From the Principal, Mary Brun

Welcome to Brummer Elementary School. We’re proud of our state of the art facilities and the exemplary educational program we provide to our students. The school is a learning community made up of small neighborhoods. Three of the neighborhoods have a variety of grade leveled students (grades 1-4). In the fourth neighborhood, we house four 5th grade classrooms. By having students in this type of setting, they develop a long-term connection with the teachers in their neighborhood, as well as in-depth relationships with both the older and younger students that they see everyday!

Our curriculum is based on the State of Michigan Benchmarks (GLCEs). It is aligned to best meet the needs of our students and the requirements of the state. Language arts, math, science and social studies are taught in every classroom at every grade level.

Our students participate in a variety of after school enrichment programs. For example, each month a special reading activity is held at the school. For our kindergarten and first graders, we have “Bedtime Stories with the Principal.” Children and their parents get ready for bed at home, jump in their cars and come to the Brummer Library. There they meet the principal (dressed in her pajamas, too) and listen to 45 minutes of great bedtime stories.

Our Parent/Teacher organization, named the “Brummer Neighborhood Council,” meets on a monthly basis, every second Tuesday of the month, at 7 p.m. Their goal is to become familiar with the school’s focus and the district’s curriculum, while providing support to these endeavors.

Finally, we are proud to say that Brummer Elementary has been involved in the North Central Association School Improvement Process since we opened in 2000. In November of 2006, a team of educators from outside of the district visited our school to review the data from our five year school improvement process. We are pleased to report that our school became accredited and did so by achieving a 5 out of 5 on the evaluation. We are very proud of what our students have achieved. However, this achievement could not have happened without the dedication of the staff and parents. This is one example of where the members of the Brummer community worked together to achieve their goals. We are proud of our accomplishment.