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March 20, 2015

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Thank you! From Mrs. Carter

Dear Parents,

Thank you to all the families who have worked really hard to get their students to school on time this year. As you know, we have started closing our car rider doors at 8:45 AM when the first bell rings. Students must be in their seat ready to begin learning at 8:50 AM when the second bell rings. When students are walking in the door at 8:50 AM, they are considered tardy. We have implemented this change because students who arrive late at car riders impact my staff's ability to be in their rooms ready to work with students. If I expect my teachers and support staff members to be ready to begin instruction when the second bell rings, then they need time to get from the side of the building where car riders unload to their classrooms so that they are ready to begin work. I would hope that you would expect me to hold teachers and support staff members accountable to be on time and prepared to teach students. Therefore, we need you to have your students at school on time and prepared to learn. At the latest, students should be walking in the building at 8:45 so that they are in their classrooms ready to learn by the time the second bell rings at 8:50. In addition, as a reminder, the last check out is at 2:50 PM. This is in place for the safety of parents and students as buses are beginning to arrive and there is much movement in the front drive. Thank you for your continuous support and understanding as we work together to make Brookwood ES a safe place to learn.

PTA Boosterthon Fun Run

Kick Off / Pep Rally

Monday, March 23

We kick off the PTA Boosterthon on Monday! Students will have a pep rally and bring home more information about making pledges. The goal of the Boosterthon Fun Run is to raise funds while teaching our kids the importance of Fitness, Leadership, and Character. We are raising funds for technology, instructional materials, and for enhancements to the media center to support technology use. Students will be learning five ways to make their community rock with Boosterthon's character theme "Rock'n Town Live," a music festival theme all about community. We will wrap up with the Fun Run on Wednesday, April 1st. Your family is invited to come and cheer for your student!

Boosterthon Fun Run Schedule - April 1

9:15-10:30 a.m., Kindergarten, 1st, Williams

11:00-12:15 p.m., 2nd, 3rd, Dietz, Stevens

1:00-2:15 p.m., 4th, 5th, Rogozinski, Wadkins

Buck's Pizza Night - March 24

Buck's Pizza Night - 770-985-5115 - Dine in or call for delivery. Mention your student's classroom when you order.

Red Cross Hat Day- March 27

Red Cross Hat Day pdf

Witzzle Pro Tournament - March 31

4:30-6:00 PM

Can You Judge?

The Brookwood Cluster Witzzle Pro™ Tournament will be held on Tuesday, March 31st at Brookwood ES. If your 4th or 5th grader will be participating, please make sure your child is here for practice promptly at 7:45 a.m. We want to ensure the Witzzle Pro team members are used to the timed rounds. We are still looking for judges to help with the competition. We will take high school volunteers and parents. If you would be willing to judge, (4-6 PM on 3/31/15) please email Colleen LaPerre. colleen_laperre@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

Thanks for your support!

Community Information and Flyers

March 21 - BFA Football & Cheerleader Registration - BFA Registration pdf
Brookwood ES Kindergarten Registration: Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Students must be 5 yrs old on or before Sept. 1st, 2015. Kindergarten Registration and Kindergarten Camp Information pdf
Brookwood Schools Foundation's Winter 2015 Newsletter - BSF Newsletter Winter 2015 pdf
Camp Invention at Craig Elem. - Summer 2015. Camp Invention - Craig ES pdf
Community event: Gwinnett Life Run - The race starts and finishes at BHS. www.gwinnettliferun.com
FREE - Gwinnett Parks & Rec - Spring Break Out - Wellness Festival. Friday, April 10 - 5:00 PM at Rhodes Jordan Park. Spring Break Out pdf
SGAA Inline Hockey Information - Inline Hockey pdf
Gwinnett Technical College Partnership with Kids 4 Coding | Summer STEM Camps 2015 Kids 4 Coding pdf
GCPS Publications -
eNews, Communique, and other GCPS Publications link
GCPS TV GCPS TV WATCH

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

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

Important Dates

March 23-27 - Red Cross Week
March 23 - 7:45 a.m., 5th Gr. Chorus
March 23 - PTA Boosterthon Kick Off / Pep Rally
March 24 - 7:45 a.m., Gr. K-4 Jump Rope Club
March 24 - 3:30-4:45 p.m., Tues. Colt Clubs
March 24 - Buck's Pizza Night
March 25 - 7:45 a.m., Gr. 4-5 Witzzle Pro
March 25 - 3:30-4:45 p.m., Wed. Colt Clubs
March 26 - 3:30-4:45 p.m., Thurs. Colt Clubs
March 26 - 7:00 p.m., Area Board Mtg. - Berkmar High School.
March 27 - 7:45 a.m., 5th Gr. Intramurals
March 27 - Red Cross Hat Day $1
March 27 - Art Fundraiser Due
March 31 - *No Tues. Colt Clubs
March 31 - 4:30 p.m., Witzzle Pro Cluster Tournament at BES
April 1 - No Witzzle Pro
April 1 - PTA Boosterthon Fun Run
May 21 - School In Session (Snow Make-Up Day from Feb. 25) Specials will be Day 6

*Please note one of the Tuesday Colt Club dates has changed! Due to a schedule conflict with the Witzzle Pro Tournament, we will not have Colt Clubs on Tuesday, March 31st. The make-up date will be Tuesday, April 14th.

Original Works Fundraiser

Attention Families! - Coming Home Friday, March 20th in Friday Folders! - Be on the lookout for some fabulous artwork from some very talented artists...your kids! Our Original Works fundraiser gets underway today. What do you need to do?

First, be blown away by the amazing work that your child has created when you see it arrive home on March 20th!
Second, pour over the color brochure and make a list of all of the wonderful products that you want to order with your child's artwork, (Don't forget Mother's Day, Father's Day, grandparents, end of the year teacher gifts, etc.).
Third, send your order form, payment check, and artwork back into school between March 23 and March 27, and finally, wait for all the fun stuff to arrive in late April!

The proceeds from this fundraiser go to fund the art supplies for all students at Brookwood Elementary.

PTA Bruster's Night Was A Success!

Parents and teachers, thank you for attending Bruster's Night!

Andrea Hopf's 1st grade class earned 1st place for having the most students attend Bruster's Night. Thank you to the following 4th grade parents for volunteering: Kim Dutton, Renea Pierre, Tara Mixon, Heather Gunn, Cherie Kardatzke, and Constance Bratton.