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We Applaud
  

Rebecca Blankenship and Ryan Capone are two of 15 students selected from across the district to serve on the inaugural Green-Youth Advisory Council (Green-YAC), a Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful program.

 

Jenny Choi won the Teen Volunteer of the Year 2nd place award, presented by the Greater Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, for her work with refugee children at the Klados Tutoring Ministry. 

 

We Salute
Tony Zeng, 10th grade violist, was selected to perform with the National High School Honors Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in February.  Evan Butterworth is 1st runner-up in the cello section.  

 

Junior Cody Lavallee made the All-State Jazz Ensemble for the second year, making this the third year that a BHS student has held the bass chair at All-State Jazz.

The following Band students were selected to perform with the 2015 District 13 Honor Band in February:

Kenny Bader, Oboe

Andrew Barber, Bass Clarinet

Kevin Choi, Clarinet

Jeremy Cover, Trombone

Cameron Gwynn, Trumpet

Abi Ivemeyer, Clarinet

Watson Martin, Euphonium

Henry McMahon-Owen, Tenor Sax

Collett Owens, Trumpet

Karl Patram, Trombone

Mikaela Pavin, Tuba

Sean Reid, Alto Saxophone

Luke Rosetti, Trumpet

Kaitlyn Samela, Bass Clarinet

Sarah Sewell, Alto Saxophone

Julie Tritt, Flute

Christina Xu, Flute

Jessica Yeagle, Oboe

Susan Zhang, Bassoon


Kevin Tian has been named the 2015 Brookwood CTE Student of the Year by our Career and Technical Education Department and will compete for the county title. 


 

We Recognize

 

October Departmental Awards

Ian Croix, Shahzeb Bhamani, Jack Gilmore, Sandro Figueroa, Kallyn Glasser, Sam Bloodworth, Stephanie Rodriguez, Amaan Marfatia, Blake Chavis

Bronco Service Awards:

Vashti Swinson, Skylar Lavellee, Sarah Carter, Elsa Kifle

 

November Departmental Awards:

Brianna Steele, Sydney Wiley, Will McCullough, Seonju Shin, McKayla Brown, Kevin Tran, Ali Jasem, Bartolome Peirano, Morgan Weekley

 

Bronco Service Awards:

Emilee Ward, Robert Petcu, Kiara Phipps, Evan Fleming

 

December Departmental Awards:

Peyton Sketch, James Walker, Andrew Rankin, Steven Sukhnandan, Linda Nwosu, Katherine Svridenkova, Cody Lewis, Shelby Gorny, Hector Ortiz

Bronco Service Awards:
Diego Lyons, Lela Rockett, Melanie Tanner, Jahanh Foster 

 

We Teach

History teacher, Mrs. Vicky Smith, received the University of Chicago's Outstanding Educator Award.  She was nominated by her former student and current UC freshman, Stephen Ren. Additionally, Assistant Principal Dr. Kim Hamman, once a science teacher at Brookwood, was nominated by her former student and UC freshman, Hank Grier, and received recognition in the program.  

Go Broncos!
A MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL FORD

Greetings! 

As the holidays approach, I would like to acknowledge the good fortune we have at Brookwood and thank our students, staff and community for making us a powerhouse school, year after year. We have one of the nation's largest high school populations, yet we succeed in making our campus friendly and familiar. 


We have kind, talented and hardworking students, many of whom we honor through awards and programs for their achievements, leadership, efforts and good deeds.


Currently, we have monthly Departmental Awards for students who show significant improvement or an exemplary work ethic, monthly Bronco Service Awards for some of the many good deeds around campus, the Brookwood Upstander program that is currently unfolding to further encourage and reward  good citizenship, advocacy, respect and engagement, and a range of Honors program nights throughout the year.

 

Leadership organizations and programs include our student government (SGA), Peer Leaders program, the Chick-fil-A Leadership Academy, and participation in the Gwinnett Student Leadership Team. 

 

Our academics, athletics and the arts programs win championship titles and top rankings and donate time and money to charities. I am proud to say that we are a servant-oriented school community.

 

For every standout who wins public recognition, we have another who contributes to our school with his own positive actions. For both groups, I am truly grateful. Many thanks to them and to you for supporting Brookwood and setting your sights on a second semester of continued good fortune.

 

Go Broncos! 

William Bo Ford, Jr. 

We Commend
25 Vie for Governor's Honors Program

Several Broncos are under consideration for the next step that determines the semifinalist for the Governor's Honors Program.
 

Ashton Askew, Theatre                          Abigail Bland, Theatre

Michael Bowler, Science                       Evan Butterworth, Music (Cello)

Ji Choi, Communicative Arts                 Caitlin Costello, Executive Mgmt.

Matthew Evert, Social Studies              Eyosias Gedion, Music (Violin)

Emerson Harmon, Social Studies        Kennedy Houston, Spanish

Brandon Kang, Technology                  Nam Kim, Science

Sophie Kim, Visual Arts                         Diana Lee, Visual Arts

Elizabeth Liu, Theatre                            Iris Liu, Science

Tu Mai, Communicative Arts                 Havilah Ravula, Music (Violin)

Charles Scarborough, Architecture     Angelina Suwoto, Music (Violin)

Daniel Thompson, Science                   Julie Tritt, Musich (Flute)

Muzi "Frank" Xu, Agriscience/Enviro   Tony Zeng, Mathematics

Susan Zhang, Visual Arts

 

We Reign

Brookwood Captures Region Titles

  

From cross country to theater, softball to academics, Brookwood teams reigned champion this fall season across the spectrum. 


 Our Academic team won the 

Region Championship, making this the 27th consecutive year that Brookwood has qualified for the 

National Tournament.


 Our Cross Country Broncos and Lady Broncos won region titles, with the top runner from each team, David Giuliano and Lauren Flynt, coming in first. Our boys' cross country team was also State Runner-Up, and all seven of its varsity runners earned All-County status. 

Our Softball team had a great season too, winning the region title and making it to the Final Four at State Playoffs. Junior Amanda Ablan

earned Gwinnett Daily Post Pitcher of the Year for the second year.  She and fellow junior, Kayla Louie, were named to the All-State AAAAAA First Team.  


Lady Broncos Volleyball, also region champions, made it all the way to the Elite Eight at State Playoffs. They kept us cheering with every ace, hit, assist and kill.  

On stage, students from the Brookwood Theatre Department 
won praise, applause and a shiny first place trophy at the One Act Play regional competition. The group's production of "Unrinetown" was hilarious and well acted. 

Clearly, Broncos like to win!

 

We Care

To date, Brookwood's clubs and events have raised more than $44,000 for charities, nearly halfway to our $100K challenge for this school year. During HHH Week, our students and staff raised $14,540 for Helping Hands and Hearts, and at the recent Powder Puff game, we generated another $1,300 specifically for the cause. Brookwood established Helping Hands and Hearts to provide temporary remedies for Brookwood families who are experiencing a period of financial hardship and to help the students who are affected.