Last month, Shelley Grant '21, a Renbrook alumna and current student at Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts, delivered a chapel talk.

A chapel talk is a brief speech written by a student and delivered to their fellow students and faculty. Chapel talks focus on themes that are personally meaningful to the speaker; they are reflective and range from the moving to humorous to motivational.

In her moving chapel talk, Shelley tells her story as a Ghanaian American. She shares her love for poetry as both a bridge and an outlet and recites three of her original poems. You can watch Shelley's talk here.

We are so proud of Griffin Santopietro '20, who is featured in this West Hartford News article for his work as an actor. Griffin recently starred in the Netflix show "Cobra Kai" which is based on "The Karate Kid." Griffin is a 2020 graduate of Renbrook. Click below to read the West Hartford News article.

On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, Renbrook School, along with alumni Pleasance Lowengard Silicki '93 and Matthew Sahlin '00, hosted a dinner party at Farmers & Distillers restaurant in Washington, DC. Ten alumni and spouses made new friends and reconnected with old over a four-course meal in the perfectly appointed General's Parlor. Beloved faculty member and Director of Secondary School Placement Beverly Fitzsousa, Director of Alumni & Development James Ebert, and Director of Annual Giving Allison Young shared news from the Mountain and heard updates from our amazing alums!

Emily Perzan, class of 1999, presented to Upper School students about her spending the past year playing the Wicked Witch of the West with the Broadway National Tour of The Wizard of Oz.

Renbrook upper school students led a Veteran's Day assembly with an appearance from Abraham Lincoln (aka Mr. Wright). Renbrook alum Tori Hooker '02 visited campus and share about her active duty in the U.S. Navy where she has been a corpsman (combat medic) for over 11 years and have been stationed all over the East coast. She spent three years working in the emergency room at the naval hospital in Virginia and three years on a guided missile destroyer doing anti-piracy operations. She moved back to Connecticut to go to school and see her family and spent four years as a reservist supporting the navy funeral honors program in New England. She was recently called back to active duty to run a medical mobilization department in a reservist support center in Connecticut. Tori says that the best part of what she does is getting to visit over 23 countries and swim in the middle of four different oceans. 

Renbrook alumna Angelica Calabrese '07 spoke to ninth-graders in Mrs. Nickeo's class this morning about her experiences with Where There Be Dragons, an organization doing international experiential educational programming in over 30 countries. Angelica talked to students about the value of intercultural communication and relationship-building and said her sense of risk-taking, her willingness to make mistakes in search of personal growth, and her foundation in foreign language were fostered here at Renbrook School. 

More than 60 alumni returned to Renbrook the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 22, 2017, for the annual Young Alumni Pancake Breakfast. A Renbrook tradition, the Pancake Breakfast is hosted by the 9th-grade class and is a fun and festive opportunity for high school-age alumni and Renbrook 9th graders to catch up with one another, chat with teachers, and participate in another Renbrook tradition, the Thanksgiving Assembly! Thanks to all who joined us for food, fun, and most importantly friendship! Check out more pics at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmbLUxEG.

Renbrook School held its Annual Alumni Weekend on October 27 and 28, 2017. The weekend started with a reunion reception for alumni classes ending in 2's and 7's beginning with the class of 2007. All were invited to cheer on Renbrook athletes for the Fall Sports Day which also fell on that Saturday. Alumni and their friends and families spruced up the campus through the Alumni Give Back project and participated in a yoga class and a drum circle.  During the afternoon luncheon, the Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to the Honorary Eunice Strong Groark '50, who served as Connecticut's First Female Lieutenant Governor.