It's Back to School Time!
What great schools we have in Brookfield - a true source of pride for our town! Brookfield schools are highly ranked for student performance, and a high percentage of our graduates attend competitive colleges and universities. Additionally, a number of key attributes provide a strong foundation for the future success of our students:
- The smallest class sizes, student-to-teacher, and student-to-employee ratios in our history
- An outstanding staff of dedicated teachers and employees
- A flourishing Advanced Placement (AP) program - with more AP courses offered than ever before. The number of students taking and passing AP courses increases each year
- Strong co-curricular and athletic programs provide many opportunities beyond core academics
- An IPad is provided to every Brookfield High School student to assist them with preparation, research, teamwork, and communication
- Spanish will be taught in all grades (K-12) for the first time this year
- Full-day Kindergarten is provided at the most nurturing of all early childhood learning centers - Center School
- Engaged Parents send us "ready-to-learn" students; the entire community strongly supports the needs of our schools, and
- A vibrant and growing local economy helps us pay for our educational needs and aspirations without the need for year-after-year property tax increases.
From this strong foundation, Brookfield Schools are ready to move ahead to the next higher level of student achievement. In the coming year, working with a new and energized administrative leadership team, we will take a fresh look at facility and programmatic needs with special attention and focus given to Kindergarten thru 5th grade facilities.
For now, Monday, August 31 is the first official day of a new school year. While we should always be attentive to traffic regulations, I'd like to send out a special reminder for everyone to be especially attentive to increased morning and afternoon traffic, school speed zones, and driving rules in the presence of loading and unloading school buses. Safety is our #1 Priority.
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