In Miss Dwy's 2nd grade class, they have been having a blast on Friday's because it is.....Flashlight Friday's! Each Friday they turn off the lights during reading stamina time and students read using finger flashlights. This is not only a really fun and engaging way to work on their reading stamina, but it also helps students develop their tracking skills in reading! Way to work hard, Mustangs! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Mustangs, don't forget...there is no school on Monday! If you are a BES virtual/blended student...material pick up will be on Tuesday --anytime after 9 am. See you on Tuesday, Mustangs!
We love being able to work with our Bloomfield Genoa City Fire Department during fire safety week, the Bloomfield-Genoa City Fire and Rescue Department participated in a virtual field trip for our elementary students. The students were shown all of the different trucks, a firefighter putting on all of their gear, a ride-along on the newest fire engine, and parking the big engine.
Families and community members, thank you for continuing to work with our students on fire safety! Your commitment is extremely appreciated! And a special shout out to the Bloomfield Genoa City Fire & Rescue team!
Check out the virtual field trip here: https://tinyurl.com/y29n649j
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To celebrate national Farm to School Month, students in grades 4/5 "crunched" into locally grown apples from Hafs Road Orchard! Schools around Wisconsin "crunched" at noon today! The socially distanced outdoor crunch was a huge success! The Great Lakes Apple Crunch hopes to get over 2 million crunches today and throughout the month of October!
Apples were purchased with a grant from Fuel Up to Play 60. Fuel Up to Play 60 is a school nutrition and exercise program launched by National Dairy Councils and the NFL in collaboration with the USDA to improve health and wellness for American's youth. This grant will help us continue to promote healthy eating and exercise all year long! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Our BFO needs YOUR help! Here are the list of the events our BFO has planned so far this year.
-Pop-up Pumpkin Patch
-“You meme the world to us” teacher’s lounge stock
-Mascot gift / “name the mascot” contest
-Mustang Muffins
-Take-out Tuesdays
-Teacher appreciation week
-Read-a-thon
For each event, the BFO plans on having a committee lead the tasks at hand. If you are interested in signing up to help....here is the link to do so: https://tinyurl.com/yyxbtjtf
The sign-up includes information about some of the things each committee needs help with. BFO is looking for volunteers in any way possible. If you have questions, please feel free to email them directly: brookwoodfamily19@gmail.com
Thank you to Something Sweet for your support in our School District and our Brookwood Family Organization. For our Mustang Spirit Food Week, Something Sweet donated back to our BFO $104.23. The money will be used to support the BFO's goal to foster a sense of unity among families and staff. We are committed to ensuring that every single child feels this sense of community, connection, love, and support. Thank you to all of our families and community members that took part in ordering from Something Sweet during our Mustang Spirit Food Week! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Thank you to Genoa City Travel Center and Yolo's Restaurant (https://www.facebook.com/Yolos-Restaurant-100218364810259) for your support in our School District and our Brookwood Family Organization. For our Mustang Spirit Food Week, Yolo's rounded up their donation and donated back to our BFO $200. The money will be used to support the BFO's goal to foster a sense of unity among families and staff. We are committed to ensuring that every single child feels this sense of community, connection, love, and support. Thank you to all of our families and community members that took part in ordering from Yolo's during our Mustang Spirit Food Week! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Thank you to Next Door Pub for your support in our School District and our Brookwood Family Organization. For our Mustang Spirit Food Week, The Next Door Pub rounded up their donation and donated back to our BFO $200. The money will be used to support the BFO's goal to foster a sense of unity among families and staff. We are committed to ensuring that every single child feels this sense of community, connection, love, and support. Thank you to all of our families and community members that took part in ordering from The Next Door Pub during our Mustang Spirit Food Week! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Thank you to Broken Spoke Tavern & Eatery for your support in our School District and our Brookwood Family Organization. For our Mustang Spirit Food Week, The Broken Spoke has donated back to our BFO $388.78. The money will be used to support the BFO's goal to foster a sense of unity among families and staff. We are committed to ensuring that every single child feels this sense of community, connection, love, and support. Thank you to all of our families and community members that took part in ordering from The Broken Spoke during our Mustang Spirit Food Week! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Thank you to La Cocina Genoa City for your support in our School District and our Brookwood Family Organization. For our Mustang Spirit Food Week, La Cocina has donated back to our BFO $41.80. The money will be used to support the BFO's goal to foster a sense of unity among families and staff. We are committed to ensuring that every single child feels this sense of community, connection, love, and support. Thank you to all of our families and community members that took part in ordering from La Cocina during our Mustang Spirit Food Week! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
In recognition of Wisconsin School Board Week, we want to thank the members of the Genoa City Jt. 2 School Board for their ongoing commitment to serve the Brookwood School Community! School Board Members play a vital role in ensuring that decision-making within the district is aligned with the values of the community. Our School Board has championed a "Children First" mentality that creates opportunities for all of our students and staff members to grow into their greatness! Our Brookwood Family is THE BEST! #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
https://tinyurl.com/yy9xjtew
Students in 2nd grade began their new social studies unit on mapping. They began their unit by looking at different maps through various resources. Students will learn about map keys and cardinal directions as well. At the end of the unit, students will be working on making a map of their own. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
#BrookwoodRocks!!! Mustangs, did you notice a newly painted rock at the elementary school?! Tell us in the comments why you think #BrookwoodRocks! (Thanks, Ms. Nousaine for this awesome painted rock at the end of our #BrookwoodRocks walk!!) We’ve almost got the walk rock bed lined in showcasing how Brookwood rocks!! We plan on sealing the rocks this next week so get your rocks down before we get them set for the chillier weather that’s coming up. #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Please see the following Mustang Message from our Superintendent Kellie Bohn. https://youtu.be/SivTzy7heFU
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Our Brookwood Family Organization is open to all families that have family members enrolled into our GCJ2 School District. The BFO's goal this year is to foster a sense of unity among families and staff. We are committed to ensuring that every single child feels this sense of community, connection, love, and support.
We have our event dates set and we are looking for volunteers to become a part of each of the committees to help plan the events. If you can’t make it to our meeting but would like to help, please feel free to email our BFO at brookwoodfamily19@gmail.com. The meeting will be in person at the elementary school with an online live meeting as well. Our in-person meeting will be hosted outside at the BES playground, we ask that you please bring your own chair to make yourself comfortable and a mask for possible small group discussion times. Our first meeting on Oct. 6th at 6pm---for those joining virtually—the link is included below.
Here is the agenda: https://tinyurl.com/y6xeacjb
Here is the virtual link to join: meet.google.com/rbb-rydp-cuk
Virtual Cross-Country Season Week 4
We made it to race week! Nice work so far cross-country team! This week, our goal is to have as many of us as possible run a timed race. It doesn't matter how far you run, or how fast you run, but just run! Use one of the free-run tracking apps to get your time and distance, and then report back to Mr. Guth on how awesome you did for your race! Here is the email address: Matt.Guth@gcj2.k12.wi.us #BeBrookwood #BrookwoodsBest
Don't forget...there is no school tomorrow! Have a great Thursday....and we will see you again on Monday, Mustangs!
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
