BROOKS SCHOOL1160 Grea t Pond Road Nor th Andover, MA 01845-1298

phone : (978) 725 -6277 f ax : (978) 725 -6297

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A SHARPER FOCUS ON MISSIONBrooks School aspires to be a preparatory school in every sense of

the word. Our mission is to “provide the most meaningful educa-

tional experience our students will have in their lives.” We want our

students’ time here to be aspirational, inspirational, and enduring.

The broad range of challenging and innovative programs offered

at Brooks—inside and outside the classroom, on campus and off,

locally and abroad—prepares students not only for success in col-

lege but also for their future roles as informed, engaged, and cul-

turally sensitive citizens of the world.

Our school has worked intentionally to connect a strong traditional

core curriculum and a caring and attentive residential program with

exceptional extracurricular opportunities on campus and abroad.

Curricular evolution ranging from Mandarin Chinese and Robotics,

to environmental science and music production, complement a

strong base of traditional AP, honors, and college preparatory

courses. An expanded Learning Center capitalizes on tools and re-

sources available to help traditional students discover their strengths

and blind spots as scholars, in an academic world that has embraced

the power of recognizing a variety of learning styles.

Students from across the U.S. and from 17 foreign countries study

at Brooks. By working collaboratively in a challenging curriculum,

by learning from each other both in and out of the classroom, and

by being pushed together to examine and solve problems and

challenges facing their communities and their world, we prepare

our students not only for the work they’ll face in college, but also

for the work they’ll face as citizens and leaders in their communi-

ties long after their college years are through.

INNOVATION OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOMScience internships at locations off campus, such as the MIT Media

Lab and the Quebec Labrador Foundation, combine with sustain-

ability initiatives on campus that include the 20-20 Challenge, Green

Cup Challenge, and the first-ever TellEmotion Polar Bear energy-

usage program at an independent school to give our students tools

and vocabulary to understand and lead in the environment they’re

entering as they depart Brooks.

Departmental internships as local as Boston and as far-reaching as

Lima, Peru, complement exchange programs in Uganda, Kenya,

Hungary, Botswana, Spain, France, and Scotland, while students

spend full academic years in Spain, Italy, France, and China. These

and other opportunities both locally and abroad have informed the

development of exchange-related curriculum in English and History,

and complement traditional extracurricular offerings, which include

a first-rate athletic program and an array of outstanding opportu-

nities in the arts and in community service.

A NEW APPROACH TO WINTER

In January 2012, students and faculty joined together to embark

on the school’s first Winter Term, an intense, three-week, one-topic

course of study. The goal of Winter Term is to put into practice the

concept of “depth over breadth,” supporting the school’s mission

to provide the most meaningful educational experiences its stu-

dents will have in their lives. The single-course structure of Winter

Term allows students and faculty to work together even more

closely than they do in regular classes. In addition, Winter Term

provides an opportunity for faculty to share with students a par-

ticular interest or passion that might not normally find its way into

a regular lesson plan. Course topics in 2013 included the Vietnam

war, astronomy, mock trial, sport science, leadership and group dy-

namics, and the cultural history of Ireland.

Brooks in BriefFounded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1926

Total enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376

Class of 2014: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 members

Boarding: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67%

Attending 4-year college: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100%

Number of teaching faculty: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Average age of faculty: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Average years at Brooks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Faculty with advanced degree: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75%

Average class size: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Credit courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

AP courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Credits for diploma: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Interscholastic sports: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Interscholastic teams: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Students on financial aid: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21%

Amount of aid awarded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.2M

Classes conducted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 days/week

BROOKS SCHOOLBROOKS SCHOOL

GRADINGThe numerical system at Brooks is designed to give a precise evaluation of each student’s academic perform-ance. All courses are given equal weight, and neither a rank in class nor a cumulative average is computed.Semester and year averages are computed to establish honor roll lists and academic goals for students.Brooks actively curbs grade inflation, and our grading standards are high. In the last four school years, anaverage of only 18 students per junior class earned an average of 90 or above during their junior year.The class of 2014 has achieved at a high level relative to these established norms.

Address1160 Great Pond RoadNorth Andover, MA 01845www.brooksschool.org(978) 725- 6300

Head of SchoolJohn Packard

College CounselorsPeter OlrichDean of College Counseling978-725-6205polrich@brooksschool.org

Taylor WareDirector of College Counseling978-725-6259tware@brooksschool.org

Andy CampbellAssoc. Director of College Counseling978-725-6246acampbell@brooksschool.org

Christine JacksonAssistant Counselor978-725-6277cjackson@brooksschool.org

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

BROOKS GRADING SYSTEM:NUMBER/LETTER EQUIVALENCIES

A+ 97-100 A 93-96 A- 90-92

B+ 87-89 B 83-86 B- 80-82

C+ 77-79 C 73-76 C- 70-72 P Pass

D+ 67-69 D 63-66 D- 60-62 F 50-59

CLASS OF 2014 UNWEIGHTED CUMULATIVE GPA’S*

CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTSStudents customarily take five and a half credits per semester, on average. Specific requirements include 4years of English, mathematics through Algebra II (4 years recommended), a world language through thethird-year level (4 years recommended), two years of laboratory science (4 years recommended), 2 years ofhistory including 1 year of US History (4 years total recommended), 2 years of arts, 3 semesters of theology,and a year-long Health and Wellness class in their junior year.

DISCIPLINE REPORTING POLICYBrooks School values honesty; both the student and the counselor will report, to all colleges that ask, all sep-arations from school during grades 9-12, according to NACAC's Principles of Good Practice. Any change ofstatus for disciplinary reasons occurring after the submission of a college application will be reported withinten days of the action taken.

COUNSELOR LETTERSIn order to ensure objectivity, neither the student nor their parents see counselor letters.

SAT SUBJECT TEST SCORESThe following are the mean SAT Subject test scores for the Classes of 2010-2013.

Biology- E 645 Math I 602 Biology-M 647 Math II 669 Chemistry 626 Physics 667 Chinese 675 Spanish 603English Lit. 597 U.S. History 599French 607 World History 605

SAT SCORES (MEAN/75TH PERCENTILE)

Class of Class of2012 2013

Critical Reading 592/630 600/660

Math 619/670 631/700

Writing 606/660 607/670

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

Class of 2014 Qualifying StudentsDane Kim, Atlee Quarrier, Chao (Tommy) TangShannon Alvino, Zachery St. Pierre, Shunhui Liu

096-100 93-95 90-92 87-89 83-86 >83

10203040

*Includes only academic major courses

At Brooks School, we seek to provide the most meaningful educational experience our students will have in their lives.

STUDENTS ON THE FOREFRONT OF SCIENCE (SFS)Brooks’ SFS program first launched in 2004, awarding the school’s most

talented and passionate junior math and science students with challenging

internships in science-based research and cutting-edge industries. The

summer experience impacts students’ approach to the sciences, as they re-

turn to the classrooms with an impressive set of lab skills, a more mature

sense of the scientific process, and deep experience applying their class-

room learning to the professional and intellectual worlds outside Brooks.

In 2013, hosts and projects included:

MGH Internships: Emma Crockett ’14, Rachel Feingold ’14, Kyle Lawrence ’14

NE Medical Center Orthopedic: Atlee Quarrier ’14

Quebec Labrador Foundation: Guillaume Harmange ’14, Brian Levenson ’14

BROOKS SCHOOL EXCHANGE PROGRAMBrooks School has cultivated longstanding relationships with schools

throughout the world in order to provide unique exchange opportunities,

for a program that sees Brooks students travel abroad and international

students travel to the Brooks campus. In 2012-2013, 20 Brooks students

were selected to go abroad for five to eight weeks in our exchange

program, and 20 students from our partner schools joined us in North

Andover.

Maru-a-Pula School, Botswana

Emma Gordon ’14, Heather Youngman ’13

Glenalmond College, Scotland

Maddie Nash ’14, Will Adie ’14

Alliance Boys & Girls Schools, Kenya

Jordan Katz ’14, Isabelle Washkurak ’14,

Colin Burlingham ’14

King’s College Budo, Uganda

Samantha Grant ’14, Catherine Perez ’14

PROGRAMS OF NOTEENGLISHEnglish I, II, IIIEnglish IV Electives:Creative WritingEssay WritingFiction WritingImmigrant VoicesLatin American LiteratureLiterature of WarNature WritingOratoryPoetry SeminarShakespeareThe Hero in LiteratureThe Short StoryTheater in PerformanceAP English Literature

MATHEMATICSFirst Year AlgebraGeometryHonors GeometrySecond Year AlgebraHonors 2nd Year AlgebraTopics in Pre-CalculusDiscrete MathematicsStatisticsPre-CalculusAdvanced Pre-CalculusHonors Advanced Pre-Calc.Honors Pre-CalculusCalculus I, IIAP Calculus ABAP Calculus BCMultivariable Calculus I, II

SCIENCEPhysicsHonors PhysicsBiologyHonors BiologyChemistryHonors ChemistryForensic SciencePsychologyRoboticsSustainability SeminarAnatomy & PhysiologyHonors Anatomy & PhysiologyAP Environmental ScienceAP PhysicsAP BiologyAP Chemistry

THEOLOGYPhilosophy of Religion I, IIEthics in the 21st Century

HEALTHLife Skills & Wellness

CLASSICSGreek IIILatin I, IILatin ReadingLatin Topics in Classical Civ.Honors Latin

WORLD LANGUAGESFrench I, II, III, IVHonors French IIIAP French Language Advanced French LiteratureSpanish I, II, III, IVHonors Spanish IIIAdvanced Spanish LiteratureAP Spanish LanguageAP Spanish LiteratureHonors Spanish LanguageChinese I, II, III, IVAdvanced Chinese

HISTORYPre-Modern World History I, IIModern World History I, IIBuilding the Amer. RepublicThe American CenturyHistory of Human RightsLatin America and CaribbeanThe Middle EastMicroeconomicsMacroeconomicsAP World HistoryAP US HistoryAP US GovernmentAP Art History

FINE & PERFORMING ARTSFoundations in the Arts2-D Design3-D DesignAdvanced 2-D DesignAdvanced 3-D DesignA CappellaActing WorkshopAdvanced Acting WorkshopChorusMusic Theory With LessonsAudio RecordingMusic Theory & ImprovisationHistory of JazzJazz BandAdvanced Jazz BandChamber EnsembleRock EnsembleArchitectural DesignFilmPhotographyPlaywriting & PerformanceTheatrical DirectionAP Music Theory

Brooks School Curriculum

Deak Ferenc, Hungary

Delaney Blatchly ’14, Audrey Webb ’14

James Donohue ’14, Cameron Patch ’14

Colegio Trener, Lima, Peru

Hannah Bordogna ’14, Elise O’Brien

’14, Max Traina ’14

El Instituto Mrillo, Seville, Spain

Cata Robert ’14, Eli Adams ’14

Lycee Marguerite Yourcenar, France

Danielle Arseneau ’14, Rebecca Holt ’14

Below you will find the colleges where our recent graduates have enrolled. The left column representstotal enrollments for the past five years while the right column represents the Class of 2013.

Agnes Scott College 1

Assumption College 1

Babson College 3

Barnard College 4

Bates College 10 3

Baylor University 1

Bentley College 1

Boston College 12 2

Boston University 12 1

Bowdoin College 6 1

Brandeis University 4 2

Brigham Young University 1

Brown University 8 1

Bryant University 2

Bryn Mawr College 2

Bucknell University 5 1

Carnegie Mellon University 2

Case Western Reserve University 1

Chapman University 4

Claremont McKenna College 2

Clark University 1

Clemson University 1

Colby College 15 4

Colgate University 5 1

College of Charleston 9 1

College of the Holy Cross 2

College of William and Mary 1

College of Wooster 1 1

Colorado College 1

Columbia University 1 1

Connecticut College 7 1

Cornell University 9 4

Dartmouth College 6

Davidson College 2

Denison University 2

DePaul University 2

Dickinson College 5

Drew University 1

Duke University 2

Elon University 2 2

Emerson College 1

Emmanuel College 1 1

Emory University 1

Fairleigh Dickinson University 1 1

Fordham University 1

Franklin & Marshall College 4

George Washington University 14 1

Georgetown University 4

Gettysburg College 6 1

Gordon College 1

Hamilton College 4

Hampshire College 1

Harvard University 2

Hobart & William Smith Colleges 5 1

Indiana University at Bloomington 2 2

Johns Hopkins University 4 1

Johnson & Wales University 1

Kenyon College 4 1

Lafayette College 4 3

Lake Forest College 2 1

Le Moyne College 1

Lehigh University 7 1

Loyola University Maryland 3 1

Macalester College 1

Manhattanville College 1

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 3

Massachusetts Maritime Academy 1 1

McGill University 1

Merrimack College 1

Michigan State University 1 1

Middlebury College 7 2

Mount Holyoke 1

Nazareth College 1

New York University 5

Northeastern University 8 3

Northwestern University 5 2

Occidental College 2

Providence College 4 2

Queen’s University 1 1

Reed College 1 1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3 1

Rhodes College 1

Rice University 1

Roanoke College 1

Rollins College 1

Rutgers University 1

Sacred Heart University 1 1

Saint Michael’s College 5

Salve Regina University 2

Santa Clara University 1

Skidmore College 3 1

Smith College 1

Southern New Hampshire Univ. 1 1

St. Edward’s University 1 1

St. Lawrence University 10 1

Stanford University 3

SUNY Maritime College 1

Syracuse University 7 1

Texas Christian University 1

Trinity College 13 3

Tufts University 9 1

Tulane University 3

Union College 3 1

United States Military Academy 3

United States Naval Academy 3 1

Universidad de Navarra 1

University of California at Merced 1 1

University of Chicago 2 1

University of Colorado, Boulder 5 3

University of Delaware 1 1

University of Denver 10 1

Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign 1 1

University of Iowa 1

University of Miami 5 1

University of Michigan 1

University of Minn., Twin Cities 1

University of New England 1

University of New Hampshire 1 1

UNC, Chapel Hill 3 1

University of Notre Dame 1 1

University of the Pacific 1 1

University of Pennsylvania 7 1

University of Richmond 5 2

University of San Diego 3

University of Southern California 7 4

Univ. of St. Andrews (Scotland) 2 1

University of St. Thomas 1

University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1

University of Vermont 8

University of Virginia 1

Vanderbilt University 1 1

Villanova University 5 2

Virginia Polytechnic Institute 2 1

Wake Forest University 7 1

Washington & Lee 5 1

Washington University in St. Louis 1

Wellesley College 1

Wesleyan University 3 1

Whittier College 1

Williams College 4 1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2

Classof 20132009–2013

Classof 20132009–2013

Classof 20132009–2013

Five-year college enrollment

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