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April 17, 2015

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The PTA Wants To Thank You!

Thank you to the many families that have already sent in their Boosterthon pledge funds. Our goal is to have 100% of all pledged money accounted for. Please continue to help us make our goal by sending in any outstanding pledge money. A big thank you for the support you have given our PTA and our school! We appreciate our wonderful group of families and their generosity! The Brookwood community "ROCKS"!

Relay for Life

We would like to identify as many of our students who are survivors of cancer and invite them to participate in Relay for Life by being one of our "Young Champions". By being a "Young Champion", they are invited to begin the Relay Event on May 8th with the honor of being in the first lap of the Survivor's Lap, attend the Survivor Celebration, and lead the Kids 'R' Kids Lap and Activities. In addition, we would like to invite any staff, parents or community partners, who are survivors, to be a part of the Gwinnett Relay Survivor Activities. Please contact Pam Dietz or your child's teacher for more information.

Schoolkidz - School Supply Kits

BES PTA is happy to announce that the Schoolkidz pre-packaged back-to-school supply kits will be available for ordering beginning April 24th. Look for the order forms to come home in Friday folders on April 24th. This will be the first official fundraiser of the 2015-2016 school year! Please email ckegan004@aol.com with any questions on ordering.  

Thank you.

BES PTA Fundraising Chairpersons

Brookwood Schools Foundation 2015 Spring Bidding For Good Auction Is Open!

BSF Bidding For Good Auction-Bid Now!

  

Place Your Bid

Whether you're looking for something unique for yourself, searching for a gift for a special someone, or looking to add a little adventure to your life, you're sure to find something in the Brookwood Schools Foundation Auction. Every bid helps support BSF.

Tell Your Friends
The success of this online auction depends on spreading the word to as many people as possible. We need your help. Please refer a friend and encourage them to participate so they don't miss a single moment of the fun and excitement.
Important Dates
  • April 17 - 7:00 p.m., BHS Baseball Youth Night
  • April 18 - 5:00 p.m., BHS Spring Carnival 
  • April 20 - May 1 - Gr. 3-5 GMAS Testing 
  • April 20 - May 1 - No Lunch Visitors During Testing Dates
  • April 20 - 3:15 p.m., 5th Gr. Chorus Rehearsal
  • April 20 - 6:15 p.m., Crews MS Parent Night (5:45 p.m., All Math Classes)
  • April 21 - 7:45 a.m., Gr. K-4 Jump Rope Club
  • April 21 - 2nd Gr. Field Trip to GEHC
  • April 24 - 7:45 a.m., 5th Gr. Intramurals
  • April 24 - 1st Gr. Field Trip to GEHC (Reynolds, Hopf, Skeeters, Lindsay) 
  • May 21 - School In Session (Snow Make-Up Day from Feb. 25) Specials will be Day 6
GA Parent Survey - April 30th Deadline!
Parents, we value your opinion. Please complete the short 24-question parent survey for the State of Georgia.
BHS
Brookwood High School Events
  • Spring Carnival - Saturday, April 18th, 5:00-9:00 p.m. Rain or Shine! Inside the BHS Gold & Maroon Gyms - $5 Entry Fee, $10 All-Access Wristband For All Ages. All Proceeds Benefit Relay For Life. Click HERE
     For Flyer!
Crews Middle School Events

Crews' Rising 6th Grade Parent Night
Monday, April 20th.
At 5:45 p.m. in the cafeteria, Dr. Schepens will present information on all math classes, including standard, 6th accelerated, and 7th accelerated. All are welcome to attend. The general program will begin promptly at 6:15 p.m. (click here or visit www.crews.org for agenda). Crews is looking forward to meeting the parents of our rising Broncos!!!
Community Information and Flyers

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 pages? 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