The Mustang Minute

Greetings Mustang families!

It was a busy week once again at our Brookwood schools! We celebrated School Bus Driver Appreciation Week and a Week of Kindness at both schools. We held a school-wide spelling bee and had our season openers for boys and girls volleyball at BMS. And, we continued on with our efforts to raise funds for the Kids Heart Challenge at BES!

Teachers in both schools are also busy preparing for spring conferences, which are right around the corner on Thursday, March 3rd. Please read on for more important details regarding teacher and parent requested conferences.

Lastly, as a reminder, there is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 21st. We hope you enjoy this extra time together as a family!

Have a great weekend, Mustangs!

Mr. Braden and Mrs. Franz

• 2/19 - Science on Saturday, 10:30am-12:00pm @BMS
• 2/19 - Saturday Basketball @BMS Gym, K-2 10:00-11:00am; 3-5 11:00-12:00pm
• 2/21 - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Inservice
• 2/23 - Willy Wonka Jr Auditions- 2:40-4:25pm
• 2/23 - Early Childhood Party (18 months - 3 years old) @BES
• 2/23 - Volleyball HOME Games VS Wheatland
• 2/23 - Brookwood Family Skate Night @Traxside in Burlington 5:30-8pm
• 2/26 - Saturday Basketball @BMS Gym, K-2 10:00-11:00am; 3-5 11:00-12:00pm
• 3/1 - BFO Meeting at BES 6:30pm
• 3/3 - Spring Parent Teacher Conferences
• 3/4 - NO SCHOOL
• 3/15 - 4 & 5 Year-Old Kindergarten Registration (new students only), 5:00-6:30pm BES
• 3/28- 4/1- SPRING BREAK

It is spring conference time!!! Brookwood spring conferences are scheduled upon the request of the teacher or the parent. Conference slips were sent home with your elementary school child. Notifications for teacher requested conferences were mailed to middle school families last Wednesday.

BES Parents: Please fill out the forms sent home with your child and have them return them to their teacher by Wednesday, February 23rd. You will then receive additional correspondence from your child's teacher with your scheduled conference time.

BMS Parents: If you are in receipt of a teacher conference request letter, and you wish to cancel or alter the scheduled conference time, you can do so by calling the middle school office. If you are a BMS family that has not received a teacher request for a conference, but you wish to schedule one, please simply contact the main office at (262) 279-1053.

Looking forward to continuing our work together in support of our students!

HUGE thanks to our fabulous bus drivers and staff from Dousman Transport Company. We cannot thank you all enough for your diligence in safely transporting our most precious cargo... our students! We are so lucky to partner with such a phenomenal organization. Thanks for all you do!

BMS Screen Door Productions is proud to present Willy Wonka Jr. on May 19 & 20th at 7pm.

This 4-8th grade all school musical is a lot of fun. The theater group allows for new friends, growth in language skills, learning in teamwork, theatrical skills and is an important community event. We have missed our productions these last two years and are elated to make this comeback!

Auditions are this coming Wednesday, February 23rd from 2:50pm to 4:25pm. There is a sign up sheet on the wall near the chorus room. Students may leave after their audition, but may NOT use the Academic Lab to wait for a ride, unless they are already staying and have their academic plan sheet prepared, and their teacher knows they are working on homework until 4:30pm.

Mrs. Kanthack held an informational meeting this past Wednesday and had many students attend...hooray! If your child missed this meeting and is interested, be sure to fill out the survey that was emailed to them, and have them talk to or email Mrs. Kanthack at maryellen.kanthack@gcj2.k12.wi.us and she will send you the parent letter with detailed information. All information from that point goes through the Willy Wonka Jr. Google Classroom. If you are a parent, be sure to join so that we have smooth communication in the coming months.

BMS Screen Door Productions is an amazing opportunity to grow into greatness!

A few reminders for the Kids Heart Challenge:

~All fundraising is online this year and will be due by 11:59pm on Monday, Feb. 21st.

~The Pie A Teacher event will be held in late March, times TBD.

So far our kiddos are rocking it! They have been learning about ways to keep their own hearts healthy while fundraising to help others.

Our Kids Heart Challenge Road Trip is wrapping up! The last day to register or fundraise is Monday February 21st. So far we have reached 2 of our 3 goals. We have already fundraised $18,900, which is more than $1,000 over our goal and our best year yet! We have received donations from 24 different states. Another goal was to have 30 students complete Finn's Mission and we have had 34! Way to go heart heroes! We still need 27 students to register, which is FREE to do, to meet our goal of 150 registered students. Do you think we can make it?

Students observed going above and beyond in being kind, being safe, and/or being responsible are issued “BE BROOKWOOD” tickets throughout their school week. Each week we randomly select students from this group and acknowledge them in our morning announcements and in the weekly MUSTANG MINUTE. Help us congratulate the students that were selected this week:

Kindergarteners: Grace, Rosi, Hazel, Michael, Nora, Kayden, Jaxson

1st Graders: Angelica, Reed S, Emileigh, Gideon, Susi, Theodore, Lucy, Declan, Karsyn

2nd Graders: Sawyer, Brynn, Hailee, Ryder, Riley

3rd Graders: Cody, Stella, Eli, Mason, Frank, Sophia F

Congratulations to all of our BE BROOKWOOD ticket earners and keep up the great work, Mustangs!

Last week and this week, our BMS students competed in homeroom spelling bees. And, on Tuesday of this past week, the winners from each of the homerooms competed in a schoolwide spelling bee competition! All of the students did a fabulous job not only of spelling, but in supporting each other throughout the process. It was beautiful to see the high level of sportsmanship and goodwill during the competition.

Pictured below are our top three finishers: Declan Hess (3rd place, 8th grade), Ivan Morales-Vazquez (2nd place, 8th grade), and Meric Blazina (1st place, 7th grade). Our "championship word" (i.e. the last word of the competition) was "acutely," which Meric spelled with ease.

Meric will now move on to represent Brookwood in the Wisconsin Regional Spelling Bee, hosted by Cesa 2, next week Tuesday, February 22nd. Good luck, Meric! We are sure you will make our Mustang family proud!

In physical education class at the elementary school, students have been hard at work learning about healthy food choices, fitness components, healthy hearts, and ways to help others! Students have also had the opportunity to try out different heart rate monitors.

We had an exciting first volleyball match at home on Thursday! Congratulations to the boys A team for beating Randall! Thanks for coming out to support your Mustangs! Our next home match is Wednesday, February 23rd.

Cheerleaders - please return your clean uniforms, warmups, and poms to Coach Cottrell.

Basketball players - please return your clean uniforms to Coach Metcalf.

We’re looking forward to another great session of Saturday Morning Basketball!

Go Mustangs!

Coach Metcalf

Students at the elementary school are learning hands on about kindness by hosting a donation drive for the Lakeland Animal Shelter. Here is the Lakeland Animal Shelter wish list. Donations can be sent to school with your child or dropped off at the Elementary School office between 7:45am-4pm until Monday, February 21st.

Guth Games are BACK!!! For those not in the "know", Guth Games are fun exercise activities, sports, and games hosted by Personal Wellness teacher, Mr. Guth, in the gym during the colder months of the school year. This is a GREAT way to get students moving right away in the morning to kickstart their day!

WHEN: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, NOW until March 24th, 7:00 - 7:30am

WHERE: BMS GYM (enter building in FRONT doors)

WHO:

• Tuesdays: 4th & 5th Graders
• Wednesdays: 6th, 7th & 8th Graders
• Thursdays: 4th & 5th Graders

Questions? Contact Mr. Guth at: matt.guth@gcj2.k12.wi.us. Looking forward to seeing our BMS students there!