Brookwood Middle School

Congratulations to Ms. Skalecki!! Ms. Skalecki recently completed her Master's Program from Capella University in Minnesota. She has earned a Master's in Psychology: Applied Behavior Analysis. Capella University is an online school which allowed her to still teach full time will working on her Master's. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a focus on learning and behavior. ABA helps us understand how behavior works, how behavior is affected by the environment, and how learning takes place. This weekend, Ms. Skalecki was able to walk with her graduating class and make us #MustangProud of her accomplishments. The Brookwood staff is determined to give your child(ren) the best education possible. More than 50% of our full-time staff have advanced their education by obtaining a Master's Degree and it doesn't stop there...we have even more educators advancing their professional roots in other educational fields as well. #BrookwoodsBest Way to go, Ms. Skalecki!!!

Brookwood Families, The Brookwood Family Organization (BFO) will be holding their next general meeting on Tuesday, March 17th at 6:30 pm at the Elementary School. Please take a look at our newly drafted by-laws. If you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns, please email them directly to: brookwoodfamily19@gmail.com The BFO will be voting to finalize this newest revision at the next general meeting. Hope to see you there! #BrookwoodsBest https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pgMHULaJ9_dVLPKafNIBXUHQeA9WKQeb/view?usp=sharing

Students in Mrs. Kanthack’s 4-5 Science studied fossil formation and identification in their unit on Soils, Rocks and Landforms. They learned how to use the Claim, Evidence and Reasoning model for developing critical thinking and writing skills. They were totally amazed at these great samples and how they formed! #BrookwoodsBest

Urban Air events have been cancelled due to changes in policies but we are really excited to share with you some other upcoming district events! Stay tuned! #BrookwoodsBest

Families, please see the included information on how our district is working with DPI and the Walworth County Health Department in regards to the COVID-19. https://tinyurl.com/tzrpehs

Let's SLIME the principals!!! Find those clipped Box Tops and let's reach our goal of 1,000 and then.....Principal Braden and Principal McCabe will get SLIMED! #BrookwoodsBest

Will you and your family be attending BFO's Family Bingo Night on 3/13 at 6:00?! Don't forget to turn in your form and money ---and pizza order; if you would like that ASAP! We have SO many fun prizes and raffle baskets for the night and we hope you will join in on the fun. Sneak peak of a few of the prizes and raffle basket items that will be on hand at Bingo Night: Ring Video Doorbell Questions? Please contact the BFO directly at: brookwoodfamily19@gmail.com

Mrs. Goggin’s 2nd grade class looks forward to reading to their 4K reading buddies in Mrs. Conrardy’s class. The students gather every month to read together. Second graders choose books at their level to read to 4K students. The 4K students love being read to and it gives the second graders a chance to really let their reading skills shine. They have been great leaders for their 4K reading buddies, and it’s fun to see relationships building among the grade levels. #BrookwoodsBest

Will you and your family be attending BFO's Family Bingo Night on 3/13 at 6:00?! Don't forget to turn in your form and money ---and pizza order; if you would like that ASAP! We have SO many fun prizes and raffle baskets for the night and we hope you will join in on the fun. Sneak peak of a few of the prizes and raffle basket items that will be on hand at Bingo Night: 2 rounds of golf plus a golf cart at Nippersink Golf Course! A month of gymnastics, tumbling, or ninja classes at WLAC! Questions? Please contact the BFO directly at: brookwoodfamily19@gmail.com

Check out the Book Fair at the middle school! #BrookwoodsBest

Will you and your family be attending BFO's Family Bingo Night on 3/13 at 6:00?! Don't forget to turn in your form and money ---and pizza order; if you would like that ASAP! We have SO many fun prizes and raffle baskets for the night and we hope you will join in on the fun. Sneak peak of a few of the prizes and raffle basket items that will be on hand at Bingo Night: Hanson’s goodie basket including free ice cream! Gage Marine ice cream boat tour for 4! Questions? Please contact the BFO directly at: brookwoodfamily19@gmail.com

Let’s think spring and flowers! Join us to paint a Monet inspired canvas bag. All supplies provided with the $5 fee. Space is limited, please register by emailing kim.nousaine@gcj2.k12.wi.us #BrookwoodsBest #GCJ2Events

Students in the elective class Science in Real Life learned about the basics of force and motion. Then they applied their knowledge to create an egg drop apparatus to keep an egg safe from impact when dropped from various heights. Two eggs survived a drop from over 7 meters! Eggcellent job, students! #BrookwoodsBest

Do you shop on the weekends or during the weekdays? Don’t forget to get your scanned Box Tops in as soon as you can before they exipire!! It only takes 5 seconds to pull up the app and scan your receipts! And if you have clipped ones; feel free to turn them into either school’s office to get mailed in by our BFO! #BrookwoodsBest

The Brookwood Family Organization would love to support our teachers during the March 5th Parent Teacher Conferences by providing a walking taco bar for their dinner. Let's help nourish their bodies as they take time away from their families to be with ours. If you would like to make a donation --- please complete the sign up on the link included with this post and drop your items off to either the middle or elementary school on March 4th or 5th. #BrookwoodsBest https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040e44aea629a7fd0-march

We are very excited to announce that we will be having 14 students from 6th-8th grade performing at the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) sanctioned District Solo & Ensemble Music Festival hosted at Lake Geneva Middle School on Saturday, March 7, 2020. During the festival, which is free and open to the public, students will perform vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios and small ensembles before an adjudicator and our students have been hard at work preparing for this special day! To find out more about this special event, please go to the following link: www.wsmamusic.org

Students in 6th grade science used simple supplies to make transverse wave machines. With the help of skewers, duct tape, and gummy bears, students were able to describe how waves move through a medium as well as adjust a variety of wave properties like amplitude, frequency, and wavelength. #BrookwoodsBest

The 4/5 Character Recognition Breakfast was held on Friday, February 7. This special event recognized students in 4th and 5th grade that showed exceptional character during the first semester, including being kind, helping others, completing assignments, staying organized, and having a positive attitude. Way to Be Brookwood, 4th and 5th graders!! #BrookwoodsBest

What a great day of learning for our educators! See you all tomorrow, Mustangs! #BrookwoodsBest

Don't forget to scan your receipts in your FREE Box Top app! We are also sending in clipped Box Tops soon...so if you have any to submit...please turn them in to either school office to be collected by our BFO (Brookwood Family Organization --formally known as PTO) #BrookwoodsBest