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March 21, 2014

 

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Witzzle Pro Tournament

Twenty six Brookwood ES students competed in the 5th Annual Brookwood Cluster Witzzle Pro Tournament hosted by R.D.Head Elementary.  "It was so nerve wracking!" reported some students and judges. Everyone was excited and working hard to find as many solutions as possible.  The two highest scoring students from 4th and 5th grade from each school won a medal. The top scoring student at each grade level will advance to the Gwinnett County Witzzle Pro Tournament on May 3. The students who participated in the tournament are: Alan Vu, Corwin Trouteaud, Deeya Datta, Dora Lee, Keenan Brown, Krisna Patel, Najma Jama, Nathan Cunningham, Nevin Gregory, Nicholas Johnson, Raksha Govind, Rida Merani, Safeer Mithani, Sara Foster, Sarah Dhanani, Ciara Mitchell, Dylan Kin, Elijah Misner, Emily Mejia Lopez, Jonivan Madden, Myqui Nguyen, Paul Wang, Rehal Bollavaram, Samuel Gutierrez, Tim Wang, Kellyn Brisendine.

The winners for Brookwood Elementary are:

4th Grade

5th Grade

1st Place: Rida Merani

1st Place: Rehal Bollavaram

2nd Place: Nevin Gregory

2nd Place: Tim Wang

Rida also won a trophy for the highest overall score in 4th grade for the whole Brookwood Cluster!

Rida and Rehal will represent Brookwood Elementary at the GCPS Tournament in May! We are so proud of all of our students for their hard work and their stellar performance in this special event!

A few Witzzle Pro games are still available for purchase! You can pay $16.50 cash or check made out to Brookwood Elementary School.  Contact Nina MacKellar or Debbie Taylor to purchase a game to play with your family at home or during spring break!

Purchase Your Yearbook On-Line

See the Brookwood Elementary

website under the NEWS section to purchase a yearbook. 

Important Dates

  • 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 

  • Wednesday, March 26 - Boosterthon $ Due

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

  • Monday, March 31 - 1st Grade Field Trip-Gw. Env & Hert Center

  • Tuesday, April 1 - 6:00-9:00 pm-Bruster's Night, Hwy. 124, Snellville.

  • Friday, April 4 - 10:00 am-PTA Exec. Board Meeting

  • April 24 - 10:00-6:00 pm - Kindergarten Registration- Get Ready For Kindergarten Flyer pdf 

  • 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.)
Boosterthon Fun Run
Our Students Had A Terrific Time!
The PTA would like to thank all of our families that pledged students, volunteered, and/or came out to cheer our children on for the Boosterthon Fun Run. It has been a fun couple of weeks with the Boosterthon team at our school.  The children had a terrific time at the Fun Run on Thursday. The students really enjoyed running around the race track with their friends. Thank you for the support you have shown with pledges so far! Remember, it is not too late to continue to get pledges as you start to collect funds. All pledge money is due Wed, March 26. We appreciate all of your support!
Directions To CRCT Practice Online
Home Access to Online Resources

We would like to make sure all parents are aware of these great resources that students can access from home. Home Access to Online Resources pdf

National PTA Reflections

Congrats SKYLAR EWE, White-2nd Grade

Skylar has placed at the State level in the national PTA Reflections competition for Visual Arts and will be honored later this month at the High Museum of Art.

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!

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

The Front Office Can Register You To Vote!
We Have Two Deputy Registrars!
Anita Brooks & Beth Peters

As Americans, one of our most precious freedoms is the constitutional right to select our leaders. After registering to vote, be sure you have all the information you need to cast your ballot on Election Day. For more information on Georgia elections:  www.sos.ga.gov/elections

News You Can Use

  • Brookwood High School Theater presents: Anne of Green Gables, March 27, 28 & 29, 7:00 p.m. in the Theater. Tickets $7 in advance or $10 at the door. It's an all ages show about Anne, an orphan, who is adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert and grows up on their farm, Green Gables.


  • The entire Brookwood Cluster community is invited to an informational session about "Crimes Against Children on the Internet" with FBI Special Agent Keith Kabrhel, March 24, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Brookwood High School Commons.

    The discussion will cover the criminal & legal aspects of posting something on social media that students might regret, plus the long-term effects for employment, college & more. He will offer tips for protecting students. This is a wonderful opportunity for parents with students in any grade.   We hope you will make plans to attend this timely, relevant event and encourage you to help us spread the word.

  • "Taste of Brookwood," March 29, 5:00-8:00 p.m. in the Brookwood High Commons Area.  www.tasteofbrookwood.com

  • Attention parents of rising Crews MS 6th graders! Don't miss out on the opportunity for your student to participate in both Rising 6th grade Boot Camp and Technology Camp! Rising 6th grade boot camp is the perfect time for your student to practice being a 6th grader. Each student will be assigned a homeroom, rotate through a class schedule for all academic classes and preview the curriculum. And yes...they will also have the opportunity to practice and become an expert at opening a locker!!! In Technology camp they will learn key-boarding basics as well as use many of the forms of technology offered here at Crews. Registration will open on March 29 and will close at midnight on April 4 through My Payments Plus. Don't delay! There are limited spaces and fill up quickly!

  • Brookwood Football/Cheerleading Registration March Registration pdf
  • 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
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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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