  

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Brookwood Elementary PTA Family Fun Event - Bingo Night 

Friday, February 22, 2013

Please fill out one registration form per family and have your child bring this registration form to the cafeteria when they arrive at school on Monday, February 11th. There are a limited number of slots, and they will be filled by random draw. Bingo books will be sold at the door at a cost of $5.00/10-game book. Please bring your own markers.

Language Arts Focus Family Game Night 

game nightThe kids made "Writers' Toolbox" board games and our families came to BES to play the games and enjoy some family time together! Enjoy!

Focus Family Game Night Video

The Gwinntt Basketball League -  Brookwood Girls Will Represent This Saturday!
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The GBL Brookwood Girls 5th Grade will be playing in the championship Saturday, February 9th at 9:00 am. From Left to Right: Victoria Violet Dames (5th Grade-Craig), Coach Chris Dames, Christina Dames (4th Grade-Craig), Ryan Proby (5th Grade-Gwin Oaks), Mia Tomay Bongcaron (5th Grade-Brookwood), Malia Grace (5th Grade-Head) GBL Championship Teams
Community Events  
Visit The Hudgens for Family Day

Saturday, February 9, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Free Admission All Day

Guided Hands On Art Activities in the Rotunda, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Family Day pdf
Save The Date: Run The Reagan
February 16th, 2013

rtrYoung Life and Gwinnett Community Clinic invite you out to "Gwinnett County's Greatest Race Event."  Run the Reagan 2013, will be held Saturday, February 16th 2013 at 9:00. This event features a Half-Marathon, 10K, 5K Fun Run/Walk and One Mile Fun Run! Parents, students and teachers may register for the BES team to benefit your local school. Brookwood Elementary will get $5 back from each registration.The school with the largest number of participants will win a $500 gift card from Academy Sports. Please visit runthereagan.net for more information and to register to run.

Take Charge of Education

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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. Target pdf

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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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