Genoa City Joint 2 School District

The Scholastic Book Fair is back! While the Fair will be exclusively held online this year, we still plan on making it a fun and joyous experience for our kids. The Fair is open to all grades, 4K through 8th! The Online Fair will include features like: Brookwood’s own online store, games for kids, virtual store walk-throughs and more. Remember, every dollar you spend will benefit our school directly (25% back in rewards!). Save these dates and view Brookwood’s Fair site: Fair Dates: Monday, October 19 – Sunday, November 1 Online Store: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/brookwoodschools2 We can’t wait to “see” you at the Fair! 🙂 Jacki Bolwerk, Library Media Specialist jacki.bolwerk@gcj2.k12.wi.us

September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month and we are thankful that this year we were able to continue on with our tradition of our Gold Walk at both schools this past Friday. We have partnered with Kisses from Keegan and Friends, a local pediatric cancer foundation, that supports local children fighting cancer. Keegan, who is a Brookwood alumni, put together this video to share with our students and community: https://youtu.be/n7_b9P7xFc0 To continue to help support raising awareness for childhood cancer, our District will be continuing to collect donations until the end of this month. The money that our District raises will be matched by Kisses from Keegan and Friends to help support a local child that is currently fighting cancer in our community. Please feel free to send your donations to either school office and to write checks out to Kisses from Keegan and Friends. If you have questions, please call the middle school office at 262-279-1053

Virtual Cross-Country Season Week 3 We made it to week 3, nice job runners! This is our last scavenger hunt before race week. We've had a blast looking at all the pictures sent to us by our virtual cross country team. Keep up the great work. Remember, to earn the free t-shirt, you must complete all 4 events. Good luck finding Mr. Guth's secret location for week 3! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

These third graders are presenting Wasp Traps that they made to our GCJ2 Facilities Manager, Bill Erickson, for use around the district grounds. The traps were constructed during their Science class under the direction of our BES science teacher Melissa Bobula! They were constructed to be entirely environmentally-friendly to be put around our grounds at our schools. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

What a great day for a Gold Walk! Thank you to everyone that donated to our cause of raising awareness for pediatric cancer with Kisses from Keegan and Friends. We are excited to announce that we will be accepting donations until the end of the month because whatever we raise; Kisses from Keegan and Friends will be matching our donation amount to help support a local child fighting cancer as a compiled donation. Please feel free to send your donations in with your child or drop it off to either of our school offices. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

MUSTANGS! Are you ready for our final day of our BFO Mustang Spirit Food Week?! Our location tonight is at Something Sweet in Lake Geneva from 3 pm - 8 pm! Check out this video from our BFO: https://youtu.be/JuHJG0SFFFE We hope you're able to order in or take out to help celebrate the Greatness of Brookwood. Don't forget to snap a picture of you, your food, and your family with your Mustang gear on so we can share it right here on our social media page! Email your pictures to Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us so we can all showcase our Mustang Pride! Thank you for your continuous support for our Brookwood Schools! And don't forget to mark your calendars for our first BFO Meeting on October 6th at 6 pm at BES whether you attend virtually or no site….we would LOVE to see you! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

Brookwood Elementary School Families, Please see the following message from our Principal Luke Braden in regards to beginning of the day drop-off procedures: https://tinyurl.com/yyvb222n Thank you for your continued support of our District.

MUSTANGS! Are you ready for day 4 of our Mustang Spirit Food Week?! Our location tonight is at The Broken Spoke right here in Genoa City! Check out this video from our BFO: https://youtu.be/wnxVYqcZIFU We hope you're able to order in or take out to help celebrate the Greatness of Brookwood. Don't forget to snap a picture of you, your food, and your family with your Mustang gear on so we can share it right here on our social media page! Email your pictures to Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us so we can all showcase our Mustang Pride! Thank you for your continuous support for our Brookwood Schools! And don't forget to mark your calendars for our first BFO Meeting on October 6th at 6 pm at BES whether you attend virtually or no site….we would LOVE to see you!

Mustangs! Don't forget about our Gold Walk on Friday! Did you know that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!? Kisses from Keegan and Friends is a pediatric cancer foundation that supports local kids fighting cancer. Keegan is currently a Freshman this year at Badger and attended Brookwood throughout her elementary and middle school years and was diagnosed with cancer while at Brookwood. We are excited to partner with this foundation to help raise awareness to all about Childhood Cancer. All donations donated for this Gold Walk will be going towards Kisses from Keegan and Friends to help support their mission of helping to support local children fighting cancer. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Renn’s class use Google Meets to meet with their reading partners. Students love being able to talk about their favorite parts of books that they had previously read to themselves. Way to go, readers! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

MUSTANGS! Are you ready for day 3 of our Mustang Spirit Food Week?! Our location tonight is at La Cocina! We hope you're able to order in or take out to help celebrate the Greatness of Brookwood. Check out this video from our BFO: https://youtu.be/cnmEE6krPL0 And don't forget to snap a picture of you, your food, and your family with your Mustang gear on so we can share it right here on our social media page! Email your pictures to Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us so we can all showcase our Mustang Pride! Thank you for your continuous support for our Brookwood Schools! And don't forget to mark your calendars for our first BFO Meeting on October 6th at 6 pm at BES --there will also be a virtual meeting options for those that cannot make it to the outdoor face to face meeting. Check out our facebook page for more information: www.facebook.com/GenoaCitySchools

Please see the following Mustang Message from our Superintendent Kellie Bohn. https://tinyurl.com/yxd88p8a

Virtual Elementary School Families can pick up their regularly scheduled virtual learning supplies after 9:00 am on Monday mornings. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your child's homeroom teacher.

In reading, Kindergarteners in Ms. Flood's class are learning about sharing their thinking about books. They put a post-it note on a favorite page that made them feel something, that they thought was interesting, that reminded them of something, etc. They then share that page with their reading partner. While doing this activity, they're also working on finger strength, which will help with their writing. Using playdough and working with post-it notes are a few awesome and fun ways to strengthen their fingers! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

MUSTANGS! Are you ready for day 2 of our Mustang Spirit Food Week?! Our location tonight is at Next Door Pub in Lake Geneva! Here is a video from our BFO board member Brittany: https://youtu.be/BYMIzKF3l_4 We hope you're able to order in or take out to help celebrate the Greatness of Brookwood. Don't forget to snap a picture of you, your food, and your family with your Mustang gear on so we can share it right here on our social media page! Email your pictures to Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us so we can all showcase our Mustang Pride! Thank you for your continuous support for our Brookwood Schools! And don't forget to mark your calendars for our first BFO Meeting on October 6th at 6 pm at BES --there will also be a virtual meeting options for those that cannot make it to the outdoor face to face meeting---stay tuned for the event invite!

Virtual and in-person students in Mrs. Brault's Kindergarten class get together daily on Google Meet to practice word work skills such as: rhyming, beginning sounds, blending syllables, segmenting syllables, and repeating sentences with fluency. Way to work hard, Mustangs! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

MUSTANGS! Are you ready for our first night of our Mustang Spirit Food Week?! Our first location is tonight at Yolo's! Check out this video from Talya, a member of our BFO board: https://youtu.be/YqV2MsIFqAk We hope you're able to order in or take out or even stop by for some ice cream to help celebrate the Greatness of Brookwood. Don't forget to snap a picture of you, your food, and your family with your Mustang gear on so we can share it right on our social media page! Email your pictures to Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us so we can all showcase our Mustang Pride! Thank you for your continuous support for our Brookwood Schools! And don't forget to mark your calendars for our first BFO Meeting on October 6th at 6 pm at BES --there will also be a virtual meeting options for those that cannot make it to the outdoor face to face meeting---stay tuned for the event invite on Facebook! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

Virtual Cross-Country Season Week 2! Wow! We had such a great turnout for our first week, so many of you were able to find the secret location where Mr. Guth was running! Here is another super-secret location that we hope you'll be able to find! Remember all Brookwood students and their families are invited to participate! Send your week 2 picture to Matt.Guth@gcj2.k12.wi.us #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

First graders have been working hard on their addition skills. Students each have a math toolkit that contains math manipulative to help them solve tricky problems. They are also using their other resources while working on math like their math books and iPads. We like to send pictures to our family members to let them know what we are learning. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest

Students in 7th grade Language Arts took a quiz in a fun and unique way! They answered questions about Characterization via an app called "Quizziz." This fun and interactive website allows the teacher to create assessments for students that helps them to learn literary terms and how to apply them while also challenging them to get the most points and beat their classmates. There are funny memes to encourage them to keep doing their best and even strategy boosters to help them get a better score. Students love this app and the best part is, they are learning at the same time as playing a game! #BrookwoodsBest #BeBrookwood