Zeljko Kenjic, Serbia
“My son, Lav, attends 12th grade at Brook Hill School. he has been attending Brook Hill since the beginning of what would’ve been high school in the Serbian system – 10th grade.We chose Brook Hill, primarily because of the Cambridge curriculum and instruction in English. A significant advantage is the work in small groups with the possibility of constant individual attention to each student.After enrolling in school, our expectations were not only met but in certain areas exceeded. We were equipped with all necessary, and additional, school supplies, constant monitoring of students in mastering the curriculum, commitment to recognizing the potential and affinity of students, and very affirmative communication with students and parents (through regular, and on request, electronic reports, but also in vivo), through help and suggestions in the selection of subjects and workloads, results in an environment that provides opportunities to achieve the full potential of students. There are many difficulties in both growing up and education and we are very grateful for them being recognized, by the subject teachers, the class teacher, the counselor and the head of the secondary school. Everyone wants to set aside time and contribute.A creative approach in the organization of teaching, a lot of joint work with students, made the beginning of the pandemic and the transition to a completely different organization of everyday life, no matter how difficult and painful it was for us in other spheres of life, go completely smoothly at school. They are still the same small groups in which there is a good working environment, and all the necessary materials, tasks, tests and results are available in electronic form.A special area, which should by no means be left out, and is present in the older classes of the school, is the preparation for the Cambridge exams. We like that the last quarter of the school year is completely dedicated to those exams. After passing the curriculum for the current class, preparations are made for mock tests and then it is transferred to their performance. It’s a great experience about what they look like, how they work, what the atmosphere is like at those exams. Finally, they give a picture of the current individual ranges, which is used as a basis for profiling additional work on preparation for actual exams, which lasts until the exams themselves.”
Lav, Year 12 student
“I am Lav and I attend year 12 in Brook Hill. I like Brook Hill because it offers the Cambridge curriculum and small learning groups, which allow for teachers to individually focus on me when i need help with the
syllabus. The teachers are very patient and do their best to ensure I always thoroughly understand the classes, and they put a lot of effort into preparing us for our standardized Cambridge exams and university, both through mock exams and by spending the last 2 to 3 months of our second term focusing entirely past papers and how they’re marked, to ensure i get the highest mark i can achieve. What I like most of all is the fact that I get to choose all my subjects, allowing me to focus on what I’m good at and what I want to pursue in my further education.”
