Mustang Minute

Greetings Mustangs!

We've got just ONE week to go and the '22-'23 school year is a wrap! Please be sure to read on for more information about the LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL to include our 8th Grade Graduation on June 1st and our end of the year celebrations on June 2nd in both buildings!

As a reminder, there is NO SCHOOL on Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day. May we never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. On behalf of the entire Brookwood staff, we hope you enjoy this day and the long weekend with your loved ones. For those traveling, please be safe!

Have a restful weekend, Mustangs!

Mr. Braden & Mrs. Franz

• 5/26 - Deadline for Brookwood Bundles

• 5/29 - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

• 5/30 - BES Summer Countdown “A” - Art Day

• 5/30 - Community - GCJ2 Fitness Room @ BMS, 6-8pm

• 5/31 - BES Summer Countdown “N” - Nature Day

• 5/31 - BES Mustang Playgroup ages 3-4, 8:30-10am

• 5/31 - BMS - 8th grade Graduation Dance, 7-9pm @BMS

• 6/1 - BES Summer Countdown “G” - Get up & Go! Field Day

• 6/1 - BES - Field Day

• 6/1 - BES - Last day of school for 4K

• 6/1 - BMS - Graduation Rehearsal, 8th grade early release @ 10:30am

• 6/1 - BMS - 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony @ 6:30 (students arrive at 5:30)

• 6/2 - BES Summer Countdown “S” - Summer Vibes

• 6/2 - BES - Last day of school/Picnic - early release @ 12:20pm

• 6/2 - BMS - Last day of school/Awards Ceremony/Picnic 9:30am - early release @ 11:30am

It's hard to believe, but the big day is almost here for our 8th graders...graduation day! Graduation will be held on June 1st, at 6:30pm at BMS. The ceremony will be held outside, and we will plan to move indoors if the weather doesn't cooperate. Seating is unlimited and will be on a first come, first served basis.

8th grade students should report to the 4/5 wing at BMS at 5:30pm SHARP for pictures.

We hope to see you all there!

Brookwood Elementary Families:

We are so excited for our final celebration and school wide picnic on June 2nd. The picnic will run from 11:00am-12:00pm in the playground area. If you plan on joining us, please gather outside the main doors lining the sidewalk. We will be having our 3rd grade take their final walk through the halls and exit the building through the main office doors to the receiving line of family and well wishers. Following the 3rd grade parade, all other classes will get their lunches and meet in the playground area. You can meet your child/children there.

If you plan on taking your BES student home with you following the picnic, make sure you check out with your child's homeroom teacher. They will have your report cards for you at check out. Following checkout at 12:00, families can enter the building and pick up their child's belongings from their cubbies prior to leaving and starting Summer Break.

If you cannot join us for the celebration please note, there is no scheduled 4k programming on June 2nd and school will be dismissed for k-3rd at 12:25 on June 2nd.

I wish you all a great summer and thank you for your support throughout the school year.

---Mr. Braden

The staff at BMS would like to invite parents and guardians to join us for our last day of school awards ceremony and picnic! The 4th-7th Grade Awards Ceremony will be hosted in the gym, and will begin promptly at 9:30am. Parents can enter the building through the main doors - and we will begin seating at 9:15am. Immediately following the ceremony, parents are also invited to stay for a picnic lunch with their student. Parents - we welcome you to bring a picnic style lunch or snacks for yourselves and your student(s). A hotdog lunch will also be available for students in the school lunch line.

If you plan on taking your BMS student home with you following the picnic, please make sure to check out with your child's homeroom teacher. He or she will have report cards for you at check out. Following the check out at 11:15am, families can enter the building and pick up their child's belongings from their lockers prior to leaving and starting Summer Break.

Looking forward to celebrating the end of a GREAT school year together!

---Mrs. Franz

IT IS OFFICIAL!!

Genoa City's Memorial Park has been classified as the FIRST school forest in Walworth County! The park will be used for educational purposes and for community functions. The school district's scientists (grade 4K-8) will be developing programs to help take care of and use the forest. Look for more information at the Genoa City Farmer's Market and updates on happenings as our next school year approaches!

We hope you get Brookwood Booked! Our first round of drop offs will happen today! Our GCJ2 Family Engagement Team is SO excited to share with you our Brookwood Book Bags where our team has filled these special bags with books for YOU. These bags will be dropped off at random Brookwood Family houses and we ask that you and your family pick a book or two to keep to engage in literacy with your child at home. Then, in the bag you will find an envelope with window clings in it. Post a window cling on a front window signifying that you've been Brookwood Booked and then pass the bag and clings onto another Brookwood Family's house!! If you aren't sure of a house to drop it off at ---bring it back to either the elementary or middle school and we will get the bag to its next location! If you are the last one to get the bag with a book or two in it...you get a bonus! Keep the bag for yourself!! Thank you for supporting the Family Engagement Team's goal with building relationships and strengthening our connection between the schools and you families to help increase student achievement. If you have questions, please feel free to contact anyone on our Family Engagement Team!

Don't forget to ONLY drop off to houses of families that you know and that are a part of the Brookwood Family. If you are uncomfortable dropping bags off, please have your child bring it back to the schools and we will do the next delivery.

Lastly, please don't forget to put a window cling up to signify you do not need another bag nor want a bag.

Check out this video for more information: https://youtu.be/9KN6Ah6W9aU

On Wednesday night, our 7th and 8th grade jazz musicians participated in the annual Area Jazz Festival at Badger High School. Our students played alongside student musicians from LGMS and Badger, including several BMS Jazz Band alumni! It was a great celebration of jazz and the hard work these students put in throughout the year. Congratulations to all involved!

What an amazing way to wrap-up the year as science and physical education combined to take a final environmental stewardship hike! Kindergarten and first grade wrapped up their plant units by starting wetland plants and then transplanting them to Veterans Park! Stop by and watch them grow. A QR code for learning about the specific plants is attached to the signs that are at the site. Second and third grade went to remove garbage and invasive plants from the trail leading to the middle school. Third grade removed garlic mustard and small buckthorn and second focused on garbage and buckthorn shoots. Both groups realized that there is still much more work to be done. Stop by the Genoa City Farmer's Market if you would like to know more!

HUGE THANKS to our BFO for organizing and executing another AMAZING Fun Fair for our Brookwood kids and families! We were fortunate to have had beautiful, sunny weather this year, and fantastic food and treats, super fun games, inflatables, and prizes as always. Thanks also to all who volunteered to make this event a success! We can't WAIT for next year!

Congratulations to the following BES Be Brookwood Shout Out Winners!

KG- Kinsley, Cooper, Kayleigh, Jett, Jaxon, Graham, Scarlett, Leland, Lena

1st- Gunner, Logan, Broderick, Lilah, Eian, Greyson, Josalyn, Nico, Harmoni

2nd- Maven, Reid, CJ, McKenzi C. Declan, Emma

3rd- Zach, Crimson, Cali, Lola, Declan, Cameron

We are reviewing all of our Fundations skills as we review all the rules we have learned with spelling and reading words. We reviewed what blends are and the sounds those blends make in a fun activity of writing the room. The students walked around the room looking for words and then writing them on a sheet. When they were done, they read them to the teacher to get a prize!

In writing, we worked on how to writings (teaching others how to do something). We learned how to make peanut butter, cotton candy, apple cider, and ice cream. The class taught me step by step how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. We learned through this fun and silly activity how it is very important when teaching someone how to do something to tell them every little step. The best part was we made and gobbled up yummy PB&J sandwiches!

In math, we are reviewing our math skills that we have learned throughout the year! We have been working hard reviewing those math skills on Seesaw, IXL, math projects, and even fun partner games! Who says math can't be fun?!

In reading, we have a challenge this week! A BINGO Gear Up for Summer sheet. Everyday we are working on filling out more of our sheet during reading and WIN time. We are reading books on Epic and Arc Bookshelf, reading with partners, 5 Finger Retelling, reading to the teacher, as well as drawing characters and settings from our books. This has been a fun way for us to keep reading in class as we get closer to the end of the school year!

After a couple of years of taking a break from our Folk Fair, the World Language classes hosted their Culture Fair on Friday morning. Students in grades 6, 7, & 8 researched a country of interest, created a game for kids to play that was based on the research, and prepared either food, a flyer, or artwork that the guests received when they visited the exhibit. Any students who were not directly involved in the culture fair were able to participate in the event. These participants also carried passports to get signed as they visited each country. This was a wonderful event, full of food, interesting information, and smiles! Awesome job, Mustangs!

The afternoon proved to be very special as well. The 4th graders presented their state projects for the entire school. The students worked really hard researching a state and were able to share important information about that state with any student who stopped by and inquired. These students also had an opportunity to prepare food or drink that would traditionally be associated with their state. Not only did these students learn about their state, but they learned how to present material using a visual aid. They also learned how to place information to be aesthetically pleasing as well as easy to read. All ELA grammar rules were applied. It was such a great learning experience for all of our Mustangs.

Market Day is an awesome learning experience for our third graders. In social studies we have been studying Producers and Consumers, and Saving and Spending. Students have created their own businesses with a handmade product. They have worked on supply costs, marketing and production.

On Market Day, students set up their stands and sell their products. Every student and teacher will receive 10 Apple Bucks on their way in and they can purchase whatever products they want. Yes, this is real life products, but not real money. Students have art work, crafts, slime, etc. It's like a farmers market set up and students are allowed to walk through and check out all the products.

Click the button below to see some commercials for what is getting sold at Market Day!

Please double check your homes for any athletic uniforms that may be hiding out and return them to the BMS office. We appreciate all of your support and encouragement of our student-athletes!

Hope to see you at our end-of-year awards on Friday, June 2nd, from 9:30am-10:30am where we will recognize all of our athletes in 4th-7th grade. It will be a fun morning!

I look forward to all of your participation in our summer school athletics programming in June!

Stay active this summer! If you're looking to venture away from home, use this website to find fun activities in our area: ACTIVEkids. In the "location" box, type in Genoa City, WI (or your town) and a list of activities will pop up nearby.

Have a great summer, and Go Mustangs!

Coach Metcalf

Eighth Grade Graduation will be held on Thursday, June 1st! Once again, we are excited to announce that we will be partnering with our friends from Ed Clark Photography to help our 8th Grade families capture this milestone event. Graduate Cap & Gown photos will be taken prior to the ceremony in the 4/5 wing at BMS. Please click the button below to pre-order your Graduation Portrait package today!

We need your help to get more families to support the Box Tops program. The more people that participate, the more our school can earn to help get the supplies it needs!

PLUS, you can earn a bonus for our school by inviting your friends, family, and other parents to sign up and participate in Box Tops.

To refer friends to sign up, go to the Invite Friends section of the Box Tops app. (You can get there by tapping on the person icon in the upper-right corner of the app home screen.) You'll get a referral code that you can send to a friend. You'll BOTH earn Bonus Box Tops for our school when they scan their first receipt — that's extra cash that counts towards our Box Tops earnings goal of $1,000 this year.

Thanks for your help!

Email the BFO at brookwoodfamily19@gmail.com with any questions regarding box tops.

For Brookwood schools use referral code WY7S80A1

https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=WY7S80A1

Throughout the school year Brookwood has many opportunities for parents to partner with the school through volunteering. Some of these will include, but not limited to, chaperoning field trips, assisting during classroom activities, large school or district wide events, etc. To ensure the safety of all our students, all volunteers need to submit and pass a background check. These forms can be completed ahead of time and individuals will be added to the approved volunteer list. This is good for the school year. If you intend to volunteer, feel free to complete the attached forms and send the forms to your child's school office. Thank you for your cooperation and involvement.