Sneak a peek at chemistry class experiments in the Deans' Den Blog. See below for details. |
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- Planning ahead to Winter Break, dorms will close on Dec. 15 at 12 p.m. There is no academic programming on Dec. 15.
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Planning ahead to the 2024-2025 school year, our calendar of important dates has been finalized. Please review it as some of our traditional dates have changed for next year including our opening day and Commencement Weekend.
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Final Reminder: Brooks Weekend Survey
Your feedback is essential to ensuring that our weekend policies, programming and expectations align with the preferences and interests of students and parents/guardians. If you have already taken the time to submit your feedback, thank you!
We will be collecting feedback from students next week.
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Winter Break Transportation
Similar to Thanksgiving Break, Brooks will provide a shuttle to Boston's Logan Airport & South Station that will depart campus on Dec. 15 at 12 p.m. Students will be asked to select the shuttle option on their Winter Break REACH request as their mode of transportation off campus. As an added measure, if your student will need to take this shuttle, please complete this form at your earliest convenience so we can ensure your child is on our list! If you have more than one student to sign up, please submit the form individually for each student. For questions about attendance and travel around Winter Break, please contact Associate Director of Student Affairs Cora MacKenzie.
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Weekend Activities
Check out the Weekend Bulletin for information about the activities available on Saturday and Sunday including trips off campus, a cooking class, cookie decorating and holiday caroling!
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December Exhibitions of Learning
Exhibitions of Learning (EOLs) are debates, discourses, presentations, portfolios, exams or other class experiences that occur in special, extended A-H blocks from Dec. 9 through Dec. 14. Every major course has an EOL.
Attendance is required for all students and elective absences are not allowed. Students should plan to be on campus through the end of the Lessons & Carols programming on Dec. 14. Find the EOL schedule here.
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Power Up for the EOLs
On Dec. 5, The Learning Center will host a “Power Up for EOLs!” event from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the entryway to Wilder Dining Hall. Students will learn about best practices for preparing for exams and presentations, review the schedule for EOLs and take away some snacks to help them power up for the week to come.
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See Inside Two Science Classes
Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs Susanna Waters slipped into two science classes to see what students have been learning. Visit the Deans' Den Blog to see how physics students were challenged to make a design "float" using strings and other materials, while a chemistry class conducted lab experiments calculating the theoretical mass of water in zinc sulfate.
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Winterfest: Dec. 5
Come rock out in the black box theater! This one-night-only event -- Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. -- will feature performances from Brooks' rock band and advanced rock band. Both groups have been working hard all term to be able to present their full setlists to you. You'll hear some Ramones, James Brown, AC/DC, Amy Winehouse and more. Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Winter Concert: Dec. 10
Join us in our Center for the Arts theater on Dec. 10 at 4 p.m. for our annual Winter Concert! There will be performances by the jazz band, advanced jazz band, chorus and chamber orchestra, plus a big combined holiday-themed number at the end featuring all these groups plus our two rock bands. The concert will last about an hour, and it is open to all members of the extended Brooks community – employees, family and friends. You don't want to miss it!
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Firetrail Theatre Apparel is now Available!
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Practice Calendars
Practice schedules for winter afternoon activities will be available as a Google calendar in OnBrooks, under the Community Group, by the end of the week. Families and students can subscribe to these calendars. Practice and game times will not appear on a student's OnBrooks schedule. Game schedules are available on the school's website and can also be linked to a personal calendar.
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Girls 1st ice hockey kicked off their season yesterday with an away game at Cushing Academy. Despite falling to Cushing (3-2), coach Bean Clark reports, "Brooks opened the season on a high note. It was truly a team effort all three periods" with Brooks generating more than 25 shots on their opponent. |
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Starbooks is on Dec. 12!
On Dec. 12 we will be hosting a spectacular hot chocolate bar for our students and employees called Starbrooks. This event will also feature a fun holiday raffle! In order to bring this festive event to our campus on Dec. 12, we are asking for parents and guardians to please consider one of the following options:
- Venmo a donation in an amount of your choice to underwrite the cost of the event and the raffles. We hope to have a raffle for each form and the employees. (Please Venmo your donation to @Jessica-Kelleher-3.)
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Dec. 7 at 8 a.m. (EST): Winter Zoom with families in Korea (link for the Zoom)
- Dec. 10 at 4 p.m.: Winter Concert
- Dec. 12: Starbrooks
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Dec. 13 at 8 a.m. (EST): Winter Zoom with families in China (link for the Zoom)
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