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February 20, 2015

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Sign up for BES Text Alert Messages: Remind 101 Is Safe pdf Enter this number: 678-971-2442, Text this message; @brookwoode
State of Georgia Parent Survey

Parents, we value your opinion. Please complete the short 24-question parent survey for the State of Georgia. gadoeparentsurvey

School Yearbook Sale
February 23 - March 6

Last chance to order your yearbook. Yearbooks will be on sale at school Monday, Feb. 23 through Friday, March 6. Please complete the attached yearbook order form and send in a check made payable to Brookwood Elementary or $26 cash to your child's teacher. You may also order online at www.balfour.com 

GCPS Bring Your Own Device, Online Textbooks, Resources, & eCLASS, and Education City

Some classes in Gr. 2-5 will be participating in the GCPS Bring Your Own Device program. See attached information. Bring It Flyer pdf BYOD User Agreement Form pdf and Student-Parent Resource Flyer pdf

 

Education City at Home is available free of charge to ALL Brookwood ES students for the 2014-2015 School Year. Education City is an online software program that targets Georgia learning standards in the areas of Math, Language Arts, and Science.

  • To log on to Education City, go to www.brookwoodelementary.com, click on Curriculum Links, and click on General Interest. Education City will be listed on the left side.
  • The username is the student number followed by a 1; for example, for 200344662, the username would be 2003446621
  • The password is brookwood
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
Community Information and Flyers

Important Dates

  • February 21 - Fast Forward Math at Crews MS - Cancelled. Make-up Date To Be Determined
  • February 23 - 7:45 a.m., 5th Gr. Chorus
  • February 24 - 7:45 a.m., Gr. K-4 Jump Rope Club
  • February 24 - 3:30-4:45 p.m., Tues. Colt Clubs Begin
  • February 24 - Buck's Pizza Night
  • February 25 - No Witzzle Pro or Colt Clubs Today
  • February 25 - 9:00-11:55 a.m., Gr. 4, 5 & 3, Fun(d) Day
  • February 25 - 12:50 p.m., Early Release & Parent/Teacher Conferences (Lunch 1 Hour Early - No Lunch Visitors)
  • February 26 - 9:00-11:55 a.m., Gr. 2, 1 & Kindergarten, Fun(d) Day
  • February 26 - 12:50 p.m., Early Release & Parent/Teacher Conferences (Lunch 1 Hour Early - No Lunch Visitors)
  • February 26 - No Colt Clubs Today
  • February 27 - 7:45 a.m., 5th Gr. Intramurals 
  • March 13 - Friday will be the make-up day for the inclement weather day that was missed on Tuesday, Feb. 17th. - Specials Day 7
Important Colt Club Information

Please look for the Colt Club confirmations that went home in Friday Folders today. Tuesday Colt Clubs will start on Feb., 24th. Due to Early Release, the Wed. & Thurs. Colt Clubs will start the following week - March 4th & 5th. 

 

We have limited spots available in 4 different Colt Clubs: Fairy Tale Puppet Theater, Hold On To Your Hat, Marvelous Math Mania and It's All Greek To Me. Please see the attached pdf for more details on each club. If you are interested in your student participating in one of the clubs, please complete the attached registration form and have them bring the form and money to the office first thing Monday morning (Feb. 23). 

Winter Colt Club pdf 

Lunch Box Lesson

Which do you expect to be healthier: a lunch bought in the school cafeteria or one packed lovingly at home? If you guessed Mom's or Dad's meal, you'd be wrong. Researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University in Boston documented what's in the lunch box of more than 600 grade-schoolers and found that only 27 percent met at least three of the five National School Lunch Program guidelines. "The lunches contained more packaged foods than anything else, and almost a quarter of them lacked an entrée such as a sandwich or leftovers," notes senior author Jeanne P. Goldberg, Ph.D., R.D. What came from home instead: plenty of snacks, desserts, and sugary drinks. "Parents are juggling time, cost, and convenience, along with what appeals to their kids, and nutrition sometimes gets lost in the equation," says Dr. Goldberg. For a lunch that reflects the updated school-nutrition guidelines, include these ingredients: whole grains, lean protein, low-fat milk or water, a veggie and a fruit. The Cafeteria Staff