Nashoba Brooks School welcomed families, friends, employees, and alumni for Winter Weekend 2020, a three-day lineup of activities to celebrate winter and our incredible community.
The weekend kicked-off with an ‘80s Dance Party on Friday night. Participants enjoyed a pizza dinner and had the chance to show off their best retro fashion and dance moves while the DJ played a line up of favorites from the‘80s.
During Saturday’s Smores & More event, the hot chocolate bar, complete with homemade marshmallows and whipped cream, created by chef Sean-Michael Tantinarawat, and the S’mores station were a big hit! In addition to these delectable treats, families participated in several activities including coding, winter art, drama, storytime by the fireplace, and the ever-popular photo booth.
Middle School student leaders provided service learning opportunities and encouraged families to donate gently used board games, books, and Nashoba Brooks logowear to help support two separate drives, including SOS Children’s Village, an organization working to prevent childhood abandonment, build resilient families, and empower vulnerable youth through education initiatives.
The event ended with a performance by Nashoba Notes, led by Middle School music teacher Christel Michaud with Dina DeMayo accompanying on piano.
“This is one of my favorite days of the year, when students, families, and friends join us to celebrate community and the joy of learning,” said Head of School Danielle Heard. “It has become a wonderful tradition for our School, spreading warmth and positive energy during the cold winter months.”
The weekend ended on Sunday with an ice skating party at Middlesex School’s rink where current Nashoba Brooks School families and alumni relaxed and skated the afternoon away.
Nashoba Brooks School thanks everyone who came out to make Winter Weekend 2020 our most fun one yet!
As part of interdisciplinary work across science, humanities, writer’s workshop, and transliteracy, Grade 4 students engage with the Invention Convention which provides a hands-on opportunity for students to creatively solve a novel problem. With the timeliness and acknowledgment of National Engineers Week, this STEM, invention, and entrepreneurship program starts with our students exploring their lives, and the lives of others, to identify a problem they are passionate about solving.
What a bee-autiful sight! The Nashoba Brooks beehives have been buzzing all summer and have produced their first batch of honey! With the help of Mel, our apiarist partner, Grade 1 students were able to extract a few jars of honey from one of our hives. Students will further explore this wonder of nature during science class this year as they learn more about the natural world and our local environment.
Grade 3 students participated in a favorite Nashoba Brooks tradition: a Sharing of Understanding. This event hosted family members to listen and learn about what their students have been working on at School, including a recorder recital and in-depth explanations of multiple indigenous peoples.
It was a packed weekend on the Nashoba Brooks campus for Fall Weekend!
Thank you to all the parent volunteers, student ambassadors, faculty members, and all other roles who contributed to making this weekend so memorable for our School.
After weeks of hard work, Grade 3 students had the opportunity to present their Community Hero projects to their families and their interview subjects!
The Nashoba Brooks School campus was bursting with excitement Friday, November 4, through Sunday, November 6, as we celebrated our annual Fall Weekend.
After almost a year of research, school visits, interviews, self-reflection, and essay writing, the Grade 8 class is enjoying a variety of excellent high schools to choose from.
Alongside the book fair and poetry month, April has been a wonderful time for literature at Nashoba Brooks School. Sharon Draper and Jen Campbell, two celebrated authors, left their mark on the community over the past few weeks.
More than 75 parents responded to this year’s annual School survey and numbers were well balanced across all grade levels. The results of the survey are impressive and the feedback the parents offer to the School is glowing.
As Black History Month comes to a close, students and faculty alike celebrate diversity, acknowledging that a school is not only classrooms, gymnasiums, and fields, but also the people within these walls. Each year and at every grade level our students contemplate the presence and importance of different backgrounds, experiences and beliefs. And this month provides community members with an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be Black in America.
Situated on a beautiful 30-acre campus in historic Concord, Massachusetts, Nashoba Brooks School enrolls all genders in Preschool through Grade 3, and students identifying as girls in Grades 4 through 8. Nashoba Brooks is an independent school designed to build community, character, and confidence in its students.