North Brooks Elementary School

NBES students in 3rd-5th grades will take the Georgia Milestones Assessments in ELA this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Please make sure your students are well rested, on time, and ready for a great morning. Encourage them to take their time and do their best! #goodthingsgrowhere

Brooks County Schools will remain closed tomorrow - Friday - April 12, 2024. Due to the volume of rain our area has received, there are numerous road closures throughout the county that include major routes as well as dirt roads and city surface roads. In conversations with local EMA and the county road department, they are still discovering roads that are impassible with some being completely washed out. We will continue to receive flood waters from northern regions via multiple tributaries. These factors not only create a serious potential hazard for our buses and the students that ride them, but for our staff attempting to safely navigate these roads in order to get to work.

Due to the conditions of the roads, Brooks County Schools will be closed today.

☀️We are excited to welcome all of our Trojans back from Spring Break tomorrow! We hope everyone had time to relax and rest. We are ready to conquer the rest of the semester together! 💪🔴⚪🔵 Tomorrow a total solar eclipse will pass over North America. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon completely blocks the Sun, causing the sky to become unusually dark during the daytime. We will not be in the total eclipse path in Brooks County. Our area will only experience a partial solar eclipse between 1:44 p.m. and 4:18 p.m., with the sky becoming darkest at the peak of 3:02 p.m. School operations, including check-in and check-out procedures, will continue as normal. Recognizing the importance of safety during this event, especially since it coincides with our dismissal time, teachers and staff will make every effort to keep students indoors until dismissal to limit opportunities for students to look directly at the eclipse. Therefore, we encourage parents to talk to their children about safety precautions during the eclipse. Parents who wish to check their child out of school early may do so. Early checkouts will be excused. Please follow the school’s early check-out procedures. Please emphasize the importance of NOT looking directly at the sun to your child. We encourage our families to review additional informative resources such as NASA Solar Eclipse Safety and The Great American Annular Eclipse of the Sun.

NBES 5th Grade: BCMS TORCH applications are now being accepted for the 2024-2025 school year. Informational flyers will be coming home with your student tomorrow. The application is online, and the deadline is April 12, 2024.

It's time to cast your vote before we reveal our Masked Readers! Check your email for our final video, and be sure to cast your vote! We hope you will join us tonight at the Literacy Festival for a night of fun from 5:00-7:00 on the Courthouse Square!

Oh boy! Who is this chicken? Check your email, Trojans! We have released our third video from our literacy celebration! Take note - we will collect votes on Thursday before our literacy festival. We hope to see you there! #readMoreBrooks #BCmaskedReader

NBES: Field Day t-shirt orders are due Thursday, 3/21/24. Forms were sent home yesterday, and the shirts are $10. No late orders will be accepted. Field Day 2024 will be held 3/29/24. We will have concessions and are planning for an awesome, fun-filled day!

Check your email, Trojans! We have released our second video from our literacy celebration! Who do you think is hiding behind Apollo? Take note - we will collect votes on Thursday before our literacy festival. We hope to see you there! #readMoreBrooks #BCmaskedReader

Check your email, Trojans! We have released our first video from our literacy celebration, The Masked Reader! Who do you think this is? Take a note! We will send a form on Thursday for you to cast your vote on who you think each of our four masked readers is behind the mask! #readMoreBrooks #BCmaskedReader

NBES will host a 5th grade Lunch and Learn Monday, March 11th, from 11:45-12:50. Please return the flyer, or Dojo a 5th grade teacher to reserve your spot. Lunch must be prepaid by Friday, 3/8. We look forward to seeing our 5th grade families!

NBES will take spring and class pictures tomorrow, Wednesday, March 6th. Flyers went home last week with online ordering information.

The Family Reading Time has been postponed until further notice. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Save the Date! NBES will provide Saturday study sessions on 3/9, 3/16 and 3/23 for 3rd through 5th grades in preparation for the Georgia Milestones. Flyers will go home next week!

NBES: We will host 4th grade Lunch and Learn on Monday, February 12th, 2024 at 11:00. Families will meet for info, and have the opportunity to eat lunch with their student afterwards (reservation and prepayment required). Flyers were sent home, or you can call the school to reserve your spot!

NBES: We will host 3rd grade Lunch and Learn on Monday, January 22nd, 2024 at 12:10. Families will meet for info, and have the opportunity to eat lunch with their student afterwards (reservation and prepayment required). Flyers were sent home, or you can call the school to reserve your spot!

Brooks County Schools will be closed on Monday, January 15, 2024 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will resume our normal schedule on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.

Our Trojans' safety is our top priority. After careful consideration of the weather forecasts and recommendations from local authorities, there will be no school on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, due to the threat of inclement weather. We look forward to our Trojans returning on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

NBES: Please join us for our Winter AR Family Reading Time on Thursday, January 11th, from 3:00-5:00. The library will be open for students to read and take AR tests. Students who meet the1st-3rd AR goals by Jan. 12th will be invited to the nuggets/extra recess party!

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