Brookwood High School is a public secondary school in Snellville, Georgia, in suburban Atlanta, part of the Gwinnett County School System. Brookwood serves several areas of southern Gwinnett County, including Snellville, Lawrenceville, and Lilburn.
History
Planning for Brookwood High School was started in 1977 to lessen the overcrowding of nearby South Gwinnett High School and Parkview High School. A committee of educators from Gwinnett County met to create and discuss specifications for the facility. The school officially opened in 1981 under principal Emmett Lawson.
The school derived its name from its location on the intersection of Holly Brook Road (a section of this road is now Webb Gin House Road) and Dogwood Road. The school colors, maroon and gold, were based on the colors of Florida State University. The original school mascot had a horseshoe around the bronco, which was later removed. The administration had suggested that Brookwood be the Brookwood Bears. The original mascot was a drawing of an entire bronco, but the current logo uses only a bronco's head. The runner-up mascot choice was the Bruins, and the second place color scheme was baby blue and gold.
Feeder schools
Brookwood is the high school of the Brookwood cluster, a group of schools which feed into one primary high school for an area in Gwinnett County. The middle schools that feed into Brookwood are Alton C. Crews Middle School and Five Forks Middle School. Crews Middle has two elementary school feeders, Brookwood Elementary (which is located next door to Brookwood High) and Craig Elementary. Five Forks Middle has students from RD Head Elementary and Gwin Oaks Elementary, along with some students from Brookwood and Craig Elementary.
Notable alumni
Robby Bostain (born 1984) – American-Israeli basketball player
Jason Bulger – former MLB pitcher
Rennie Curran – Former NFL football player
Jason Elam – retired NFL placekicker
Jennifer Ferrin – Daytime Emmy-nominated actress, As the World Turns
Joe Gebbia - Co-founder of Airbnb
Stephon Heyer – former NFL lineman
Jamie Howe - Broadcast sports reporter
Sean Johnson - Major League Soccer goalkeeper
Michael Kelly – Emmy award-nominated actor
Cameron Lynch - NFL football player
Nick Moore - football player
Cedric Mullins - Major League Baseball player
Amy Robach – anchor of ABC's Good Morning America
Lucas Sims - Major League Baseball pitcher
Troy Snitker - MLB hitting coach
Amanda Weir – Olympic swimmer
Mansfield Wrotto – NFL football player
Walker Zimmerman - Major League Soccer player
References
External links
Brookwood High School
Gwinnett County Public Schools
Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Schools in Gwinnett County, Georgia 1981 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Educational institutions established in 1981