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We Celebrate

Bronco Ryan Chen has been awarded by the PAGE STAR Program. which honors Georgia's highest achieving high school seniors and the teachers most influential in their academic development. Ryan, who scored a perfect 2400 on the SAT, chose Math teacher Chris Michael as his counterpart. This is the third time that Mr. Michael has received the award. The two will be recognized again later in April at a State-level event. 

 

Brookwood has 16 Latin students who have earned a Summa Cum Laude Gold Medal on the 2015 National Latin Exam, meaning they correctly answered 37 or more questions out of 40. Sophomore Grace Kim scored a perfect 40 points this year and last. She is currently taking Latin II. Congratulations to all of our Broncos who earned a Gold Medal:

Latin I: Angelina Suwoto, Joshua Amritt, Antonio Irizarry Garcia, Thomas Ridley, Vivian Truong, Connor Bowler

Latin II: Grace Kim, Tony Zeng, Havilah Ravula, Sophie Kim, Alex Perrone

Latin III: Eboni McNeal, Iris Liu, Mohammed Ahsan, Ashley Groussman

Prose IV: Ryan Chen

 

Six Broncos have been selected to this year's Governor Honors Program. They will attend a four-week academic, cultural and social enrichment program at Valdosta State University this summer studying their respective fields of interest. Pictured are Tony Zeng (Math), Abigail Bland (Theater), Matthew Evert (Social Studies), Jenny Choi (Communicative Arts), Michael Bowler (Science) and Iris Liu (Science).


Our Academic Team finished second at State for Division 6A. The brilliant Broncos who competed were Ordain Ravula, Felix Joseph, Ryan Chen, Asad Lalani, Kaushik De and Jack Obeng-Marnu. 

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We Salute 

Senior Collin Howard has been awarded a National ROTC Scholarship, one of only four in the state. Pictured with Collin and Principal Bo Ford is Marine Staff Sergeant Scott Immekus.  

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We Commend

Sophomore Tony Zeng performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the National Honors Performance Series. Tony rehearsed and perform under master conductors and played his viola for representatives from collegiate and professional music programs.


Junior Tanya Churaman earned a Superior rating at the Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG) spoken language contest. She was also been recognized by the National Spanish Honor Society and selected as an alternate for the Bertie Green Travel Award scholarship for which only 24 juniors are chosen nationwide. Tanya currently takes AP Spanish.

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We Applaud

Brookwood's Emily Bauer (far right) is among four Gwinnett County Public Schools students selected to be a Jackson EMC delegate for the 2015 Washington Youth Tour at which students nationwide meet in D.C. to learn about leadership, teamwork, democracy and public service. 
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We Recognize

  

March Departmental Awards

Elizabeth Saliba

Chloe Davis

DoYoung (Leah) Kim

Renie George

Karsten Nebiker

Michael Smith

Kwame Akuffo

Kenny Hoang

Ebony Bynum 

 

March Bronco Service Awards

Zach Khotphom

Ryan Clay

Bhavini Bulsara

Kemion Newman

 

April Departmental Awards
Joshua Rooks 
Bryce Bishop 
Adrian Sims 
Drew Walker
Anna Montgomery 
Hrithik Patel 
Michael Smith 
Savanna Jones 

April Bronco Service Awards
Kaivon Stewart
Jorden Lewis
Ian LaCroix
William Henson 
A MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL FORD

Greetings! 

Welcome back from spring break. 

By this time every year, our 12th Grade Office has collected a long list of seniors and their college choices to display on our College-Bound wall in B-Hall. The list is ever-growing, and whenever I walk by it, I am happy to spot new names. More than a billboard to celebrate college-bound Broncos, the display is a reminder that Brookwood is a launching pad to new horizons.  For the next several weeks leading up to graduation, our faculty will do its part to help keep spring fever at bay so that our seniors continue their academics and activities with the same spirit and commitment that brought them this far. If their overall track record is an indication of how they will handle the final sprint, then I think we are in for a good run through May.

Our underclassmen are not far behind. This month, they will finalize their fall courses and take on more leadership roles. Many, including the six sophomores and juniors selected for the Governor Honors Program, are carrying on the tradition of excellence that defines Brookwood.  For that, we are grateful and also inspired to explore even more ways to enrich their experiences here. 

As always, thank you for your support of Brookwood High School, and enjoy the spring season.

Go Broncos! 

William Bo Ford, Jr. 
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We Reign

 

Science Olympiad racks up 5th straight win

This marks the fifth consecutive year, and seven of the last eight, that Brookwood has won the Science Olympiad State Championship, the pinnacle of Georgia's team science and engineering competitions. This year, our Broncos captured medals in 17 of the tournament's 23 events, the most dominant and balanced performance in school history. See the full list of medal recipients. Following are the students representing Brookwood at the National Science Olympiad at the University of Nebraska on May 15-16: Stephen George, David Hoskyn, Arjuna Karikaran, Emma DeJarnette, Laboni Hoque, Jihoon Kim, Nam Young Kim, Corey Zheng, Patrick Collins, Tu Mai, Sofia Ali, Heath Murphy, Ryan Chen, Karl Patram and Hassaan Asif.

 

Readers Rally retains the County title  

Brookwood defended its title at the Readers Rally Gwinnett County Championship this year, earning another huge trophy to display in the Media Center. As part of their preparation for the battery of questions, our team had to read and analyze 15 novels. Team members are: Adeela Abdullahi, Magie Huynh, Melanie Tanner, Selina Cui, Bao Nguyen, Teresa Tran, Laboni Hoque, Neha Reimoo, Imani Benjamin-Wharton and Arjuna Karikaran.

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We Create


Junior Iris Liu won first place in the timed Colored Pencil Drawing category at the Annual Beta Club Convention. She also won in this category at last year's State event and again at Nationals. Fellow Beta Broncos Felix Joseph and Mikalah Maury also placed at the State convention. Felix took second in the Senior Scholarship category and will receive a $1000 scholarship check, and Mikalah took third in Acrylic Painting.




Sophomore Amanda Wooten's charcoal drawing Solemn won seventh place in the Atlanta High School Art Exhibition (AHSAE). This piece, along with artwork by students Sakiba Numanovic and Ariel Charles, were on display at the Atlanta Dogwood Art Festival.




Graphic design student Karsten Nebiker won two National Scholastic Art & Writing silver medals and will be recognized at Carnegie Hall. Pictured is one of his two winning pieces, Owl.

Last year, students nationwide submitted 255,000 works of art and writing; only the top 2,000 earned national medals.


 


Senior Savanna Weaver earned a first place prize and junior Ariel McLeod earned a second place at the 24th Annual Georgia Photo-
graphy Awards and Exhibition hosted by Pace Academy.   Pictured left is Savanna's photo, We are One.

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We Lead 

 

Gwinnett Student Leadership Team teacher sponsor Ms. Mary Britt joined Principal Bo Ford and current members of Brookwood's GSLT to welcome three new sophomores, who were selected from a field of more than 50 applicants. Pictured are senior Cindy Nguyen, Ms. Britt, sophomore Katherine Markey, Principal Ford, sophomores Vincent Belcastro and Patrick Smith, and juniors Emma Pontalti and Emily Bauer. (Not present are seniors Ethan Goodwin and Holly Gunder.)


 

Bailey Ivemeyer and Shivanee Persaud will receive Brookwood's award at the GCPS Outstanding Senior Athlete banquet, 

recognizing them as the top male and female student-athlete from our high school. Shivanee plays varsity lacrosse, and Bailey plays lacrosse and football. Both are high academic achievers and hold leadership positions at Brookwood.

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We Write


 The Sentinel newspaper staff received a state ranking of Excellent for 2014-2015 and brought home three individual Georgia Scholastic Press Association awards: Anna Jahns and Ryan Pridgeon (Best Opposing Viewpoints), Sutton Thompson (Best Photo Essay), and Nick Palmer (Best Caption Writing).

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 We Translate and Communicate

 

Junior Tanya Churaman earned a Superior rating at the Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG) spoken language contest. She was also been recognized by the National Spanish Honor Society and selected as an alternate for the Bertie Green Travel Award scholarship for which only 24 juniors are chosen nationwide. Tanya currently takes AP Spanish.

 

 

 

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We Compete Swimmingly

 

Brookwood Swim Team had a tremendous season, with the girls capturing the County Championship and runner-up at State and the boys placing fourth at County and seventh at State.  Several of our swimmers were named to All-County First Team. Boys: Andrew Huenninger (County champ in 100 Butterfly) and Alex Taylor (State champ in 100 IM). Girls: Maddy Cohen (State and County champ in 100 Freestyle, County champ in 100 Backstroke), Megan Hansen, Anna Jahns (State and County champ in 500 Freestyle), Erin Scott (County champ) and Devan Sweeny (State and County champ in 100 IM).