Brookwood Elementary School

See you all soon! This event is open to ALL and we are so proud of all the work our students and staff have poured into this event — to raise funds for our local food pantry: Loaves and Fishes Empty Bowls Fundraiser for Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry on Dec 14 from 5pm-7pm at BMS // $5 per person We are "soup"er thankful for what we have as the Empty Bowls are a reminder that someone's bowl may be empty this season -- BMS Student Council and Leadership Students. Soup/Chili, Rolls, and Dessert. Bowls handcrafted by BMS students will also be available to purchase.

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.

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

Here is this week's Mustang Morning Show! Enjoy: https://youtu.be/_TSO8OVuAAk?feature=shared

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!!!

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

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.

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.

Breaking BES Grinch News for the month of December: https://youtu.be/gCYwCIOwhc8

HELP ME...I'm FEELING….the feeling of sadness since our special day: Grinch Day is coming to an end…. Have a great weekend, Mustangs!

GCJ2 December dress up days are set! 12/8: Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice! Wear your peppermint colors 12/15: Comfort & Joy! Wear your cozy flannel or fleece 12/18: Mistle TOES! Wear your festive footwear 12/19: Tinsel Tuesday! Wear your bright, sparkling, or glistening outfits 12/20: Spirited Tree Topper! Wear festive headgear 12/21: Holly Jolly Dress Up Wear your most festive holiday attire

The December 4K Outreach Activity is a fun one!! Create your own car for a drive-in movie!! There will not be regular programming this day for our 4K students. If you have additional questions, please contact your child's 4K teacher. Event: Dec 20 // 1pm

The 4K Block Party was a blast!!! Thank you to all the families that came out to be a part of it!

We are truly grateful for the continued community support, thankful for our Brookwood Family, and blessed to have you all a part of it. 💙 See you on Monday, Mustangs. Staff: thank you for your continued dedication to our students and our schools!! Our District is truly lucky to have each and everyone of you. 💙

What a great day to be BES Mustang!! Congrats to our BES PTO Coin War Winners ---2nd Grade!! Check out this short clip of Mr. Braden getting taped to the wall as their prize! https://youtu.be/0oBa7264-38 Thank you to our Brookwood PTO for putting together the coin war!!