October 2015
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We Salute 

At the Georgia Junior Classical League Fall Forum, 22 of our Latin students participated. Our Ultimate Frisbee team took first place, and a these two Broncos brought home special awards: Claire West - Magna Cum Laude in both CAMWS Latin Translation and AP Latin Essay; Paul Thomas -  Cum Laude in AP Latin Essay.
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We Care
To raise money for the Amanda Riley Foundation, Broncos took the Whipping Childhood Cancer Whipped Pie Challenge, including our girls' and boys' cross country teams, softball, volleyball, and a group of staff members. Additional donations during Guided Study and t-shirt sales in The Commons brought to total to $10,000.

Student members of BOSS participated in Chick-fil-A's "Packing 1 Million Meals" program, constructing nearly 100 meals for charity. BOSS is Brookwood's contingent of the Chick-fil-A Leadership Academy and stands for Brookwood Organization of Servant Students. Its 40 members are handpicked by Brookwood teachers and coaches.



FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) collected  coloring books and crayons valued at $1350 to give to Gwinnett Medical Center for its young patients.
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We Applaud

Amanda Wooten traveled to Arco, Italy to compete in the 2015 World Youth Climbing Championships. She placed sixth in speed climbing in her age group. By the way, she also tallied about 60 in her three times up at the Chin-up Challenge at BHS earlier this year.




John Malanoski was the first to graduate the Swansong Foundation's two-year program, which teaches sailing to children with autism. He is now a "crew member" of Swan,  the 36-foot sloop that sails at Lake Lanier. 




Victoria Blake is part of the United States Equestrian Federation's (USEF) Equestrian Athlete Lettering Program for which she will  train a minimum of 100 hours and compete in three equestrian events this school year.






Stella Grimaldi has been selected for the Aurora Theatre's Teen Nation Program. She will serve as a liaison between Gwinnett's schools and the Aurora Theater and perform in a showcase in the spring.

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August/September

Nahni Garcia Morales
Artrell Correa 
Javon Savage
Marc Wimberly
Taelor Matos 
Britteny Duffy 
Ben Collins 
Kamryn Tillman 
Eleni Lane

Mathew Brasfield 
Dawson Thomas 
Alyssa Tumale 
Abbey McIntosh 
Travaris Johnson 
Emily Huffman 
Michael Gomez 
Yoshua Medina Castilo 
Kendrick KJ Gregory 





August/September

Garvie Whitlock
Anna Miller
Emerson Harmon
Bennett Medcalf

Racquel Williams
Masyn Power 
Emily Huffman
Kristen Nandlal-Smith
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We Return
Did you know that these Brookwood High School employees also graduated Brookwood High School?

Daniel Bowles
Chad Carithers
Chris Carter
Kelsey Collado
Valerie Taylor Dalziel
Elizabeth Debban
Stacy Carter Dehnke
Kaitlyn Flagg
Kristen Bennett Fowler
Stephen George
Lauren Nation Harrison
Jason Hughes
Mark Isenhour
Philip Jones
PJ Katz
Megan Hill Kendall
Megan Lennox
Laura Lindahl
Jennifer Pepin Lucky
Jennifer MacKay Masterson
Cristy Soto Mathews
Jackie Stephens Meadows
Chris Michael
Kim Nichols
Lauren Barnette Ollinger
Erin Eidson Payne
Chad Pickett
Kelsey Schaffernoth
Carmel Osinski Silver
Amber Markmann Simmons
David Thompson
Kathryn Wills
Craig Witmer
A MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL FORD

Greetings!

This fall, we have noticed an uptick of good deeds around campus and an emphasis on what it means to be a Brookwood Upstander. 

In September alone, our school raised more than $10,000 for the Amanda Riley Foundation. We donated $1,800 to Helping Hands & Hearts, the amount we collected in fees from the homecoming dance coat check. We also held collection drives valued at $4,500 in school supplies, coloring books, crayons and gently used shoes. Our goal for the 2015-16 year is to surpass last year's $100K Challenge and to outperform our friendly rival North Gwinnett High School.

Mr. Ford presents a gift to "Q" Crane, 
the inspiring guest speaker at our October faculty meeting.
Beyond monetary donations, we encourage upstanding behavior toward each other. This month, our Peer Leaders created the "BARK" campaign, which stands for Brookwood Acts of Random Kindness.  Students post photos of their good deeds on social media with grade-designated hashtags, #BARK9 through #BARK12. The photos also appear in Brookwood's morning show for recognition and inspiration. Our volleyball team has already taken action; when they bought pizzas for their opponent's bus ride home, they tweeted a picture with BARK hashtags, turning a good meal and a good deed into a good example for some of our other teams. 


October promises to be another upstanding month. We have the Art Club's silent auction of decorated pumpkins on display in the Media Center, a co-op pumpkin sale at Cannon Methodist Church, SGA's annual Haunted F-Hall, an in-school United Way campaign, and a canned food drive. Faculty Blue Jeans Days occur without fanfare but have a history of raising $6,500 for charities. Jeans take on a new meaning here.

Thank you for supporting our early-semester fundraisers.  We appreciate all that we do for Brookwood High School. 

Go Broncos! 



William Bo Ford, Jr. 
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We Reign

Academic Team wins GATA Fall Tournament
Our team of Saadat Syed, Jack Li, Michael Smith, Patrick Smith and Gabe Taylor won the Georgia Academic Team Association fall tournament.


Boys Cross Country Wins County
Runners Zunair Manzoor, Patrick Smith, Ben Cook, Zach Israel, Gruem Tesfamariam, Stuart Jones, Jordan Bullock, Noah Ingalls and Karsten Nebiker brought home the cup. MIssing from this photo is Dylan Vitovic.



Football Wins 
Snellville Mayor's Cup
The Broncos took back the Mayor's Cup with an exciting win over South Gwinnett: Broncos 23, Generals 12.




Volleyball Wins 
Region Championship
The Lady Broncos earned their sixth consecutive region title with their season's final win. 

We Harmonize


Our Marching Band earned Superior ratings in all captions at the Lake Lanier Tournament of Bands, first in all categories, and first at the entire competition for Drum Major, Color Guard and Percussion. Our more than 250 Broncos also earned the Gene Shadburn championship award and the Ronald J. Evans musicianship award.

More than 50 Brookwood seniors were inducted into the Tri-M Music Honor Society, chosen for their leadership, academic excellence and musical success in Band, Chorus, Orchestra, and Music Tech.  



We Teach

Brookwood 2015-16 Teacher of the Year is Mr. Dana Kling. Mr. Kling currently teaches AP Literature and Audio Visual Technology & Film and is the teacher sponsor for our literary magazine and school talent show. 

Brookwood's GCPS Entrepreneurship Program Specialist Ms. Cindy Quinlan was named Region Teacher of the Year by the Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) and is a National ACTE Award finalist.

Our Special Education Department has the highest graduation rate in Gwinnett County for students with disabilities. Last year's rate was 65.9%, compared to 38.8% for the county. 


Once a Bronco, Always a Bronco. There are 66 Brookwood Cluster Schools employees who are graduates of Brookwood HS; 33 have returned to work at our school. See the list of 33 in the left column.