Votes Needed for PCMS Finalist:

The Pflugerville Education Foundation is giving one lucky educator $1,000 for a project and you can have a vote on who gets the money. Park Crest has not one, but TWO finalist in this year’s community grant. Both of these grants are worthy of your vote, but without your vote, neither will be funded.

The following four finalists want your vote. Voting will end on Friday, April 28. Their fate is in your hands!

o    Park Crest Middle School - Community Garden

o    Park Crest Middle School - Wiggle Seats and Fidgety Feet

Click here to cast your vote: VOTE PARK CREST!

If your child is attending Park Crest Middle School, below is a message from Zack Kleypas, Principal of Park Crest.

1.       Join us for our Park Crest 5th Grade Parent Night (all parents within the PCMS boundary were mailed an invitation last week) on May 2nd, 2017 from 6-7pm in the PCMS Cafeteria. Our official flyer is attached.

2.       Pre-AP and AVID Summer Bridge – seats are limited each year, and we would like to encourage any parent who is considering placing their child in Pre AP classes to register their children. It is a great way to support your child before embarking on rigorous middle school courses. The registration form is attached, and due to Park Crest by May 15th.

3.       Get Connected – If you cannot make it out to the May 2nd, 5th Grade Parent Night, we welcome you to join our Park Crest list serve in order to being to receive important information about our campus. We believe it’s never too early to get connected. To do so, you may utilize this link: PARK CREST EMAIL LIST SERVE 

Thanks so much for your help and support,

Zack Kleypas

Principal

Park Crest Middle School

Hello Bobcat Parents,

PfISD is partnering with Bright Bytes, an educational software company, in order to learn more about our students’ school and home technology

use for learning. For that reason, we are reaching out to ask you to take part in the Clarity questionnaire. Your participation is essential in helping us form a more complete picture of technology use for learning in your students’ lives.

If you have students at multiple campuses, please complete one survey for each campus using the link provided by the campus. This process ensures each campus has the appropriate information for their student population. Multiple responses are not necessary for siblings on the same campus.

The survey will take approximately 5 minutes. Please know that all of your responses will remain anonymous to protect your privacy. PfISD values parent feedback and we appreciate your input.

Please use the link below to begin the survey.

www.BByt.es/RN6AP

Sincerely,

Pflugerville ISD Technology"        

Lisa Harris, M.Ed.

Principal, Brookhollow Elementary 

(512) 594-5200

lisa.harris@pfisd.net

Proud Parent of Brookhollow Bobcats

The Fine Arts Department hopes you will be able to attend the 16th Annual PfISD District Art Show at the Pflugerville Public Library.

The show hosts a variety of work, including paintings, drawings, etchings and collages by our district’s talented art students.

The art will be on display during normal library hours on the following dates.

Second Show: April 22-May 5

Second Show Participants:

Barron Elementary

Brookhollow Elementary

Caldwell Elementary

Highland Park Elementary

Murchison Elementary

Northwest Elementary

Riojas Elementary

River Oaks Elementary

Rowe Lane Elementary

Wieland Elementary

Dessau Middle

Pflugerville Middle

Westview Middle

Connally High

Pflugerville High

Brookhollow Families….come Chill Out with us on April 11th from 5:45 – 7:15 pm!   Engage and enjoy  free ice cream and math make~n~take to recharge  before end of year math assessments for PreK – 5th grade.  Bobs books will be open as well as our book fair from Scholastics books. More information to come in your child’s take home folder.

See you there!

Good Luck to all our Bobcat students headed to Math Pentathlon this Saturday!

Division 1 tournament is almost here!  This year, we are lucky enough to be able to have it at Hendrickson High School, Pflugerville.  It is this Saturday, April 1st.  Check-in time will be from 7:45-8:15 am.  There isn't a detailed schedule of the day, but please expect to stay through the early part of the afternoon.  See you there!

Brenna Meeks

2nd Grade

Brookhollow Elementary

512-594-5253

Plant pricing list

Greetings Brookhollow Families,

The spring semester is near its final months! Even though we have had unusually warm weather the past few weeks it’s still hard to believe that April is here already and summer is just around the corner. The second half of the school year is always very busy with a whole host of activities, including State Testing, spring events,  graduation for our 5th graders (and a bunch more!). The pace in the classroom is also very quick this semester, so please encourage your students to stay on top of their assignments and responsibilities so they don’t fall behind. As well as begin school on time 7:40 am tardy bell and here daily

I would  like to thank all of our Brookhollow families and our staff members for being so generous with their time, skills and talents.  Everyone is invested in the growth and success of all our children.  Within the Brookhollow community, we all work together “inspiring within everyone a passion to excel”, #WhyITeach and #IBelieveInYou!

Thank you for your commitment to all our children,

Lisa Harris, Principal

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A few reminders for the month of April is attached. 

Reminder:Please Join Brookhollow’s 1st Annual Star Parent Program!!!!

The Brookhollow staff recognizes the important role parents play in the success of our students. We will be recognizing parents for doing their part each quarter with special gifts. To receive your award, simply choose three of the six criteria to do with your child. Then, send this sheet as verification of the activities to your child’s teacher. Your reward will be sent home at the end of each quarter.

   Visit us on our BES webpage for more up to date information http://www.pfisd.net//site/Default.aspx?PageID=27

   BES Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/BrookhollowES/

Brookhollow students got pumped up for the STAAR test at a pep rally this morning. Former NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles and Houston Texans Nathan Menkin, and 2012 London Olympics track athlete Raasin McIntosh spoke to students about what it takes to be successful. Best of luck to all of our PfISD students taking STAAR tests next week! May 5th Encore performance @ 8:15 am in the BES gym.

   STAAR this Week – see parent letter for Closed Campus dates.

testing student letter

non-testing student letter

   EDP Summer Camp 2017 locations are Brookhollow Elementary, Dearing Elementary, Highland Park Elementary, and Wieland Elementary and will occur June 5, 2017 through Aug. 18, 2017 from 7:00 am – 6:30 pm daily [closed July 3rd & 4th]. Registration opens online beginning March 20, 2017 and remains open until all sites are filled. Costs include a $35 registration fee per family and a tuition of $155 per week. A non-refundable, non-transferrable $25 per child per week deposit must be made at the time of enrollment in order to guarantee the reservation. You can find more information about EDP summer camp at http://www.pfisd.net/Page/1261 and here is a brief overview.

Math Pentathalon

Good Luck - Bobcats we’ll be cheering for you all!

   Division I (Kindergarten & 1st Grade)

Austin Metro Center

April 1, 2017

Hosting Districts: Austin ISD & Round Rock ISD

7:45am – 8:15am CHECK-IN TIME

https://www.mathpentath.org/

We are very excited to have Highland Park families join our Bobcats beginning the 17-18 school year. Our PTO took time to visit this month and met a few parents.  Moreover, plans are in motion to invite our future BES families over to continue ensuring we have a seamless transition for all – we’ll be in touch with more information soon.

Lastly,  Our BES PTO - achieving  great things, please go to their facebook page  to learn about how you can volunteer and contribute to this amazing organization here at BES!  Facebook@Brookhollow Elementary School PTO.

Have a great week!

Click to download calendar.

Hello BES Community,
 
"The PTO is in need of pictures for the yearbook. Specifically from these events:
-Family Fun Night
-Class holiday parties
-Class field trips
-Red Ribbon Week
-Book Fair
-Science Fair (the different projects)
-Math Pentathalon (even if it is during the practices)
-DI
-UIL Tournament
-POPS Rallies
 
Please e-mail pictures to PTObrookhollow@gmail.com
 
**Also, for the yearbook contest submissions, please put student's NAME, TEACHER and GRADE on the BACK of the submission**

See what’s coming up at Brookhollow …February Brookhollow Reminder attached.

     PCMS: Tomorrow , January 31st is the 5th grader Parent Course Selection Information Night at 6:00 pm at Park Crest in the Cafeteria.

     We are excited about our 7th Annual Cultural Diversity Fair to be held on February 3rd, 2017!  Our goal is to help foster respect and appreciation for the cultural diversity within our Brookhollow Community. 

     5th Grade Parents: PCMS Band Opportunity -We have received multiple calls and e-mails from parents who were unable to attend the event.  Consequently we are having a ‘make-up’ instrument fair to provide an opportunity to have your students tested for band.  Our ‘make-up’ instrument fair will take place February 2 at the Park Crest Band Hall (4:00-7:00 PM.) .)  Testing will be by appointment.  Parents simply need to e-mail or call either band director to schedule a time slot.  Attached you will find a flier which we will soon deliver to your campus so you may distribute to your future Puma’s.     (see attachment for additional information).

       PISD District Calendar for 17-18 . Below there is a link that you can click on to give your feedback.  Let your voice by heard.  We appreciate your feedback (see attachment for calendar).

http://www.pfisd.net/domain/245      Provide input on the proposed 2017-2018 academic calendar, please complete the online survey by February 2, 2017.

      PISD UIL was an exciting event for our Brookhollow students this past Saturday at PHS.  Congratulations to all of our participants and their achievements.  We will be recognizing this event as well as  other extracurricular activities at our last POPS Rally on March 31st.    Special thanks to our teachers  and parents who spent their time coaching our students towards great success.   Mrs. Garza our school UIL Lead who did a fabulous job – in her own words, “ we can only get better!”  If you are interested in  coaching a UIL team  or just want to volunteer on the day of the event please see Mrs. Smith or Mrs. Garza.

     Pflugerville ISD cordially invites the community to a night of music and art, showcasing our youngest musicians and artists. The Inaugural Elementary Fine Arts Showcase will honor our top fine arts students from all 20 elementary campuses. Come view the student art on display and hear the musical performance by the  Elementary Honor Choir.

               Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Students and their parents or educators are invited to UT for an afternoon of engineering fun.

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day and the Girl Day STEM Festival will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2017 on the UT Austin campus with a Science in the Movies demonstration show from 4 – 5 p.m.   https://girlday.utexas.edu/

Reminder 5th grade parents,

A flyer went out last week for those who are interested in the PCMS band.

Students that are interested in Band (or just want to see what It’s all about) are welcome to attend! 

Thank you – BES Music Program