Be sure to check out the various items for order at the Brooks Pop-Up Store! Items will be on display at Family Weekend registration.
Schedule & Campus Alerts
This weekend: On Saturday, please be aware that between 2:30 and 4 p.m. Brooks School will be hosting more than 150 runners for our cross-country meet. Cars will be occasionally stopped for the cross-country race and have limited access to the academic parking lot. Please follow the instructions of the Brooks security team on site. Thank you!
Next weekend: On Oct. 28 we will have a special schedule with classes beginning at 10 a.m.
Student Life
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.
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.
Have student-specific questions regarding travel and transportation? Please direct them to Associate Director of Student Affairs Cora MacKenzie.
Congratulations to Director of Student Affairs Ingrid Knowles: She and her husband Thatcher welcomed baby Henry yesterday morning!
Family Weekend REACH Request Reminders
Taking your child out to dinner tonight, Thursday? Please remember that they must submit a “Day Leave Before 8 p.m.” request and receive the proper approvals BEFORE departing campus with you. They are expected to be back on campus for study hours by 8 p.m.
Wishing to go out together on Friday evening? Students should submit either a “Day Leave Before 8 p.m.” request or go to the Deans' Den to request a “Day Leave Past 8 p.m.” leave. They must receive all approvals BEFORE leaving campus. Students are expected to be back on campus for check-in by Friday at 10 p.m.
Heading home over Family Weekend? Students have been prompted to submit a “Family Weekend” request that is due by tomorrow, Oct. 20, at 3:30 p.m. Students should not leave on Saturday prior to their last obligation of the day.
Any student-specific questions regarding REACH requests leading up to or during Family Weekend can be directed to Associate Director of Student Affairs Cora MacKenzie or Assistant Director of Student Affairs Erik Krahn.
Weekend Bulletin
There are lots of things to do on- an off-campus this long weekend, including an Open House at the Packard home. Check out the Weekend Bulletin for more information.
Academics
Meet the Learning Center Leadership Team
The Learning Center is proud to introduce this year’s Learning Center student leadership team (shown above)! Peer Tutor Prefects Caroline Gay ’24 and Sonakshi Ghosal Gupta ’24 — and Learning Center Ambassadors Sophie Genden ’24, Leito Sheckells-Betts ’25 and Eva Karoly ’25 — facilitate the peer tutor program and help to make the Learning Center feel accessible for all Brooks students.
Students can find peer tutors in the evening outside of the Science Forum during structured study hall from 8 to 9 p.m. Peer tutors are also available to be matched for one-on-one sessions with students in specific subjects.
While teachers should always be the first source of academic support, Peer Tutors are a great resource to support student learning. Students interested in using a Peer Tutor should reach out to Learning Center faculty members Jacqueline "Bean" Clark or Shanel Antunes.
This fall, "Uncovering Ancient Africa" history students have been identifying different genus and species of hominids as they learn about early complex societies.
Arts
Arts Opportunities This Family Weekend
On Friday night, please join us in the Center for the Arts for "Arts in Progress," a concert featuring the Brooks School chorus; chamber orchestra; both jazz and rock bands; and selections from the fall musical Footloose.
You are also welcome to tour the building to observe, and appreciate, the student artists’ recent visual works on display.
In addition, the Robert Lehman Art Center gallery features a powerful photographic exhibition: “Silencios,” by Juan Manuel Echavarria '66.
We look forward to seeing you as we celebrate the arts at Brooks!
Family Programs
Help Make Ghostly Goodies a Frighteningly Good Time for our Students!
Consider donating an item (or two!) our annual Ghostly Goodies Halloween event. Whether it's donating donuts, volunteering at the lunchtime event or buying items from our Amazon wish list, we are grateful for your help with this treat for our students and employees.
Here are the three ways you can participate:
Visit our Sign Up Genius to pursue our volunteer opportunities as well as to sign up to bring items to campus on Oct. 31.
Check out our Amazon Wishlist to purchase candy or other Halloween treats for the day.
Venmo a contribution to Jessie Kelleher (@Jessica-Kelleher-3) to help underwrite the event and purchase donuts (always a hit!) and other items.
