Practice Schedule for upcoming week

• Tuesday: 7:15-8:30am

• Wednesday: 3:30-5:00pm

• Thursday: 3:30-5:00pm

• Friday: 7:15-8:30am

Practice Schedule for upcoming week

• Tuesday: 3:30-5:00pm

• Friday: 7:45-8:45am

Thursday 9/7: XC meet at Maple Park in Oak Park

• Runners will miss 9th period and are responsible for any work missed.

Start on Monday, September 11

• registration forms are due to the BRAVO Office (D103) by Friday, September 8.
• Open to ALL Brooks Students and is FREE to join!
• For more info visit: bravoperformingarts.org
  

Brooks Ultimate Frisbee club will be starting the week of 9/11. Specific dates and times to come in next week's communication.

Mark your calendars! First meeting will be Friday, September 29th in room B209 at 8:00am.

Please find all relevant information here.

Eco Eagles will be meeting TUESDAYS at 3:30 in Room C202 starting, August 29. If you’re interested in the school garden, creating award-winning films, taking field trips and being an environmental activist, join us! Eco Eagles is the best club ON the planet FOR the planet! Here’s a 1 minute video commercial to see what we’re about!

Zero Waste PARENT Volunteers

If you are interested and available to help guide students in placing waste in appropriate bins to jump-start our new way of sorting our waste and to help our school reduce and recycle waste that ends up in landfills, please sign up here. We are looking for 1 volunteer for 4th period to help guide our Zero Waste Student Ambassadors who just went through training on Thursday last week. However we are in need of at least 2 parent volunteers for 5th and 6th periods this upcoming week because we are still trying to recruit Zero Waste Student Ambassadors.

Zero Waste Student Ambassadors

On Wednesday, 8/23 we had Seven Generation Ahead present our new recycling system to students. At that time some students signed up to be Ambassadors. We need YOU to help GBMS minimize waste that ends up in landfills! Please complete this form if you are interested in making a difference!

All students interested in learning more about Best Buddies, meet in the commons after-school from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. Here is calendar of dates for Best Buddies.

Is a marimba, xylophone, and drumming music ensemble that will start up on Monday, September 18. Rehearsals for this school year will be held weekly on Monday mornings from 8:00-8:50 AM. Participation is open to all students - no audition required, but enrollment is limited to 40 students. Interested students can sign-up and pick up permission slips outside of the music room (D104). For additional information contact Mr. Carrillo - fcarrillo@op97.org

Jazz Lab Band is open to any 6th-8th grade student registered in a full year music ensemble class (chorus, band, orchestra) that plays Saxophone (Flute. Clarinet opt.), Trumpet, Trombone (Euphonium), Piano, Electric/Acoustic Bass, Guitar or Drums.

• Jazz Lab Band rehearses every Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. Students need to arrive at the Main Entrance by

7:45 a.m.

• No auditions are required, but students must have a signed permission slip found in flyer prior to first rehearsal.

• First rehearsal is Thursday, Sep. 21st.

Here is flyer with more information and permission slip.

Jazz Ensemble is open to 7th and 8th grade students registered in a full year music ensemble class (band, orchestra, chorus) that plays Saxophone (Flute. Clarinet opt.), Trumpet, Trombone (Euphonium), Piano, Electric/Acoustic Bass, Guitar or Drums.

• Jazz Ensemble rehearses every Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. Students need to arrive at the Main Entrance by

7:45 a.m.

• Auditions are required. There are limited spots available. Audition music is the ILMEA District I Jazz Band

Audition Requirements and dates are detailed in flyer linked below. All students who wish to audition need to sign up in room D110 AND return the permission slip found in flyer.

• First rehearsal is Tuesday, Sept. 19th.

Here is flyer with more information and permission slip.

Testing Wednesday, 9/6 through Friday, 9/8. If student misses a test, make-up testing will be following week, as needed.

See SCHEDULE when each grade level will be testing.

Students will need to have their CHROMEBOOKS fully charged and ready to use for testing!

Please see the District Assessment Letter and Calendar for the 2017-2018 school year.

Starting Tuesday, 9/5: Open every school morning from 8:00am to 8:45am. Must arrive with ID prior to 8:30am to enter school to go to library. This is a quiet time for reading and studying.

Library is also open during each lunch period. Students need to request a pass from a teacher BEFORE their lunch.

This year students need their Oak Park Public library card number and PIN in order to access the Oak Park Public Library Databases at school. We are recommending that they memorize it, write it down, bring it, or take a picture of it somewhere secure.

Also, on September 20th author of Saving Marty, Paul Griffin, will be visiting Brooks thanks to Magic Tree Bookstore. Attached is a flyer and order form if you’d like to order a book at a discounted price.

We offer breakfast every school morning from 8:15am to 8:45am. Students enter the commons door, purchase their breakfast with their ID card, eat and when finished return their grade level location outside.

Everyday a Third Cold Lunch option, in additional to Salad or Sandwich ---- Pizza Kits ----- will be available.

Ordering Special Hot Lunch offerings for your Student

Please visit our website to learn how to participate in PTO Starship Lunches on Tuesdays and/or BRAVO Pizza lunches on Fridays.

ALL buses riders are required to show their ID prior to riding the bus. The bus company has been directed by the district office to not let anyone ride the bus before or after school without an ID.

Please call the school in the morning, if your student has misplaced their ID. This will enable us to call the bus company to enable your student to ride the bus to school.

Please encourage your student to cross Washington Street with the Cross Guard at Kenilworth and Washington or at the light at Homes Ave and Washington Street. Our staff member at Clinton and Washington is there to guide students across Clinton due to the bus traffic but will not be stopping traffic to allow students to cross Washington at Clinton.

If your student needs to see a teacher before school, they need to show a pass to our staff member at the door entrance on Kenilworth. Your student's teacher should have given your student a pass the day before or an email from the teacher will also be sufficient. The time of meeting the teacher should be indicated on the pass or in the email. Students meeting teachers for help will not be able to enter prior to 8am.

Please remind your student to obey the rules of the road as they ride to and from school. Students need to be extra careful as they pass driveways and proceed through intersections. Please review this information with your student to ensure their safety to and from school as they ride their bikes!

If you or your student would like to recognize any staff member (a teacher, a teacher assistant, social worker, librarian, front office staff, lunchroom staff, custodial staff or school administrator) please take a moment to complete this form. Your appreciation will be shared with the staff member!

Pictures will be taken during PE/Health Classes. Students should turn in their form directly to the photographers.

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