Community Engagement
From their first days on campus, Brentwood students learn that they have a responsibility to extend our open and welcoming community outward.
Opportunities are integrated into the Brentwood School experience, taking students beyond the bounds of campus to explore new perspectives. We educate students to be active and responsible citizens in their communities.
Why Service Learning is Magic
The first field trip our kindergarteners ever take, just weeks after starting at Brentwood School, very intentionally is to a local family shelter. At the shelter, our youngest students begin to understand the nuanced experience of being unhoused in Los Angeles. They pack after-school snacks for the children who live there, and discuss what it means to be a member of a community and why we have a responsibility to care for our neighbors. This sets the tone for six years of service learning trips, when our students board buses, commute to different parts of our city, and immerse themselves in the selfless act of helping.
Is this community service? Not exactly. Our Lower School Service Learning Director explains why
Our Community Engagement Team
Whitney Abramo
Director of Community Engagement, Lower School
Margarita Lara
Director of Community Engagement, Middle School
Becca Marcus
Director of Global and Community Engagement, Upper School