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The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) graduates more than 20,000 high school students annually. Over 3,000 of our most academically talented students attend some of the country’s most competitive higher education institutions. It is important that CPS continues to expose our highly qualified students to top colleges and universities. Therefore, the Chicago Public Schools' Office of College and Career Success will host the Highly Selective School College Fair at Whitney M.
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Students parking in the school lot must have a parking permit. Purchase them from Mr. Bayon for $25. CARS PARKED WITHOUT A PERMIT WILL BE TOWED.
All students taking AP courses will take the AP exam. Students with free or reduced lunch must pay $10 per AP exam. All others must pay $80 per exam. See Mr. Bayon in the main office to pay your balance.
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Brooks Chess won the 7th Place trophy in the U1200 section at the USCF National Chess Tournament in Washington D.C on Apr. 2, 2023. This is a 3 day tournament involving thousands of students from hundreds of schools across the nation.
Pictured from left to right:
Saul Lopez 4/7 wins
Captain David Perez 4.5/7
Co-Captain Chidi Ireaja with 6/7
Isabella Garza 2.5/7
Christian Walton 2/7
Coach Jose Garza
This is our 2nd National trophy win, two years in a row!
On Saturday, March 11th Brooks Math Team participated in the contest #4 of the City of Chicago Math League. After this contest Brooks moved up to the fourth place overall in division C.
Our teams placed as follows:
Algebra 1 team - 3rd place
Geometry team - 1st place
Pre-Calc team - 1st place
Individual awards for the southside division C:
Last Monday Brooks Bowling Team competed for the City Finals. While the team continued to show resilience we succumbed to inexperience. They were able to finish fifth in the city. We also had 2 members of the team (Lindora Kamalu and Trinity Jones) earn All City honors by finishing fifth and ninth respectively.
On another note, help us congratulate Lindora Kamalu and Trinity Jones for advancing to the state sectionals on 2/11. They earned this by their excellent performance at the State Regionals this past Saturday.
On April 10, 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee, the Brooks Chess Team won their first USCF National K-12 trophy.
The teacm came in 19th Place in the U1200 section. This is a great honor for the Chess Team and the school.
Congratulations to team members:
Brooks Chess won 2nd Place in the Chicago Chess Tournament for K-9 on Feb. 05, 2022. This is a multi state tournament for the Midwest.
Isabella Garza lead the with the highest score, followed by Melissa De Loera, and Cesar Morales.
Mr. Ejzak, one of Brooks' own English teacher is one of this year Golden Apple Foundation finalists.
Read his thoughts about working with students at Brooks by clicking here.
THE FIFTH ISSUE OF THE BALM IS OUT TODAY!
