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March 6, 2015

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Dr. Seuss Week Was A Success!
Maleficent takes on the "Grapes of Math" during Dr. Seuss Book Character Dress Up Day at Brookwood Elementary today
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This week Brookwood ES raised money for Relay for Life with Dr. Seuss's Seussical Story Week. We had silly sock day, slipper day, trivia day, hat day, and book character day. Students and teachers wore fuzzy monster feet slippers, Tom Brady & tie-dye socks, favorite sports team hats, Thing 1 & Thing 2, Cindy Lou Who, and the Grapes of Math/Wrath! The students and staff enjoyed celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday while raising money for Relay for Life. Brookwood ES raised $1,471.81 this week! Thank you to all the students, parents and staff for ALL of your support! 
2015 Gwinnett Regional Science and Engineering Fair
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINNERS
Grades 3-5
Congratulations to our Brookwood Elementary Student Representatives and Regional Science Fair Winners!
Carson Coe - 1st Place
Sarah Dhanani - 1st Place
Raksha Govind - 1st Place
Safeer Mithani - 1st Place
Makena Bongcaron - 2nd Place
Corwin Trouteaud - 2nd Place
5th Grade Sharing Informational Writing Pieces With Kindergarten Book Buddies



Georgia Department of Education
  • Parents, we value your opinion. Please complete the short 24-question parent survey for the State of Georgia. gadoeparentsurvey
  • March GaDOE Updates: New math options, gift for DeKalb students, & welcome from Superintendent Woods - March Newsletter
Important Dates
  • March 8 - 12:00 a.m. - Daylight Savings Time Begins - "Spring Forward" - Advance clocks one hour 
  • March 9 - 7:45 a.m., 5th Gr. Chorus
  • March 10 - 7:45 a.m., Gr. K-4 Jump Rope Club
  • March 10 - Kindergarten In-school Field Trip w/GEHC
  • March 10 - 3:30-4:45 p.m., Tues. Colt Clubs
  • March 11 - 7:45 a.m., Gr. 4-5 Witzzle Pro
  • March 11 - Kindergarten In-school Field Trip w/GEHC
  • March 11 - 3:30-4:45 p.m., Wed. Colt Clubs
  • March 12 - 4th Gr. Cultural Arts - Revolutionary War
  • March 12 - 3:30-4:45 p.m., Thurs. Colt Clubs
  • March 13 - School In Session (Snow Make-Up Day from Feb. 17) Specials will be Day 7
  • March 13 - 7:45 a.m., 5th Gr. Intramurals
  • March 13 - End of 3rd Nine Weeks
  • March 18 - Spring Picture Day (no make-up picture day in the Spring)
  • May 21 - School In Session (Snow Make-Up Day from Feb. 25) Specials will be Day 6
Brookwood High School News

  • Brookwood HS Goodwill Donation Drive Drop Off Times - March 9, 11, 13, 16 & 18 - M, W & F (2-5 p.m.) Sat., March 14 (10-5 p.m.) - Donate items at the BHS Dogwood Road Parking Lot.  
  • Taste of Brookwood HS will be held Sat., March 28, 5:00-8:00 p.m. at BHS. Tickets $12 (Available at the door) Tickets = 5 tastes of food, drink & dessert. There is A LOT of food! You will not go away hungry.There will be live jazz music & a silent auction. All proceeds benefit the Brookwood Band. 

The Brookwood Cluster Announces... The 18th Annual

 Student Reading/Writing Institute

Current K-4th Grade

Summer Date: Mon.-Thurs., June 1-4, 2015, 9:00-12:00 pm.

Registration: March 16, 3:30-5:30 pm. at Gwin Oaks Elementary 

Writing Institute Registration Flyer pdf

The Brookwood Cluster Announces... The 4th Annual Middle School Literacy Institute at Five Forks MS

Summer Date: Mon.-Thurs., June 1-4, 2015, 8:30-11:30 pm.

Classes for rising 6th graders will focus on: Non-fiction, Expository, Argumentative and Persuasive Reading and Writing Skills. 

Students can get registration materials from www.fiveforksmiddleschool.org or 

ww.crews.org 

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. 
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