Brookstone’s 2016 Graduation ceremony was as lovely as ever. Not only did the weather turn out to be beautiful, but there was such sweetness to the festivities. Joy, accomplishment, reflection and camaraderie, all of those sentiments and more were palpable in this year’s ceremony.   Dr. Frank Brown, interim Headmaster, welcomes the crowd. Student speakers, Cara Hunter and James Sherrer, delivered speeches that reflected upon their Brookstone experiences. Describing his classmates, James said, “We are a group of 81 amazing minds, from so many different backgrounds, and we will be attending […]

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Congratulations to our very own Dr. John Harkey, Upper School English teacher, on his recent inclusion in Prelude Magazine. Dr. Jim East, English Department Chair, made the announcement school-wide via email: It pleases the English department mightily to announce that Dr. John Harkey has placed “Floating Shelves” in Prelude Magazine, a nationally recognized journal of poetry and criticism based in New York, printed on line with one yearly print issue. The online poetry journal was awarded the 2016 Pushcart Prize, featured by the Poetry Society of America, called the “Best […]

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Congratulations to Brookstone Track Teams for their strong performances at the state track finals this year. For the men, Wesley Tillman placed 5th in the 110 meter hurdles and Joel Brown placed 7th in the 300 meter hurdles, with a finish of 41.83 dropping 1.06 seconds off his best time. Congrats to both of these young men! Joel Brown running the hurdles.   The women were not to be outdone, finishing eighth in the state as a team, the second highest scoring team from our area. Not to mention, three of […]

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  For the 15th time, that’s right, the 15th time, Brookstone clinched the Golf State Championship. Defeating First Presbyterian Day School by 10-shots, the Cougars roared to secure the title after finishing fourth last year. Coach Hunter Chapman said last year’s finish actually served as a motivator for this young team. With no pressure to keep up a streak, they were able to focus on simply playing well. And play well they did. Congratulations, guys! You are the STATE CHAMPS!! To read more about the victory, click here!

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Congratulations to our awesome Girls Tennis team who clinched their 11th State Championship Title this spring! Defeating Stratford Academy in less than 45 minutes, this team is nothing short of dominant. And with such a young team, including five freshmen, we have quite a future ahead! We could not be prouder of you girls! Congratulations!!! To read more about the Cougar victory, click here!

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Congratulations to seniors Rachel Hemmings and Brandon Cho, who were just awarded First Place in the National Scholastic Press Association’s school newspaper competition! Way to go! To read the latest edition of the Cougar Roar, click here! Proud of you, both!

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Last night, the 41st annual Page One Awards were held at the Bill Heard Theatre at the River Center downtown. We are so proud of our nominees, winners and runners-up! Congratulations to all of you! Koyal Angsikar, Science, pictured with biology teacher, Cynthia Lingo.  

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The AgriColga club was started to bring a little bit of the urban garden movement to Brookstone. It is entirely student started and student led. Click here to watch sophomore Elim Lee’s video on AgriColga! Empowering students to follow their passions is one of the things Brookstone does best!  

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If you missed the big event, click here for more photos and video interviews with our amazing students. Their designs were simply beautiful. But it’s the technology, combined with creativity, ingenuity and hard work that makes this event truly special. All of the dresses were custom made, sewn and printed, as were the bow ties. They had special help from the kind people at Immersion Graphics, who helped them “paint” the bow ties using a technique called hydro-dipping. The end result was simply stunning.  

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