ISSUE: 008 / MAY YEAR: 2022
BROOKWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL Yes it is true, April showers bring May flowers. As the days get warm and longer, take time to enjoy the beautiful outdoors and smell flowers as they begin to bloom. As Brookwood Middle School enters the last full month of school we would like to say “THANK YOU” to all the parents and family members who have encouraged and supported us during this school year. As we say thank you we would also like to say “CONGRATULATIONS” to those students that made the Honor Roll and High Honor Roll for the 3rd quarter and had Perfect Attendance. LaShawn Stewart | Principal
TECHNOLOGY HELPLINE If your child is having any technology problems connecting to their teacher’s Google Classroom, please contact our help desk at (708) 300-3553 or email our help desk: helpdesk@brookwood167.org What is ClassDojo? Reporting of Absence(s): Parents must call the school to report their child absent before 8:30 a.m. The number for reporting absences is (708) 757-2110. Official attendance will be reported every morning at 9:00 a.m. If your child joins a teacher’s classroom late, they will be marked tardy in PowerSchool, and you will be notified through the Principal’s ClassDojo.
PLEASE JOIN OUR CLASSDOJO’S AND STAY INFORMED! It is important that you sign up for the Principal’s Class Dojo. I post important information such as if a bus is running late, important reminders regarding picture day, graduation information and other important topics. Please sign up today! ClassDojo is actively used in 90% of U.S. K-8 schools. ClassDojo is a free app that helps build amazing classroom and school communities. Teachers give feedback to students for any skill, like “Working Hard” and “Being Curious.” From the mobile app, parents view their
child’s feedback, and can message directly with teachers and school leaders. Please join my ClassDojo so you can stay informed on what is happening at Longwood School. If you would like to join, please accept the invitation that we emailed to you or texted you, or contact the school at (708) 7585350, email, lstewart@brookwood167. org.org. All you will need to provide is your cell phone number or email address. Get Involved and STAY INFORMED!
VISION Our
overall
Vision
is
to
improve the achievement of all students, regardless of
becoming lifelong learners
to state-of-the-art
and decision makers.
technology.
We Believe: •
race, socio-economic status, gender,
or
ability
levels
(disabilities).
of
student
achievement
throughout the school. We
•
believe in using researchbased practices to achieve our goals. We promote school and community involvement because we believe that these partnerships help us meet the
them to become
confidence, and
contributing citizens in
academic success by
our global society. •
In continuous
involved in their overall
improvement in all
development.
aspects of the school
All students are unique
system to foster a
and should be challenged
culture of excellence,
to the highest level of
accountability and
called “PowerSchool” that
academic and artistic
integrity.
they update every Thursday.
•
In responsible
In the importance of
stewardship of financial
staff development
and physical resources.
on best practices and educational research.
We are Committed to: Providing students with highly qualified teachers •
children’s motivation,
opportunities based
needs of all of our students.
•
should teach students to think critically enabling
excellence. •
The school system
Families shape their
being interested and
We share the accountability
•
•
We
encourage
you
to
check your child’s progress regularly. This program is completely
confidential;
in a safe and nurturing
an access username and
environment with access
password to see your child’s progress. If you need your username and/or password,
development
please contact the school
MISSION
office at (708) 758-5350. There is a PowerSchool app
Brookwood School District partnership
an online grading system
therefore, you will need
with professional
in
All Brookwood teachers use
In educating our children
Providing our staff
167,
POWERSCHOOL
available for your cellular
with
parents and community, will
phone that makes it easy for
create a learning environment
parents to stay updated on
in which all students excel at
ABSENT FROM SCHOOL?
their child’s progress.
Parents did you know that if your child is absent, you can request a recorded version of their teacher’s lesson? We want to keep students on track, and this is a great way for ensuring students don’t fall behind if they miss a class. You can also request a recorded lesson if your child is struggling and they need to see the lesson again. Please reach out to your child’s teachers and take advantage of this great resource.
UPCOMING... May 2nd - 6th | Teacher Appreciation Week May 5th | Cinco de Mayo May 8th | Mother’s Day May 9th | NWEA (MAP) Assessments Begin May 13th | 11:30 a.m. Dismissal May 23rd | At Home Device Collection Begins May 30th | Memorial Day (No School) June 3rd | Last Day Of School - 11:30 a.m. Dismissal
3RD QUARTER | HONOR ROLL 5th Grade Braylen Cole Addison Dancy Adrian Dawson Derwin Driggs Gabriel Hughes Samara McCoy Emari McDaniel
Godfrey Onyejekwe
Jordyn Scurlock
Landon May-Spivey Issac Tamez Alexa Tavares Makyla Turner Kelcee Williams Kaylie Wilson
6th Grade Yarahi Aldape Audrina Baez Jamaya Blair Carson Brown Janiyah Burnett Carvelle Caldwell Vivian Cann Layla Cobb Andrea Davis Jamayas Davis Tristan Davis Samuel Drake London Foster Caliyah Gross Charles Johnson Araceli Jones Veronica Kilani Saya Knazze Ian Mitchell Megan Munoz Kiley Norals London Parker
Jacobi Perry
Joseph Puckett
Nevaeh Strong Ulysses Vazquez Kourtney Wallace-Carthan
3RD QUARTER | HIGH HONOR ROLL 5th Grade Liliana Aguirre-Hernandez
Eli Estrada
Brandon Griffin
6th Grade Temitope Abatan Makayla Abdullah Kingston Battle Zion Bronson Payton Candiano Trent Carlson Catherine Cece Kyla Cornell Mariana Dixon Sarai Ellis Kennedy Flowers Ayden Fonseca Gamaliel Garcia Amani Griffin Jacob Herrera Aiden Hluska Julius Holcomb Kaeden Jamison Kaiden Jenkins Valentin Lambert ZaKyah Long-Sanders Martiza Loredo Jasmine Perez Jaleah Ruben Christopher Rohwedder
TaNeyah Roper
Kimberly Valadez
Jonah Wallac Jacob Ware LaMyra Webb Christina Wilson Dorian Wilson
3RD QUARTER | PERFECT ATTENDANCE 6th Grade Christina Wilson As we celebrate the students above, we also want to say congratulations to Mrs. H. Schiemann’s Homeroom for winning the DreamBox March Madness tournament. Also we would like to say congratulations to Ms. A. Crowel’s Homeroom and Mr. K. Wesley’s Homeroom for winning the IAR Attendance Challenge.
PBIS / SEL NEWS BMS students continue to spend their Timberwolves Bucks. The scheduled dates for redemption are Friday, May 6th & Friday, May 20th. We are possibly looking at hosting a Staff vs. Student Flag Football or Kickball event for the month of May!
==================================================== In SEL (Social Emotional Learning) News... We continue to work with the emotional needs of our students. The daily check in continues to provide us with information regarding the social and emotional well-being of our students. RIPPLE EFFECTS is a program we use to provide daily lessons where the students learn about a variety of social emotional skills as well as mental health and behavioral supports. Students are continuing to utilize their self-awareness and interpersonal skills to maintain positive relationships through SEL lunch groups, peer mediation, bullying education, Erin’s Law, SEL Check-in and Ripple Effects. The final Parent University will be held IN PERSON on Tuesday May 17th. The topic will be “Health and Safety Over The Summer“ to ensure that our students remain safe and will continue to be supported socially, emotionally and mentally during the summer months.
WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME If My Child is Sick, When Should I Keep Them Home? If a child has any symptom listed below, they should stay home in the morning or go home if these symptoms first occur at school. When a child can return to school is based on the specific symptom they have and whether it’s considered a COVID-19 symptom: • Fever of 100.4 or higher • New onset of moderate to severe headache • Shortness of breath, new cough, sore throat • Nausea Vomiting, Diarrhea • Abdominal pain from unknown cause • New congestion/runny nose • New loss of sense of taste or smell • Fatigue from unknown cause • Muscle or body aches If your child has been in close contact with someone with a known or suspected case of COVID-19 within the last fourteen (14) days. (Close contact is defined as someone who was within six (6) feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of fifteen (15) minutes or more over a twenty-four (24) hour period, starting from two (2) days before illness onset.) If you answer “YES” to any of the above, your child MUST stay home! Please call the school to report your child’s absence.
+1 708-758-5350 +1 708-757-4528 www.brookwood167.org
200 E. Glenwood-Lansing Road
Glenwod, IL 60425
VISITORS If you need to come into the school for any reason, for safety reasons, you will be required to wear a mask, and you will need to have a current Driver’s License that will be checked in our Raptor Security System.
STUDENT SAFETY DROP-OFF & PICK-UP PROCEDURES Students should arrive at school no earlier than 8:00 a.m. and be picked up after school no later than 3:15 p.m. If a student is being dropped off or
Raptor® provides a line of sight as to who is always in our school. The system provides school and districtwide reporting for all visitors, volunteers, and contractors that have signed in/out of our buildings.
BROOKWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
This is
important for safety reasons.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES I am excited to share with you that this school year, Brookwood School District 167 will be providing students with a set of school supplies to use at school and a set to use at home! If your child needs any additional resources or supplies for any of their classes, please contact our school office at (708) 758-5350, so we can help provide them with all necessary and needed materials.
picked up, the driver must adhere to the one-way sign at the entrance of the parking lot. Drivers must NEVER go the wrong way in the parking lot as this is unsafe for students and staff.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION!