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March 14, 2014

 

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Boosterthon Fun Run

Our students have enjoyed "Camp High Five" this week brought to us by the Boosterthon team. The children have learned character lessons on friendship. As the lessons are coming to an end, the students are looking forward to the Fun Run this Thursday, March 20th. The goal of the Boosterthon Fun Run is to raise funds while teaching our kids about the importance of Fitness, Leadership, and Character. Our goal is to raise funds for an electronic sign for the school, additional technology, and other instructional materials.  

Please support our school by getting pledges and coming out to cheer on the children on Thursday. 

 

Fun Run times are:
K & 1st -  9:15 to 10:00
2nd & 3rd  - 11:00 to 12:15
4th & 5th   - 1:00 to: 2:15

"Build Character on the Go" -  get a FREE APP by searching Boosterthon on your Apple or Android. It has fun character lessons, videos, music, and books your kids will love!

 

For more information on the Fun Run, go to Boosterthon.com. Thank you for supporting our school!
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News You Can Use

  • Brookwood High School invites the community to discuss crimes against children on the Internet, March 24, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Commons Area. FBI Special Agent Keith Kabrhel will speak about the criminal and legal aspects of posting something on social media that students might regret, plus the long-term effects for employment, college and more. He will offer tips for protecting students. We hope you will make plans to attend this timely, relevant event. 

  • "Taste of Brookwood," March 29, 5:00-8:00 p.m. in the Brookwood High Commons Area.  www.tasteofbrookwood.com
     All proceeds benefit the Brookwood Band Program.
  • Five Forks Academy Spring Break Flyer - Spring Break Flyer
  • All Sports Youth Camps - Spring Flyer pdf
  • Parks and Recreation Martial Arts Flyer - Minter South Karate

Important Dates

  • Wednesday, March 19 - Spring Picture Day
  • Thursday, March 20 - Boosterthon Fun Run
  • Friday, March 21 - 8:00 am-School Council Mtg.-Learning Lab
  • Friday, March 21 - 3rd Grade Field Trip-Gw. Env & Hert Center
  • Friday, March 21 - Author Visit-Carmen Deedy
    • 10:00-10:45 2nd
    • 11:00-11:45 4th

    • 12:40-1:35 1st

  • Friday, March 21 - Report Cards Go Home
  • Monday, March 24 - 2nd Grade Field Trip-Gw. Env & Hert Center
  • Monday, March 24 - Author Visit-Carmen Deedy
    • 10:00-10:45 5th
    • 11:50-12:35 Kindergarten
    • 1:10-1:55 3rd  

  • Tuesday, March 25 - 9:00 am-Volunteer Appreciation B'fast - Media Center

  • Tuesday, March 25 - Buck's Pizza Night 

  • Thursday, March 27 - 6:30 pm-Gr. 3-5 Science Night 

  • New CRCT Dates - April 30-May 6. The CRCT dates have been changed due to inclement weather and number of school days missed.
  • Lunch Visitors are welcome on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. *No Lunch Visitors Mondays or Tuesdays. (Please note - lunch visitor schedule subject to change.)
Directions To CRCT Practice Online
Congrats Emma Ingalls!

 

Congrats EMMA INGALLS, Mowlavi-5th Grade

 

Emma has placed at the State level in the national PTA Reflections competition for Music Composition. She will be honored later this month at the High Museum of Art.

The Soul Project

The Soul Project - Brookwood Elementary is collecting used or new shoes again for The Soul Project. Their belief is that every person deserves to have a decent pair of shoes on their feet.  Since 2007, The Soul Project has been providing free shoes to children and adults.  Shoes help to prevent the spread of parasitic diseases that plague over 300 Million people around the world. Brookwood Elementary will have bins at the front entrance to collect shoes March 17 - April 4. www.soulprojectint.org

Stampede Against Hunger
 

The Brookwood Cluster - 2nd Annual Stamped Against Hunger food drive will take place Monday, March 24th - Friday, March 28th. It is an organized community food drive to benefit the food bank at the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry. All four elementary schools are participating. Here are the details:

Items to donate: Peanut Butter and Jelly

Where: Collection Boxes located at your school

When: Week of March 24th-28th

Who: Benefits the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry Food Bank

All Week, have your child bring in jars of peanut butter and jelly TO THEIR CLASSROOM to be counted by their teacher. Classes will compete to bring in the most jars of peanut butter and jelly. The top donating class from each school will earn a pizza party and will get to be in a video shown on the morning announcements at their school. The winning classes will be announced on Monday, March 31st.

There are needy families right here in our own Brookwood Community. Last year, we brought in 1,100 jars. Let's all join together and see if we can beat that number in the 2014 Stampede Against Hunger!

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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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