Brooks School
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Brooks School is a private, co-educational, preparatory, secondary school in North Andover
, Massachusetts
on the shores of Lake Cochichewick
.
, the headmaster of Groton School
at the time, and was named after Phillips Brooks
(1835–1893), a well-known clergyman and author from North Andover, Massachusetts
, who briefly served as Bishop
of Massachusetts
in the Episcopal Church during the 1890s.
The school opened on September 29, 1927, with fourteen boys in the first and second forms (seventh and eighth grades), two masters, a headmaster and headmistress, and one dormitory. The school added one form (grade) each year thereafter until it comprised grades 7–12, denoted by the British educational notations, Forms I, II, III, IV, V and VI, respectively. Forms I and II (seventh and eighth grades) were later dropped. Today, Brooks consists of Forms III, IV, V and VI, or grades 9–12, corresponding to the U.S. public educational system's equivalent of a high school
.
Brooks School has had just four heads of school in over 80 years. The School's first headmaster, Frank D. Ashburn (a graduate of Groton School
, Yale University
and Columbia Law School
), was appointed at the age of 25 and served for 46 years until his retirement in 1973. He was succeeded by H. Peter Aiken who served until 1986, when he was succeeded by Lawrence W. Becker, who stepped down in 2008. He is succeeded by John R. Packard, the previous Dean of Faculty.
The school started admitting day students in the early 1950s and became co-educational in 1979. Today, the school enrolls 185 boys and 160 girls who come from many states and foreign countries. There has been a steady increase of students of color and of international students, and the school aspires to achieve gender equality. In addition, approximately 20 percent of students receive financial aid.
Brooks has many student clubs and organizations on campus. They include the A Capella, Art Association, Ashburn Society, Brooks Brothers and Sisters (BBS), Bishop Filmmaker Society (BFS), Bishop Bells, Beatbox Club, Chamber Ensemble, Chess Club, Debate Team, Environmental Club, Gay-straight alliance
(GSA), Gentlemen's Club, Glee Club, Gospel Choir, the Improv Club, International Club, Jazz Band, Math Club, Model United Nations
(Model UN), Men's A Capella Peer Tutoring, Phillips Brooks Society (PBS), Student Activities, Students Embracing Culture (SEC), Student Newspaper, Ski Club,Food Club, and Amnesty International.
The academic program at Brooks focuses on a college preparatory curriculum. Community life at Brooks includes bi-weekly chapel services (with a third service on Sundays for boarding students) in a non-denominational setting, community service programs serving locally and beyond, and extracurricular activities in the arts and athletics. Athletically, Brooks competes in the Independent School League
. Its traditional rival is The Governor's Academy
(formerly Governor Dummer Academy).
The school's motto, "victuri te salutamus," is Latin for "we, who are about to be victorious, salute you." This is a variation of the famous motto of the Roman gladiator
s, "nos morituri te salutamus," meaning "we, who are about to die, salute you."
courses are taught on the first floor, Language
courses are taught on the second floor, and English
courses are taught on the third floor. The Link also includes a history wing and the former science wing.
The New Science Building, which opened in the fall of 2008, is a tremendous addition to the school. The building added thousands of square feet of additional academic space and is attached to the south end of the Link, where the previous science wing resided. This eco-friendly facility has three state of the art science laboratories, a university-like lecture hall, and plenty of open space for students and faculty to interact.
Also attached to the academic building are the Portico (the main entrance to the Link where students interact in between classes), the Kingsbury Computer Center, Room X (a small movie theater), the Coffee House (a lounge attached to the Portico for the sixth formers), and three of the ten dormitories (Gardner, Merriman, and Whitney) on campus.
Across from the academic building lies the Henry Luce III Library, which holds a collection of about 36,000 items. The 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²) building is open during study hours and has area for either silent or group-based work.
The Robert Lehman Arts Center, attached to the Henry Luce III Library, houses monthly exhibitions open to students and the public. Throughout the year, many artists show their work in a variety of forms, including paintings, sculptures, photography, and more.
The Frank D. Ashburn Chapel is considered by many as the heart of the school. It hosts tri-weekly chapel services and is located in the center of campus, across from the Frick (old) Dining Hall, Dalsemer Room, and Headmaster's House. Theology courses are taught in the basement of the Frank D. Ashburn Chapel and in the school reverend's office located in the Danforth Room.
The Arts Building includes three giant rooms for ceramics, paintings, photography, and art courses.
The Auditorium hosts all-school meetings once a week, the winter and spring music concerts, the fall, winter, and spring play, and other special events. Below the Auditorium is home to the Music Center, including rooms for music courses, private music lessons, and the many school bands, and Black Box, a small theater for smaller plays and skits.
The school has 10 dormitories, five for girls and five for boys. At least two faculty members live in each dormitory, and dormitory prefects are appointed each year to work with the younger students as they adjust to living away from home. On weeknights and Sunday evenings, dormitories are quiet for study hours between 8 and 10. Third formers have assigned study hall in the Science Forum, and sixth formers are free to study outside of the dormitories.
Dormitories include a common room that usually has a microwave, refrigerator and television. The dormitories in Hettinger West and Hettinger East have regular double rooms on the first floor, and "lofts" on the second floor. Lofts are normally given to juniors and seniors. They have a main floor and stairs to a loft area with a skylight and door(s) that connect to all other lofts up stairs.
For students in their first year at Brooks, the housing committee chooses a roommate according to a submitted rooming questionnaire. For subsequent years, students request dorm preferences.
and in New England over the recent years, including:
Father of all below, above,
Whose Name is Light, Whose Name is Love,
Here be Thy truth and goodness known,
And make these fields and halls Thine own.
Thy temple gates stand open wide;
O Christ, we enter at Thy side,
With Thee to consecrate our pow'rs,
And make our Father's business ours.
For days of drought which yet shall be,
On untrod land, on unsail'd sea,
We kneel and fill our cup of youth
At these fair fountains of Thy truth.
O world, all bright and brave and young,
With deeds unwrought and songs unsung,
For all the strength Thy task will give
We greet Thee, we, about to live.
Father, Thy children bless the care
Which shed Thy sunlight ev'rywhere,
Shine on our school and let us be
Teachers and scholars taught by Thee.
North Andover, Massachusetts
North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. North Andover is the home of Merrimack College, a private, Catholic four-year institution ....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
on the shores of Lake Cochichewick
Lake Cochichewick
Lake Cochichewick is a lake in North Andover, Massachusetts that collects water from Weir Hill and other local uplands. Its overflow drains into the Cochichewick River, which joins the Merrimack...
.
History
Brooks School was founded in 1926 by the Reverend Endicott PeabodyEndicott Peabody (educator)
The Reverend Endicott Peabody was the American Episcopal priest who founded the Groton School for Boys , in Groton, Massachusetts in 1884. Peabody served as headmaster at the school from 1884 until 1940, and also served as a trustee at Lawrence Academy at Groton...
, the headmaster of Groton School
Groton School
Groton School is a private, Episcopal, college preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts, U.S. It enrolls approximately 375 boys and girls, from the eighth through twelfth grades...
at the time, and was named after Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks was an American clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s. In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23...
(1835–1893), a well-known clergyman and author from North Andover, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, who briefly served as Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of Massachusetts
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Episcopal Diocese of MassachusettsThe Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America....
in the Episcopal Church during the 1890s.
The school opened on September 29, 1927, with fourteen boys in the first and second forms (seventh and eighth grades), two masters, a headmaster and headmistress, and one dormitory. The school added one form (grade) each year thereafter until it comprised grades 7–12, denoted by the British educational notations, Forms I, II, III, IV, V and VI, respectively. Forms I and II (seventh and eighth grades) were later dropped. Today, Brooks consists of Forms III, IV, V and VI, or grades 9–12, corresponding to the U.S. public educational system's equivalent of a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
.
Brooks School has had just four heads of school in over 80 years. The School's first headmaster, Frank D. Ashburn (a graduate of Groton School
Groton School
Groton School is a private, Episcopal, college preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts, U.S. It enrolls approximately 375 boys and girls, from the eighth through twelfth grades...
, Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School, founded in 1858, is one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the United States. A member of the Ivy League, Columbia Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Columbia University in New York City. It offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in...
), was appointed at the age of 25 and served for 46 years until his retirement in 1973. He was succeeded by H. Peter Aiken who served until 1986, when he was succeeded by Lawrence W. Becker, who stepped down in 2008. He is succeeded by John R. Packard, the previous Dean of Faculty.
The school started admitting day students in the early 1950s and became co-educational in 1979. Today, the school enrolls 185 boys and 160 girls who come from many states and foreign countries. There has been a steady increase of students of color and of international students, and the school aspires to achieve gender equality. In addition, approximately 20 percent of students receive financial aid.
Brooks has many student clubs and organizations on campus. They include the A Capella, Art Association, Ashburn Society, Brooks Brothers and Sisters (BBS), Bishop Filmmaker Society (BFS), Bishop Bells, Beatbox Club, Chamber Ensemble, Chess Club, Debate Team, Environmental Club, Gay-straight alliance
Gay-straight alliance
Gay–straight alliances are student organizations, found primarily in North American high schools and universities, that are intended to provide a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their straight allies .-Goal:The goal of most, if not all,...
(GSA), Gentlemen's Club, Glee Club, Gospel Choir, the Improv Club, International Club, Jazz Band, Math Club, Model United Nations
Model United Nations
Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....
(Model UN), Men's A Capella Peer Tutoring, Phillips Brooks Society (PBS), Student Activities, Students Embracing Culture (SEC), Student Newspaper, Ski Club,Food Club, and Amnesty International.
The academic program at Brooks focuses on a college preparatory curriculum. Community life at Brooks includes bi-weekly chapel services (with a third service on Sundays for boarding students) in a non-denominational setting, community service programs serving locally and beyond, and extracurricular activities in the arts and athletics. Athletically, Brooks competes in the Independent School League
Independent School League (Boston Area)
The Independent School League is composed of sixteen New England preparatory schools that compete athletically and academically. Founded in 1948, the ISL's sixteen member compete in eighteen sports in the New England Prep School Athletic Conference...
. Its traditional rival is The Governor's Academy
The Governor's Academy
The Governor's Academy is an independent school located on in the village of Byfield, Massachusetts, United States ; north of Boston. The Academy enrolls approximately 385 students in grades nine through twelve, 70% of whom are boarders...
(formerly Governor Dummer Academy).
The school's motto, "victuri te salutamus," is Latin for "we, who are about to be victorious, salute you." This is a variation of the famous motto of the Roman gladiator
Gladiator
A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their legal and social standing and their lives by appearing in the...
s, "nos morituri te salutamus," meaning "we, who are about to die, salute you."
Academic facilities
Most classes are held in the three leveled, academic building, known to students as the Link. MathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
courses are taught on the first floor, Language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
courses are taught on the second floor, and English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
courses are taught on the third floor. The Link also includes a history wing and the former science wing.
The New Science Building, which opened in the fall of 2008, is a tremendous addition to the school. The building added thousands of square feet of additional academic space and is attached to the south end of the Link, where the previous science wing resided. This eco-friendly facility has three state of the art science laboratories, a university-like lecture hall, and plenty of open space for students and faculty to interact.
Also attached to the academic building are the Portico (the main entrance to the Link where students interact in between classes), the Kingsbury Computer Center, Room X (a small movie theater), the Coffee House (a lounge attached to the Portico for the sixth formers), and three of the ten dormitories (Gardner, Merriman, and Whitney) on campus.
Across from the academic building lies the Henry Luce III Library, which holds a collection of about 36,000 items. The 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²) building is open during study hours and has area for either silent or group-based work.
The Robert Lehman Arts Center, attached to the Henry Luce III Library, houses monthly exhibitions open to students and the public. Throughout the year, many artists show their work in a variety of forms, including paintings, sculptures, photography, and more.
The Frank D. Ashburn Chapel is considered by many as the heart of the school. It hosts tri-weekly chapel services and is located in the center of campus, across from the Frick (old) Dining Hall, Dalsemer Room, and Headmaster's House. Theology courses are taught in the basement of the Frank D. Ashburn Chapel and in the school reverend's office located in the Danforth Room.
The Arts Building includes three giant rooms for ceramics, paintings, photography, and art courses.
The Auditorium hosts all-school meetings once a week, the winter and spring music concerts, the fall, winter, and spring play, and other special events. Below the Auditorium is home to the Music Center, including rooms for music courses, private music lessons, and the many school bands, and Black Box, a small theater for smaller plays and skits.
Dormitories
| Boys Dorms | Blake | Peabody | Russell | Thorne | Whitney |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls Dorms | Gardner | Hettinger East | Hettinger West | Merriman | PBA |
The school has 10 dormitories, five for girls and five for boys. At least two faculty members live in each dormitory, and dormitory prefects are appointed each year to work with the younger students as they adjust to living away from home. On weeknights and Sunday evenings, dormitories are quiet for study hours between 8 and 10. Third formers have assigned study hall in the Science Forum, and sixth formers are free to study outside of the dormitories.
Dormitories include a common room that usually has a microwave, refrigerator and television. The dormitories in Hettinger West and Hettinger East have regular double rooms on the first floor, and "lofts" on the second floor. Lofts are normally given to juniors and seniors. They have a main floor and stairs to a loft area with a skylight and door(s) that connect to all other lofts up stairs.
For students in their first year at Brooks, the housing committee chooses a roommate according to a submitted rooming questionnaire. For subsequent years, students request dorm preferences.
Athletics
Brooks has been very successful in winning many championships in the Independent School LeagueIndependent School League (Boston Area)
The Independent School League is composed of sixteen New England preparatory schools that compete athletically and academically. Founded in 1948, the ISL's sixteen member compete in eighteen sports in the New England Prep School Athletic Conference...
and in New England over the recent years, including:
Fall Sports
- Boys Football
- Boys Cross Country - 2005 New England Division 4 Champions, 2008 New England Division 4 2nd Place
- Girls Field Hockey - 2004 New England Class B Tournament Champions, 2005 New England Class B Tournament Champions, 2006 New England Class B Tournament Champions
- Boys Soccer - 2003 ISL Champions, New England Class A Tournament Champions, 2004 ISL Co-Champions, 2005 ISL Tri-Champions, 2007 New England Class B Tournament Finalists
- Girls Soccer - 2001 ISL Champions, New England Class B Tournament Champions, 2002 ISL Champions, New England Class A Tournament Champions, 2005 ISL Champions, New England Class A Tournament Finalists, 2007 ISL Co-Champions
Winter Sports
- Girls Basketball - 2003 New England Class B Tournament Champions, 2006 New England Class B Tournament Champions
- Boys Ice Hockey - 2004 ISL Eberhart Division Champions, 2005 ISL Eberhart Division Champions, 2006 ISL Eberhart Champions
- Girls Ice Hockey - 2004 New England Division 2 Champions
- Girls Squash - 2006 New England Class B Champions - two players
- Boys Wrestling - 2005 ISL Graves-Kelsey Co-Champions, 2006 New England Champions - two wrestlers, 2007 New England Runner-ups, Champions - two wrestlers, National Prep Champion, Sean Bilodeau
Spring Sports
- Girls Crew - 2004 NEIRA Regatta Winners, National Champions, 2005 NEIRA Regatta Winners, National Champions
- Girls Lacrosse - 2004 ISL Champions, 2005 ISL Champions, 2006 ISL Champions
- Softball - 1999 ISL Champions, 2000 ISL Champions, 2001 ISL Champions, 2002 ISL Champions, 2004 ISL Champions, 2005 ISL Champions, 2006 Big East Tournament Champions, 2007 ISL Champions
Advanced Placement
Brooks offers 19 AP courses in the following subjects listed below. In addition to AP's, student are also granted the option of applying for an independent study with the head of department.- AP Art HistoryAP Art HistoryAP Art History is a course offered in high school through the Advanced Placement Program that gives college level material at the high school level. This class is operated by College Board...
- AP BiologyAP BiologyIn the United States, Advanced Placement Biology , is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Calculus BC
- AP ChemistryAP ChemistryAdvanced Placement Chemistry is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and earn college-level credit.-The course:AP Chemistry is a course...
- AP Computer Science A
- AP EnglishAP EnglishAP English can stand for two distinct Advanced Placement Programs provided by the College Board:*AP English Language and Composition*AP English Literature and Composition...
- AP Environmental ScienceAP Environmental ScienceAdvanced Placement Environmental Science is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students interested in the environmental and natural sciences...
- AP European HistoryAP European HistoryAdvanced Placement European History is a course and examination offered by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program...
- AP French LanguageAP French LanguageAdvanced Placement French Language and Culture is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level French course...
- AP French LiteratureAP French LiteratureAdvanced Placement French Literature was an Advanced Placement course and examination offered by the College Board. The course was designed to replicate a college French literature course for high school students...
- AP Latin: VergilAP Latin: VergilAdvanced Placement Latin: Vergil is an examination offered by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. The current exam focuses on selections from the Aeneid, written by Augustan author Publius Vergilius Maro, also known as Vergil or Virgil...
- AP Latin LiteratureAP Latin LiteratureAdvanced Placement Latin Literature was one of two examinations offered by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program for high school students to earn college credit for a college-level course in Latin literature.Due to low numbers of students taking AP Latin Literature, it was discontinued...
- AP Physics BAP Physics BAP Physics B is an Advanced Placement science course that is divided into nine different sections: Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics, Waves and Optics, and Atomic and Nuclear Physics. The course is equivalent to a one-year college course that...
- AP Spanish LanguageAP Spanish LanguageAdvanced Placement Spanish Language is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The course:...
- AP Spanish LiteratureAP Spanish LiteratureAdvanced Placement Spanish Literature is a high school course and examination offered by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.-The course:...
- AP United States HistoryAP United States HistoryAdvanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...
- AP United States Government and PoliticsAP United States Government and PoliticsAdvanced Placement United States Government and Politics, also known as AP US Gov & Pol, AP US Gov, AP Go Po or AP Gov, is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program...
- AP World HistoryAP World HistoryAdvanced Placement World History is a college-level course offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program designed to help students develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts and interactions between different types of Human societies...
Study Abroad
Brooks offers several opportunities for students to study abroad, including:- African Exchange - with four non-racial institutions in BotswanaBotswanaBotswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
, KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
, and UgandaUgandaUganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
- Hungarian Exchange - began in 1990 as the only United States-Hungary exchange program at the secondary school level and funded by the Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Fund, a program of the United States Information AgencyUnited States Information AgencyThe United States Information Agency , which existed from 1953 to 1999, was a United States agency devoted to "public diplomacy". In 1999, USIA's broadcasting functions were moved to the newly created Broadcasting Board of Governors, and its exchange and non-broadcasting information functions were...
and Soros FoundationSoros FoundationA Soros Foundation is one of a network of national foundations, mostly in Central and Eastern Europe, which fund volunteer socio-political activity, created by George Soros, international financier and self-proclaimed philanthropist, and coordinated since early 1994 by a management team called the...
; students attend the Deák Ferenc GimnáziumDeák Ferenc Bilingual High SchoolThe Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Szeged, Hungary established in 1988 which makes it the youngest secondary educational institution in the city of Szeged; it is named after Ferenc Deák, a famous Hungarian 19th century politician who is also known...
in SzegedSzeged' is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary....
, HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
.
- Scotland Exchange - with Glenalmond CollegeGlenalmond CollegeGlenalmond College is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about west of the city of Perth. The school's motto is Floreat Glenalmond...
in PerthPerth, ScotlandPerth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire...
, ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
- School Year AbroadSchool Year AbroadSchool Year Abroad is an academic program which places American high school juniors, seniors, and post-graduates in 5 countries including China, Italy, France, Spain or Vietnam for a year. Students intensively learn the respective language of their country and live with a host family...
(SYA) - founded in 1964 by Phillips AcademyPhillips AcademyPhillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...
in Andover, MassachusettsAndover, MassachusettsAndover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was incorporated in 1646 and as of the 2010 census, the population was 33,201...
and now a consortium, including top independent schools across the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
; SYA is the only secondary school level program, which allows students to live with a foreign family for an entire academic year while earning United States secondary school graduation credits and preparing for selective United States colleges and universities.
- And brand new this year, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and Lima, Peru
School Hymn
Written by Phillips BrooksPhillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks was an American clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s. In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23...
Father of all below, above,
Whose Name is Light, Whose Name is Love,
Here be Thy truth and goodness known,
And make these fields and halls Thine own.
Thy temple gates stand open wide;
O Christ, we enter at Thy side,
With Thee to consecrate our pow'rs,
And make our Father's business ours.
For days of drought which yet shall be,
On untrod land, on unsail'd sea,
We kneel and fill our cup of youth
At these fair fountains of Thy truth.
O world, all bright and brave and young,
With deeds unwrought and songs unsung,
For all the strength Thy task will give
We greet Thee, we, about to live.
Father, Thy children bless the care
Which shed Thy sunlight ev'rywhere,
Shine on our school and let us be
Teachers and scholars taught by Thee.
Notable Brooksians
- Barry Bingham, Jr.Barry Bingham, Jr.George Barry Bingham, Jr. was an American newspaper publisher and television and radio executive...
(1933–2006), United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
newspaper publisher and television and radio executive, the last descendant of the Bingham family that controlled LouisvilleLouisville, KentuckyLouisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, KentuckyKentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
's daily newspapers, a television station, and two radio stations for much of the 20th century - Barry M. Bowen '63, environmentalist, entrepreneur, statesman
- Henry M. Buhl '48, humanitarian
- Kier ByrnesKier ByrnesKier Byrnes is the founding member, and frontman for, the punk/country band Three Day Threshold.He has been recognized several times in The Noise...
'91, founding member and front man for the punkPunk rockPunk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
/countryCountry musicCountry music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
band Three Day ThresholdThree Day ThresholdThree Day Threshold is a New England based country band. Three Day Threshold has won the Boston Music Awards in 2003 and 2004 and the FNX/Phoenix Music Poll Awards in 2003, 2004 and 2006... - Jake Burton CarpenterJake Burton CarpenterJake Burton Carpenter , also known as Jake Burton, is an American snowboarder and founder of Burton Snowboards. He grew up in Cedarhurst, New York.- Biography :...
, founder and chairman of Burton Snowboards - Charlie DaviesCharlie DaviesCharles Desmond "Charlie" Davies is an American soccer player who plays as a striker for French Ligue 1 side Sochaux....
'04, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional football (soccer) strikerStrikerForwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
who currently plays in the French Ligue 1Ligue 1Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
for FC Sochaux, 2008 Olympian. - William R. FerrisWilliam R. FerrisWilliam Reynolds Ferris is an American author and scholar and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities...
'60, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author and scholar, former chairman of the National Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the HumanitiesThe National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
, co-founder of the Center for Southern FolkloreCenter for Southern FolkloreThe Center for Southern Folklore is an American non-profit cultural organization based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1972 by William Ferris and Judy Peiser, its mission is "to preserve, defend, protect and promote the music, culture, arts, and rhythms of the South."The Center produces...
in MemphisMemphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, co-founder of the Center for the Study of Southern CultureCenter for the Study of Southern CultureThe Center for the Study of Southern Culture , located in Barnard Observatory on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi, is an academic organization dedicated to the investigation, documentation, interpretation and teaching of the Southern United States, including its culture...
at the University of MississippiUniversity of MississippiThe University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
, co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture - Steve ForbesSteve ForbesMalcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes, Jr. is an American editor, publisher, and businessman. He is the editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes as well as president and chief executive officer of its publisher, Forbes Inc. He was a Republican candidate in the U.S. Presidential primaries in 1996...
'66, son of Malcolm ForbesMalcolm ForbesMalcolm Stevenson Forbes was publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes and today run by his son Steve Forbes.-Life and career:...
, president and CEO of ForbesForbesForbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
, editor-in-chief of ForbesForbesForbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
magazine, former Republican candidate in the United States presidential primariesUnited States presidential primaryThe series of presidential primary elections and caucuses is one of the first steps in the process of electing the President of the United States of America. The primary elections are run by state and local governments, while caucuses are private events run by the political parties...
in 1996 and 2000 - Charles H.W. Foster '45, environmentalist, author
- Robert L. Gerry, III '56, American businessman
- Andrew JacksonAndrew JacksonAndrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...
'83, educator, historian - William W. Kellog, Ph.D. '35, geophysicist, meteorologist
- John LeBoutillierJohn LeBoutillierJohn LeBoutillier is an American political columnist, pundit, and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Education:...
, '71, former U.S. Congressman and political columnist - Elle LoganElle LoganElle Logan is an American rower. She was born in Boothbay Harbor, Maine and attended the Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts for high school. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's eight...
'06, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rower, Olympic gold medalist, 2008 Summer Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
, rowing - Charles P. Lyman, Ph.D. '32, biologist, educator
- Henry LymanHenry LymanHenry Lyman is an American poet, editor, translator, and former host and producer of WFCR's Poems to a Listener, a nationally distributed series of readings and conversations with poets which ran from 1976 to 1994....
'33, conservationist, publisher - Daniel LyonsDaniel LyonsDaniel Lyons is an American writer. He was a senior editor at Forbes magazine and is now a writer at Newsweek.-Career:He has written a book of short stories, The Last Good Man , a novel, Dog Days , and a fictional biography, Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, a Parody...
, journalist and the Fake Steve Jobs - Edward F. MacNichol, Dr. '36, research scientist, educator
- Jeep MacNichol '85, drummer for The Samples
- Anne McNamara '07, Reporter/Fill-in Anchor, WGME-TVWGME-TVWGME-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Southern Maine and Northern New Hampshire that is licensed to Portland. The station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 38 from a transmitter on Brown Hill west of Raymond...
- Samuel P. Peabody '44, humanitarian, educator
- Anthony PerkinsAnthony PerkinsAnthony Perkins was an American actor, best known for his Oscar-nominated role in Friendly Persuasion and as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho , and its three sequels.-Early life:...
, actor - Thomas Collier Platt, Jr. '43, son of Thomas C. PlattThomas C. PlattThomas Collier Platt was a two-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a three-term U.S. Senator from New York in the years 1881 and 1897-1909 — is best known as the "political boss" of the Republican Party in New York State in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century...
, federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the entirety of Long Island and Staten Island...
, former chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the entirety of Long Island and Staten Island... - Tim PrenticeTim PrenticeTim Prentice is a kinetic sculptor. He received a Masters Degree in architecture from Yale in 1960 and founded the award-winning company of Prentice and Chan in 1965. He resides in Cornwall, Connecticut....
, sculptor - Daniel Reardon '79, preservationist
- Huntington Sheldon, Dr. '47, medicine
- Mark ShuttleworthMark ShuttleworthMark Richard Shuttleworth is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist. Shuttleworth founded Canonical Ltd. and as of 2010, provides leadership for the Ubuntu operating system...
, South African entrepreneur, first African in space, founder of Canonical Ltd.Canonical Ltd.Canonical Ltd. is a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu Linux and related projects. Canonical is registered in London and employs staff around the world...
, providing leadership for the UbuntuUbuntu (operating system)Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
Linux distribution - James SpaderJames SpaderJames Todd Spader is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as Pretty in Pink, Less Than Zero, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Crash, Stargate, and Secretary...
, actor (Faculty Child) - Wells Stabler, Ambassador '37, foreign service
- Parker StevensonParker StevensonParker Stevenson is an American television and film actor.-Career:His first notable screen appearance was a starring role in the 1972 movie A Separate Peace...
, actor - Sam WaterstonSam WaterstonSamuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy...
, actor (Faculty Child) - Michael WeatherlyMichael WeatherlyMichael Manning Weatherly, Jr. is an American actor, best known for his roles as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on the television series NCIS, and Logan Cale on the television series Dark Angel.-Early life:...
'86, actor (NCIS)