Hey Mustangs! Our District Wide virtual cross-country season is off to a great start! Remember to find the hidden location, take a picture for week 1 and email it to Mr. Guth or Mrs. Peters! Our week 2 location will be revealed on Monday!
Matt.Guth@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Haley.Peters@gcj2.k12.wi.us
4th and 5th Graders are learning all about the sun, moon, and stars. Students learned about how our shadows change throughout the day because of the earth's rotation. Students traced their water bottle's shadow in the morning and then observed the change in the shadow placement in the afternoon. They also had fun playing shadow tag, shadow shaking hands, and getting creative with their shadows. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
We love hearing all the wonderful music in the hallways of the middle school from our band students! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Did you know that today is International Dot Day?!
It was established to celebrate creativity, courage, and collaboration, the celebration is easily one of the most fun days of the year. Celebrated by both children and adults, International Dot Day is a day to connect, collaborate, and create. It's also a day to foster self-expression. Way to go to our Brookwood Artist with their dot masterpieces! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
The phones and internet are out at both buildings as we work through a temporary power issue at the Middle School. We will let you know when this situation is resolved. If you need to contact the schools please email Luke Braden Luke.Braden@gcj2.k12.wi.us at BES or Kellie Bohn Kellie.Bohn@gcj2.k12.wi.us at BMS.
Way to work hard, Mustangs!!
Today was the first day of word study for our 3rd graders. Students learned about the prefix "re-" and had to come up with four words that matched that pattern. Afterwards students took turns book shopping to find a book they love and even were able to virtually share about the books they are reading with some of their virtual classmates.
#BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Thankful that our students have accessibility to various sources of books....our classroom libraries, school libraries, local public library, and various digital resources are used in many ways. A shout out to our super readers in 3rd grade! In these pictures, our 3rd graders are exploring virtual and classroom libraries for reading. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Mustangs! Welcome to our Virtual Cross Country Season!
The first three weeks of our season will be scavenger hunt activities. View the image below to see where Mr. Guth has been running, and then run/walk to the same location. Then email Mr. Guth or Mrs. Peters with a picture proving you found the secret location. Our fourth week will be a virtual race. For those that complete all four challenges, a free t-shirt will be awarded!
Here's the image: https://tinyurl.com/y5ns2b2y
Don't forget that this activity is open to all students 4K-8th Grade! Here are the email addresses you need to submit your picture(s) to:
Matt.Guth@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Haley.Peters@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Happy running, Mustangs! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Way to go Middle School Mustangs!!
Students in 4/5 STEAM were put to the challenge of seeing how strong paper could be. Using triangles they made by folding strips of paper, they constructed a structure that would be strong enough to hold a small object. Other students wanted to see how high they could build their structure. This activity helped us work on our problem-solving skills!
Grades 6-8 art classes were asked "Who are you?" and worked on creating a self-portrait that told the viewer who they are behind the mask. The students' drawings were full of wonderful details and it was great seeing our Mustang artists back in creative action!
#BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
So proud of all of our students and our new routines at lunch time at both buildings. Way to #BeBrookwood. Check out our 2nd graders at lunch time today!
We loved seeing everyone's beautiful smiles today for picture day!! Ed Clark is going to keep the online ordering window open until Thursday, September 17. Here is the link to the site: http://edclarkschoolphoto.com/school/
In addition, we will have a photo re-take day. It will likely be mid-October. It will be posted on the school website once it's confirmed.
Mustangs! Our Brookwood Family Organization is organized by family members where their child(ren) attend our Brookwood Schools and we are SO excited to announce our first event---a Sprit Week Food Fundraiser: Spirit Food Week! We hope that you and your family are able to eat out or order take out to enjoy from these local eateries during the week of September 21st. Many of these locations are giving back up to 15% of the proceeds of what they make back to our BFO. Our BFO uses money like this to support our students and teachers in various ways throughout the school year. Stay tuned for more information to follow in regards to our Spirit Food Week!
Our first meeting will be on October 6th at 6:00 pm at BES. And it is open to YOU! As long as you have a child enrolled with either one of our schools. We will be holding the meeting outside around the entrance/playground area at BES. For those of you that cannot attend face to face---we will also have a virtual option.
Stay tuned for more details but get these things marked on your calendar: BFO Sprit Food Week on the week of September 21st and also our first BFO meeting on October 6th at 6:00 pm at BES.
If you have any questions, please email Brookwoodfamily19@gmail.com
Because of YOU we are able to keep our BFO moving forward in supporting our students and staff. Thank you!!
Way to go, Mustangs!!! It’s been great seeing all of you on site and virtually! Thank you for all of your hard work!! Don’t forget that tomorrow is picture day! If you are in need of another form, contact your child’s teacher! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Mustang Families,
Make sure your child has something to read...with the library checkout system in place this year....it’s easy!
Your child was sent an email last week called “Library Book Checkout” with a link to a Google form. Please have your children use this to fill out any requests for books they might have, whether they are onsite, blended, or virtual. (They can “star” the email so it is easy to find!)
Virtual students:
Curbside pickup begins this week for your library materials! As long as you placed your hold by noon the day before the scheduled pickup, your materials will be ready for pick up that week.
BMS curbside pickup - Wednesdays from 1:30-3:30 at the middle school main entrance (Call 262-279-1053 upon arrival and let them know you are here for curbside pickup and your child’s name. Your books will be brought out to you.)
BES curbside pickup - Thursdays from 1:00-3:00 at the elementary main entrance (Call 262-279-6496 upon arrival and let them know you are here for curbside pickup and your child’s name. Your books will be brought out to you.)
Virtual students returning books should follow the same process as curbside pickup. Onsite and blended students will have a bin located in their grade level wing/area where they can return books.
We are still trying to round up books that were checked out last school year but not yet returned. Please help us locate these books so other students may check them out!
If you have any questions, please reach out to our library media specialist: Jacki Bolwerk // jacki.bolwerk@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Thank you!
The Brookwood Cross-Country season has gone virtual and this year it is open to ALL students 4k-8th Grade!!!
Since this is a virtual season, all Brookwood students (4k-8) and their families are invited to participate! Check it out here: https://youtu.be/-09QGcd3324
If you would like to be a part of our cross-country team, sign up by entering your email below. We will be having 4 challenges over the course of 4 weeks. If you complete all 4 challenges, you will earn a free Brookwood Cross-Country t-shirt!
https://tinyurl.com/y6hjngr4
Questions? Contact matt.guth@gcj2.k12.wi.us or haley.peters@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Mustangs,
Thank YOU for your patience. We want to ensure that we are keeping our students safe while using our District issued technology. Securly has reached out to us and has given us the all clear! We are sorry for this hiccup this morning.
Here is a reminder about our filtering system put in place for our District issued devices. https://youtu.be/TT0q5H-PNyU
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher.
Mustangs! Securly is reporting outages with their filter system which has caused our devices to be very slow with accessing any tools needing internet access for both onsite and virtual students. We love that Securly keeps our students safe and we are thankful that they have slowed access due to this outage. We will keep you updated once it is cleared. Thank you SO much for your patience.
Picture day is right around the corner! You are now able to pre-order your child's photo by clicking on the link below.
http://edclarkschoolphoto.com/school/
As a special BONUS to you.. if you pre-order online BEFORE picture day, you will receive FREE personalization.
(Just make sure that you select it when ordering.)
BMS pictures are from 8am-10am
BES pictures are from 8:30-10:30am
*Any Virtual students (4K-8) can come to the Middle School to get their pictures taken from 10-10:30.
El día de la toma fotográfica de su niño se
aproxima rápidamente. Ahora usted puede ordenar su foto con anticipación. OFERTA: Si ordena su foto PREVIO al día
programado de la toma fotográfica usted recibirá una oferta especial: Personalización GRATIS! (Asegúrese en seleccionar esta opción al hacer su orden)
Mustangs! What a great first week! Thank YOU for everything. Please view the following video message from our Superintendent Kellie Bohn. https://youtu.be/BJMewMja3YM
#BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest