FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Members of the Asian Student Alliance celebrated the Lunar New Year last night with a celebration dinner! See photos.
Re-Enrollment Process
The re-enrollment process for returning students has begun in coordination with the Business Office and Powerschool. Emails are being sent this week from the business office with the link to your student's re-enrollment account. Deposits will be due no later than March 1. Please note that your student's 2021-2022 Smart Tuition balance must be paid in full in order for the enrollment contract to be released for 2022-2023. If you do not receive a re-enrollment contract by Feb. 7, please review your Smart Tuition account activity and reach out to the business office with your plans to bring the account current. If you have questions or need assistance with this process, please contact Student Accounts' Marie Ranfos or Director of Financial Operations Jo-Ann Bevis.
Smart Tuition Update
Families will start to see Blackbaud Tuition Management instead of Smart Tuition throughout the site and in communications. These changes will be occurring throughout the month of February and will include both the payer portal and invoices. Click to read additional information about Blackbaud Tuition Management.
Yearbook Reminders for Sixth-Form Families
Please remind your sixth-former to submit their "Senior Page" for the yearbook. These pages are a wonderful opportunity for sixth-formers to express themselves and share some of their warm memories from their time at Brooks. 
 
Following March Break, there will be a picture day for professional photos of students in the class of 2022. These photos are required for all sixth-form students and could be perfect for your parent ad in the yearbook. (You may also use a photo of your choice for these ads). More information regarding parent ads will be communicated on April 1. The deadline for parent ad submissions will be April 30. If you have any questions, please reach out to Yearbook Advisor, Art and English Teacher Sonja Nagel.
Alex Tobias '22: Marathon Fundraiser
This spring, sixth-form student Alex Tobias is training for his first Boston Marathon as his independent afternoon program. Learn more about Alex and his goal to raise funds for Beth Israel Lahey Health. Go, Alex!
Learning Center Update
Looking for documents to help with time management, active reading, note-taking or studying? Brooks School's Learning Center has recently updated its OnBrooks resources. Visit our information by going to OnBrooks > Groups > Learning Center and explore the Bulletin Board as well as the Topics page. Blank schedules, study skills suggestions, active reading guidelines and note-taking tools may be referenced, and students can utilize them to help with organization, as well as to boost and sustain motivation. The Learning Center will continue to add and update information throughout the school year.
Counseling Department: New Hours
Brooks' counseling department is now offering additional hours to see a counselor on Sunday afternoons from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Health and Wellness Center. Monday through Friday, counseling appointments are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our three school counselors are Kimberly Cratty, LICSW, Joe Erickson, LICSW and Steph Holmes, LCSW. Students are encouraged to stop by the Health and Wellness Center or to reach out to any of the counselors directly if they are interested in a counseling appointment.
Art Award Winners
We are thrilled to share that 12 Brooks School artists were recently named winners of the Regional Scholastic Art Awards. The recognition is for artistic excellence in portfolios that the students submitted in a variety of categories, including ceramics, drawing, fashion, painting, photography and printmaking. Congratulations to all!
 
Gold Key Winners:
Noela Chung ’23
Tvisha Devireddy ’23
Maeve Gaffney ’23
Tri Nguyen ’22 (for his "Under the Moonlight" portfolio, including the photograph shown below)
Jack O'Brien ’22
 
Silver Key Winners:
Tri Nguyen ’22
Jack O'Brien ’22 (for his "Sponge on the Charles" shown above)
 
Honorable Mentions:
Kofi Boakye-Mensah ’24
Noela Chung ‘23
Tvisha Devireddy ’23
May Eggleston ’24
Sofia Fortenberry ’24
Laura Kahu ’23
Jack O'Brien ’22
Lindsey Stafford ’24
Kaisi Xing ’23
Final Call for Treats for Your Sweets!
Thank you to all of our families who have supported the Feb. 14 Treats for Your Sweets celebration in honor of Valentine's Day! We are thrilled to offer a Crumbl Cookies buffet, and Brooks families have generously underwritten the purchase of 300 cookies towards our goal of 400 cookies!

Please consider buying a few cookies and helping us reach our goal: Venmo a donation in an amount of your choice to underwrite the cost of Crumbl cookies: a dozen cookies for $30 or four for $10. (Venmo your donation to @Jessica-Kelleher-3 and Jessie will take care of the rest!) If you have any questions, please contact  Joan Ziady P'18, P'20, P'22, Jessie Kelleher P'24 or Director of the Brooks Fund and Family Engagement Mary Merrill. Thank you for your support of this event.
Brooks Together Parent Challenges Announced
At last night’s Brooks Together preview event three exciting giving challenges were announced. These challenges will kick off on our Feb. 10 Giving Day:

Earlier this year, three sixth-form families challenged those associated with the class of 2022 to collectively donate $100,000 to the Brooks Fund. The issued challenge was met and subsequently matched 1:1 by those generous families. Playing off this success, six families from the classes of 2023, 2024 and 2025 have stepped up to issue their respective classes with a series of cascading challenges, which we hope to meet by the end of Brooks Together. 

  • Class of 2023 Challenge: Two families will match all donations from those associated with this class, up to $75,000.
  • Class of 2024 Challenge: Two families will match all donations from those associated with this class, up to $50,000.
  • Class of 2025 Challenge: Two families will match all donations from those associated with this class, up to $25,000.

If you have any questions, please contact Director of the Brooks Fund and Family Engagement Mary Merrill.
Campus Activities this Weekend
View details about all the weekend activities including, a screening of Sorry to Bother You, as part of the BSU's Black History Month movie series on campus, a learn-to-knit tutorial and a couple of open house gatherings!
Snow Conditions Reminder
Brooks School does not normally suspend classes during snowstorms or other extreme weather conditions. Day student families are asked to make their own decision about the safety of travel and to notify the school in cases of absence due to weather conditions. A student who is unable to travel to school due to weather conditions will be able to join class virtually in these circumstances. Likewise, a teacher who is unable to travel to campus for class will be able to hold a virtual class, and will communicate this decision directly to the students.
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