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Burleigh Families,

What an absolutely incredible day!  Our annual Field Day was a massive success and we couldn't have asked for higher energy or bigger smiles.  Thank you to everyone who stepped up to run stations, wrangle water bottles and keep the energy high all day long.  We literally couldn't do it without you!

Student Council had another successful year and below are a few of their amazing accomplishments:

• Alex's Lemonade ~ raised $3, 854 so far this year ~ 11 year total $27, 229
• Coats for Kids ~ 10 bags of coats donated
• Cookie Cafe ~ $600 towards new recess equipment
• Books for the Next Door Foundation ~1,001 books donated
• Kindness Challenge ~ over 12,000 Acts of Kindness
• Sucker Sale ~ $675 donated to the Children's Hospital ~ MACC Fund

A huge thank you to the 90 fifth graders and 11 teachers who made this year's Student Council a massive success!

From planning and collaborating to hosting lemonade at lunch, counting fundraising money and presenting new ideas, these students made amazing decisions on behalf of Burleigh.  We are incredible grateful for the powerful partnership between our families, staff and students.  Thank you for helping us make it another fun and impactful year!

● Do you want to connect with more Burleigh families? 

● Are you looking to share your gardening expertise or learn more about gardening this summer? 

●Do you want to lend a hand in keeping the garden beautiful?

Now is the time to get involved with the VEG!

You are invited! 

WHAT: Meet up at the garden

WHEN: Sunday 5/17 10:00am 

WHERE: Burleigh Garden

If you are interested but can't make it on 5/17, reach out to the office for more information on getting involved. 

This Saturday, May 9th is the annual Best Buddies Friendship Walk at Wisconsin Brewing Company Park in Oconomowoc! 

Check-in:  9:00AM  Opening Ceremonies:  10:00AM  Walk:  10:15AM  Celebrate Until:  12:00PM

Kendra Scott will be there and will be donating 20% of all purchases back to Best Buddies WI.  If you spend $100 with Kendra Scott you get a free ticket to Sal Frelick's Game Night event in July.  Sal is an amazing Best Buddies supporter!

Last week team B.U.I.L.D 44199 and Team Alpha Geek 55696, Burleigh/PPMS, competed at the FIRST® World Championship in Houston, Texas representing the state of Wisconsin! The FLL portion of the event included 160 Challenge teams from 60 different countries! Both FLL teams presented their innovation project and robot design to a panel of judges and competed in an exciting robot game, with both teams finishing in the top 100! 

Team B.U.I.L.D 44199 filed a patent for their Climate Regulated Artifact Box just before the competition, and secured their highest score at the robot tables this season during the practice matches! The highlight of the event was meeting team Australia and cheering on the Wisconsin "big kid" teams on the FRC and FTC fields! More details on their experience here: https://sites.google.com/elmbrookschools.org/teambuild44199202526season/home/worlds-blog 

Team Alpha Geek was thrilled to win a Robot Design Finalist Award, recognizing the team for their outstanding programming principles and solid engineering practices! You can read more about the team's project, robot, and their exciting experience at Worlds on their website: https://sites.google.com/elmbrookstudents.org/team-alpha-geek/worlds-blog

Burleigh Elementary School has been recognized as a Wisconsin School of Recognition by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for the 2024-25 school year, an honor that highlights the school’s strong commitment to student growth and academic achievement.