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| In the spring of 2010, the board of trustees voted to change the Brooks School mission statement to read: "At Brooks School, we seek to provide the most meaningful educational experience our students will have in their lives."
While the mission statement is new, the sentiment and goals it is based on date back to the school's earliest days. At a place where innovation is encouraged, faculty are frequently engaged in conversations about curriculum, teaching styles and pedagogy, always in the pursuit of the best possible learning enviroment for students.
"Only the years to come can show whether we were right in thinking these things important. But as the year begins, I wish to say to you that I believe these things:
That the most precious characteristic of our race is the development of the human mind, and that therefore we honored and studied the great achievements of humanity and tried to develop our own minds while young into flexible, strong, and wise instruments.
That knowledge is power and that it is also a source of deep pleasure, solace, and understanding, and that we honored it in all forms that were not wicked or harmful.
That we judged one another by our works, by what we were, not by possessions or by what someone else had been."
| Founding Headmaster Frank D. Ashburn, 1950s Chapel Address
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| At Brooks School, we seek to provide the most meaningful educational experience our students will have in their lives.
Statement of Purpose
Within an environment of academic excellence, Brooks strives to promote and focus intellectual growth and curiosity. The school encourages students to develop analytic and creative capacities; to read critically; to think, speak, and write with cogency and precision; to broaden aesthetic sensibility; to make effective use of technology in the learning process; and to be aware of the larger world beyond the school community.
The school emphasizes moral awareness and strives to provide daily lessons in tolerance, integrity and social responsibility. Civility and decency are as important now as ever before.
The chapel program gives expression to the spirit of the community. Since its founding, Brooks has been affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school seeks to further the teachings of the Judeo-Christian ethic while valuing all religious traditions and honoring the beliefs of the students who hold them.
One of the most important capacities Brooks develops in its students is the ability to make good decisions and to profit from mistakes. It does not presume to make every choice for them, either academically or socially. The school creates a climate where high standards are balanced with reasonable expectations, tolerance and understanding. In this way, Brooks hopes and expects students to grow in wisdom, confidence and maturity.
Core Values
Underpinning and clarifying the mission statement are core values which the school hopes will permeate all programs, and which might serve to direct community members in their experience with the mission. The core values of the school are: empathy, engagement, integrity, passion, confidence and creativity. Of these, empathy and engagement are considered preeminent. |
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