The BFO Holiday Shop is a fun opportunity for students to "secretly" shop for small gifts for their friends and family. Price on gifts range from $0.25-$10.00. Location of the BFO Holiday Shop is at BMS.
Here is a list of the other times the Holiday Shop is open; as well as a preview link of some items in the shop!
Friday, December 9th from 5pm - 8pm
Saturday, December 10th from 8am - 11am (during breakfast with Santa)
Tuesday, December 13th from 5pm - 8pm (during the 1st - 3rd grade winter concert)
Wednesday, December 14th from 5pm - 8pm (during the 5th - 8th grade choir and band concert)
https://6428960.holidaytreasures.com
Interested in volunteering at the shop to help the BFO make this event successful? Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/nbnvfmsw
We hope to see you at our 4K/5K Winter Concert at BES on December 6th at 5:30pm. Doors open at 5:15pm. All families and friends are welcome!
No School : Nov 23rd-25th.
We hope that you will join us for our BMS Winter Concert on Dec. 14th starting at 6:30pm at BMS.
The groups performing will be our 6th-8th grade Choir, 5th grade band, 6th grade band, 7/8 grade band and jazz band.
Are you a family in need for necessity items for your child or children for the holidays?
OR
Are you interested in adopting a child or children for the holidays by purchasing necessity items? Or are you interested in donating monetarily to support our Families in Need Program?
Our Families in Need program is designed to help out families in our district who are having difficulty meeting the immediate needs of their children. We are thankful for the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry for fulfilling food and toys to our families in need within our community.
Though we intend to help as many families as possible, we ask that you follow the following guidelines:
-We are only able to serve children up through 8th grade --which includes infants and toddlers
-We ask that all school aged children that clothing is being requested for must attend either Brookwood Elementary or Middle School
If you would like to sign your child up for this program, please fill out the following form: https://tinyurl.com/ykh42prf
(Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for this program)
**All personal information that is submitted into the form will be kept confidential**
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If you are interested in donating monetarily or adopting a child or family, please fill out this form: https://tinyurl.com/ms3y8eb3
**All personal information that is submitted into the form will be kept confidential**
Thank you to our community members for helping us fulfill this need within our community.
If you have any additional questions, please contact: Helen Xiong at Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us
We are SO excited to continue a series called: Sharing 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 accomplishments!! If you have something to share....email it to Mrs. Xiong at Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Our next sharer of greatness is Callie who is currently a 7th grader at BMS and is a type one diabetic. She is also a JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) youth ambassador.
Callie has had diabetes for almost 3 years and diabetes does not have a cure. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is working to find a cure though. Callie helps the foundation make phone calls and sends out letters to newly diagnosed kids like herself. The group she is in helps set up events for JDRF to help raise funds for juvenile diabetes research to help find a cure to support all type 1 diabetes.
Having diabetes doesn’t stop Callie from doing the things she loves. She has learned ways to know what her body needs and watches her monitor that keeps track of her blood sugar to help manage her diabetes.
Way to make us #MustangProud, Callie, and making an impact on the world around us!
We are SO excited to announce our first ever Ski Club at Grand Geneva!! This event is open to not only students but family members as well!! Are you an advanced skier or a beginner? It doesn't matter!! This is a steal of a deal and is open to all levels of skiers! Please fill out the following form if you are interested: https://tinyurl.com/yckpyp5k
This event is open to students but also open to family members. If there are children outside of the grade levels of 4th-8th grade attending, it is asked that parents oversee those other children.
$39.58/per person/per date: this payment of registration includes a 90 minute ski lesson, ski/snowboard rental and lift ticket!!
OR through the registration link from Mrs. Hoark you can specify exactly what package you would like to order:
$15.83/lift ticket and/or
$10/ski/snowboard rental
and/or $13.75 per week
**There are no snowboarding lessons available for this event**
Come one week or all six weeks!!
Our Dates: Jan 13, Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, and/or Feb 17
ALL STUDENTS that rode the bus MUST check out with Mrs. Hoark with their parents between 7:30pm-8:00pm at Grand Geneva. The homebase for check out will be decided upon the arrival at Grand Geneva.
BES After School Adventure Club has been a BLAST so far!! Our Kindergarten-1st grade students that signed up for Game and Puzzles had a blast working with peers and/or working independently on solving some great puzzles and playing various types of games!
In 6th grade science, students have started a new unit about thermal energy which investigates how different cups can keep liquid from warming up or cooling down. They started their exploration of that phenomenon with a lab that tested how quickly ice water in a double-layered plastic cup and in a single-layered plastic cup increased in temperature over time. Now the students are tasked with focusing on modifying one feature of the cup to investigate if their change will keep the water colder the longest.
Students in this picture are experimenting with thermometers to see how they can alter the temperature using their hands.
Thank you to all of the Veterans and community members that came out to today’s Veterans Day Program. We are truly thankful for all those who have served.
6th graders used the online game Bamboozled as a fun way to practice synonyms and antonyms. Students worked in groups and worked together to answer the questions. There were hidden perks embedded into the game like taking points away from other teams and randomly earning points. Make sure to ask your 6th grader about this fun activity they worked on in class!
Sharing 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 accomplishments!! If you have something to share....email it to Mrs. Xiong at Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us
Our next sharer of greatness is Jonathan in 1st grade!! Jonathan's Comets football team won the Super Bowl!!! This season he played for the State Line Comets he played defensive inside line backer. It was his 1st year playing tackle football and made 2 solo tackles at the superbowl! Way to #WorkHard and #PlayHard, Jonathan! We are #MustangProud of your accomplishments!
Join in on Penny Wars! Each school is doing their own version so check in with your homeroom teacher on the rules! Monies raised will be used to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Brookwood Families, due to an unexpected circumstance with PSG, they are unable to present at the scheduled presentation for tomorrow night. Parenting Post-Pandemic: Helping our children learn & grow in a changing world has been cancelled. Once it is rescheduled, we will send fliers home and post on our social media outlets again.
We are SO excited to continue a series called: Sharing YOUR Greatness! But this time we are sharing the greatness of a staff member!!
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 accomplishments!! If you have something to share....email it to Mrs. Xiong at Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us and this goes for our staff members alike!
At the end of October, Mrs. Bullock who teaches K-3rd & 6th grade music, 6th-8th grade choir, Drama, and Personal Finance, attended the Wisconsin Music Educators Conference in Madison. She was one of the presenters for Informal Music Making and Technology in the Classroom. Mrs. Bullock shared things she has created as an educator to enhance her teaching, as well as projects created by students. Recent student-created projects include: a sixth grade project, Red Fish Blue Fish, performed with beats he created himself using BandLab, the chance composition project created by Mrs. Nast's 21/22 third grade class, and William's Winter Nap - which was narrated by the drama class with sound effects added by Mrs. Johnson's second grade using classroom instruments. Conferences provide a great opportunity to network and gain new approaches and ideas to use in the classroom. Mrs. Bullock is already implementing some of the new things she learned! Way to share your greatness, Mrs. Bullock!! We are #MustangProud of you and so thankful you are part of the Brookwood Family!
Surprise!!! It’s Mustang Monday!!! Don’t forget to show your school spirit by wearing Brookwood Blues or your Mustang gear on Monday’s to school. It is randomly decided if it’s a Brookwood Blue or Mustang Monday day and kids will randomly be pulled for what they’re wearing to get a surprise because of their showcase of their school spirit. Here are a few of our prize winners from today’s pull!!
Suckers for Socks!!
Thank you to Something Sweet for collaborating with us on helping us get socks for our Families in Need Program!
Drop off your newly packaged/tagged socks to Something Sweet for a special sweet treat in return!! Donations will be accepted through 12/9.
We are SO thankful for our community partnerships.
Join us Dec 26th-30th at the brightest & most dazzling drive through holiday light show, The Christmas Carnival of Lights!
You'll be supporting The Brookwood Family Organization. Drive through the 2 mile wooded path with over 2 million lights while you listen to your favorite holiday tunes. Then, stop by Santa's Workshop at the end to get a photo with Santa and eat some tasty treats!
Purchase your tickets on the Christmas Carnival of Lights website and use our unique promo code, BFOLIGHTS2. You only need to purchase ONE car pass for up to 8 people! 25% of ticket sales will go back to our organization.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Christmas Carnival of Lights website here: wichristmascarnival.com
