BES held their Winter Extravaganza today. Students started with craft making and cookie decorating. They then were sent on a Story Book Walk where they were given clues on where to find their "celebrity" readers and Winter stories!
2nd Grade has been celebrating Holidays Around the World...Sweden, Australia, Italy, Israel, India, and Mexico. They've enjoyed taking a plane ride to each country and watching themselves land in that country's airport on YouTube. Everytime they landed they had their "passport" stamped and added new information to their travel cases!
They even made a Christmas Koala in Australia and a Gnome in Sweden.
They've learned a lot and have had so much fun!
We hope you’ve been good! Our elf on the roof is making his rounds today!!! Hopefully we can catch him before he goes home!!!
First grade has been busy over the past month learning about the 16 career clusters and future job pathways. Now that our students have discovered attributes and skills connected to themselves, they are able to identify attributes of workers inside each cluster. Our goal is to set up our students for life success and give them understanding of their purpose. Each student chose careers they were interested in and we are now showcasing them in our 1st grade hallway as a reminder of a future goal they have!
No School: Winter Break: 12/22-1/2
BES Winter Extravaganza for our BES students. Thankful for our teachers for putting this together for them! 12/21
3rd-5th graders are welcome to join in on the fun: Science on Saturday! Please register with Mrs. Kanthack: maryellen.kanthack@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Jan 13, 27, & Feb 10 @BMS from 10am-1130am
4K Outreach: Come and enjoy an evening filled with games and snacks with your family and friends. Please bring your family's favorite game and snack to share with the group. Please keep in mind we have a friend with a peanut allergy.
No regular scheduled class on this day 12/31 @5pm --BES
Enjoy walking the illuminated Tom Holden trail at Memorial Park and school forest. Dress for being outside and go at your own pace, once or multiple times. There will also be a fire warming station and hot cocoa (as long as it lasts!). Come and go as you please, but make sure all children are with an adult. Hope to see you there!
Questions: Melissa.Bobula@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Students in Personal Wellness (BMS) and Physical Education (BES) classes across the district have been learning about different careers in the sports and health industries. Each week, they focus on a new career and incorporate what they've learned into their classes.This last week, BES students learned about and became Sports Statisticians in their bowling units. BMS students have been taking on the roles of coaches, referees, cheerleaders, and media specialists during their basketball unit.
Empty bowls fundraiser is going strong. Come on out and have some delicious soup, chili, and dessert! We even have live music! We will be here at BMS until 7!!!
See you all soon! This event is open to ALL and we are so proud of all the work our students and staff have poured into this event — to raise funds for our local food pantry: Loaves and Fishes
Empty Bowls Fundraiser for Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry on Dec 14 from 5pm-7pm at BMS // $5 per person
We are "soup"er thankful for what we have as the Empty Bowls are a reminder that someone's bowl may be empty this season -- BMS Student Council and Leadership Students.
Soup/Chili, Rolls, and Dessert.
Bowls handcrafted by BMS students will also be available to purchase.
To celebrate Grinch Day, teachers at BES participated in a door decorating contest. The doors were judged by the November Be Brookwood winners. After tallying the results, Ms. Pacholczak's first grade class claimed first place! There were two runners up: Ms. Gahart's and Ms. Stolzman's second grade class and Ms. Wagner's first grade class. Thanks to everyone who participated! All the doors look amazing!
4K has been utilizing our outdoor learning space in this wonderful winter weather. They are exploring and investigating and being scientists. Their new vocabulary includes predictions and decomposition. Students are making predictions about the weather and what will happen to the pumpkins that we put in our garden area! In addition, they have been looking at patterns in nature. They've seen lots of discoveries while engaging with nature.
Brookwood Families:
We are SO excited to bring back our Ski Club this year and open it up to ALL of our students and families. Students in 4th-8th Grade have the opportunity to ride a bus after school from the middle school to Grand Geneva and be overseen by staff members there. Students in 4K-3rd grade must be accompanied by a parent at the Grand Geneva. ALL families are welcome to register and sign up for special tickets through our ski club program through Mrs. Horak. Please fill out the following form if you are interested in more information or would like to sign up for Ski Club. Mrs. Horak will get you additional information and the link to register.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSep42ATjldIAY-4Rb_EYkWMDB_98tcl2YUc8xTi16V-BgzB7A/viewform
Through the registration link she sends you, you will be able to specify exactly what package you would like to order:
$15.83/lift ticket and/or $10/ski/snowboard rental and/or $13.75 lesson per week or
full registration of $39.58/per person/per date: full registration includes a 90 minute ski lesson, ski rental and lift ticket
**There are currently no snowboarding lessons available for this event**
Come one week or all six weeks!!
You MUST register for the first ski date (January 12) by JANUARY 5th - NO EXCEPTIONS
Our Dates: Jan 12, Jan 19, Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 9, and/or Feb 16
BEGINNERS and advanced skiers are ALL WELCOME!! Registration for this club MUST be done prior to the trip and MUST be done through the link provided by Mrs. Horak. This event is open to all students AND also open to family members. Reminder, if students outside of the grade bands of of 4th-8th grade attend, it is required that parents oversee those other children at this event.
ALL BMS STUDENTS that ride the bus MUST check out with Mrs. Horak or Mrs. Erickson with their parents between 6:30pm-7:00pm at Grand Geneva. The homebase for check out will be decided upon the arrival at Grand Geneva.
If you have additional questions, please contact Mrs. Horak at melissa.horak@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Come on out to our Empty Bowls Fundraiser for Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Genoa City on December 14th. We will be serving soup/chili and dessert between 5:00 and 7:00 pm. All profits go to the food pantry. Need a present or a new knick-knack, stop in a check out the handcrafted bowls made by BMS students. https://youtu.be/T8bFg8wope0
Way to show your Mustang Pride today!!! Remember…it’s random Monday’s where the theme is either Mustang Monday or Brookwood Blue!!! Way to show your school spirit!!!
Thank you to all those that are a part of our Families in Needs program!! We are truly thankful for those that adopted a child, children, and/or a family. Also a HUGE thank you to all those that donated monetarily!!! Thank you to Mac's Moving and Storage for donating all the boxes for us to pack these holiday clothing needs!! Today, volunteers from the Brookwood PTO came in and helped us organize and box up all the items and next week a teacher volunteer has volunteered to wrap all the boxes as well….thank you, thank you….thank YOU!! We are truly thankful for our Brookwood Family!!!
We are still taking monetary donations for this program. If you’re interested in supporting our Families in Needs program — which supports our families with the immediate necessity needs such as clothing and laundry assistance; please contact Helen Xiong at Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us
3rd grade classes have been traveling internationally with their passports! Students have been learning about the countries they "visit" and the winter sport that originated there. Students also enjoyed fun STEAM excursions while visiting those countries, like table hockey when they were in Canada.
