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BEYOND CLASS Front Row (left to right): CJ Murphy, Grant Mc Faddin, Alexander Hickey, Kevin Griffith, Conor Kupersmith, Conrad Graf, Jamie MacFarlane, Peter Gish, David Darling, , Andrew Floersheimer, Graham Hazlett, Hartel Smith (in the back), Spencer McDonough. Back Row (left to right): Ali Coopersmith, William Bass, Hartel Spencer McDonough
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Friday Afternoons with Dogs & Fauna
Brunswick Middle School boys had a full fall agenda of community service activities. Along with visits to Greenwich Audubon to help create a 50-foot path on a major trail with broken tree branches, the boys visited Yearlings, an after-school Pre and Lower School program run by Brunswick. The team of big guys and little guys made Halloween crafts, played kickball, and read stories together. Fifteen boys also volunteered their Friday afternoon to give a helping hand at Adopt-a-Dog, a Greenwich organization that places hundreds of abandoned animals in loving homes each year. “We introduced groups of four boys to interact with the dogs outside,” said Allyson Halm, president of Adopta-Dog. “Some of the boys went inside to play with the kittens, and others raked pine needles that accumulate around the outside of the kennel building and pose a fire hazard. The boys filled 20 large garbage bags of pine needles! We were grateful for all of their help and are happy to have the opportunity to nurture these young minds about the importance of animal welfare.”
2__V 2]]h``U FaaVc DTY``] 2A 4R]Tf]fd 34 EVRTYVc ?`^Z_ReVU W`c 9Vc ?f^VcZTR] 6iTV]]V_TV Anne Allwood, who crunches numbers at the highest level, has been nominated for her excellence in teaching AP math by the Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. This annual award recognizes one teacher in every state for their success in the classroom and for their dedication to students. The nomination was made on the basis of Brunswick’s (and Anne’s) exceptional results in AP Calculus BC. This level of math, the very highest in the AP program, is one of 11 designated math and science subject areas that are eligible for the Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. Only 15 schools in Connecticut were chosen for nominations, and this ranks Brunswick at possibly the highest success rate for BC Calculus in the state. Outstanding!