October 4, Brockbank Elementary participated in Jumpstart's national campaign to Read for the Record, where students were encouraged to read the children’s book "Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad", by David Soman and Jacky Davis. Jumpstart’s mission is to work towards the day that every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. They are shooting to break the record for the most number of students joining in the shared reading of the book. Last year the record was over 2 million people. Brockbank had two books donated to our school, one by the Governor and the other by Mr.

Each month, Brockbank students and staff hold a safety drill. Most often, that drill is a fire drill. Students evacuate the building, line up along the West fence, and teachers account for each student to make sure everybody got out safely. Any students in specialty classes (such as reading tutoring, speech, resource, computers, art, PE, etc.) would go outside with the adult they were currently with and report to their regular classroom teacher once outside. We also hold drills where students stay inside the building. These drills are our earthquake drills and lockdown drills.

Brockbank Spotlights this week are Mrs. Whitney Munns and Curtis Harrison.

Brockbank's PTA recently awarded prizes to the students that excelled in the walk-a-thon. The walk-a-thon was a great success with several students walking over 100 laps. Students that walked a 100 laps or more were given $10 gift certificate to the book fair and a coupon for a free mini pizza at Papa Murphys. Prizes were also given to the students in each grade that walked the most laps.

Brockbank PTA along with Brockbank staff recently held their seventh annual walk-a-thon fundraiser. It was a great success with lots of support from the students and parents. Students, along with many of their parents, walked laps around a track set up on the grass field as a way to exercise and raise money for the school. It was a fun evening! The funds raised will purchase iPads and document cameras for classrooms for classrooms. Prizes, pizza, cotton candy, sno cones, and bake sale items were available throughout the night.