Brookwood eNewsletter
Wisdom, Honor, Achievement, Citizenship
March 17, 2006 |
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FROM THE HEADMASTER...
Brookwood Wins Literary for Second Consecutive Year
Last Tuesday, March 14th in Valdosta, Brookwood's Literary team won the State AA Spring Literary competition for the second year in a row. The points we amassed in the Spring competition combined with our points in the One Act competition in the Fall and Debate in February meant that once again Brookwood was the overall Literary winner among AA schools in GISA.
Juniors led the School to victory this year. Elizabeth Wedding won a 1st in Girls Argumentative Essay and a 2nd in Girls Extemporaneous Speaking; Crighton Allen recorded the first ever perfect score in winning the Boys Extemporaneous Speaking; and Anna Carroll Sims won a 1st in Girls Oral Interpretation. Michael Nicholson captured a 2nd in Boys Oral Interpretation and was a member of the Quartet that finished 3rd, two points behind the first place winner. Other members of the Quartet were juniors Chase Clayton and Grant Stauffer and freshman D.J. Grooms. Another junior, Hananel Mavity placed 4th in the Girls Solo and D.J. Grooms also captured a 4th place in Boys Solo.
The strength of our Literary Team is shown by the fact that we won points in 7 of the 9 events in which we competed against the best from the other regions across the state. The strength of the arts at Brookwood is emphasized by the fact that as winners graduate, others stand up to take their place and continue the winning tradition. We also have strength in our faculty leadership. Connie Clineman in One Act, Phil Danner in Debate and Barbara Lee in music all provide our students with superior instruction and support.
Our congratulations to all of our students who participated in One Act, Debate and Literary this year. We are proud that your talents have been recognized by others and we are especially that we can count you as members of the Brookwood community.
TOWN MEETING TO BE RESCHEDULED
The Board of Directors discussed the possibility of a Town Meeting that would be held on Monday, March 20, during their recent Annual Meeting. The Town Meeting will be rescheduled to a later date. Look in next week's e-newsletter for dates, times and topics.
GOING, GOING, ALMOST GONE
OK you Georgia fans, here's a chance to get a football autographed by Mark Richt with "Go Dawgs" on it. It arrived on Saturday for last Friday's auction. We already have a bid of $250. If you want this football, send your bid to kgeorge@brookwoodschool.org by Monday morning, March 20th by 9 a.m.
REENROLLMENT CONTRACTS FOR 2006-2007
We have mailed out reenrollment contracts for next school year. These forms are due back on April 4th. Please do not forget the $400 deposit that must accompany each contract. If you have sent in your contract and did not include the $400 please send it in as soon as possible.
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK...Sponsored by Parent Council
Teacher Appreciation Week begins on Monday, March 20. The Board Room will be converted into a private dining room for all teachers and staff to enjoy. We will serve these VIPs catered lunches from Red Olive on Monday and from "Parent Chefs" on Wednesday.
Parents may call Laurie Simmons, (770) 329-9843, if interested in contributing to the Wednesday menu. Lower school parents may call Elizabeth Young,(229)226-5524, if interested in relieving their child's teacher of lunch duty.
Our devoted family of teachers and staff work hard to ensure the success and happiness of every child, every day. Students and parents are encouraged to show their appreciation with a personal note, drawing or craft.
Individual baskets will be in Chubb Hall for all Lower School teachers and staff (including Jenny Ladson, Hope Thompson, Maggie Clifton, Katie Cass, Lindsey Bader and Kaye Casanova, Jimmy Sadler, Roy Wilson, Otis Bass, Gloria Robinson, Sharon Smith and Casper Sedrick) from Monday, March 20 until Field Day on Friday, March 24. The students will enjoy delivering their notes and gifts.
Thank you for taking the time to help out with Teacher Appreciation week!
Laurie Simmons
Varsity Cheerleading Tryouts - April 17th, 18th and 21st.
Parents - Please remember to check the website often for current schedules of our spring sport activities.
AUCTION ITEMS
Items that were not picked up at the conclusion of the Auction can be picked up in the front office of Flowers Hall. Gift certificates will be sent by mail if you did not pick yours up the night of the auction.
Fifth grade parents and grandparents- if you would like to purchase a copy of the fifth grade class photo taken at Pebble Hill, contact Susan Varnedoe 228-9985.
Detailed school-wide calendar and athletic event information can be found simply clicking the following link: http://www.brookwoodschool.org/page/brookwood_today
Want to know a game score? Check out http://www.brookwoodschool.org/page/athletics
