FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The Asian Student Alliance and parents celebrated Lunar New Year on Friday with a delicious dinner, lion dance, Chinese calligraphy station and more: See photos from the fun!
Schedule Alert
  • Feb. 19 is a school holiday.

  • Feb. 22-24 is the winter play: She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition.
Academics
All Community Read Author Visit
Journalist Omar El Akkad got personal discussing the ideas in, and writing of, his dystopian novel American War during his visit to Brooks on Monday. Learn what he shared and see photos from his classroom visits, as well as his Chapel talk, in today's news story on brooksschool.org.
College Counseling and Standardized Testing
There are several upcoming opportunities for fifth-form students to take SAT and ACT tests. As a general rule, the College Counseling Office encourages all fifth-form students to take the SAT at least once and the ACT at least once. Specific conversations are happening now between each fifth former and their college counselor. Students who qualify for accommodations at Brooks should be in contact with Director of the Learning Center and Test Coordinator Karina Moltz about accommodations for standardized testing.

Please note: Students and their families are responsible for registering themselves for tests.

  • The SAT is offered on March 9. Brooks is not a test center. The regular registration deadline for the March 9 SAT is Feb. 23. After that date, there is a late registration fee. Go to The College Board site to register for a test center near home.

  • The ACT will be offered at Brooks on April 13. The regular registration deadline for the April ACT is March 8. After that date, there is a late registration fee. Go to ACT and enter the TEST CENTER CODE - 224020. Don't forget: April 13 is Grandparents and Special Friends Day, too!

  • The SAT will be offered at Brooks on May 4 and on June 1. The regular registration deadline for May is April 19 and for June is May 16. After those dates, there is a late registration fee. Go to The College Board site and enter the TEST CENTER CODE - 22584. 
Arts
Reserve your free tickets now for the play, She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition!
Student Life
Reminder about Weekend Hours Communication & REACH
This is a reminder that any parent, guardian or host looking to be in contact with someone between the hours of 12 p.m. on Saturdays and 8 a.m. on Sundays should be in direct communication with the Administrator on Duty (AOD). You may reach the AOD at aod@brooksschool.org or at (978) 269-4989. While you are welcome to include anyone from the Dean's Office on that communication, you must include the AOD for a guaranteed response.
Spring Break Plans
Don't forget: Spring Break will begin at the end of the class day on March 6 at 12 p.m. Campus will not remain open to students during Spring Break. Please ensure that your student has plans to depart campus. Information regarding airport shuttles to Boston's Logan Airport and South Station on March 6 will be forthcoming in subsequent newsletters. Boarding students must return to campus by March 25 at 8 p.m.
Weekend Activities
Students can go see a movie at the nearby AMC theater on Saturday and there will be a trip to Boston with lunch on Sunday. Get details of all the activities in our weekend schedule.
Athletics
Wrestlers are off to the New Englands
Good luck to the following Brooks wrestlers who have qualified for the New England Wrestling Tournament held at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut on Friday and Saturday: Mujeeb Amin ’25, Philip Choi ’24, Aiden Crott ’25, Brooks Hawkins ’25, Nick MacCormack ’27, Elijah Saliev ’26, Leito Sheckells-Betts ’25 and Drake Tarlow ’25. The team placed fifth out of 12 at the Graves Kelsey Tournament this past weekend!
Team Pictures
Athletics team pictures are happening today, Feb. 15, and will be taken by Mark Lawrence Photography. Parents can purchase photos.
Spring Afternoon Activities
Spring is just around the corner! Spring season activities will begin with meetings on Feb. 28 followed by tryouts for 1st teams. The schedule will be published once we know more about the winter season post-season play.
The Fitness - Rock Climbing afternoon activity recently had a great time at Metrorock in Newburyport, Mass.
Brooks Together
Thank You!
Thank you to all of the families who donated to our Giving Day and by doing so also to Brooks Together! As we enter the third week of our six-week parent giving drive we have topped 55 percent parent participation.
Family Information
Thank you to all of the families who volunteered and contributed to this year’s Treats for Your Sweets Valentine’s Day event. Everyone enjoyed the Cookie Monstah cookies and other desserts. See the album of photos.
Upcoming Events

  • Feb. 22-24: Winter play, She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition

  • Feb. 27: Gallery Concert in the Robert Lehman Art Center, featuring the Brooks Chamber Orchestra and Brooks School Chorus, at 7 p.m.


  • Apr. 13: Grandparents and Special Friends Visiting Day (more information to come.)

  • Apr. 28: Prom for the classes of 2024 and 2025 (more information to come.)

  • May 16-18: Spring musical, SIX: Teen Edition (tickets available in early May)

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