Class of 2021 College Choices
Congratulations to the Class of 2021! We are so proud of you!
Brookstone Receives Sportsmanship Award
Congratulations to the Brookstone Athletic Department who was chosen by the members of our region to receive the Sportsmanship Award for the 2020-2021 school year. The criteria for this award includes host school hospitality, coaches sideline demeanor, athlete demeanor during competition, and game and campus experience. Jimmy Messer, our Athletic Director, thanked all who played a part in making it happen in an email sent to the school. He wrote, “Thank you to everyone who played a role in helping our school receive this recognition. I appreciate the way our families, coaches, […]
Heartfelt Fan Support! #brookstonebaseball
There was a special delivery made to one dedicated Brookstone Baseball Fan this past week in the Intermediate School. Read more below from Mrs. Javonne Stewart. “I live for special and heartfelt moments. That ‘Aha!’ moment when a student finally gets it; the moment when a former student goes out of their way to stop by and say hello; or the moment when two siblings see each other on the playground and run in for a big hug. These are the types of moments that fill your heart and let […]
Superstar Shout Out to Robby Davis!
It’s not every day an international superstar gives you a shout out as his hero! But that’s exactly what happened recently to our very own Robby Davis! Robby, who teaches Upper and Middle School Fine Arts, also taught country music superstar and ACM Entertainer of the Year, Luke Bryan. Recently Luke shared in an ACM video that Robby as his “super-hero!” How awesome is that!? Robby’s influence continues in the lives of students every day here at Brookstone. Here’s a list of awards and honors our Fine Arts students have […]
Learning Center Inducted into NEHS
Something amazing happened in the Brookstone Learning Center this week. We’ll let Brookstone Upper School English teacher extraordinaire Dr. Jim East share the news: Brookstone School Learning Center Staff Inducted into the National English Honor Society It pleases the English Department to report that the staff of the Learning Center after two extraordinary covid seasons of coaching students through written tests, literary essays, rhetorical analyses and countless assessments and exams, has been inducted into the Carson McCullers’ Chapter of the National English Society. Chapters of the society are permitted to confer the dignity of membership […]
Andrew King – FTC Robotics Dean’s List Finalist
Congratulations to junior Andrew King on being selected as one of three FTC Robotics Dean’s List Finalists for the state of Georgia! He competed against students from FTC teams across the state and will represent Georgia at the national level. Way to go, Andrew!!! We are so proud of you!
Middle School Day of Service
Middle School Day of service was held last week and these middle school students put in some work! Together, they packed 12,096 meals that will help people in need all over the world. Working with Rise Against Hunger, they measured, packed, sealed and boxed thousands of meals over the course of the day! One student said, “I’m having fun AND helping people!” Grateful for our Servant Leadership Department that makes days like these happen! And thanks to everyone involved for a wonderful experience all the way around!
Brookstone Wins Region in Literary Meet
Congratulations to the Brookstone Literary Meet Team for winning the Region 4 A-Private Literary Meet earlier this week! Region 4 A-Private – 1st Place: Essay – Argumentative: Genesis Woods Essay – Personal: Ella Crowley Essay – Rhetorical: Stella Yancey Extemporaneous Speaking-Domestic: Evan Smallwood Extemporaneous Speaking – International: Lucy Wylie Oral Performance – Humorous: Olivia Willett Oral Performance – Dramatic: Mia Vongsavang Oral Performance – Duo: Ayo Oloyede & Harry Graham Boys Solo: Ayo Oloyede Girls Solo: Mia Vongsavang Trio 1: Mia Vongsavang, Catherine Jeffries, & Cassidy Rogers Quartet: Evan Smallwood, […]
Blanchard Leadership Institute Middle and Upper School Sprint® Update
We did it! We have officially completed our Middle School and Upper School Sprint® with a Closing Workshop held the Thursday before Spring Break. What an accomplishment to celebrate! In the midst of a world-wide pandemic, where many schools across the country were not even meeting in person, we have not only been meeting in person, but have implemented ground-breaking new initiatives with our faculty and students. All of our faculty in all four divisions and all of our Middle and Upper School students have now participated in the first […]
Servant Leadership Update
Congratulations to sophomore Katie Shaw for recently winning the Girl Scout Gold Award! This award is the highest and most prestigious award in Girl Scouting, comparable to the Boy Scouts of America’s Eagle Scout. Since 1916, Girl Scouts have been making meaningful, sustainable change in their communities and around the world. The Gold Award is awarded to fewer than 6% of Girl Scouts annually, and each Gold Award Girl Scout spends 1 – 2 years on her project. Approximately one million Girl Scouts have earned the Gold Award or its […]
