Our third graders graduated in a lovely ceremony on Monday, June 12.
Friends and family gathered at 9:30 on Monday morning to celebrate the third grade graduating class. Head of School Danielle Heard shared reflections about the class and talked about one of her favorite books: What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada. Ms. Heard spoke to the class about how their ideas had grown and made an impact on others during their time at Nashoba Brooks, and how their good ideas will evolve as they go through life. The Grade 3 homeroom teachers then spoke about each of the students before Assistant Head for the Lower School Jane O'Connor presented them with their diplomas.
The program also included performances by the Grade 3 students themselves — the Ode to Joy, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, Give Us Hope, and Pick A Little — and songs by the Grade 2 class, as well. The two grades sang together at the end of the graduation, and Grade 2 sang a special song to their Grade 3 friends.
After the program, the graduates and their guests enjoyed a reception in Wallace Dining Commons.
The boys of the third grade Class of 2017 will be moving on to their "next schools" in the fall, having chosen the Fenn School and Lexington Montessori School. The girls will return to Nashoba Brooks for middle school.
Congratulations and all the best to this wonderful class of students! We hope they will return to Nashoba Brooks often —
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.
Rachel Adams graduated from Nashoba Brooks School in 2001. She went on to study at Lawrence Academy followed by Maine College of Art and Design. Now living in Portland as a successful artist, textile designer, entrepreneur, wife and mother of two, Rachel shares her journey from student to full time artist.
Guida Mattison, Nashoba Brooks School's director of secondary school placement, wants to remove as much stress as possible from the high school application process that Grade 8 students go through each year.
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.