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School Community Description

Description of the School Community

Brookvale Elementary School was built in 1972 and modernized in 1996. In the summer of 2008 the school has undergone some renovations to make the school more energy efficient and to provide the outside of the school with added beautification. Our school has four buildings of six classrooms each, five portables, one office building and a multi-purpose room. We have a large field, blacktop space and two play structures for recess time. Various community groups use our facilities after school and on weekends.

We have 4 kindergarten teachers, 3 first grade teachers, 2 second grade teachers, one 2/3 combination classroom teacher, 3 third grade teachers, 2 fourth grade teachers, 2 fifth grade teachers, and 2 sixth grade teachers. We also have four Special Day classes which consist of one k-1 classroom, one second grade classroom, one fifth grade classroom and one fifth-sixth grade classroom.

We also have a speech pathologist, a resource teacher, a school psychologist, two custodians, one office clerk, one school secretary and a school nurse who is on campus 1 day per week. Within our special education classes we have the support of 8 Para professionals who provide additional assistance to our teachers and students.

We offer a Gifted and Talented Education program and various intervention programs to help meet the academic needs of all students. There is a privately run after-school day care facility to help parents.

The current school Principal, Cindy Hicks-Rodriguez has served as the Brookvale Principal for the last 5 years. Brookvale School has improved their API score 61 points in 6 years. During the 2009 STAR testing year, Brookvale improved their overall school API score by 39 points in one school year.

Brookvale school has a very diverse student population and allows students multiple opportunities to participate in extracurricular and multicultural activities. The parent population at Brookvale is extremely supportive of the school culture and takes a vested interest in school events and school sponsored activities.

Last Modified on July 12, 2010