Mustang Minute

Greetings Mustangs!

It's been another awesome week at Brookwood! This past week was Severe Weather Week, and students in both buildings learned all about how to react in the case of severe weather, and they participated in school or class-wide drills this afternoon. We are happy to report that the students in both buildings handled themselves with the utmost maturity, quickly and safely moving to their designated areas, and staying quiet to hear teacher instructions.

Wisconsin Forward State testing is winding down for grades 3-8. We have reserved next week for make up testing, so if your student has been absent recently, and has missed a required test, please know that he or she will be testing next week.

Lastly, we are eagerly anticipating some exciting upcoming events! We look forward to seeing those of you who have signed up for our Mother/Son Glow Party this Saturday at BMS, from 1-3pm. As a reminder, this is not a drop off event. Also, Annie Jr. is ready to go! We hope you will make it to one of our shows next weekend, on April 27th or April 28th at 7pm at BMS. The kids have put an enormous amount of time into memorizing lines, designing sets, singing, dancing, and acting! This is sure to be an amazing show...don't miss it!

Have a wonderful weekend, Mustangs!

Mr. Braden & Mrs. Franz

• 4/22 - Forensics Meet @ Williams Bay,8:45am-11:30am

• 4/22 - BFO Mother/Son Glow Party @ BMS, 1-3pm

• 4/24 - BMS Musical Rehearsal - All Attend, 2:45-4:30pm

• 4/24 - Community - Yoga @ BES, 6-7pm

• 4/25 - BMS Track and Field Practice @ Badger, 2:40-4:30pm

• 4/25 - BMS Musical Rehearsal - All Attend, 2:45-4:30pm

• 4/25 - 2nd & 3rd grade Running club @ BES, 3:30-4:15pm

• 4/25 - BES After School Enrichment, 3:30-4:15pm

• 4/25 - Community - GCJ2 Fitness Room @ BMS, 6-8pm

• 4/26 - BES Mustang Playgroup ages 3-4, 8:30-10am

• 4/26 - BMS Track and Field Practice, 2:40-4:00pm

• 4/26 - BMS Musical Rehearsal - All Attend, 2:45-4:30pm

• 4/26 - How Can We Save Memorial Park? Work Day @ BMS, 3:45-5:00pm

• 4/26 - Community Zumba @ BMS, 4:30-5:30pm

• 4/27 - BMS Track and Field Practice, 2:40-4:00pm

• 4/27 - 2nd & 3rd grade Running club @ BES, 3:30-4:15pm

• 4/27 - BES After School Enrichment, 3:30-4:15pm

• 4/27 - Annie the Musical: Performance @ BMS, 7-9

• 4/27 - BFO Food Night @ Papa Saverio’s, 4-8

• 4/27 - Community - GCJ2 Fitness Room @ BMS, 6-8pm

• 4/28 - BES Mustang Playgroup ages 3-4, 8:30-10am

• 4/28 - Annie the Musical: Performance @ BMS, 7-9

• 5/1 - BES 2nd grade Safety Around Water Program @ the Lake Geneva Y, 12:30-3:00pm

• 5/1 - Community - Yoga @ BES, 6-7pm

• 5/2 - Seal-A-Smile @ BES

• 5/2 - BMS Track and Field Practice, 2:40-4:00pm

• 5/2 - 2nd & 3rd grade Running club @ BES, 3:30-4:15pm

• 5/2 - BES After School Enrichment, 3:30-4:15pm

• 5/2 - Community - GCJ2 Fitness Room @ BMS, 6-8pm

• 5/2 - BFO Meeting @ BES, 6:30pm

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

• 5/3 - Track & Field divisional track meet @ Central H.S.,3pm

• 5/3 - How Can We Save Memorial Park? Work Day @ BMS, 3:45-5:00pm

• 5/4 - Seal-A-Smile @ BES

• 5/4 - BMS Track and Field Practice, 2:40-4:00pm

• 5/4 - BMS Student Council Meeting, 2:40-3:30pm

• 5/4 - 2nd & 3rd grade Running club @ BES, 3:30-4:15pm

• 5/4 - BES After School Enrichment, 3:30-4:15pm

• 5/4 - Community - GCJ2 Fitness Room @ BMS, 6-8pm

• 5/5 - Seal-A-Smile @ BES

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

• 5/8 - BES Adaptive P.E. Field Trip

• 5/8 - BES 2nd grade Safety Around Water Program @ the Lake Geneva YMCA, 12:30 - 3:00pm

• 5/8 - Community - Yoga @ BES, 6-7pm

• 5/9 - Seal-A-Smile @ BMS

• 5/9 - BMS Track and Field Practice @ Badger, 2:40-4:00pm

• 5/9 - Beginning Band Sign-Up @ BMS, 3-7pm

• 5/9 - 2nd & 3rd grade Running club @ BES, 3:30-4:15pm

• 5/9 - BES After School Enrichment, 3:30-4:15pm

• 5/9 - Community - GCJ2 Fitness Room @ BMS, 6-8pm

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

• 5/10 - BMS Track and Field Practice, 2:40-4:00pm

• 5/10 - How Can We Save Memorial Park? Work Day @ BMS, 3:45-5:00pm

• 5/11 - Seal-A-Smile @ BMS

• 5/11 - BMS Track and Field Practice, 2:40-4:00pm

• 5/11 - 2nd & 3rd grade Running club @ BES, 3:30-4:15pm

• 5/11 - BES After School Enrichment, 3:30-4:15pm

• 5/11 - Community - GCJ2 Fitness Room @ BMS, 6-8pm

• 5/12 - Seal-A-Smile @ BMS

• 5/12 - BES Mustang Playgroup ages 3-4, 8:30-10am

• 5/12 - 3rd grade tour @ BMS

• 5/15 - BES 2nd grade Safety Around Water Program @ the Lake Geneva YMCA, 12:30 - 3:00pm

• 5/15 - BMS Track and Field Practice, 2:40-4:00pm

• 5/15 - School Board Meeting @ BMS,6-8pm

• 5/15 - Community - Yoga @ BES, 6-7pm

Do you have a 3rd grader who will be a Brookwood 4th grader in the '23-'24 school year? If so, we hope you'll consider coming to our 4th Grade Academy! Meet the 4th grade teachers and other VIP staffers! Take a tour of the building! Learn about a day in the life of a 4th grade student! And, have your questions answered! We hope you'll join us for this informational night. This is an event for parents only - onsite child care will be available. See you there!

Academic Lab will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays when school is in session.

• Students will begin their study time with one of their teachers, right after school in that teacher’s classroom.

• At 3:20pm, students will then report to the Academic Lab in the library. A team of Academic Lab teachers will continue to help students in working on the tasks of focus, as assigned by their teacher.

• Academic Lab teachers will also assist students with putting any unfinished assignments needing to be completed into their assignment notebooks, so that families are in the loop of tasks that still need attention at home.

• Academic Lab will end at 4:25pm. Students will not be allowed to leave early unless a parent needs to pick them up sooner.

• The Late Bus will continue to be offered as afternoon transportation home from the Academic Lab, and will depart promptly at 4:30pm. (Note: The Late Bus will also still be available on Tuesdays for students in athletics).

Families: We need your help in giving our students the attention they need and deserve. We hope that you will take full advantage of this resource when your student is in need of additional support.

Congratulations to the following BES Be Brookwood Shout Out Winners!

4K- Lincoln

K- Niya, Barron, Anthony, Matthew, Haydon, Logan, Lucas, Anika, Makenna

1st- Nico, Griffin, Nora, Liam, Jaxson, Addilyn, Arley, Violet, Jason

2nd- Miller, Angelica, Nolan, Pretoria, Mateo, Brodie

3rd- Nora, Jake, Owen, Jaxon, Riley, Griffin

In Ms. Oteman's classroom, students are working on a growing project of mixed wildflowers to give as a gift to someone on Mother's Day. On March 1st, students started the project by filling their pots with 1000 ml of Miracle Gro Moisture Control soil. Students placed about 20 tiny Mixed Flowers seeds just under the soil surface. Students were then instructed to get 60 ml of water to water their seeds. Each pot was placed in the window to watch it grow. Students will be tracking each plant's growth by taking pictures each week. These will be labeled and laminated to make a grow journal showing the progress from week to week. After this, pictures will be taken every other week until the plants are taken home.

Students are having so much fun with this project! We were able to chat about experiences students may have had planting outside of school. Watching the progression of something they created is amazing and gives them a sense of accomplishment. Way to go, Mustangs!

This spring, the third graders are learning the names of the notes on the treble staff. Some might remember that lesson from elementary school as FACE and "Every Good Buddy Deserves Fudge." In order to help students make the connection between reading the music and pitch, the students are having the opportunity to try their hand at playing some simple pieces on the keyboards.

The students have enjoyed working on keyboards. Having the experience of connecting the concepts of reading and playing the music has really engaged some of the students in a new way. As a teacher, it has been rewarding to see some of the students who might not see themselves as musical take a strong interest in playing on an instrument. The looks of accomplishments on their faces and their desire to learn more is evident. There are so many ways to be musical. Keep up the beautiful music, Mustangs!

Congratulations to all of the students who made the track team! We can’t wait to watch you make us Mustang proud! Come out to support the track team on May 3rd.

If you are still holding onto an athletics uniform from a previous sport, please get those turned in ASAP.

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!

BES & BMS Families: Please check your student's/students' backpacks for order forms!

The Brookwood PTO will be hosting "Fun Fair" again this year in May! Please click the link below and check out these fun volunteer opportunities for this event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040e44aea629a7fd0-funfair1#/

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.

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