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April 24, 2015

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Schoolkidz - School Supply Kits

Parents, 

The Schoolkidz prepackaged school supply kit ordering forms are coming home today, April 24th. Please consider simplifying your back-to-school routine and supporting your school all at the same time! The kits will be delivered to the school and awaiting your child in their new classroom for "Meet the Teacher Day" on August 6th. This will be the first official fundraiser for Brookwood Elementary for the 2015-2016 school year. You can order online or with the paper forms that are coming home today. If you are ordering with the paper forms, send the form and payment back to your child's teacher. The forms and money will be collected at school. Make all checks payable to the BES PTA. Please email Carrie Foster: ckegan004@aol.com with any questions. Thank you.

Did You Miss The Art Fund-Raiser Deadline?
Original Works
Thank you to all who participated in this year's art fund-raiser. It was a huge success! If you missed the deadline to order from the Original Works Art Fund-raiser, you can still order your child's art project printed on useful everyday items such as: notebooks, pillowcases, coffee mugs, etc... Please visit the eStore at www.originalworks.com. You will upload the artwork and place the order directly online. All orders will ship to your home and BES will receive full profit on the order. Make sure you include "Brookwood Elementary" on the 2nd line in the address on your order. Thank you supporting the art fund-raiser!
Relay for Life

We would like to identify 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, attending the Survivor Celebration, and leading 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.

GA Parent Survey - April 30th Deadline!
Parents, we value your opinion. Please complete the short 24-question parent survey for the State of Georgia. GaDOE Parent Survey
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.

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
Important Dates
  • April 27-May 1 - Continued: Gr. 3-5 GMAS Testing 
  • April 27-May 1 - Continued: No Lunch Visitors During Testing Dates
  • April 27 - 3:15-4:15 p.m., 5th Gr. Chorus Rehearsal
  • April 28 - 7:45 a.m., Last Gr. K-4 Jump Rope Club for the year 
  • pizzaApril 28 -
    Buck's Pizza Night
  • April 30 - 7:45 a.m., Make-up 5th Gr. Chorus Rehearsal
  • April 30 - 3:30 p.m., Focus Movie
  • April 30 - 6:00-8:30 p.m., Brookwood Cluster Art Show at BHS
  • May 1 - 7:45 a.m., Last 5th Gr. Intramurals for the year
  • May 1 - Juvenile Diabetes - Hat Day - $1
  • May 1 - 1st Gr. Field Trip to GEHC (Gowen, Williams, Schwartz, C. White) 
  • May 21 - School In Session (Snow Make-Up Day from Feb. 25) Specials will be Day 6

Attention 5th Grade Parents!

It's a very exciting time in the life of your 5th grader! The 5th grade reps have many fun things planned for their remaining days at BES. The 5th grade reps are requesting monetary donations to help cover the expenses for the 5th grade celebration, breakfast and their promotion celebration. Please send your cash/check payable to BES with "5th grade" in the memo line to your teacher by May 8th. Thank you in advance for your generosity!

You Are Invited!
Brookwood Cluster Art Show

What: The Annual Brookwood Cluster Art Show

When: Thursday, April 30, 6-8:30 p.m. (Awards Ceremony, 7 p.m., reception to follow)

Where: Brookwood High School, The Commons

What: An exhibition of artwork from all Brookwood Cluster schools (elementary, middle and high) Performances by: Brookwood orchestra and jazz ensemble students.


Everyone is invited to this fantastic, fun & free event! Come see the amazing art created by Brookwood Cluster students in 3rd-12th grade. Brookwood Elementary has the honor of having fifty students selected to have their artwork displayed in the art show. Congratulations to the following students:


3rd Grade:                      5th Grade:

Sara Abdu                       Amber Aslam

Sabrina Chowdhury          Katie Baker

Zaine Corrona                  Jeremiah Campbell

Skylar Ewe                      Amber Choi

Laila Kevorkian                 Tori Cox

John Ratcliff                     Devlin Day

                                       Abby DeLoach

4th Grade:                       Zane Din

Anisah Abbas                   Tatiana Encarnacion

Zhanna Batazhan              Sara Foster

Brooke Carter                    Raksha Govind

Addie Freeman                  Hayden Hall

Ridwan Haque                  Tommy Henning

Zahra Jiwani                     Lily Ito

Jason Lai                          Rhea Jose

Dylan Lester                     Abby Joseph

Gwyneth Lim                    Harper Kurth

Megan Miller                     Mandy Le

Jessica Newsom              Joe Marino

Maddie Osburn                 Maddie Mathews

Pranjali Patel                    Mikayla Miller

Noila Rahimjon                 Krisna Patel

Ethan Reyes                    Sahaj Patel

Beza Soresa                    Madison Picart

                                       Will Smith

                                       Vallerie Tran
                                       Corwin Trouteaud

                                       Josiah West

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