At last month's school board meeting, these Brookwood Elementary students were recognized by the school board for their outstanding dedication to reading! Students earn one reading step for every 15 minutes of reading. These exceptional readers have gone above and beyond, surpassing expectations for this point in the year with nearly 300 reading steps - that’s an incredible 75 hours of reading!
*not pictured but recognized: Liam
Last week, BES celebrated Kindness Week starting with a lively kick off assembly full of singing, dancing, minute-to-win it games and of course learning about what it means to be kind. They had fun dress up days, daily lessons of kindness and compassion in their classrooms and guidance class. There were activities related to kindness in art, music and PE as well.
There were 41 families who participated in the Random Acts Of Kindness Family Challenge - if you think about how many students are within 41 families, that was a lot of students doing random acts of kindness at home and out within the community last week! Way to go!! Each day we got to hear about each of those acts of kindness during morning announcements. The last component of kindness week was the students in each grade level planned, participated in and carried out a community service project.
One of our favorite parts of BES Kindness Week is the student's excitement to work on and complete a community service project! This year our students definitely sprinkled our community with kindness - Read on to see what each grade level level decided to do for a community service project.
4K - students worked together to make a trail mix for the library staff. In art class, all BES students had the opportunity to make bookmarks for community members visiting the library.
5K - The students and their teachers worked together to create pocket hugs for community members visiting the bank. If you need a hug, stop in the bank and grab a pocket hug for when you need it.
1st grade - Students held a food drive for Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Genoa City. Students found out what items were most needed at the food pantry and collected those items. They took all their food donations to the pantry, helped stock the shelves and were able to learn a lot about the food pantry and community service.
2nd grade - Students focused their community service project as a random act of kindness. Students collected laundry supplies, packed it into single load packages, each, with a message of kindness. They left them at the laundromat as a way to brighten someone's day.
3rd grade - Students collected individually wrapped snacks and created labels of kindness and encouragement for our police officers and firefighters. Each time one of our hero's grabs a snack, they will be greeted with a message of kindness/encouragement.
Way to go Mustangs! Way to work together to show kindness to others in our community!
Yesterday, our first grade students had an amazing time at Traxside exploring sound, wavelengths, gravity, and friction in such an interactive and hands-on environment. Even though some students had a few falls along the way, they kept pushing through, practicing, and showing their determination. It was incredible to see their personalities shine as they supported one another, had fun dancing, and sang along to the music. It was a day full of learning, laughter, and teamwork, and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience.
Calling all Kindergartener-5th Graders!! Saturday Morning Basketball is BACK!!
Saturday Morning Basketball Sign-Up Form:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSfGtU0C-2w8E.../viewform
Saturday Morning Basketball is back! Saturday Morning Basketball is open to our Mustangs in grades K-5th.
Saturday Morning Basketball will meet March 8th, March 15th, and March 22nd.
This year, Saturday Morning Basketball will operate with an open-gym format. You may bring your Mini Mustangs to the BMS gymnasium any time between 8am-11am on these Saturdays and stay for a short period of time or the whole morning.
All Saturday Morning Basketball will take place in the BMS gymnasium. Please use the side parking lot (by the playground) and enter through Door 5. Parents are welcome to stay - we will have seating set up - or you can drop and go.
This form is to ensure we have contact information on file for any children who show up. You are not obligated to attend every Saturday.
Please fill out a separate form for each student you are signing up.
If you have any questions, please contact Jess Metcalf (jessica.metcalf@gcj2.k12.wi.us).
Go Mustangs!
We ask our Brookwood families to share with us what our Brookwood students are doing outside of school so we can share in your greatness and how #MustangProud we are of your accomplishments!! If you have something to share....email it to Mrs. Xiong at Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Our next sharers of greatness are four BMS students that competed in the 2025 Wisconsin State USBC Youth Championship Tournament in Madison, WI this past weekend. Members competed in 3 divisions including Singles, Doubles, and the Team event. To represent their Brookwood pride, the boys competed under the team name of Mustangs.
Way to go to Elijah, Gage, Griffin, and Reed on a great showing at Youth State this weekend! We are SO #MustangProud of you all!!!
#BrookwoodFamily #GCJ2Alumni
Once you are part of the Brookwood Family....you're always a part of the Brookwood Family. We love being able to share what our Mustangs are doing beyond Brookwood and as they continue to Grow into their Greatness.
Our next alumni of Greatness that we are SUPER excited to share with you about is Emilee Booker!! Emilee is currently attending UW-Eau Claire and is on the Track and Field Team.
Check out her stats and Track and Field awards and honors write up here:
https://blugolds.com/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/emilee-booker/19026
Way to make us #MustangProud, Emilee!!
Our BES Kids Heart Challenge officially ends tomorrow! We have raised $13,600 so far and have 130 students registered. Please remember to make your final online donations. Make one more push for donations tonight and ask donors if their companies match donations. We’re having a blast getting healthier and helping kids with special hearts!
*Any donations made after this weekend will not count towards our totals*
http://www2.heart.org/goto/BrookwoodGenoaCity
We are SO excited to introduce to you all --- Brian Silk and JoAnn Simons! Brian will be seen at our elementary school as one of our daily subs and JoAnn will be seen at our elementary school as a part of our custodial team!
Welcome to the Brookwood Family, Brian and JoAnn!
Brookwood Elementary School's Forensics is kicking off! This is open to all students in grades 1st-5th. We hope to see you and your child at the informational meeting on February 25th at BES from 3:30-4pm
Hello Brookwood Elementary families! We’ve set a goal to create a community of lifesavers by getting everyone to take Finn’s Mission and learn Hands-Only CPR. When given immediately, it can double (even triple) a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest. If you haven’t done it yet, take Finn’s Mission today to learn this life saving skill. http://www2.heart.org/goto/BrookwoodGenoaCity
It’s Bus Driver Appreciation Week!! We are SO thankful for our amazing bus drivers!!
NO SCHOOL - February 12, 2025
Brookwood Families have been notified via text and email in regards to the school closure for 2/12/25.
No School: February 24 - Teacher PD Day
GCJ2 KINDNESS DRESS UP WEEK!!!
BES Kindness Week (2/14-21 *dress up days 2/17-21)
BES Flier: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GEY6pmN9SV3CJb3lBwMVFvJplm2Yacz8/view?usp=sharing
Monday: Workout Clothes: Work out disagreements with kindness
Tuesday: Crazy Socks: Crazy about kindness
Wednesday: Neon: Kindness brightens everyones day
Thursday: Favorite Team Attire: Team up for kindness
Friday: Brookwood Attire: Share the spirit of kindness
BMS Kindness Week (2/17-21)
BMS Flier:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p8I8D7sMM_4mx7Xck_XXyjX9O_o0ydDT/view?usp=sharing
Monday: Sports Attire: Team up for kindness
Tuesday: Color Wars: Color our world with kindness
Wednesday: Pajamas: Dreaming of a kind world
Thursday: Bright Colors: Shine bring for kindness
Friday: Brookwood Attire: Share the spirit of kindness
Brookwood Elementary KHC UPDATE! Our event is scheduled during your students' regular P.E. classes on either February 11th or 12th. Students should wear sneakers, bright colors, or anything that glows! Please check your seesaw or email Mrs. Brenek if you are unsure which day your students have class. briana.brenek@gcj2.k12.wi.us
We have 106 students registered, we have raised $9,000 so far, and 30 of our families have learned about healthy hearts so far. Help us reach our goal of 100% by joining the Heart Hero team today! http://www2.heart.org/goto/BrookwoodGenoaCity
Our 2nd graders are now bug experts! Throughout their last reading unit, they learned all about bugs. They had the opportunity to have a Bug Expert video chat with them and give them lots of cool information about bugs. Throughout the unit, they chose a bug and researched all about them. They used many text features throughout their book that they were learning in class. Students used graphic organizers to write a rough and final draft. They also drew pictures to go along with each of the research questions. Ask our 2nd graders all about their bugs!
Brookwood Elementary KHC UPDATE! 89 students have joined our school’s team already. Mrs. Himmelspach's class is in the lead with 14 students registered online. Way to go! Visit our school page at
http://www2.heart.org/goto/BrookwoodElementary or download the AHA Schools app to join today.
