What a great day 2 with our newest Mustang staff!!
Today, our new staff were joined by their mentors to get them ready and set for the upcoming inservice week and the beginning of the school year.
You might have seen them in town today as they also partook in a community scavenger hunt to get to know the history of Genoa City!! Enjoy their scavenger hunt pictures!!
What a great day to be a Mustang!! Please welcome our newest members to our Brookwood Family……our new staff!! Today was the first day of our two day New Staff orientation. We can’t wait for you all to meet them!!
The Brookwood PTO has a new Facebook page this year where all PTO events and activities will be posted for Brookwood families to see. Take a look at our new Brookwood PTO board for this upcoming 2023/2024 school year!
https://www.facebook.com/people/Brookwood-PTO/100093974303862/
Whether or not you did or didn't...it doesn't matter!
The Family Engagement Team welcomes you and your family to come by BMS on August 22nd from 5pm-6:30pm to get Booked by Brookwood and meet Mr. Lubus!
Your child's school picture day at: Brookwood Elementary & Middle School will be August 29th from 4pm-7pm
Please use the link below to pre-order your portraits:
http://edclarkschoolphoto.hhimagehost.com/Fall2023BrookwoodElementaryandMiddle
Picture Ordering will close at 10pm on picture day.
If you are having issues with the link copy and paste this into your browser:
https://AccessMyEvent.com/CCQX73
School Supply List
The August 21st GCJ2 School Board Meeting has been rescheduled to August 28th. Location and time will be the same. Brookwood Middle School 6:00pm-8:00pm
If you have any questions, please contact Superintendent Drew Halbesma: Drew.Halbesma@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Internet & Phone Outage at both buildings today, 8/8/23 (Tuesday) from 1pm-3pm.
If you are in need of assistance, please email our Administrative Assistants who will have internet access to email:
BES Carey Denecke Carey.Denecke@gcj2.k12.wi.us
BMS Amanda Springer Amanda.Springer@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Or call our emergency phone lines that are monitored during regular business hours when our main phone lines are down:
BES 262-949-3491
BMS 262-949-1806
If you call or email after hours, those outlets will be checked tomorrow morning.
Thank you again for your understanding and support.
We were just notified that AT&T can no longer make this afternoon's appointment with us and will need to reschedule. We will post again once a new date and time are set because the update will cause our phone and internet to be down at both buildings. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Both schools will be hosting a Back to School Night on August 29, from 4-7pm @ BES and BMS. Teachers
will be busy with inservice and preparing their classrooms for our guests. Doors will not open until 4:00pm and
families will not be able to enter the building until this time. At this time, you and your student will be able to:
● get his/her picture taken (note: Picture Retake day is 10/2 during the school day)
● meet the teachers and get acquainted with the classroom and school
● drop off school supplies
● receive bus stop locations and times
● put funds in your student’s food service (breakfast, lunch, and milk) account / fill out the Free and
Reduced Meal applications
● get your cubby or locker assignment and (Semester I schedule-BMS students only)
Registration is mandatory for ALL students at both schools. Parents can choose if they register their child online or onsite.
August 1st-20th: Online Registration
August 22nd 11am-7pm at BMS:
Onsite Registration for BOTH schools
(if you register online, there is no need to attend onsite registration)
+parents, please see check your email for
additional information on how to register*
Brookwood Parents: Please check your email for information regarding the upcoming school year.
If you did not get an email, please contact either building secretary to ensure your email is updated in our database.
BES: Carey.Denecke@gcj2.k12.wi.us
BMS: Amanda.Springer@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Share Your Greatness!!
We ask our Brookwood families to share with us things our Brookwood students are doing outside of school so we can share in your greatness and how #MustangProud we are of your excitement!! If you have something to share....email it to Mrs. Xiong at Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Our next sharers of greatness are Declan & Deacon!! They recently explored Indiana and are so excited to share about their trip to our Brookwood Family!!
They started with the Indianapolis Children's Museum, where they learned a lot, especially about their favorite dinosaurs. While at the museum they were able to see the Minecraft exhibit as well as the traveling Dinosaur Train exhibit. The boys tried being astronauts and explored how astronauts live and work while in outer space.
They also enjoyed a day at the Indianapolis Zoo where they were able to pet sharks and stingrays as well as getting up close to kangaroos. Declan and Deacon were able to hear the noise a flamingo makes, which they found both interesting and funny. The sea lions were extra playful, which was very fun to watch from the underground exhibit. They also experienced the desert heat and learned about all the animals and plants that thrive in desert conditions, by the time they were done -- the cool breeze felt great once they stepped outside the exhibit.
Before heading back home to Wisconsin, they enjoyed the day at the Indiana Dunes National Park, where they climbed the giant sand hills, played in the sand, and put their feet in the cold water of Lake Michigan and collected some very interesting rocks. There were many large holes already dug by past patrons of the beach, those were very fun to jump in.
What are you and your family doing this summer!? Share with our Brookwood Family things you are doing so that we can share in your adventures!
Thank you, Declan & Deacon, for sharing with us your adventures!!! We loved learning about fun things to do in Indiana!
BMS and BES Offices will be closed from July 3rd-7th and will reopen for regular summer hours on July 10th.
If you have questions or need of assistance while we are out of the office, please feel free to email either administrative assistant and they will reply to you during our regular summer hours or leave a voicemail at either office number listed below.
BES: Carey.Denecke@gcj2.k12.wi.us / 262-279-6496
BMS: Amanda.Springer@gcj2.k12.wi.us / 262-279-1053
Kindergarten and First Grade students have been working hard using their imagination and working with others to build some amazing lego creations during summer school!
Did YOU get Booked by Brookwood yes?! We have some more to drop off so email Mrs. Xiong if you'd like to get Booked by Brookwood: Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Our GCJ2 Family Engagement Team is SO excited to share with you our Brookwood Book Bags where our team has filled these special bags with books for YOU. These bags will be dropped off at random Brookwood Family houses and we ask that you and your family pick a book or two to keep to engage in literacy with your child at home. Then in the bag you will find an envelope with window clings in it. Post a window cling on a front window signifying that you've been Brookwood Booked and then pass the bag and clings onto another Brookwood Family's house!! If you aren't sure of a house to drop it off at ---bring it back to either the elementary or middle school and we will get the bag to its next location! If you are the last one to get the bag with a book or two in it...you get a bonus! Keep the bag for yourself!! Thank you for supporting the Family Engagement Team's goal with building relationships and strengthening our connection between the schools and you families to help increase student achievement. If you have questions, please feel free to contact anyone on our Family Engagement Team!
Don't forget to ONLY drop off to houses of families that you know and that are a part of the Brookwood Family. If you are uncomfortable dropping bags off, please have your child bring it back to the schools and we will do the next delivery.
Lastly, please don't forget to put a window cling up to signify you do not need another bag nor want a bag.
Check out this video for more information: https://youtu.be/9KN6Ah6W9aU
Have pictures you’d like to share with your books? Email them to: Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Congratulations to Brookwood Greenthumbs who overhauled the garden with a new layout, planted squash, tomatoes, flower seeds and put together the new raised beds last week during Summer School. They walked away feeling very proud of their contribution to their community! Thank you to Mr. Erickson for all the tilling and support! Now our community gardeners take over to see it come to full fruition. If you are interested in helping and having access to fresh garden produce, please contact Mrs. Kanthack maryellen.kanthack@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Did YOU get Booked by Brookwood yet?! If not, keep watching your front porch!!! And once you do, don’t forget to get those window clings up!!
We hope you get Brookwood Booked! Our GCJ2 Family Engagement Team is SO excited to share with you our Brookwood Book Bags where our team has filled these special bags with books for YOU. These bags will be dropped off at random Brookwood Family houses and we ask that you and your family pick a book or two to keep to engage in literacy with your child at home. Then in the bag you will find an envelope with window clings in it. Post a window cling on a front window signifying that you've been Brookwood Booked and then pass the bag and clings onto another Brookwood Family's house!! If you aren't sure of a house to drop it off at ---bring it back to either the elementary or middle school and we will get the bag to its next location! If you are the last one to get the bag with a book or two in it...you get a bonus! Keep the bag for yourself!! Thank you for supporting the Family Engagement Team's goal with building relationships and strengthening our connection between the schools and you families to help increase student achievement. If you have questions, please feel free to contact anyone on our Family Engagement Team!
Don't forget to ONLY drop off to houses of families that you know and that are a part of the Brookwood Family. If you are uncomfortable dropping bags off, please have your child bring it back to the schools and we will do the next delivery.
Lastly, please don't forget to put a window cling up to signify you do not need another bag nor want a bag.
Check out this video for more information: https://youtu.be/9KN6Ah6W9aU
Have pictures you’d like to share with your books? Email them to: Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Summer office hours for BOTH buildings!!
We also still have yearbooks for sale. They are $25 each and can be purchased at either school office.
