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May 15, 2015

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Sign up for BES Text Alert Messages: Remind 101 Is Safe pdf Enter this number: 678-971-2442, Text this message; @brookwoode
Congratulations BES Custodians!
Congratulations to Maria Matasic for her 30 years of service to Gwinnett County. Thanks also to Maria and her team who earned the Custodian of the Year award!


GCPS Bring Your Own Device, Online Textbooks, Resources, & eCLASS, and Education City

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 18 - SACK LUNCH
  • May 18 - 9:30 a.m., 5th Gr. Promotion Practice in the Cafe (Arndt, Holland, Patel, Rogozinski & Swan)
  • May 18 - 1:30 p.m., 5th Gr. Promotion in the Cafe (Arndt, Holland, Patel, Rogozinski & Swan)
  • May 19 - 4th Gr. Career Day
  • May 19 - SACK LUNCH
  • May 19 - 9:30 a.m., 5th Gr. Promotion Practice in the Cafe (Cash, Hagerty, Mowlavi & Wadkins)
  • May 19 - 1:30 p.m., 5th Gr. Promotion in the Cafe (Cash, Hagerty, Mowlavi & Wadkins)
  • May 21 - 5th Gr. Talent Show (Students Only)
  • May 21 - Last Day of School - Report Cards Go Home
  • May 21 - 8:00 pm - BHS Graduation at Brookwood High School Stadium 
  • May 22 - Last Day To Order Online and Participate in the PTA Schoolkidz School Supply fundraiser for 2015-2016. 
Only One Week Left To Order!

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 May 22. Go to www.shopttkits.com and use account number 32127. The account will be closed after May 22. Thank you, BES PTA

Does Your Student Have Medication In The Clinic? 
Parents, please pick up your student's medication from the clinic by May 27th. Students can not bring medication home. Any medication not picked up will be discarded. Have a safe and wonderful summer. Nurse Sally
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.
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