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Acworth, Georgia (January 27, 2021) – Brookwood Christian School has received a Cobb EMC Community Foundation sponsorship to update and expand student technology. Existing devices are several years old and not compatible with current software updates. The recent COVID-19 situation has impacted our regular budget by creating $25,788 in COVID related expenses such as sneeze […]
Representative Wes Cantrell, R-Woodstock, a former public school teacher, has recently introduced legislation, the Georgia Educational Scholarship Act, that would create educational scholarship accounts for students in Georgia. According to the bill, state funding for each student would be allowed to be redirected to an approved private school. According to lines 69 – 92 of […]
As the number of cases and positivity rate for COVID-19 are increasing in Georgia, here are guidelines for safely sending students to school. Adhering to this will help reduce transmission at school and help us keep the school open for face-to-face instruction. So far we have been fortunate and are doing everything we can to […]
Final Thoughts: The Effects on Mental Health and How We Strive to Alleviate Them Adolescents and young adults are still making developmental gains emotionally, physically, etc, which makes them more susceptible to mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety, says Dr. Amanda Fialk, a social worker specializing in adolescent and young adult mental health. […]
Outdoor Learning: How a Pandemic Confirmed what Many of us Already Knew brookwoodchristian.com For years, traditional education has minimized many of the challenges of teaching, says Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups. She goes on to comment that during COVID-19 […]
Mixed Age Learning: Benefits in Academics and Child Development The age segregation of schools is a contributing factor to competition and stress among students, according to Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups. Experts now believe that […]
Homework: Concerns with Overuse for Younger Students Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups, recently discussed in article in The Atlantic, how elementary education is too focused on excessive homework focused on achieving a mastery of very […]
In the 2019-2020 legislative session, advocates sought to improve the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (SB10 Waiver). We were of course thrilled that SB386 passed the senate, but with COVID and the legislative session getting cut short, the bill (like so many others) ultimately did not pass. We are hopeful for a different outcome this […]
Technology: Issues and Concerns that were Amplified during COVID In a recent article in The Atlantic, Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups, says that younger children have struggled the most with distance learning and that the […]
Tuesday, November 10, The Atlantic published an article from the December issue, “School Wasn’t So Great Before Covid, Either.” The author, Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups, outlines not only the concerns with education for young […]
Acworth, Georgia (October 28, 2020) – As Dyslexia Awareness Month comes to an end, we want to give huge thanks for two COVID relief grants that will help us keep our staff at a size to keep our class sizes small and safe, as well as for all the COVID related expenses we now have. […]
Many of you have requested a list of supplies, as we will not be doing this the traditional way because of cancelling Sneak-a-Peek due to COVID-19. Unlike previous years, the teacher lists are for each student to bring so that we avoid unnecessary sharing of materials. Please check back as this list will be updated […]
Brookwood Christian is committed to providing students and employees with a safe and healthy workplace. Because of the current COVID-19 situation there wiill be NO SNEAK-A-PEEK this year. We understand the importance of SNEAK-A-PEEK and are saddened by this decision, but we would be remiss to have large congregations of people the day before school […]
We are aware of the ongoing concerns regarding hand sanitizers containing methanol. Methanol, formerly a by product of the destructive distillation of wood, is now produced for applications such as fuel or fuel additives as well as other industrial purposes. It is also an unfortunate product of poor alcohol distillation processes. Methanol can be toxic […]
COVID-19 Policy to Support the Health of our Students, Faculty, and Staff – [rev 07/30/2020]Waiver to Return to SchoolVisitor Site Access Form RESOURCES CDC: Cleaning and Disinfection for Community Facilities CDC: Communities, Schools, Workplaces & Events CDC: Considerations for Cloth Face CoveringsCDC: Discontinuation of Isolation… Not in Healthcare SettingsCDC: Handwashing GuideCDC: How to Protect Yourself […]
Parents, I’m having issues with emails stripping attachments and links, as well as me accidentally sending emails to everyone rather than those who need it. I apologize. Meanwhile, here is the waiver for those who need it as well as the link for FACTS tuition set up instructions FACTS tuition set up instructions. We will […]
How are you returning to school? And when? We are starting August 5th, with optional KickStart classes for lower grade students beginning on July 20! Thanks to our small school size and small class size, which give our students a learning environment in which they can learn without stress, we will also be able to […]
Many of you have asked about local businesses to support during the COVID-19 situation. These local small businesses are part of the backbone of our community as well as some of our BIGGEST supporters that have supported us for years. Unfortunately, many of them are being drastically hit by this and could really use our […]
BREAKING NEWS: Governor Kemp has just announced that schools will remained closed through at least April 24, 2020. This is 2 weeks longer than we last anticipated. You can read more HERE. We will continue to work diligently to deliver instruction to your students during this time and will keep you updated with any new […]
Late yesterday afternoon the City of Acworth made a Declaration of Emergency regarding the current COVID-19 crisis. This order is effective from 12:00PM, Wednesday, March 25, 2020 through 12:00PM, Monday, April 6, 2020. To briefly summarize sections that affect the school the most: No business, establishment, corporation, non-profit corporation or organization shall allow more than […]
In light of recent events surrounding COVID-19 we want to clarify our school closing policy. We have previously stated that : “If you hear Cobb County Schools close, we will automatically close. We will also close if any 2 of the following close: Bartow, Cherokee, Fulton, or Paulding. If conditions in your area are not […]
You are probably aware of recent events and the concern over the global 2019 novel coronavirus (also reported as COVID-19 or 2019-nCoV) outbreak. Most of these cases have been reported in China, Europe, and other Asian countries. At this time there are 28 cases in the United States, over half if those are on the […]
