Person Belongings Retrieval

If you have not yet completed the Personal Belongings Retrieval form , please do so by this afternoon.More information will be coming early next week about scheduling returns to campus. Thank you!

Textbook Buyback Details

If students would like to sell their textbooks, Follett, our online textbook provider, suggests using their partner, Valore Books . Shipping is free. Obviously, there will be no in-person Follett buyback this year. If students rented books from Follett, there is no need to return them. There will be no additional fees -- students now own them. Follett looks forward to renting to students again in 2020-21.

If you have questions, contact customer service at Follett (800-621-4088) or Associate Head for Academic Affairs Lance Latham (978) 725-6252.

Afternoon Programs Selection for 2020-2021

Students are currently working with advisors to select afternoon programs for the 2020-2021 academic year, which are due into the Athletic Office by May 15. Click here for details on Flex applications and Independent Studies applications (fall season applications for Independents are due by May 25.). If you have any questions about this process, please contact your student's advisor.

Cum Laude Ceremony

Yesterday, we inducted 18 new members of the Cum Laude Society, which was founded in 1906 to recognize academic excellence in the secondary school student population. Click to watch video of the virtual induction ceremony , featuring faculty speaker Doug Burbank H'98, P'11 and on-camera "awarding" of certificates to students at home all over the world. You can follow along with the event program -- it lists all of the new members, too. Congratulations to the inductees and their families!

Final Call for Yearbook Ads

Express pride, love and congratulations to soon-to-be Brooks School graduates with a personal ad in the yearbook. A quarter-page, half-page or full-page message/photo(s) are available for sale on a first-come, first-served basis. Payments are due by May 10, the updated deadline. Contact Faculty Yearbook Advisor Andrew McLean with any questions.

An Update on Spring Team Store Gear Orders

The Athletic Department has been in constant contact with BSN Sports over the last several weeks and has made arrangements to have all Team Store orders shipped to the billing addresses provided at the time of order. While shipping times will vary, families should expect to see orders arriving at their homes next week. If you have any questions, please reach out to Assistant Director of Athletics Jimmy Kelley .

Brooks Together

Every year, the Brooks parent community comes together to support our school through the Brooks Together parent drive for the Brooks Fund. Originally scheduled to begin in March and run for eight weeks, our timeline has been modified and shortened to a focused four-week drive as we kick off Brooks Together in this first week of May. Emails are being sent from the school soliciting your support for this vital aspect of our program. If you are in a position to support Brooks Together this year, we will be grateful for that participation.

New Deans' Den Blog Posts

In her latest dispatches, Academic Dean Susanna Waters takes readers inside an honors physics class featuring a physicist guest speaker and Spanish class hard at work on learning grammar. Learn more in her Deans' Den Blog .

A Message from the Health Center

The Magnus Health Portal will open May 4, to complete your child’s required health forms. Magnus will serve as your child’s electronic health record during their time at Brooks. Click for details about the forms and deadlines .

Looking to Help?

Brooke Cordes '20 and her family are holding a food drive tomorrow to benefit Lazarus House . Click to see how you can participate and get more information.

Parents' Academic Corner

As students prepare for the final three weeks of distance learning, Brooks' Learning Center has created a document to help students stay organized and plan for upcoming projects or longer assignments. Students should be reminded to communicate with teachers regularly, join in during office hours and schedule a one-on-one meeting, if need be. Whether it is a long-term writing assignment or a project, both will require planning, setting goals and breaking the process down into manageable tasks with deadlines.

Celebrating the Class of 2020

To honor the class of 2020 before they graduate, Brooks' Instagram is featuring "Senior Spotlight" posts each day, highlighting a few members of the class, until May 25. If you don't do Instagram , fear not: Each of the shout-out posts is uploaded and linked to the student's name on our Commencement 2020 web page . Enjoy!