Schools
Brooks Team Visits Sixth Grade Homes To Say "Hi”
Members of the Brooks Middle School community visited the homes of hundreds of sixth-grade students who will start at the school this month, as part of a tradition started by Principal Keith Wood.
Brooks Middle School Principal Keith Wood and members of the Brooks administrative and teaching teams visited the homes of students who will enter sixth grade at the Bolingbrook school starting Aug. 6.
The “community walk” included National Junior Honor Society eighth graders some of whom received visits from Dr. Wood and the Brooks team during the first community walk two years ago.
“Since people did this for me, it’s fair I do it for them,” said eighth grader Chris Bavaro, who received a visit from Dr. Wood as a sixth grader. “I enjoy walking and greeting people.”
Incoming sixth graders received a glimpse of what life is like at Brooks and were given a flyer introducing administrators, deans and counselors.
Dr. Wood initiated the community walk during his first year as principal “to help reduce the scariness” of coming to a large middle school like Brooks.
The Community Walk team included NJHS members Kayla King, Erica Igalde, Teertsah Muhammad, Damien Morrison, Yuna Park, Roxana Ascencio, Julian Torres, Esther Egbulono and Bavaro.
Roughly 350 homes were on the community walk visit schedule.
Editor's note: The following press release is from Valley View School District 365U.
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