Brooks County Schools

Dr. Reed received the wonderful news from State Superintendent, Dr. Richard Woods, that the Brooks County School District received Diamond Star School for the amount of participation we had during the Georgia Schools Care Initiative. Your students donated one cent to one dollar or more to help students in foster care have a wonderful holiday season, and yours and their participation is so appreciated!!!

🎉Next week, we’re celebrating National School Breakfast Week! 🎉 Get ready to try some exciting new breakfast recipes. This year’s theme is "Clue in on School Breakfast." 🕵️‍♂️🔎 Check out the breakfast and lunch menus here: https://www.brooks.k12.ga.us/documents/departments/nutrition/menus-fy25/683991

🔴⚪🔵 Trojans, we did it! 🔴⚪🔵 We are proud to announce that ALL K-12 Brooks County Schools have earned the Ready Georgia Seal of Preparedness! 🏆🔐 This prestigious recognition, awarded by the Georgia Department of Education in partnership with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA-HS), honors schools that have gone above and beyond in the area of school emergency preparedness. Brooks County Schools is one of only six districts in Georgia to have every K-12 school receive this honor! 🎉 The Ready Georgia Seal of Preparedness signifies that our schools have taken proactive steps to enhance safety, emergency preparedness, and risk mitigation through extensive planning, training, drills, security technology, and data analysis. 🌟 This year, 466 schools applied for this recognition, and only 136 were awarded the Seal of Preparedness. 🌟 A huge THANK YOU to our administrators, faculty, and staff for their dedication to increasing school safety and minimizing risk factors for our students. Your hard work makes a difference! 💪

March is Youth Art Month! Brooks County School District works hard at giving students many opportunities to examine various mediums of art as well as explore the ways their art can impact the world. Not only will we be celebrating Youth Art Month all month long, we will also have student art displayed at the Turner Center for Arts in Valdosta and host our very own Brooks County Student Art Exhibition on April 1st in our Performing Arts Center. Thank you for all of the community support for this most integral facet of a student's education! #YouthArtMonth #BCSFineArts #ArtsEdGA

🎉🚀 Celebrating CTAE Month! 🔧📚 February is CTAE Month, and we’re celebrating the skills, careers, and opportunities that Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education provides for our students! 🎓💡 From healthcare to agriculture, business to engineering, CTAE equips students with real-world experience that prepares them for bright futures! 🔥💼

The Brooks County Middle School Concert Band attended the Georgia Bandmasters Association Competition yesterday in Bainbridge. All of their hard work really paid off, because the band were given AMAZING ratings receiving a 1 (Superior), 2 (Excellent) and 2 (Excellent)!!! Congratulations to Miss Pratt and the BCMS band students!!! #BCSFineArts #ArtsEdGA

The shortest month flew by, but there’s always time to Read More, Brooks! 📖 March brings new books, fresh stories, and endless possibilities. Check out this month's newsletter: bit.ly/rmbFeb25.

💲💲BIG GREEN CASH MACHINE is Back!!! ⚠In between baseball games... ⚾Varsity Baseball vs Turner Co - DH 📍BCHS ⏰4:30 First Pitch 💲10 - Students FREE ⚽MS Soccer vs GA Christian 📍Veterans Stadium ⏰4:00 Girls ⏰5:30 Boys 💲5 🏹Archery @ Hahira MS 💲5 #UN1TY🔗 #GoTrojans🔴🔵

✨ CTAE Student Spotlight: Traci-Ann Pickels! 💉📚 🌟 It’s CTAE Month! 🌟 Meet Traci-Ann Pickels, a dedicated 12th grader excelling in Healthcare Science & HOSA at Brooks County High School! 🚑🩺 Her favorite class? The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program!

📢It's GameDay!! ⚽Varsity Soccer vs Lanier Co 📍Veterans Stadium ⏰4:00 Girls ⏰6:00 Boys 💲8 ⚾MS Baseball @ Atkinson Co 📍AtCo MS ⚠"A" Team Only ⏰4:00 pm #UN1TY🔗 #GoTrojans🔴🔵

🔧 Hands-On Learning, Real-World Success! 🔧 Our CTAE programs give students the opportunity to build, design, create, and innovate. Whether it’s welding sparks flying, culinary dishes sizzling, or digital designs coming to life, CTAE students are gaining skills that set them apart! 🏗️👩‍🍳💻

The kindergarten, first and second grade students of Quitman Elementary School and North Brooks Elementary School enjoyed the musical, "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" this morning. A traveling theatre group of college students from Valdosta State University put on this show free of charge to the schools and students. It was a highly enjoyable show for all and the students exuberantly participated the whole time! #BCSFineArts #ArtsEdGA

📢It's GameDay!! ⚾JV Baseball vs Lowndes 📍BCHS Complex ⏰4:30 pm 💲5 🏹Archery @ Hahira MS ⚠3D Tournament ⏰5:00 pm 💲5 🎉🏈Varsity Football Banquet 📍BCHS Cafeteria ⏰6:00 pm #UN1TY🔗 #GoTrojans🔴🔵

🌾 Planting Seeds for the Future! 🌱✨ 🌟 It’s CTAE Month! 🌟 Did you know Elementary Ag helps students develop STEM skills, responsibility, and a love for nature? 🏡🌽 Through hands-on activities like planting gardens and caring for animals, young learners connect with their environment and gain life skills that last a lifetime! 🐥🥕

It was such a wonderful day this past Sunday, February 23rd. The opening ceremony for the Youth in Art Exhibit at The Turner Center for the Arts was a huge success! We got to see so many of our families enjoy their student's art as well as student art from surrounding schools. Make sure to stop by throughout the month of March to take a look at this amazing showcase of young talent. #YouthinArtMonth #BCSFineArts #ArtsEdGA

📢It's GameDay!! ⚽Varsity Soccer vs Echols Co 📍Veterans Stadium ⏰4:00 Girls ⏰6:00 Boys 💲8 ⚾Varsity Baseball @ Turner Co ⏰6:00 #UN1TY🔗 #GoTrojans🔴🔵

🌱🚜 CTAE Month Student Spotlight🌟🌾 Meet Brynlee Williams, a dedicated 7th grader at Brooks County Middle School who is thriving in our Agriculture & FFA program! 🌿🐄 Through hands-on learning, Brynlee has discovered how to plant and grow different crops—a skill that will benefit her in the future, whether in a career or everyday life! 🍅🌻

🌟🎉 CTAE Month Celebration! 🎉🌟 This February, we’re shining a light on the amazing opportunities that Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education brings to our students! 🚀💡 From innovative classrooms to hands-on training, CTAE empowers students to build skills that pave the way to bright futures in countless industries. 🔧📚🎥💼 Check our what Mrs. Florig, Audio, Video, Technology & Film teacher at BCHS has to say about the importance of CTAE classes!

📢It's GameDay!! ⚾BCMS Baseball vs Clinch Co 📍BCS Board of Education ⏰4:00 B Team ⏰5:30 A Team 💲5 ⚽BCMS Soccer @ Atkinson Co ⏰4:00 Girls ⏰5:15 Boys #UN1TY🔗 #GoTrojans🔴🔵

📢Great Morning, Trojans!! 🎉⚾Congratulations to Coach Trent Viche on his FIRST CAREER VICTORY as a Head Coach!!!  The Baseball Trojans beat Jefferson County Friday night in thrilling fashion, 6-5.  Join us this week as they start region play vs Turner Co. 🎉⚽Congratulations to our BCMS Boys Soccer Team for going 3-0 last week with wins over Fitzgerald, Lanier Co, and Georgia Christian. 🎉⚾Congratulations to our BCMS Baseball Team for coming back from being down 8-0 in the 2nd inning against Scintilla to win 14-8 in their only contest last week.  They will be at home again today if we can beat the weather.  Come catch them in action at the old varsity field behind the Board of Education. 🎉⚽Congratulations to our Girls Varsity Soccer Team for its win over Baconton Charter on Friday in the only HS Soccer action last week. 🎉👟💨Congratulations to our MS Track Trojans as they opened their season last week at Lowndes with over 10 teams.  Performances of note: Ja'Breya Brown: 2nd in Hurdles Macayla McKenzie: 3rd in Hurdles Kimora Hardy: 3rd in Shot Put 🎉🎾Finally, Congratulations to Jazmine Beamon for pacing our MS Tennis Team in its FIRST EVER match in Brooks County History.  ⚠For the first time in a long time, we have a HOME event every day this week.  Be sure to come out and support your Trojans!  As always, thank you for all you do for our student-athletes! #UN1TY🔗 #GoTrojans🔴🔵