Brookwood Elementary School

Thankful for the collaboration and opportunities our students have once they get to Badger…but it all starts with us as a K-8 District. Today, our Readiness Team was able to tour Badger’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs and classes with their CTE Coordinator Jake Popanda. HUGE thank you to Mr. Popanda for taking time out of his day to spend it with us!! Seeing what Badger has to offer allows us to dig deeper into what we need to showcase and prepare our students for to get them career and community ready. Digging in to have kids understand and discover their own skills and attributes allows them to see the relevance in their educational growth! Thank you to all those that made this possible and to the Readiness Team for taking this time to dig deeper into our readiness work to bring back to the whole group to work towards our next steps to continue to Grow into Greatness.

What a great day of learning for our staff!! We are thankful for our Professional Development opportunities—with the collaboration of our District leads and community professionals! Staff were able to choose from various topics today such as: digital storytelling, financial planning, stretch and mobility, classroom management & mindfulness, Barre & Pilates, chat GPT, special education, cybersecurity, AI, and sessions to continue with our Readiness work. We are grateful for all those that led sessions for our staff and thankful for the participation from our staff to continue to Grow into Greatness. Huge thank you to Evolve Fitness Studio / Sarah Behrens for donation four sessions to our staff wellness committee to include in this professional development day that included Stretch & Mobility and Barre & Pilates!! Our staff wellness committee is thankful for your support and our staff loved the sessions you offered to them. Thank you to Newline.Education.com for adding to our plethora of sessions today and offering sessions Digital Storytelling and Tips, Tricks, Apps, and Tools to use in our classrooms!! Also another thank you to Kelly from WEA for coming to offer seminars to our staff that focused on Financial Security such as retirement and savings options available for our staff.

Show your support of our Badgers by sporting your badger gear or by wearing Badger colors on November 17, 2023!! We are so proud of all the students at Badger; especially our alumni!

Thank you for all those that attended our Veterans Day program and those that were a part of it: honoring our servicemen and women!

This week Kindergarteners are learning about the farm! They have been reading books and doing many fun activities learning about farms and farm animals! This week they learned about how butter was made and made some of their own! Yum! They also had the privilege of having Mr. Erickson give a presentation about his farm and animals and when he was a farmer! The kids were so engaged in his presentation!! What a fun week!

Check out this important breaking news clip from our elementary school in regards to the PTO Coin Wars: https://youtube.com/shorts/YhUibCgDQvc?si=g0PsrRivfzN080DR

No School: November 13th --Professional Development for Staff

We are excited to celebrate 50 days of school with the 50's! We've had a rockin' good year and we hope you will celebrate it with us on November 16th. Dress up in 50's attire! Ex. poodle skirt, leather jackets, black and white shoes,....etc!

Thank you...thank you....thank YOU to all of our parent volunteers, teacher support and the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin for making the first trip to the school forest a success! All of the BES scientists went to the forest to learn about outdoor fire safety, forest ecosystem, and make smores. Fromusing foraging pouches to collect items to walking the Tom Holden Trail, the kids had an amazing time. The next forest outing is scheduled for January so watch for upcoming information and we can't wait to have you join us!!

Here is this week's Mustang Morning Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_wasA_Ydew Enjoy!!

Show your pump pride!! During the month of November, 2 cents per gallon on pumps 11 and 12 at the Genoa City Mobil will be donated to Genoa City Schools!! Thank you for supporting our schools!!

Our District’s Families in Need Program is designed to help families within our school district who are having difficulty meeting the immediate needs of their children. We are thankful for the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry for fulfilling food (year round) and toys (for the holidays) for our community. If you are in need of a clothing box for this holiday season for your child or children, please go to the following link to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/42je2as8 If you are interested in supporting our Families in Need Program, there are two ways to do so: 1. You can sign up to “adopt” a child or children. This means you are willing to purchase clothing for each child/children you are adopting. We ask that you please purchase, at minimum, 3-4 tops and 3 bottoms for the child/children you adopt. The overall anticipated cost is $60-90 per child. We will contact you on November 21st regarding the interests and sizing for the child/children you adopt. OR 2. Donate monetarily (our team will make the purchases needed for these families with your monies donated). Please submit your donations by December 8th to either school office under: Brookwood Schools - FIN c/o: Helen Xiong, 1020 Hunters Ridge Drive, Genoa City, Wi 53128. To sign up to support our Families in Need Program, please go to the following link: https://tinyurl.com/mr3v7aw7 or contact Helen Xiong directly at Helen.Xiong@gcj2.k12.wi.us

Veterans Day Assembly will be hosted at Brookwood Middle School. This event is open to the public and we hope you and your family will be in attendance on November 10th at 9:30am at BMS.

Mustangs! We hope you enjoy our November Mustang Minute!! Make sure to click on the link to get the to the interactive newsletter and click on the grade levels to read their newsletters! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nuKE_fAKhhC6V1z-nrZC6zjZi__vA3fy/view?usp=sharing

We love the fall feels in our elementary hallways 🍁 🎃

Great progress in our district's focus for making sure ALL students are Career, Community and Life Ready! Our Student input team as well as Parent/Community/Business Leader input team met to take our first steps in designing our "Portrait of a Student." Exciting and purposeful work being done by all stakeholders in Genoa City Schools!

Here is this week's BES Mustang Morning Show! Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1fHwXZw30

A few more wishlists!! See you at the book fair!! Did you know that EVERY purchase supports our school libraries and our teacher's classroom libraries......whether it be at our onsite fair or our online fair!! But there's another way you can make a direct impact on your child's classroom library.....make sure to ask where your child's teachers wish list is posted at the fair and pick a book or two from their wish list to purchase yourself and donate to your child's classroom library!! We can't wait to see you at the book fair!! Both schools will be hosting their own this year and all GCJ2 students have the opportunity to take advantage of the Family Engagement Team's buy one get one free deal!! (Free book must be of equal or lesser value of the purchased book) We can't wait to see you at the book fair!! Can't make it to the fair? Purchase online!! All orders $25 or more will get free shipping!! BES Online Shop: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/brookwoodschools2 BMS Online Shop: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/bms3

Did you know that EVERY purchase supports our school libraries and our teacher's classroom libraries......whether it be at our onsite fair or our online fair!! But there's another way you can make a direct impact on your child's classroom library.....make sure to ask where your child's teachers wish list is posted at the fair and pick a book or two from their wish list to purchase yourself and donate to your child's classroom library!! We can't wait to see you at the book fair!! Both schools will be hosting their own this year and all GCJ2 students have the opportunity to take advantage of the Family Engagement Team's buy one get one free deal!! (Free book must be of equal or lesser value of the purchased book) We can't wait to see you at the book fair!! Can't make it to the fair? Purchase online!! All orders $25 or more will get free shipping!! BES Online Shop: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/brookwoodschools2 BMS Online Shop: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/bms3

Check out this book fair promotion by our principals: https://youtu.be/XOJ1rCaGW0Y We can't wait to see you at the book fair!! Both schools will be hosting their own this year and all GCJ2 students have the opportunity to take advantage of the Family Engagement Team's buy one get one free deal!! (Free book must be of equal or lesser value of the purchased book) We can't wait to see you at the book fair!! Can't make it to the fair? Purchase online!! All orders $25 or more will get free shipping!! BES Online Shop: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/brookwoodschools2 BMS Online Shop: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/bms3