Brookwood Elementary teachers, students, and support staff members will be participating in an evacuation practice on Friday, Oct.17th. Practicing an evacuation is part of our safety and security plan. We will evacuate the building just as we would for a fire drill.Then we will proceed up the sidewalk to the parking lot of the Brookwood Manor recreation area. Gwinnett County buses will be there for students and teachers to board and will return everyone to Brookwood Elementary. It is important for us to practice so that we can make any adjustments to our safety and security plan based on this experience. Please let your students know that this is only a practice and it that is our way to make sure everyone is safe and knows what to do. Please do not plan to check in or check out your students between 9:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 17th, as all staff members will be evacuating with us. Thank you for your understanding as we work to improve our safety and security plan.

Sign up for the Tanner Family Portrait Event. All Proceeds go to the Brookwood Elementary Relay For Life Team. Sunday, Oct. 19, 10-5 p.m. See attached information to sign up.

Tanner Portraits pdf 

Parent Survey: All parents should take the brief, confidential computer survey, available in English or Spanish. Parents should complete only one survey before closing date December 12, 2014.

The survey is available through the GCPS Parent Portal, at home, or on any Internet-connected computer. If you have not yet signed up for the Parent Portal, go to the GCPS website, www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us and click on the Parent Portal tab for more information.

The State of Georgia is replacing the CRCT with the Georgia Milestones Assessment beginning in the spring of 2015. The Georgia Milestones Assessment will be given in grades 3, 4, & 5. Since this will be the first year of the Georgia Milestones Assessment, individual student data will be delayed. This means that more than likely, we will not get student results until after school is out and possibly not until the fall of 2015. So for the 2014-2015 school year, there will not be any state promotion requirements based on the Georgia Milestones Assessment. Attached is an information sheet about the Georgia Milestones. More detailed information can be found on the Georgia Department of Education website at www.gadoe.org. As we are learning more and more about the new assessment system, please know that we are working very hard to make sure our students are prepared. Information GA Milestones pdf

The Instructional Resources & Support office, in conjunction with the Language Arts office, will have proposed curriculum resources for K-12 language arts courses on public review beginning Monday, October 13, and continuing through Friday, October 31, 2014. Student textbooks, associated teacher resources, and digital resources can be examined at the Instructional Support Center during the dates and times listed below. The school system values feedback from employees as well as parents and community members in our curriculum review processes.  Information Letter pdf

When: Mon.-Fri., Oct. 13-31, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 16, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 18, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Where: Instructional Support Center, Building 200

Have your children shown you their eClass page? GCPS provides this extensive resource for students. This is their at-home resource for online textbooks, math activities, and many, many databases for online research. Home Access to Online Resources pdf