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.
5th Grade spent their day reviewing for their long division math test by playing ultimate connect 4! As a group, they had to answer the question on their packet, and if they all had the correct answer and work shown --- they got to add a post it to a connect 4 space. Students got competitive while practicing their division!
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!!!
This morning, BMS students enjoyed hot fresh pancakes courtesy of Mr.Lubus. Students earned this reward after being nominated by a teacher for being an example of what it means to Be Brookwood at our middle school. With everyone's help, we make our school a place for everyone!
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
The Middle School Forensics Program is gearing up. Our competitions and most of our practices take place during January. It is not too late to join! There are lots of cool events: individual, group, some with tech, and even some with music. Students can see Ms. Bullock, or come to the meeting after school on Monday, December 11th, 2:45 - 4:00.
Thank you to all students and staff for helping to make our first BMS Student Council event successful last week. The 4th and 5th graders had a blast during their Glow Fun Night with flashlight tag, snacks, and lots of running around. The 6, 7, and 8th graders showed off some pretty trendy dance moves during the many dance-off competitions at their Light up the Night Dance. Over 130 kids attended the events. It's a great time to be a student leader! Next week, the Student Council will be selling Candy Canes for Kindness for $.50 and the Leadership students helped organized the Empty Bowls Event coming up on the 14th of December. We hope to see you there!
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.
BMS Winter Concert: Bands & Choir // 12/13 @BMS 6:30pm
Grade 4 will hold an Early Wisconsin Gathering because they're
study Wisconsin history during this year. They will play games and
experience 1800’s activities, listen to Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little
House in the Big Woods, and sample food harvested in WI. To find out more information, please contact your child's teacher!
1st-3rd Grade Winter Concert
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 @6:30 PM
*All students should arrive by 6:15
At Brookwood Middle School Gym
4K & 5K Winter Concert @ BES @ 5:30 // 12/5
Recently, 2nd and 3rd graders hiked down to the park for science. Both grades are studying water and collected data such as water temperature and depth in various parts of the creek to compare with the same location in spring, as well as the forest and prairie that they will be exploring at a later date! By the way, the water temperature was 38 degrees!
Mrs. Cassaday's class is our November BES Be Brookwood Class of the Month! These 1st graders earned this nomination for being kind, safe, and responsible during an all-school assembly. Each student is a rockstar and deserves to be recognized for their awesome work! So proud!
At the elementary school, teachers can nominate classes for "Being Brookwood". At the end of each month, one class is chosen and awarded for their spectacular work at school.
Exciting news! The girls basketball team made the playoffs!!! We will play on Monday, December 4th. Our game is AT Yorkville at 5pm. Come cheer on your Mustangs! 🏀🏀🏀
