Asking for Courage Day 2017

December 6, 2017

On Dec. 5, the high school held its annual Asking for Courage Day, where assemblies throughout the day covered a wide plethora of topics about race, ethnicity and identity. See the Sagamore's block by block coverage below. This is a sample of a few of the many events that made this day a powerful one.

Students attend MSAN conference to decrease discipline gap

Maddie Kennedy, Staff Writer

November 18, 2017

Imagine a school in which there is no racial discipline gap, no disparity in numbers of minorities in higher level classes and one in which students have the power to make a change. Can you? The group that visited the Minority Student Achievement Network conference can. Ten Brookline students and t...

How comfortable do students feel talking about race in world language classes

Sascha Wolf-Sorokin and Lauren Mahoney

May 31, 2017

The Sagamore compiled data from a Facebook and Canvas survey of 185 students. The survey included a ranking of students' comforts levels in each academic subject. *For the purposes of these graphics, West Asian, South Asian, Southwest Asian, Southeast Asian, Central Asian and Northwest Asian were...

Flag-raising ceremony honors Brookline slaves who fought in Revolutionary War

Susanna Kemp, Breaking News Writing Editor

April 27, 2017

On Tuesday, students, teachers and members of the Brookline community came together for a flag-raising ceremony on Cypress Field honoring Adam, Peter and Prince, three slaves from Brookline who fought in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Lexington. After an introduction from history teacher M...

Brookline for Racial Justice and Equity agitates for change

Sophie Hafner, Staff Writer

March 8, 2017

“BRJE seeks to identify and clarify issues of social and racial inequality in Brookline and to build a multiracial coalition in order to dismantle structural racism and everyday prejudice,” is the mission statement of Brookline for Racial Justice and Equity [BRJE], a coalition formed last August ...

Officers face termination in hearing

Valentina Rojas-Posada, Breaking News Managing Editor

March 8, 2017

Police officers Prentice Pilot and Estifanos Zerai-Misgun’s disciplinary hearing for potential termination due to absence from their jobs at the Brookline Police Department occurred on March 3. The officers have not returned to work since reporting alleged racial discrimination in December 2015....

Peeps on the street: Students and teachers wear dashikis to celebrate the beginning of Black History Month

Sabrina Zhou, Jamie Martinez, and Maisie Kramer

February 3, 2017

Lunch and Learn Series adds to diversification of world language classroom conversations

Ella Kitterman, News Feature Writing Editor

February 2, 2017

The world language department is making strides to effectively integrate race related conversations into their curricula. This is largely due to the new Identity Curriculum and the Lunch and Learn Series, which were held in every department last year; the mission was to provide students with the opportunity...

Lunch and Learn Series proves effective for the English department

Ella Kitterman, Feature News Writing Editor

January 31, 2017

Within the English department, teachers have been hard at work to change many long standing aspects of the English curriculum. Books, teaching methods and faculty demographics are being reexamined with a focus on race. Although there are many factors driving these changes, some of these issues were...

Crowds gather at Copley Square protest against Muslim immigration ban

Chloe McKim Jepsen, Feature News Writing Editor

January 29, 2017

  Roars of applause following Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s call that “We are not alone” and chants from the crowd screaming “No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here” echoed off of the buildings surrounding Copley Square on Sunday, Jan. 29. Thousands gathered at a last minute-protes...

Q&A with Deputy Superintendent of Student Services Samuel Zimmerman

Susanna Kemp, Breaking News Writing Editor

January 26, 2017

Samuel Zimmerman is the Deputy Superintendent of Student Services. He moved here last year from the New York school system to work in a smaller, more community-oriented environment. We recently spoke with him about his Native American identity and education.   What motivated you to go to college? I didn...

MLK assembly brings school together to discuss racism

Sarah Groustra, Arts Writing Editor

January 20, 2017

It is a rare occasion when the entire school gathers together in one room. Jan. 19 was one such day, as all students gathered in the Schluntz Gym to celebrate the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through speech and art. Many performances reflected the urgency for action given th...