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faculty, and spent much of our time noting the progress on all dimensions that has been

made on the Center for the Arts. If you have been following the live camera looking at the

work site, you will immediately see that the auditorium and all of the spaces that housed

our theater, visual art, and music program have been razed to the ground! While it will

take much longer to build the new building than it took to eliminate the old buildings, we

have felt a tangible sense of accomplishment through these weeks. We also are pleased

to report that the expansion and total renovation of the student center is well underway.

This will dramatically improve both the form and function of a space that we are

confident will draw even more students to it when school begins in the fall. Finally, we

enjoyed the 19-acre parcel of land and home the school purchased two weeks ago at

1116 Great Pond Road, which is adjacent to our campus. While we will use the home in

the near-term for faculty housing, we will begin to do some medium- and long-term

thinking about how best to incorporate this beautiful piece of land into the campus. In

sum, we had a full two days of meetings!

As we move more fully into the summer, we will be in touch with information pertinent to

the coming year. While this always includes forms and agreements of many sorts, I

would highlight a couple of areas at this time:

I noted in my last letter that we will be revising the school's dress code in 2017-

2018. We will have those revisions fully vetted by the early part of July and intend

to share that information with new and returning students and parents alike at that

time. As I noted in late May, this next iteration of the dress code will hope to

address both the widespread frustration we feel with the current approach, along

with the range of interests and opinions many have shared regarding what we wear

to school.

I know that your daughters and sons have already been made aware of the

summer's all-school read, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. We hope you will

join us in reading the book over these summer months, and then participate in our

consideration of the book during the school year. Our English department chair,

Dean Charpentier, did a terrific job previewing the book for all of us before the

year ended, and I know there will be a number of opportunities for group

discussion of Ishiguro's work once school begins in the fall.

Before closing, I do want to make one final pitch on behalf of the current year's Brooks

Fund. We are deeply appreciative of the support we have received to date from parents,

and we are working hard to meet our goal for the fiscal year. All gifts made by midnight

on June 30 will make an important difference. The combination of a successful Brooks

Fund and sound stewardship of resources allows us to be the school we aim to be.

Again, thank you for all of your support.

Finally, I want to wish those of you who are parents of members of the Class of 2017 the

very best moving forward. While some of you will stay with us with a younger daughter

or son still at Brooks, the majority of you will be leaving, and this is my final letter of the

year. I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done to support the school and the

experience your kids have had here through these years. Take good care and we will

certainly hope to keep in touch.

For those who are returning for another year, I will look forward to being in touch with

you and all of our new parents at some point in mid-July. Until then, have a great

beginning to the summer.

Best,

John R. Packard

Head of School

Brooks School

1160 Great Pond Road, North Andover, MA 01845

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