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Brooks School was founded in 1926 by Endicott Peabody, who had previously established Groton School in 1884. [1] It was named after Phillips Brooks (1835–1893), a well-known clergyman and author who spent summers in North Andover, Massachusetts, and briefly served as the Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts during the 1890s. [2]
It was named Brooksville after Governor John Brooks of Massachusetts, who then governed Maine. [4] The surface of the town abounds with granite, and several quarries were established. The soil is a clay loam, which yielded wheat and potatoes.
Designed by Henry deCourcy Richards and built in 1919, the George L. Brooks School encompasses part of the original walls of the school's 1902 edifice that had been destroyed by fire. It is a three-story, five-bay, stone and brick building situated on a raised basement, and was designed in the Late Gothic Revival -style.
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Brooks College Preparatory Academy is rated an 8 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org, a national school quality information site. [6] GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school’s themed ratings: the Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school.
Medford Public Schools is a school district located in Medford, Massachusetts. The district has 9 schools in the city serving grades K-12. It is led by Superintendent Dr. Marice Edouard-Vincent. The main office is located at 489 Winthrop Street, within the High School/Vocational-Technical High School building. [5]
Hathaway Brown, commonly referred to as HB, is an all-girls private school located in Shaker Heights, Ohio. The school serves pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students. [3] Hathaway Brown is a member of the National Coalition of Girls' Schools, National Association of Independent Schools, and Cleveland Council of Independent Schools.
Brooks was a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad main line (now the Union Pacific) through the Willamette Valley. [7] The station was named for early settler Linus Brooks, who came to Oregon from Illinois in 1850. [7] He was born in Ohio in 1805. [7] Brooks post office was established in 1871, about the time the railroad reached the ...