April 9, 2025

Trying something new can be intimidating. It can also be really exciting when you feel supported. Just this week, current students shared with admitted students their stories of taking a chance with Brooks behind them.

“This is my first year ever taking Chinese. It was a big leap for me,” Noah Humphrey ’27 said during an admission panel talk for families visiting campus.

“I came in as strictly an athlete, super not into art at all,” added Lydia Tangney ’25, captain of the girls 1st basketball and lacrosse teams. “But I’m leaving here as a 2-D visual artist and also very passionate about the theater program.”

The girls 1st squash team wins the medal, though (literally). Six of the eight athletes who won in their NEPSAC Class D Championship — and took second place in the Division 5 High School National Championship — were only introduced to the sport at Brooks.