Home Video

BrooksNews
 
B logo

At Brooks School, we seek to provide the most meaningful educational experience our students will have in their lives.

BrooksEvents

All new and returning students (who have not yet reported to campus by invitation) are expected at Brooks today. Welcome and welcome back, Brooksians!

Semester 1 kicks off today on campus with the first day of school.

Kick off the Brooks Centennial on October 1 at Raffles in Boston! Connect with alumni, celebrate 100 years of Brooks and start the year-long centennial festivities together. Registration information will be shared in summer 2026!

Parents, guardians and special friends of current Brooks students, you're invited to Family Weekend, held this year on October 9 and 10. The weekend offers activities, events and an opportunity to meet with teachers and advisors. We look forward to seeing you!

Parents, guardians and special friends of current Brooks students, you're invited to Family Weekend, held this year on October 9 and 10. The weekend offers activities, events and an opportunity to meet with teachers and advisors. We look forward to seeing you!

Students enjoy a long weekend in the middle of the first semester.

Students and faculty depart to celebrate Thanksgiving. The break concludes on November 30 (when boarding students are expected to return by 9 p.m.).

Thanksgiving Break concludes as boarding students and faculty return to campus (by 9 p.m.).

Students complete their final coursework of the first semester from December 12 through December 17 (required of all students) before campus closes for Winter Break on December 18.

UniquelyBrooks

Winter Term

Winter Term is an intense, three-week, one-topic course of study held each January. Puttting into practice the concept of “depth over breadth,” the single-course structure of Winter Term allows students and faculty to work together even more closely than they do in regular classes.
Learn More

Students On The Forefront

The Students on the Forefront of Science Program is a summer internship initiative that provides rising sixth-formers with innovative experiences that expose them to research, technology and advanced studies in the sciences.
Learn More

Exchange Program

Since 1986, Brooks students have participated in exchanges with schools all around the world. A program that started initially with schools in Kenya and South Africa has expanded to include Botswana, Hungary, Peru and Scotland.
Learn More

BrooksFacts

1926 year Brooks School was founded

270 acres overlooking Lake Cochichewick

80% of our faculty hold advanced degrees

6.5 million provided in financial aid each year

1:5 faculty-to-student ratio

4 heads of school since 1926

31 states represented in student body

23 countries represented in student body

 

11 average class size

 

70% of students live on campus

BrooksSocial
    AdmissionsVideo
    Take a glimpse at all that Brooks has to offer, described in the words of our students.
    Loading from Vimeo...
    Inquire

    Fill out our online inquiry form and we will send you a packet of materials that will tell you more about Brooks.

    Visit

    Contact our admission office to schedule a visit. We will arrange a student-led tour and an interview with an admission officer.

    Apply

    Learn more about applying to Brooks. We welcome online applications from Gateway to Prep Schools or SSAT's Standard Application.

    Brooks School is a coeducational boarding and day school, grades nine through 12, located in North Andover, Massachusetts. The school admits students of any race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, color, or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational and admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletics and other school-administered programs and activities.

    AlumniStories
    Brooks School's KimChi Vu '00
    Finding Home

    KimChi Vu ’00 owns a Vietnamese restaurant that’s quickly become a can’t-miss stop for locals and visitors alike.

    Brooks School's Rob Simmons '61
    A Life of Service

    After being drafted into the United States military at the onset of the Vietnam War, Rob Simmons ’61 embarked on a political career devoted to supporting servicemembers and veterans. Now, he finds peace in the simple labor of growing crops on his family farm in his hometown of Stonington, Connecticut.