School Mission
- Empowering learners to:
- question
- wonder
- risk
- care
- act
in the global community.
| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: Spanish.
- Special education programs designed specifically for students with language or speech impairment, specific learning disabilities and limited intellectual functioning.
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Instructional Program Highlights
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- Units of Inquiry are designed by teachers to focus on the six organizing themes. These six themes drive the process of inquiry that occurs throughout the year.
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- The Learner Profile describes the attributes emphasized in the PYP programme. In this way the PYP Programme encourages social, physical, emotional and cultural growth while offering an academically challenging curriculum.
- An essential part of the PYP Programme is the knowledge and application of a second language. At Brown, students will learn Spanish in addition to a well-rounded curriculum including art, music, and dance.
| Activities and Sports |
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: Student Council; Shakespeare; DPS Success; Leapfrog Math; Intramural Sports and Destination Imagination.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: band, art and chorus.
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Parent and Community Support
- We have both a PTO and a Bilingual Parent Action Committee who run fundraisers and help with school programs.
Other news or notes
- Full-time Teacher Librarian
- Full-time School Nurse (named School Nurse of the Year in 2006)
- Computer Lab with 32 computers
- Laptop cart with 14 laptop computers
- Accelerated Reader program
| Technology and Facilities |
- 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school was established between 1950-1959.
- District provides transportation to this school.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Graduates typically go to: Lake Middle School; Skinner Middle School and North High School.
- Almost all of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- Regular classroom hours: 9:00 to 3:45.
- Principal has been at this school for 2 years.
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 01/16/2007. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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