Brushy Creek

Brushy Creek Elementary does indeed focus on feelings and how to manage them. These, of course, help children build their social and emotional skills. Good soft skills beget lasting friends. Per Harvard researchers, Raj Chetty et al., having friends is most likely the best ingredient for economic mobility! That's awesome! His research suggests having a great Kindergarten teacher can increase a child’s lifetime earnings by $300,000. Great teachers are in turn defined by how well they manage a classroom including with disruptive children, how well they inspire kids, not how well they explain an academic concept. But don’t take my word for it, Google him or check out his guest appearance discussing these matters on NPR’s Hidden Brain (podcast) episode: “Zipcode Destiny”. My child has a 504 plan. He works with the 504 specialist every week. When given a recent assignment from the main teacher to write a letter to any staff or teacher at BCE, my child chose to write a thank you letter to the 504 specialist for helping them read. Moreover, I and my spouse can tell a huge difference in our child’s reading ability since working with their 504 specialist. Huge difference. My child's fifth grade teacher has emailed my spouse and I several times when our child is struggling to stay focused in school and finish assignments. The teacher offers suggestions. She clearly engages with parents to help her students. I routinely see BCE staff including the principal and vice principal greeting kids by name when they arrive at school. Wow. They are out there building relationships and safe environments for children. Who doesn’t want that?!Thank you, BCE staff and teachers, for guiding our kids to develop the requisite skills for life in addition to academics.