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Our Current Area of Focus:

Brookside students, staff and parents will acquire 21st Century literacy skills with a focus on numeracy. The increased use of technology, manipulatives and everyday problem-solving, will enhance student engagement. Students will learn to communicate effectively, making connections across the curriculum.

What makes Brookside special?

Brookside's motto " A caring school creating the future " is the basic philosophy of all staff at Brookside. Our small school environment ensures that all staff know all students within the school.

Staff are experienced and committed to working with students to reach their individual potential. All teachers have taught a variety of grades throughout the elementary program and are familiar with the full range of curriculum content and expectations.

A supportive group of parents work with the school to enhance their children's learning. Parent volunteers assist in the classrooms, library, during special events and co-curricular activities. Our school council is active in a variety of ways providing support and insight to staff as well as promoting advocacy for public education.

Our students demonstrate a positive attitude within the classroom, around the school and outside on the playground. Our school expectation that students demonstrate respect for themselves, others and property, is a school wide goal at which all our students strive to be successful .

Programs Offered:

-FSL (French as a Second Language - grades 4-6)
-Balanced Literacy (grades K-4)

Three Main Aims:

-High academic achievement for our students
-Creating life long learners of our students
-Developing skills to enable students to become problem solving and resourceful individuals

Enhancing teacher knowledge and training

All staff view professional development as an ongoing aspect of the teaching profession. Staff develops a common school wide plan for professional development that is directly linked to our student achievement goals and Instructional Focus. This plan is long term and ongoing in nature. Each individual teacher develops a professional growth plan that ties directly to the school wide plan and incorporates individual interests and goals.

Results

Like all schools in Alberta, Brookside students in Grade 3 and 6 participate in Alberta-wide exams each year. Brookside's excellent results are posted below. While Brookside already surpasses the expected 15% of kids achieving the standard of excellence, it tries to raise the level of excellence each year.

Index of Achievement Results Alberta Education Test Results Highest Level of Achievement Tests (HLAT) Annual Results Review 2007/2008 (PDF/Adobe Acrobat format)

For more information on testing and results go to: EPSB Results Page Alberta Education Results Site Alberta Education Test Results: 2008-2009 Note: Cohort Results are calculated on the basis of all students who were enrolled in grades 3, 6 or 9, not just on the basis of students who wrote. In the calculation, students who were exempted or absent from the achievement tests are included in the data as “not having demonstrated meeting standards." Results Language Arts Grade Result Brookside Results for Students Who Wrote Brookside Cohort Results EPSB Cohort Results Provincial Cohort Results 3 Acceptable Standard 88% 84% 80% 81% Standard of Excellence 25% 24% 18% 18% 6 Acceptable Standard 98% 98% 82% 82% Standard of Excellence 30% 30% 19% 19% Mathematics Grade Result Brookside Results for Students Who Wrote Brookside Cohort Results EPSB Cohort Results Provincial Cohort Results 3 Acceptable Standard 86% 84% 80% 80% Standard of Excellence 22% 22% 28% 27% 6 Acceptable Standard 97% 97% 78% 77% Standard of Excellence 23% 23% 20% 17% Science Grade Result Brookside Results for Students Who Wrote Brookside Cohort Results EPSB Cohort Results Provincial Cohort Results 6 Acceptable Standard 92% 97% 78% 77% Standard of Excellence 33% 33% 29% 25%

Highest Level of Achievement Tests (HLATs) - 2008/2009 Edmonton Public Schools HLAT testing is done each spring in the area of language learning to provide feedback to individual schools about the growth of students in the area of reading and writing. The purpose of this testing is to provide teachers with information in areas that students are doing well in, as well as areas that need to be focused on. Brookside's Results: Subject % Students Achieving at or beyond grade level Grade 1/2/3 Grade 4/5/6 Reading 92% 91% Writing 95% 97%

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