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Quick Facts
Principal Gail Wages   email the principal
Special features special education program, nonprofit, gifted and talented, before- and after- school care
Scheduling features year-round
Dress code Uniforms required: Red top with black bottom (may be pants, shorts, skirts, dresses, skorts). Bottoms must reach at least to the end of the middle finger when hand of student's extended arm rests at his or her side.

School Mission
  • Our mission at Broad River Elementary School is to create and direct the learning environment so that all children have the opportunity to grow physically, socially, emotionally and academically.

Curriculum
  • Foreign language(s) taught: Spanish.
  • Special education programs designed specifically for students with autism, serious emotional disturbance, language or speech impairment, specific learning disabilities, orthopedic impairments, multiple disabilities and other health impairments.
  • This school has a particular instructional focus on hands-on learning, project-based instruction.
  • Physical education is required for the following grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
 
 
Instructional Program Highlights
  • Guided reading instruction daily in grades K-5
  • Collins Writing Program daily in grades K-5
  • Everyday Math daily in grades Pre-K through 5
  • In-school tutoring for grades K-5

Activities and Sports
  • Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: January through April: after-school tutoring for grades 3-5; Spring Intersession: tutoring for grades 3-5; January through April: Saturday Academy for grades 3-5 and After school child care provided on campus through YMCA.
  • This school has the following art(s) programs: drawing/painting and Full-time music teacher/piano lab.
 
 
Technology and Facilities
  • This school was established between 1950-1959.
 
 
Other Features and Highlights
  • Regular classroom hours: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.
  • Accredited by International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program in 2005.
 
 
Source of Data
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