Brookwood Elementary School

SO excited to see all our students that have signed up for week 2 of art camp! Our students in week 1 had a blast!!!

The first summer school session of "Shakespeare in a Week" FLEW BY!! In just three days, a band of Brookwood students took up the tale of Tom Sawyer and turned it into a fine Readers Theatre performance. By the fourth day, they were up on stage, tellin’ the story. The audience was all smiles, and I reckon ol’ Tom himself would've been mighty proud.

Today, our summer school class, Passport to the World, took an exciting journey to China! Students explored the rich history, vibrant culture, and diverse landscapes of this fascinating country. We were especially honored to welcome Mrs. Xiong, whose father is from China and mother is from Hong Kong, to share personal stories and insights that brought our learning to life. To top it all off, we sampled some delicious traditional Chinese dishes! Check back tomorrow to see where our global adventure takes us next!

Day 1 of Summer School : in the books! What was your child’s favorite course? Building a Shed? Traveling Around the World? Art Camp? Cooking? Weight Room Training? S.T.E.A.M.? Forestry? P.E.? Under the Sea? SO many to choose from!! 💙

GCJ2 Summer Office Hours

What a great way to end the year…not just celebrating our students — but celebrating our staff!! Today, staff were recognized for milestone years of service. We are truly lucky to have the staff that we do. Thank you…thank you….thank you!!!!! Have a wonderful summer, Mustangs.

BES Field Day!! June 5th!! Questions: Briana.Brenek@gcj2.k12.wi.uw or April.Fitzsimmons@gcj2.k12.wi.us

Here is your June Mustang Minute! Enjoy:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N8FCc1qY16xrf8GNPLwakbI9xOBtimem/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time. We are thankful for our network providers and their work on getting our services restored. Internet and phone services are fully restored at both of our buildings. If you have any questions, please contact our Director of Technology & Digital Expansion directly: Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us

Currently, our internet and phone lines are down in both buildings. Our providers have been triaging this issue all day as it has caused outages to four major other areas/schools in addition to our schools. We are potentially expecting the outage to continue into tomorrow. If you are in need of assistance, please email our Administrative Assistants, who have internet access to email during our regular business hours: BES Sarah Sponenburg: Sarah.Sponenburg@gcj2.k12.wi.us BMS Amanda Springer: Amanda.Springer@gcj2.k12.wi.us Or call our emergency phone lines, which are also monitored during our regular business hours: BES 262-949-3491 // BMS 262-949-1806 Thank you for your understanding a patience at this time. We will update via email and our social media platforms once our systems are restored.

In guidance class, second grade students have been learning about different career clusters and pathways. Recently, they had the opportunity to do some career research and found some careers they might like to do and some they wouldn't want to do by using, Paws In Jobland.

We’re thrilled to recognize a group of amazing Brookwood Elementary students who each logged over 500 reading steps this school year! Their hard work earned them the High Stepper Award, and we couldn’t be prouder of the dedication, perseverance, and commitment they've shown! We are so proud of our growing readers!

BES Summer Countdown - We are celebrating a wonderful school year of "Growing into Greatness!" by counting down the last 8 days until summer break. Please see the schedule attached to participate in Mustang fun.

Grab your blankets BES families... It's time for a picnic! When: June 6th // 11:30-12 at BES You are invited to join your child for a picnic lunch on the last day of school. Students can choose to enjoy the school provided lunch of hot dog, juice, fruit, veggies, and milk or join you for your own special lunch. At 11:15 we will have our 3rd grade parade throughout the building. All parents and guests will be asked to form a line outside the main entrance by the bell, weather permitting. If it is raining, parents will come in and form a line by 4k. 3rd graders will make their way through the building passing all homerooms and exiting the main door to the parent reception line. If you will not be attending the 3rd Grade parade please meet outside by the playground at 11:30. Picnic will end at 12:00. School will be dismissed at 12:25. If you would like to take your child home after the picnic , please be sure to sign out with your child’s teacher. Report cards will either be distributed at sign-out time or sent home in your child's backpack.

3rd Grade Celebration on June 6th at 10:30am @BES Gymnasium. Come celebrate all the amazing accomplishments of our 3rd graders! Questions: contact your child's 3rd grade teacher!

Recently, our 3rd graders went to the middle school to get a snapshot of life in 4th grade. Students met the RA/specials teachers, had lunch with their 4th grade buddy, and experienced gaga ball at recess. Many, many questions were asked and answered.

5/15/25 at 5:10pm Our internet and phone service is back up and running in both buildings. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this outage.

5/14/25 Internet & Phone Update: We have received verified information from our providers (WiscNet, AT&T, and TEACH) that there was a full circuit outage causing multiple school districts to be down with our current outage. Our providers are working on replacing the defective card as a new one is being sourced. We expect for our internet and phones to continue to be out tomorrow. If you are in need of assistance, please email our Administrative Assistants who have internet access to email: BES Sarah Sponenburg Sarah.Sponenburg@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 at this time: BES 262-949-3491 BMS 262-949-1806 Thank you for your understanding and patience at this time. We will update you once this system is restored.

Friendly Reminder: phone lines and internet are currently down in both buildings. This outage is part of a wide spread system outage with our providers affecting multiple school districts. If you are in need of assistance please email our Administrative Assistants who have internet access to email: BES Sarah Sponenburg Sarah.Sponenburg@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 at this time: BES 262-949-3491 BMS 262-949-1806 Thank you for your understanding and patience at this time. We will update you once this system is restored.

Phone lines and internet are currently down in both buildings. If you are in need of assistance please email our Administrative Assistants who have internet access to email: BES Sarah Sponenburg Sarah.Sponenburg@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 at this time: BES 262-949-3491 BMS 262-949-1806 Thank you for your understanding and patience at this time. We will update you once this system is restored.