Bronco Round Up
Spooky October Edition
💀Trick or Treating Tips💀
Its Halloween time!!! Here are some safety tips to keep all of our Bronco's safe while trick or treating!
- Decorate costumes and bags with reflective tape or stickers
- Make sure your child's costume fits! This can avoid falls.
- Make sure all drivers see you before you cross the street.
- Accompany children under 12 and if you older children are going alone, ensure that you know the route
Community Events
- Doris Miller & Dewey Community Centers Trunk-or-Treat Event
- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Doris Miller Community Center, 1020 Elm Ave., Suite 800L Candy, cars, and costumes! Join us for a trunk-full of fun!
- 2nd Annual Literary Haunted House
- OCTOBER 25 - 26 & OCTOBER 28 - 31 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. at South Waco Library, 2737 S. 18th Street Put the ‘boo’ in books! Watch your favorite villains come to life with bubbling potions, exhibits, and so much more at this not-too-scary haunted house. Open to all ages (children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult).
- Waco Police Department Trunk or Treat
- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 Follow the Waco Police Department on social media (@wacopolice) for the location and time announcement coming soon.
- WIC Boo Bash
- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 3 to 6 p.m. at Waco-McLennan Public Health, 225 W Waco Drive Visit the Health District for healthy Halloween snacks, trick-or-treating throughout the building, and fun activities.
- South Waco Community Center & Athletics Division Drive-Thru Trick-or-Treat Event
- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 6 to 8 p.m. at South Waco Community Center, 2815 Speight Ave. Take a sweet ride through South Waco Park to pick up pre-packaged candy.
PACTT Meeting
Please let Mrs. Michael know at holly.michael@wacoisd.org or via ParentSquare so we can provide an accurate amount of food needed!
Can’t wait to see you all there!!
Tuesday, Oct 1, 2024, 05:00 PM
Brook Avenue Elementary School, Brook Avenue, Waco, TX, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Spooky Math and Science
Spooky Math and Science Night
Thursday, Oct 24, 2024, 05:00 PM
Brook Avenue Elementary School, Brook Avenue, Waco, TX, USA
🐴Our Bronco's Hard at Work!!🐴
Attendance Matters
Attendance is VITAL to your student's success. Our goal is to have 97% of our students here every day! Please help us make that happen.
Click on the the flyer for more ways that you can help!
National Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15th-October 15th
Dr. Ellen Ochoa
Became the first Latina to go to space in 1993 as she flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery. She later became the Johnson Space Center's first Latina director!
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
In 2009 she became the first Latina and third woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
He also created Encanto!!
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month!!
RED RIBBON WEEK 2024!!!
October School Activities!
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- About 6,000 babies in the United States are born with Down Syndrome every year.
- Down Syndrome is a genetic condition where an individual is born with an extra copy of the 21st chromosome.
- About half of people born with Down Syndrome have a congenital heart defect.
- The prevalence of Down Syndrome increases with a mother's age.
- People with Down syndrome have physical and intellectual delays from birth but there is a wide variety of abilities within the population that are impossible to predict ahead of time
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
- When women get regularly screened they have a 47% lower risk of dying.
- There are more than 3.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States today, making them the largest group of all cancer survivors.
Save the Date
- October 1st: PACTT Meeting-Greater Waco Legal Services
- October 7-10: Hispanic Spirit Week (See above flyer)
- October 11th: Student Holiday-NO SCHOOL
- October 12th: Parent University @ Doris Miller Community Center
- October 14th: Columbus Day- NO SCHOOL
- October 18th: Waco High Homecoming
- October 24th: Spooky Math and Science Night
- October 26th: Parent University
- October 23rd-31st: Red Ribbon Week (Dress up Days to be announced)
- October 24th: Spooky Math and Science Night
- October 28th: Student Holiday-NO SCHOOL
- October 31st: Dress up as your favorite Book Character!
Brook Avenue Elementary
720 Brook Avenue
Waco, Texas 76708
(254) 750-3562