Madison Golden reacts after making a slip-up as Brookwood High School seniors participate in their virtual graduation Thursday, May 14, 2020. Photo by Whigham ImagesThompson Miles received the 2020 Headmaster’s Award, the highest honor given by Brookwood faculty.
Brookwood High School Virtual Graduation 2020 Produced May 2020 Download For example, our acceptance rates at local schools that we send many applications were also more favorable than it has been in several years. Brookwood announces plans for graduation and other senior events May 8, 2020 Submitted photoBrookwood will graduate 37 seniors who will attend 19 colleges in nine states. It’s also important to note that Brookwood had a student accepted at Groton, a school that accepted only 6% of applicants this year, in addition to acceptances at Loomis Chaffee, Westminster, and the highly competitive Lycais de New York. Those few students who did not gain access to first-choice schools all had solid alternative options, which is why every single student in this class had a suitable destination set by April 10th.
Governor’s Academy accepted 81% of Brookwood applicants, and Pingree accepted an astounding 81%. The Georgia Department of Education has repeatedly recognized Brookwood with AP Merit and AP Honors distinctions, and U.S. News & World Report and The Washington Post have named us among the most highly ranked high schools in the country. Plans for the summer include actual graduation ceremonies, but those will involve a limited number of family members and must meet social distancing requirements.“I really don’t know how to feel about it,” said Brookwood High graduate Cole Everett. Brookwood High celebrates virtual graduation with class of 2020.Tuscaloosa County School System’s virtual graduation moved to Brookwood High School Thursday and will finish Friday, giving students at least a semblance of a traditional graduation ceremony.The virtual graduations are videotaped and photographed so families can share in the experience remotely. I think it’s a better way to keep everybody safe.”Everett said he was not personally worried about getting COVID-19, but he understood the need to keep more vulnerable people from being exposed to the crowd that would gather at a traditional ceremony.Fellow senior Abigail Fallowfield agreed that the virtual graduations are nice but that she, like many others, would rather have a traditional graduation ceremony.“I think it’s a good thing, but I think a lot of us would like to have an actual graduation to get the experience like everyone else did,” said Fallowfield. A senior year to remember for Brookwood School’s top grads 6/2/2020 Read More. … “I think it was necessary to keep people safe, it’s just us seniors would rather have finished and had the full experience.”Principal Daniel Bray passed out diplomas, stretching across to hand the document case to each senior while still maintaining a six-foot separation.“I think this is one of those things they’ll look back on in the future, and they’ll see where we were,” Bray said. As competition for spots at Pingree and Governor’s Academy heighten, Brookwood’s graduates continue to rise to the top of applicant pools. “They may not understand it now, but 10 years from now they’ll look back and reflect on what happened to our country and our world. , and while we miss enjoying their company during these final weeks of their tenure, we send them off knowing that they will begin anew in many terrific high schools.In reflecting back on the secondary school process for the Class of 2020, many themes emerge that both pay tribute to the strength and resilience of this group and celebrate their achievements through the validation of admission to an exceptional complement of schools.