This page includes reviews of assemblies and programs that happen on campus throughout the year. To review student activities, including celebrations of special days, events, and theme-oriented activities, please visit our student activities page.

Commencement 2010
May 29, 2010 – It was another beautiful, sunny day for Brewster Academy's 190th Commencement. One hundred and fourteen students graduated with an audience of 1,000 inside the Smith Center. To the delight of the audience, 15-year-old bagpiper Peter Campbell led the procession while Class Marshals Grace Apfeld of Wolfeboro and Connor Dunn of Lutherville, Maryland, led their classmates to their seats. Read More.

Moving Up Day
May 24, 2010 – Moving Up Day kicked off 2010 Commencement celebrations today. Although this honors and prizes ceremony took place in the Smith Center, following tradition, students processed by class out of the Estabrook. The underclassmen eventually lined both sides of the walkway from the Estabrook to the Smith Center, creating a congratulatory runway for their senior and postgraduate friends to walk through. Juniors then followed the Class of 2010 into the Smith Center, followed by sophomores and finally freshmen. Read More.

Grandparents' Day
May 12, 2010 – We welcomed Bobcat grandparents to campus on a warm spring day. They were spotted everywhere – in the classrooms, the Smith Center, the Estabrook, at Anderson Hall, and on the playing fields -- enjoying time with their grandchildren and experiencing all that Brewster has to offer. Read More.

Celebrating Civil Rights on MLK Day
January 18, 2010 – The community gathered in Anderson Hall to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Doug Kiley, history department chair, addressed the community with an “open letter” to Dr. King, thanking him for his courage and for risking his life for basic civil rights. Kiley prefaced his letter by saying that it wasn’t about race but rather “a celebration of a person who fought for the rights of all people.” (Open Letter)

Trey Whitfield Memorial Lecture
January 19, 2010 – Todd Parola ’89 returned to campus as the guest speaker at the 21st annual Trey Whitfield ’89 Memorial Lecture. In his remarks, Parola, who was a friend and classmate of Trey’s, praised Trey’s parents, A.B. Whitfield and Janie Whitney, for arriving on campus and embracing the community immediately following the untimely death of their son. During a time when Whitfield and Whitney had to absorb and deal with the devastating loss, they wanted nothing more than to make sure Trey’s friends and the community he loved so much were cared for. Parola described how their courage would carry him through another devastating loss, that of this brother Jeffrey, killed in the line of duty as a Maine state trooper, years later. During this tragedy, Parola would help his family cope with the loss through an understanding that any death is also a time to celebrate a life regardless of how short-lived. Parola applauded Whitfield and Whitney and the Brewster community for continuing to honor and celebrate Trey Whitfield’s compassionate life.

Following Parola’s remarks, the beautiful voices of the Trey Whitfield School Choir once again filled Anderson Hall to the delight of all and the choir members (ages 8-14) energized and inspired with their spirited songs.

A Wintry Concert
December 15, 2009 – HOWL, Chamber Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and soloists performed a wintry concert in the cozy warmth of an Après-ski living room (Anderson Hall) before heading home for the holiday break.

Faure's Requiem
November 6, 2009 – HOWL, Chamber Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and soloists performed Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, dedicating the concert to the memory of those who have lost their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. (Read More)

Ball in the House
October 23, 2009 – Ball in the House, a Boston-based “mouth band” treated the Brewster community to a great pop, rock and R&B concert at this morning’s All-School Assembly.