Thanks to all who joined us on campus for Family Weekend. We loved sharing Brooks with you! |
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- Oct. 28 we will have a special schedule, with classes beginning at 10 a.m.
- Nov. 3 will also have a special schedule, for Beloved Community Day, with athletic contests being played in the afternoon.
- SATs are scheduled for Nov. 4. There are no classes or afternoon activities on Nov. 4.
- Students may leave campus for a weekend leave after their last commitment on Friday, Nov. 3 and return on Sunday, Nov. 5, by 8 p.m.
- Students should use REACH and choose "Nov. Weekend" for their request if they choose to take a weekend leave.
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Halloween Costume Guidelines
The Dean of Students Office recently distributed costume guidelines to all students in preparation for Halloween on Oct. 31. Parents are invited to take a look at these guidelines as well as this more formal version. These guidelines are intended to prompt students to pause and reflect on the appropriateness of their costume choices and provide a basis for further conversations about those choices. Thank you all for supporting our students in having fun and making good decisions!
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Challenge Success Survey
Brooks School is planning to survey the student body on Nov. 14 using the Challenge Success Survey through REACH. We hope to gain data that will help inform us about how the student body is feeling and how we can best improve our programming on campus. The Challenge Success team, a non-profit affiliated with the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, is a great partner for this work as they will help us make sense of our data and provide Brooks with suggestions for programmatic changes based on student responses. For more information please read the Research Information Sheet Regarding Survey Participation (provided in English and Spanish) and Introduction and Opt-out for Parents.
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Thanksgiving Break Heads Up
Thanksgiving Break will begin on Nov. 18 at 12 p.m. Our dormitories will close and all students are expected to depart campus no later than 3 p.m. that afternoon.
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Some international student families choose to sign their child up for a Thanksgiving Break “camp.” One such opportunity, of which we have become aware, is with Cogito World Education. Details are available through the Cogito World Education website.
- All students will be expected to submit a REACH request for Thanksgiving Break indicating their travel plans. This will become available for students to submit during the first week of November.
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Have student-specific questions regarding travel and transportation? Please direct them to Associate Director of Student Affairs Cora MacKenzie.
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Weekend Bulletin
Trips, a movie, a dance and more are on the agenda: See all the details in the Weekend Bulletin.
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Beloved Community Day: Next Friday
Our theme for Nov. 3's Beloved Community Day this year is Simpatía: Building Beloved Community through a Latinx lens. The morning of special programming begins at 8:30 a.m. in Chapel and ends with a community fiesta, featuring food and music, on Main Street at 1 p.m.
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Missed the "Arts in Progress" concert during Family Weekend? Watch it online!
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Third-Form Visit to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)
Students in the third form spent the morning at the MFA on small group “Identity and Community” tours (one shown in photo below) followed by an exploration of the exhibitions and activities around visual thinking strategies. This trip, sponsored by the Arts, English and History Departments is a cross-curricular experience sharing the resources of the Museum of Fine Arts to foster critical thinking collaboratively. It was a beautiful day for the class of 2027 exploring and engaged in immersive learning while building community!
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Get Ready for Footloose!
We're so excited that the fall musical Footloose is coming up. The cast and crew are looking forward to performing on Nov. 9, 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m.. A link to reserve your free tickets for will go live next week.
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Brooks Represents at Head of the Charles
The annual crew regatta Head of the Charles in Cambridge, Mass., this weekend drew more than 11,000 athletes, including eight current Brooks students and 16 alumni, to compete in the historic event. "It was a great day for Brooksians, past and present," reports Director of Rowing Tote Smith. "We had several gold medal performances including Carlo Zezza ’53, Peter Sharis ’86, Jon Gibbons ’92, Henry Hollingsworth ’17 and Vivienne Foley ’23. Forrester Clark ’24 extended the Brooks legacy in the men's youth single scull for a sixth consecutive guaranteed year -- a current track record, I believe, to be unmatched by any other school in the world."
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Pop-Up Store Excitement
Thank you to Cindy Kuechle P’26 and Kerry Giordano P’26 for spearheading the Family Weekend Pop-Up Store. More than 75 items were purchased and we look forward to seeing everyone’s new swag on campus.
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The preview batch of photos from classroom visits, activities on campus and posed portraits during Family Weekend are up in brooksschoolphotos.com. Many more to come!
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Still Hoping for More Donuts for Tuesday's Ghostly Goodies Event!
We are loaded up with candy, but we hope you will please consider donating a dozen (or two!) donuts to our annual Ghostly Goodies Halloween event. We are grateful for your help with this treat for our students and employees.
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Visit our Sign Up Genius to pursue our volunteer opportunities as well as to sign up to bring items to campus on Oct. 31.
- Venmo a contribution to Jessie Kelleher (@Jessica-Kelleher-3) to help underwrite the event and purchase donuts (always a hit!) and other items.
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