Grandparents

Forest Fridays

September 15, 2021 Leave a Comment

We are so excited to announce the start of Forest Fridays here at Brookstone this fall! What is Forest Friday? Forest Friday is a weekly class for kindergarten through third grade. The class is about connecting with nature, outdoor learning, and instilling adventure and exploration in our students. Research shows that students get minimal outdoor time and are spending more time indoors in front of screens and various other technologies. Yet other research shows that more time outdoors has a positive impact on our students’ behavior, mental health, and academics. On […]

Academics

Our Brookstone Super Heroes!

April 13, 2020 2 Comments

To all those on the front lines fighting COVID-19, we send you our heartfelt thanks! We are so grateful for the work you are doing day in and day out on behalf of everyone else! Enjoy this video message from our Lower School students!

Academics

Graduation from a Grandparent’s Perspective

June 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

We are so blessed to have the greatest group of parents and grandparents as part of our Brookstone family! So we were thrilled to hear from one of our own after this year’s commencement exercises. Don Murphy, a marriage and family therapist and devoted grandfather, was so kind to jot down some reflections after this year’s ceremony and even kinder to allow me to share. Enjoy his thoughtful and sweet summary of the weekend’s events! GRADUATION OBSERVED Among the iconic images of American graduations is that of mortarboards being gleefully tossed […]

Academics

Upper School Insight

November 27, 2018 Leave a Comment

Please join us for the Upper School Insight on November 29th at 6:00 pm. This will be a special evening for both current and prospective rising 9th grade families to gain better insight into all Brookstone Upper School has to offer. Both students and parents are invited. Registration isn’t mandatory, but we’d love to know you’re coming! Click here to let us know!

Alumni

The Buddy Bench

September 21, 2018 Leave a Comment

We are so grateful to donors who continue to pour back into our school! Thank you to former parents and now current grandparents, Molly and Claude Scarbrough, who wanted to donate a “Buddy Bench!” The whole idea behind the Buddy Bench is simple – to foster friendships and inclusivity amongst our students! So if a student doesn’t have anyone to play with on the playground, they are to go and sit on the bench and wait! Other students are being taught to take notice and then join their friend on […]