{"id":12985,"date":"2024-12-17T10:56:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=12985"},"modified":"2024-12-17T10:56:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:56:06","slug":"from-school-to-community-brookwood-elementary-spreads-holiday-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/from-school-to-community-brookwood-elementary-spreads-holiday-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"From school to community: Brookwood Elementary spreads holiday cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-61-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12990\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-61-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-61-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-61-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-61-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-61-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-61-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-61-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-119-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12991\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-119-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-119-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-119-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-119-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-119-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-119-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-119-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Teachers at Brookwood Elementary take their holiday spirit out on the road every year.<\/p>\n<p>About 20 carolers sing in front of the school and then head out on a school bus for visits to Blackstone Neighborhood Park and Bow Creek Recreation Center, where neighbors young and old listen to the caroling and applaud with approval. Santa, Mrs. Claus and Buddy the Elf pass out candy canes to the crowds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just brings the students so much joy, and they bring the joy back to us,\u201d said Santa Claus, who some people say has a remarkable resemblance to community member Geoff Klein. (Buddy the Elf is known by some as Alan Hosack.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-12-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12994\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-12-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-12-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-12-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-12-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-12-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-12-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-12-1-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Chantal Leary-Cox, driver of Bus No. 496, said she loves riding the cheerful crew around the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love seeing the Christmas spirit shared with the students,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great!\u201d principal Lauren Celentano added.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers agree with this sentiment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWe love it,\u201d said Michelle Baker.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s really fun,\u201d said Dione McTyre.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt is very heartwarming and a positive message around the holiday season,\u201d said Madeline Ebersole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tracy Loalbo, kindergarten assistant, has been involved with the event for the past seven years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tradition for our community brings everyone together at a very beautiful time of year,\u201d she said. \u201cIt fosters love, commitment and a community feel.\u00a0 We all work together for our students&#8217; success, and this is a tradition that fosters all of these attributes in a very fun way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-55-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12989 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-55-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-55-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-55-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-55-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-55-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-55-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-55-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-23-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-23-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-23-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-23-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-23-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-23-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-23-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-20-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12997\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-20-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-20-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/24_BES_Caroling_121224-20-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers at Brookwood Elementary take their holiday spirit out on the road every year. About 20 carolers sing in front of the school and then head out on a school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12985"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12998,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12985\/revisions\/12998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}