Grade 8 students presented a summary of their Youth in Philanthropy (YIP) experience, sharing their newly acquired knowledge of the meaning and impact of philanthropy with parents, employees, and special guests from the Foundation for MetroWest, which sponsors the YIP program.
The students, under the direction of teachers Susan Lewis and Lucy Douglass, made philanthropic decisions as a group, researched 15 nonprofits and selected three organizations that they believed could have the most impact on the community. The nonprofits addressed a wide spectrum of community needs: from hunger to animal welfare to homelessness.
To raise money, the students coordinated a flower sale before the Grades 3 and 7 musicals, collecting more than $400 dollars to bolster their philanthropic support of local organizations. This, coupled with funds from the Foundation for MetroWest, totaled $10,000 to be donated to the selected organizations.
The students narrowed their focus to three organizations: The Food Project, Waypoint Adventure, and Cooperative Elder Services, Inc. Students then visited each organization to better understand their mission and see their work in action.
According to the students, the site visits were a significant determining factor and helped students “realize what it was like to step into someone else’s shoes.”
Ultimately, they decided to split the grant money evenly between Waypoint Adventure and Cooperative Elder Services, Inc. Waypoint Adventure’s mission is to challenge youth and adults with disabilities to discover their purpose, talents, and strengths, through the power of adventure. Cooperative Elder Services provides comprehensive care for elders during the day, including nursing care, transportation, and caregiver support.
Through the YIP curriculum and grant making process, Nashoba Brooks students learned about the importance of taking action on social causes and working together toward a common goal. They are proud to have a positive impact in their local community.
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.