Brandywine Community Schools -

Thank you to our friends at 2nd & Main for providing breakfast to our seniors this morning! We appreciate all that you do for our school and our community.

What a beautiful and fun night at LMC’s WAVE Awards! Our production of Beetlejuice Jr. was nominated for four awards:

Beetlejuice Jr. Nominations:
• Outstanding Lead in a Musical: Hailey Amster
• Featured "Special" Award: Sandworm- Peyton Quinton, Sydney McBrier, Makayla Keefer
• Outstanding Lighting Design: Garrett Stoneburner
• Outstanding Direction in a Musical: Daysha Amster

We brought home the award for the Featured "Special" Award for the Sandworm! We are so proud of our performers!

Our first graders had the perfect day at the Potawatomi Zoo this week! They had so much fun!

You're invited!

Groundbreaking on the new Career & Technical Education Center addition will take place on June 1 at 4 p.m. at the back of the MSHS, near the soccer fields. We invite the community to come out and celebrate this huge step forward for our district. See you there!

Mr. Copper the Therapy Dog has been a busy little guy! When students collect enough positive behavior tickets, they can turn them in for a visit with Copper! Several students chose to spend some time with our furry friend this week.

Students in Ms. Carew's middle school Humanities class learned to play the card game "Golf" last week!

The Golf card game is a popular, easy-to-learn game where the goal is to get the lowest score possible, much like real golf. Played over nine "holes" (rounds) with a standard deck of cards, players strategically swap and discard cards to achieve the lowest sum in their layout.

Yesterday the middle school and high school choirs visited the elementary to give students a sneak peek into joining the program when they reach the MSHS!

MSHS students had a chance today to let their voices be heard!

There was a forum for students this afternoon with the Superintendent search firm where students were asked what qualities they want to see in Brandywine Community Schools' next leader. Their insights will help narrow down the position profile! Community members may also join in on the conversation at 5 p.m. tonight, before the Special Board Meeting at the Brandywine Middle/Senior High School Media Center.

Students in third grade are preparing for their trip to Warren Dunes next week! They've been researching the area and creating travel brochures for their destination.

There will be a Community Forum on Tuesday, May 19 at 5 p.m. at the Brandywine Middle/Senior High School Media Center. This will provide members of the community a time to provide input into the position profile of the next Superintendent. We hope to see you there!

Friday was Career Day at Merritt and Brandywine Elementary! Students learned about different career options and were able to have some hands-on experiences! Thank you to our volunteers who helped put together this opportunity!

Second graders celebrated making it through the past few weeks of NWEA testing with a GLOW party on Friday!

Alro Steel recently made a generous donation to our Career and Technical Education program towards the new CTE Center. Thank you so much for helping us build a better facility to train the future workforce! We will be breaking ground on the new facility June 1 at 4 p.m.

We are incredibly honored to share that our fall production of Beetlejuice Jr. received a few Lake Michigan College Wave Award nominations! LMC sends an adjudicator to evaluate participating high school musical productions. They determine the nominations and host an awards ceremony similar in spirit to the Tony Awards.

Beetlejuice Jr. Nominations:
• Outstanding Lead in a Musical: Hailey Amster
• Featured "Special" Award: Sandworm- Peyton Quinton, Sydney McBrier, Makayla Keefer
• Outstanding Lighting Design: Garrett Stoneburner
• Outstanding Direction in a Musical: Daysha Amster

This is a true reflection of the entire cast, crew, and production team, congrats to everyone involved and to the nominees! More information about the Wave Awards and the participating schools can be found here: https://www.lakemichigancollege.edu/academics/performing-visual-arts/performing-arts/wave-awards

Members of the high school band and choir performed at the Walmart Grand Re-Opening today! Mrs. Livengood also accepted a donation from Walmart to Brandywine. Thank you Walmart, and congratulations on your grand opening!

This Week in Photos!

Ms. Coleman's first grade class and the high school softball and baseball teams became buddies yet again this year! The high schoolers spent time reading to the first graders and playing catch with them each week.

Mrs. Reed's second grade class spread some kindness this week during "K" is for Kindness Day. They celebrated the food service and office staff!

The Brandywine Class of 2026 was awarded over $583,000 in scholarships! Congratulations!