With T minus four days until opening night, the cast of A Chorus Line has kicked it into high gear to put the final touches on the performance of the year. This week is filled with full run-throughs of the show, including tech runs with the wonderful theatre production team, costumes from the talented Ms…
Pottery is one of the oldest human inventions – it dates back to 29,000 BC. Like many other discoveries, clay was discovered by accident when villagers found that a solid substance was present in river beds. Ever since, clay has been used to make pots, bricks and pavers – and it is also a major…
Recently, Max E and I decided to organize BEAT’s’ annual book fair, where old books from the Brentwood library are placed on tables in the lobby of the Arts Building for students and staff to take. The leftover books are given to organizations in the local community. The project was a massive success, and as…
BEAT stands for the Brentwood Environmental Action Team – not the hardy red root vegetable. This year BEAT and Environmental Advocacy have already completed dozens of projects which have all aimed to benefit our environment in one way or another. One recent activity was a battery drive in which Evan R, Privett ‘25 placed battery…
In the stunning space that is the Killy Theatre, the stage was set for a phenomenal night of pianists, singers, bands, and more. The night was opened with “It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas” by Brentwood’s String and Wind Ensembles as each musician had the exceptional opportunity to perform before the Brentwood community and the…
Over the course of the fall, Aisha L, Michelle A, Katie L and I, all from Environmental Advocacy, have been working on a rehab plan for Brentwood’s raised garden beds on Partridge Road. Our first idea was to plant bulbs for tulips and daffodils in the fall so we could harvest them in the spring…
On Friday, November 17th, Brentwood students seized a valuable opportunity to engage in student presentations and a panel alongside peers from five other south Island schools – Claremont, Pearson College, St. Michael’s, Cowichan & Shawnigan. This insightful discussion not only introduced fresh perspectives on sustainability, courtesy of local youth, but also resonated profoundly with our…
From the outside looking in, one could assume that the Grade 8s are slightly isolated from the rest of Brentwood. However, when it comes to environmental advocacy and gardening, these young students are all in! Nathan C, Rogers ‘23 and I have been working to create an interactive learning space that educates the class on…
The students in Brentwood’s newest art, Environmental Advocacy, working alongside their similarly sustainably-minded twins in the Brentwood Environmental Action Team, BEAT, worked hard last year to optimize Brentwood’s environmentalism in both idea and action. From clothing swaps, to AppleFest, to campus-wide clean ups, audits of food, recycling, and electricity, and weekly Assembly announcements to inform,…
Did you know that Brentwood College School has various fruit trees on campus? There are 17 fruit trees on campus we know of, mostly located on adjacent properties across the street from the main campus. These trees were left, mostly ignored, for years until last year when BEAT and EA pruned them. This fall we…