Burleigh
Elementary School

Congratulations to Burleigh 5th Graders (2019-20) moving on to Pilgrim Park Middle School: Maya L.(clarinet), Matthew L. (alto saxophone), Rishabh S. (trumpet), and Dhruv H. (trombone) for being accepted into the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) program! These students worked hard to prepare their virtual audition video and will now get to rehearse weekly with advanced musicians around the Milwaukee area throughout the school year.

Mrs. Gillete is super proud of their hard work and for positively representing the Burleigh Band Program!

Burleigh student Thaathwik Arsha Abhilash and his family were recently spotlighted by Manorama Online for his efforts to give virtual sign language lessons during the Safer at Home order. You can read the full story by clicking here.

Keep up the great work, Thaathwik!

Brookfield East graduate Marc Hughes ('79), and Brookfield Central graduate Chrissy Pappas ('13) are the recipients of the District's 2020 Alumni Excellence awards. These awards will be presented as part of the virtual Engaged in Excellence Awards celebration on Monday, May 11, which will be live-streamed at elmbrookschools.org/eie.

Beginning on Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20, all Elmbrook Schools will move to virtual learning and no students will report to school.

On Thursday, March 12 Governor Evers declared a Public Health Emergency for the State of Wisconsin and called upon the people of Wisconsin to work aggressively to slow the spread of COVID-19. We take this responsibility seriously, as we consider the impact of our decisions on students and their learning, our families and staff and their personal and professional responsibilities, and the greater Elmbrook Community. As we learn from others' experiences with COVID-19 both across the country and around the world, we want to answer one question with confidence; 'Are we doing all that we can to keep our students, staff members, and community safe?'

To view the communication sent home to District families and staff please visit the Coronavirus (COVID-19) webpage here.

On Saturday, February 1, 107 students from 31 schools around the Brookfield area gathered to participate in the 2020 Spartan Chess Open at Brookfield East High School. 

Burleigh Elementary came top in the K-5 division and defended and retained "The Elmbrook Cup", a traveling trophy awarded to the top-performing Elmbrook elementary school

Congratulations to the following students: Sean N, 5th Grade, Nandana P, 2nd Gr, Lipsika S, 2nd Gr, Tarun S, 5th Gr, Tommy K, 4th Gr, Avi M, 5th Gr, Brandon O, 2nd Gr, Ananya, 5th Gr 

Congratulations to teams that participated and won 2nd Place at St Dominics Chess Tournament this February:

First Team Picture: Ananya - 5th Grade, Aadit - 2nd Grade, Akira - 2nd Grade, Noah - 1st Grade

2nd Team Picture: Liam - 4th Grade, Avinash - 5th Grade, Tarun - 5th Grade

We saw some very creative students dressed as favorite book characters! Wonderful imaginations at work. Here are some Kindergartners dressed up for Dr. Seuss's birthday (Monday, March 2nd)

Thank you Burleigh for a wonderful Family Engagement Night! There was a great turn-out and a lot of fun had by all! Here are the winners that attended that night!

Congrats to the Burleigh Lego League Jr teams (2), who competed in the Milwaukee FLL Jr Expo last month before break!  This year's theme was Boomtown Build, and the students explored eco-friendly, accessible, and durable building techniques in our community and built a building or community of their own!

Team 6263 won the Mad Scientist Award!  This award celebrates the team that was bursting with facts and knowledge during their model presentation.

Team 7710 won the Magnificent Movement Award!  This award celebrates the team that had unique and interesting movement in their Lego model.

For more information on having your child compete in the Fall 2020 Jr Lego team, or supporting as a coach for the 2020 season for additional Lego or Jr Lego teams, please contact Jennifer Black at chewobbly@gmail.com.  Children currently in grades preK-2 are eligible to participate in 2020, although team positions are limited to the number of coaches available.