Brookside School
Brookside School is a suburban K-8 school that enjoys both a rich diversity of students and a supportive and involved community. Students from a wide variety of cultures and experiences are able to come to our school and participate in learning that is standards-based and challenging. With a population of approximately 800 K-8 students, many nationalities are represented and fourteen home languages are spoken. This variety of backgrounds is one of our greatest assets.
Our school and the community it serves hold high expectations for all students. The staff as a whole endeavors to support all students in attaining high goals through quality instruction and intervention programs. Over the last five years we have consistently been able to raise our API score to its current level of 818. According to our API we are one of the highest achieving schools in the area. We are extremely proud of this feat considering the large growth in our student population over the last seven years-from approximately 500 students to the current 800. Sixty-two percent of our students are at the proficient or advanced levels on the California Standards Test in language arts, fifty-two percent in mathematics. On the norm-referenced CAT-6, sixty-one percent of our students were above the 50th percentile in reading; sixty-eight percent in language; sixty-nine percent in both mathematics and spelling. These achievements are a testament to the work ethic of our students and the ability of our staff and parents to motivate them. We do, however, realize that our work is not complete. We hope to have all of our students proficient in every subject.
As a K-8 site, Brookside School is able to provide students with the unique opportunity to become mentors and leaders to younger children as they themselves move up in grades. Intermediate students participate in student government where they find they are challenged to consider the concerns and needs of children from various grades when making decisions that affect the whole student body. Seventh and eighth graders have the opportunity to participate in the cross-age tutor program in which they spend time each day reading with younger students. In addition, teachers may arrange for students to present information or teach a specific topic to younger students. These opportunities allow primary students to see intermediate students as role models and leaders. In return, the older students take on these roles with vigor and commitment. The result is a richer learning experience for all involved.
Brookside School supports, and is in turn supported by, its community. Overseventy-five percent (13 out of 17) of our teachers with school-aged children enroll their children at Brookside. The Brookside Educational Partnership was formed in 1996 to raise money to support the educational materials and programs at Brookside. In a time when the government is hard-pressed to fund schools in the way that is needed, the Brookside Educational Partnership has raised over $150,000 that has been applied directly to the betterment of the students at Brookside School. The Brookside PTSA also serves to enrich the lives of our students. PTSA provides financial support and leadership for many programs that help Brookside students such as assemblies, financial support for student field trips, and an annual theater production. With many challenges ahead, Brookside School and its community will continue to address them together.
2962 Brookside Rd. (Click for map to school)
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