Middle School

Middle School Trip Week 2021

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For the first time in two years, we were able to send our Middle School students out on the road for their annual class trips! Our 8th-graders headed to the beautiful moutains of Flat Rock, North Carolina to camp and hike. Our 7th-graders got to spend some time in lovely, historic Savannah, Georgia. And our 6th-grade students enjoyed a one day excursion to Desoto Caverns in Childersburg, Alabama. Though it was a rainy week for everyone, memories were made, life lessons learned, and fun was had by all!

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Athletics

6th Annual Brookstone Under the Lights

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Last week, we held the sixth annual Brookstone Under the Lights! It might be one of the most favorite events we have here at Brookstone. It’s an event especially for moms and their boys, but the best part of the night is the interaction between the youngest cougars and members of our Varsity Football team. It’s such a fun evening for all of those invovled! As one of our teachers said, “This event always displays #WhyBrookstone! I love seeing our students of all ages interacting with each other! It’s a […]

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Blanchard Leadership Institute

Blanchard Leadership Institute Fall 2021 Update

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It’s been a busy fall for the Blanchard Leadership Institute. We concluded the Faculty Sprint in August and the Upper School Sprint in September and we just got underway with the Middle School Sprint last week. We’ve been busy! But we’ve also been productive. We have no taken no less than 450 members of our community through a Developmental Sprint since the beginning of the school year. That’s a lot of potential growth happening right there. After all, that is what the Sprint is all about, utilizing researched driven, Harvard-based […]

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Lower School

Lower School Week of Service

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We just completed our Lower School Week of Service for the fall and it was so incredibly impactful on all those involved. We were so grateful for the many, many donations sent in by our parentsthat were sent in that allowed us to give back to local organizations in an incredible way. Please enjoy this video from our Week of Service celebration where each grade level in the Preschool and Lower School reflected on the week and what it meant to them. For a recap of where we served, see […]

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Academics

Graduation 2021

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Brookstone’s Graduation held special significance this year since it had been two years since our last full in person graduation! While we celebrated the Class of 2020 to the best of our ability in COVID-style, we were thrilled to be able to celebrate the Class of 2021 in the traditional manner! The Graduation festivities began with our Senior-Faculty dinner held at the beautiful Bibb Mill. Awards were distributed, honors bestowed, and the evening was the perfect way to kick off the weekend celebration. It’s always such a lovely evening showcasing […]

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Arts

Rebecca Calhoun Runner-Up in Congressional Art Competition

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Congratulations to Rebecca Calhoun for placing runner-up in the 2021 Third District Congressional Art Competition! There were two categories this year for judging: a critically judged category judged by local artists and individuals from the Art Institute of Atlanta, and a people’s choice category voted on by members of the community on social media. In the critically judged category, Rebecca was recognized for her piece entitled Alive Oaks. Congratulations to Rebecca and her Brookstone art teacher, Ms. Leslie Shirah! #BeTheOneWhoCreates#BrookstoneFineArts#WhyBrookstone

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Athletics

Celebrating our State Champs!

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Congratulations are in order to members of our Track and Golf teams! First, congratulations to our varsity girls track team for their strong finish at the State Meet last weekend! See the news below: BIG weekend for the #BrookstoneTrackTeam at state! 400 m – Elizabeth Cowley, STATE CHAMPION! Elizabeth ran a school record/personal record 56.97! Shot put – Kelsey Long, 5th in state! Triple jump – Elizabeth Cowley, 7th in state and she jumped a personal record 34′ 5 1/2″! 4 x 400 – Anna Kate Helton, Lizzie Helton, Trinity […]

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