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We Celebrate

We are proud to announce that Brookwood has seven National Merit Scholarship Finalists in the Class of 2015:

· Robert Chandler

· Ryan Chen

· Kaushik De

· Laboni Hoque

· Kwadwo (Jack) Obeng-Marnu

· Ye Tian

· Corey Zheng

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This year's Science Olympiad team won Brookwood's sixth consecutive Regional Championship.

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Computer Science student Delaney Ragsdale (pictured far left) was named winner of the Aspirations Award from the Georgia Affiliate of the National Center for Women in Information Technology. Runners-up were Brookwood students Amanda Yang, Sofia Moin, Sheena Mathew, Caitlin Costello and Alex Durso.

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Brookwood's Future Leaders of America (FBLA) took second place at the region competition and was the top-scoring school from Gwinnett. Bronco Johnathan Rudovich won both of his events, Magie Huynh advanced to State in three events, and Jonathan Burger, Austin Kinkade and Nisha Kashyap each advanced in two.

We Salute

Based on their performance on the November 2104 National Etymology (Latin) Exam, these 67 Broncos won awards:

Gold Awards

Ryan Chen, Caitlin Costello, Alex Durso, Iris Liu, Jack Obeng-Marnu, Paul Thomas, Joshua Amritt, Hassaan Asif, Young-Jae Cho, Jose Diaz, Grace Kim, Alex Ngo, Alex Perrone, Havilah Ravula and Tony Zeng

Silver Awards

Julia Howard, Ray Johnson, Nisha Kashyap, Thomas Koo, Liz Reeves, Sean Reid, Cat Rose, Matthew Rowe, Michela Albury, Alexander Armstrong, Lauren Flynt, Trevor Gulley, Stephen Ito, Thomas Ridley, Patrick Smith and Noah White

Bronze Awards

Jeni Biju, Jesse Brown, Emma Dejarnette, Meg Denaro, Henry Faulkner, Erin Fowler, Sophie Kim

Lizzy Liu, David han, Sydney Sanregret, Samantha St. Germain, Isabel Veith, Max Booth, Julianna rown, Jackson Casey, Brian Cho, Ashley Donaldson, Ryley Elwood, Mayela Flores, Emily Folds, Kusona Fortingo, Chase Glenn, Luke Hearnes, Guillermo Luna, Taylor McCoun, Ben Medcalf, Jack Memmer, Hussain Naib, Cory Orange, Emily Owen, Kishan Patel, Allen Rankin, Quinn Roberts, Emma Thacker, Matthew Warth and Chanise Williams

We Recognize

January Departmental Awards

Derrick Carswell, Terry Newell, Jelani Gosier, Tegan Sweeney, Allison Davis, Alex Chen, Juliana Humphreys, Eboni McNeal and Dallas Griffin

January Bronco Service Awards

Chandler Williams. Shannaka Stewart, Ciarra Cunningham and Jonathyn Jordan

February Departmental Awards

Liz Howard, Renaldo St. James, Jenny Ji Choi, Sam Bloodworth, Tahlia Pegues, Tran Nguyen, Kenny Bader, Tim Detwiler, Jorden Lewis

February Bronco Service Awards

Phillips Wall, Chris Winslow, Joycelyn Julilus, Miguel Sanchez, Kjersten Gray and Skyler Sessions

We Teach

BHS Computer Science teacher Crystal Furman deservedly

received a National Center for Women & Information Technology Educator Award for her commit-ment to encouraging young women's aspirations in computing.

We Applaud

Our Mock Trial team competed at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center against area schools and came home with an Outstanding Attorney Award for Jasmin Sosa and two Outstanding Witness Awards for Ashley Donaldson.

A MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL FORD

Greetings!

The mind, body and soul of Brookwood are strong.

We continue celebrating our score of 92.8 for the College and Career Readiness Performance Index, which measures our students' content mastery, post high school readiness and graduation rate. Our score is highest in Gwinnett County and third in the state among traditional public high schools. Because we boast a stellar AP program, Georgia has again recognized us as an AP Honor School, this year in four categories: AP Merit, AP STEM, AP STEM Achievement and the newest category, AP Humanities. Additionally, Brookwood also leads Gwinnett in dual enrollment, with 96 of our students concurrently earning credit in the college setting.

Our Bronco athletes and performers continue bringing home championship titles and recognitions for our school. This winter, we again sent students to state championships, and this spring we expect them to earn trophies and medals as well. See below how our swimmers and wrestlers performed at their state competitions.

The hearts at Brookwood are tenacious when it comes to serving the community. We are already at $57,898 in our $100K Challenge to charity with almost a full spring season ahead of us. From a few hundred dollars from Friday morning hot chocolate sales to more than $8,000 from our dance marathon, we have found ways to encourage a lot people to give for a good cause. We have also received donations from generous companies like Delta Community Credit Union, which we have in turn donated to charitable groups. Beginning next week, we will launch a Goodwill Donation Drive, and later in the month, we will host a Sadie Hawkins dance to benefit Relay for Life. While many of our events are fun and inspiring, I recognize that they demand time and energy. To everybody who has contributed to our campaigns, I would like thank you again. Keep up the giving spirit and servant leadership, Brookwood. It is good for the mind, body and soul.

Go Broncos!

William Bo Ford, Jr.

We Reign

The Miss Brookwood Scholarship Pageant is our PTSA's annual fundraiser. This year, the program raised more than $21,000 through corporate sponsorships and ticket sales. The PTSA awarded $3,600 in scholarships and prizes at the pageant and will use the remaining funds for educational support at Brookwood and its two senior scholarships. A total of 38 contestants from our 9th through 12th grades filled the stage, alongside two student masters of ceremony and seven senior escorts. Our Dance Department provided choreography for the contestants and the escorts and gave us a preview of the department's spring show.

Contestants were judged on an interview (40%), onstage question (25%), evening gown (25%) and spirit (10%). Following are this year's winners:

Seniors: Miss Brookwood Emma Blaze,

First Runner-up Emily Harlow, Second Runner-up Kathryn Fonseca,

Third Runner-up Allison Marie LaMontagne

Juniors: Miss Junior Brookwood Alycia Rehmatullah

First Runner-up

Susie Zhang,

Second Runner-up Mary Burnam, Third Runner-up Carly Adams

Sophomores: Miss Sophomore Brookwood Anna Hopf

First Runner-up Julianna Brown, Second Runner-up Haley Harvard, Third Runner-up Taylor Drake

Freshmen: Miss Freshman Brookwood Caroline Gregory

First Runner-up Paige Allen, Second Runner-up Emily Hannah Gray,

Third Runner-up Gwendolyn Nace

Overall Awards

Miss Congeniality:Christina Raines; Highest GPAs:Aliana Pacheco, Julia Howard, Haley Harvard, Paige Allen, Caroline Gregory; Miss Photogenic: Alycia Rehmatullah;Miss Sponsorship:Mary Burnam;People's Choice: Hayden Francis;Spirit of the Pageant:Paige Allen;Rose Awards: Meredith Anderson, Julianna Brown, Kayla Barrett, Susie Zhang, Allison Marie LaMontagne, Gwendolyn Nace, Haley Harvard, Kayla Brown, Emma Blaze, Maddie Claire Lepine, Michela Albury, Anna Hopf, Mary Burnam, Kathryn Fonseca, Gabby Stroud, Alexis Bly, Sofia Toney, Megan Stewart and Emily Harlow.

Our generous sponsors are listed on the PTSA website.

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We Create

Atlanta High School Art Exhibition (AHSAE) has accepted 14 BHS Visual Arts students' work for display at the Dogwood Festival in Piedmont Park, April 10-12. Pictured left is Moody Blues by Savanna Jones.

At the Scholastic Art & Writing competition, Brookwood Visual Arts students took home 45 visual arts awards and 7 for poetry, all of which were written by Iris Liu. All 12 of our Gold Key Award submissions will advance to the national level. Pictured right is Whales by Kira Payne.

Visual Arts student Michelle Carmona won the 2015 Snellville Days design contest. Her work will be featured on the official T-shirts of the May 2 local event.

Ten photography students have photos on display in the Shutter Sense & NonSense photography exhibition at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center, February through March 8: Isobel Bratescu, Dane Dvorak, Abby Hooper, Jasmine Ito, Sara Marks, Alex McLeod, Ciera Mitchell, Sam Moore, Savanna Weaver and Flannery Williams. Pictured right is Wild by Megan Pickens.

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We Compete

Our wrestling team placed second at Region sent five Broncos to the State Championship. Stephen Solamon placed 2nd and ended his season with a 62-4 winning record, and Jeremy Quarshie placed 3rd, ending his season 56-7.

Our swim team had 25 swimmers compete at the State Championship. Our girls placed 2nd overall, securing five automatic All-American times and winning five events. Our boys placed 7th at State. As a team, Brookwood was the third most successful at the State meet.

Our football team saw celebrated 11 senior players who signed college commitments. Coaches spent the morning with them at the College Football Hall of Fame official signing ceremony. Later in the day, we honored the boys at our school. Pictured left are player Bailey Ivemeyer and his parents.

Our Special Olympics team competed in the Georgia Winter Special Olympics. Our three basketball skills teams earned a 5th place ribbon, a bronze medal and a silver medal, while our individual bowlers both received silver medals.

Our boys' soccer team has started out strong, with a winning record of 6-0-0 so far this season. Opening national rankings came out this weekend, and Brookwood stands at No. 3.

We Commend

Seven students were accepted into

All-State Orchestra this year:

· Emma DeJarnette

· Cody Lavallee

· Wayne Kung

· Ayako Pederson

· Eunice Choi

· Ruby Lee

· Tony Zeng

All five of our orchestra groups received Superior ratings on their performances at the LGPE (Large Group Performance Evaluation): Maroon & Gold, Concert Strings, Symphonic Strings, Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras.

Six students completed a second round of auditions and will perform with the Georgia All-State Chorus:

· Alexandra Backfisch - Alto

· Daniel Boaitey - Bass

· Bakari Culbfreath - Baritone

· Allison Davis - Alto

· Samantha Rodriguez - Soprano

· Bret Woolsey