BRUNSWICK SCHOOL
Academic Update
WINTER 2025
As Brunswick strives for the fullest intellectual development of every young man, our academic programs seek to challenge each boy to fulfill his unique potential, to foster critical-thinking skills, to instill in each student a desire to learn, and to develop the creative and independent qualities of mind necessary to reach intellectual maturity and increased self-confidence. Brunsw ick School and Greenw ich Aca demy
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English Department P H I LO S O P H Y & G O A L S
To challenge students on several levels of perception and understanding; upon graduation, a student will not only have made significant strides toward developing reading and writing skills, but will also have gained the less quantifiable yet arguably equally essential ability to enjoy literature’s power to reveal both the wider cultural landscape and the nuanced interior of his own self.
Rash is a lifelong resident of southern Appalachia and serves as the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. He visited Brunswick in early November, speaking to boys in Baker Theater and visiting an AP Literature class taught by Brian Freeman and a Creative Writing class taught by John Martin.
▶ GORDON KORMAN, the prolific author of
children’s books and young-adult fiction, visited with Lower and Middle School students in late October, offering a lively recap of a creative, bountiful writing career spanning almost 47 years. Author of more than 100 books for children, Korman told boys that a writing continued on page 2
▶ THE HISTORY AND CULTURE
of Appalachia from the Civil War to the present was the subject of the English Department summer read. Upper School boys read Burning Bright, an award-winning collection of short stories by Ron Rash.