Old Brooklyn Community Elementary (OBCE) is committed to educating the whole child utilizing methods and strategies that are developmentally appropriate and focus on life long learning.  All adopted curriculum is aligned to the Ohio State Standards, which correlates to what the Ohio Department expects a child should be able to achieve at a particular grade level.

 

The success of our program is evident by our most recent rating determined by the Ohio Department of Education.  Based primarily on student academic performance, Old Brooklyn Community Elementary was rated Excellent by the Ohio Department of Education.  In addition, OBCE holds the prestigious honor of being selected as a School of Promise based on our student’s test scores.

 

Character Education is an important element of the curriculum at OBCE.  Character Education is not taught as a separate subject, rather it is integrated throughout the curriculum, providing students with real life examples, which will serve to demonstrate that values are important and play a role in every decision that is made.  This assures that our Character Education Program is meaningful and students are provided with opportunities to experience the importance of positive traits in many settings and circumstances.  High standards of conduct are closely related to high levels of achievement and the expectation is that our students will be successful life-long learners.  As part of the Character Education Program, all teachers at OBCE hold their students responsible for their learning and have set high academic and behavioral expectation which the children adhere to.

 

Title One Services, Special Education services and grade and subject acceleration are all available to qualifying students to assist individual students in attaining their individualized goals.  Furthermore, instruction is enhanced through the use of technology, integrating classroom projects with slideshows, presentations, and Internet research.

 

To ensure that students have reached specific academic goals, ongoing assessment takes place at Old Brooklyn Community Elementary.  Students are assessed with both norm referenced tests as well as criterion referenced tests.  Curriculum based measures and classroom assessments are also utilized.  The following assessments are in place at Old Brooklyn Community Elementary:

Parent Involvement is a critical component to the success of our school.  Parents are viewed as partners in the educational process and are encouraged to become actively involved.  This involvement can take on many different forms whether it is assisting your child with his/her homework or volunteering during the school day.  Working together we can provide your child with the best education that he/she deserves!

 

 

The following special programs and community involvement enhanced the curriculum:

 

Cleveland Public Library Ohio Reads Key Bank Volunteers Cleveland Zoo Career Day Doctor Zoolittle Program Nature Center Program Great Lakes Science Center Chuck E. Cheese's Night Movie Night Roller Skating Night

100 Day Activities Character Education Recognition Scholastic Book Fair Market Day Young Audiences Art House Cleveland Playhouse Cleveland Nature Center Patterson's Fruit Farm Mapleside Farm Kindness Club