On Friday, June 2, Massachusetts State Representatives Kay Kahn and Cory Atkins joined with representatives from C-SPAN and Comcast in celebrating Nashoba Brooks' six winning teams in the 2017 Middle School C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition.
All of our teams were made up of Grade 8 girls: four won Honorable Mention, one was chosen for a third place prize, and one earned second place prize. The winning documentaries looked at the themes of "Gauging the Wage Gap," "The Great Gun Debate," "An Aversion to Conversion?," "The Death Penalty: Is Our Criminal Justice System Flawed?," "Crossing the Border, Reaching the Light," and "LGBTQ+ Rights in School."
This year, C-SPAN received nearly 3,000 entries from students in 46 states, Washington DC, England, Germany, Singapore and Taiwan. From these entries, C-SPAN recognized 150 documentaries with awards. We are delighted that Nashoba Brooks represented six of these documentaries. Grades 7 and 8 social studies teacher, Lauren Funk, has been the C-SPAN project advisor at Nashoba Brooks for the past few years.
Each of the girls received a certificate from C-SPAN and certificates of congratulations from US Senator Elizabeth Warren, Governor Charlie Baker, Representative Robert DeLeo, and Representative Cory Atkins from the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The second place prize also came with a check for $1,500.
Congratulations to all the girls for their fine work in the C-SPAN StudentCam competition this year!
When learning about or exploring the many facets of a subject, students at Nashoba Brooks are accustomed to digging deeper and expanding wider. This is often supported by our interdisciplinary approach to instruction, offering students the opportunity to make connections across classes and interests. Additional enrichment has also come from the expertise and interests of families within our community.
"I owe so much to Nashoba and look back at that experience so fondly." - artist Rachel Gloria Manly Adams ‘01
Nashoba Brooks School is grateful to hang a newly commissioned mural by artist and alum, Rachel Gloria Manly Adams '01 in our Middle School corridor. To learn more about Rachel's journey and artistic pursuits, read her profile in our recent Bulletin!
Each May, just before the academic year draws to a close, Grade 6 students from Nashoba Brooks School embark on a highly anticipated overnight excursion to coastal Connecticut.
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.
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.