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May 1, 2015

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A Broadway Night - 5th  Grade Musical Thursday, May 7th 

Red Carpet Event Begins at 5:15 PM

(Come early to have your picture taken on the Red Carpet!) 

5th Gr. Musical Begins at 6:30 PM

5th Grade Parents
We are in NEED of monetary donations to fund all the 5th grade activities planned for your child. It will be exciting final weeks at BES with all the fun activities planned, but we need your help. Please send any donation of cash/check payable to BES with 5th grade on envelope or on memo line by May 8th! Thank you, 5th Grade Reps
Crews MS Information
Attention parents of our rising 6th graders - Welcome to Crews! Get connected to Crews! Please visit the Rising 6th grade page on our website: 

http://www.crews.org/rising-6th-grade-information.htm We are SO excited to see your 5th graders next week and welcome our newest Crews Broncos in the fall!

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
  • No Lunch Guests in May - Thank You
  • May 4 - 7:45 a.m., 5th Gr. Chorus Rehearsal
  • May 4 - 5th Gr. Guest Speaker & Career Day
  • May 5 - Lunch Provided for Teachers from the PTA 
  • May 5 - 3:00-10:00 p.m., Zaxby's Night (Sugarloaf Pkwy)
  • May 6 - School Nurse Day
  • May 6 - 7:45 a.m., Witzzle Pro Celebration
  • May 6 - Yearbook Distribution 
  • May 6 - 5th Gr. Field Trip - Cyclorama & Zoo (Cash, Mowlavi, Hagerty, Wadkins)
  • May 6 - 3:30-6:00 p.m., Dress Rehearsal for 5th Gr. Musical
  • May 7 - 10:00-6:00 p.m., Kindergarten Registration - Media Center
  • May 7 - 5th Gr. Musical for Gr. K-2 at 10:00 a.m. & Gr. 3-5 at 2:00 p.m. - Gym
  • May 7 - 5:15-6:15 p.m., Red Carpet Event for 5th Gr. Musical
  • May 7 - 6:30 p.m., 5th Gr. Musical & PTA Mtg. - Gym
  • May 8 - 8:00 a.m., School Council Mtg. 
  • May 8 - All Student Library Books Due
  • May 8 - Kindergarten Field Trip to Washington Farms
  • May 8 - 5th Gr. Visit to Crews or Five Forks MS
  • May 8 - 6:00 p.m., Relay for Life - Gwinnett County Fairgrounds 
  • May 11 - 8:20 a.m., Principal Breakfast for Gr. K-2 - By Invitation Only (Students Only)  
  • May 12 - 8:20 a.m., Principal Breakfast for Gr. 3-5 - By Invitation Only (Students Only) 
  • May 12 - 5th Gr. Field Trip - Cyclorama & Zoo (Arndt, Patel, Holland, Swan, Rogozinski)
  • May 12 - Buck's Pizza Night
  • May 21 - School In Session (Snow Make-Up Day from Feb. 25) Specials will be Day 6
Boosterthon Pledges

PTA is wrapping up the collection of Boosterthon pledge money. If you have outstanding pledges, please call your sponsors. You can remind them how well your child did during the FunRun and let them know we are trying to get 100% of pledge money collected before the end of the school year. Thank you for your support of BES PTA and our children.

Have You Moved or Will You Be Moving?
Be sure to let the office know and provide new residency information if you have moved or if you will be moving. We will be doing a summer mailing with important Meet The Teacher information and will need your current address for the mailing.
Schoolkidz - School Supply Kits

Simplify your back-to-school routine and support your school by ordering Schoolkidz pre-packaged school supplies for the 2015-2016 school year! Order online by going to www.shopttkits.com and use account number 32127 or fill out the order form that was sent home and send cash/check payable to Brookwood Elementary PTA. Email Carrie Foster: ckegan004@aol.com with any questions. Thank you, BES PTA

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