Branch Elementary School

The mission of Branch Elementary School is to ensure all students learn at high levels.
 
Our vision for Branch Elementary is to provide a safe, supportive, engaging environment where school, family, and community collaborate to:

• Provide a rigorous, relevant, student-centered, standards-based curriculum with a climate of high expectations for success.
• Develop an overarching science focus to enhance student understanding and application of scientific principles in all core content areas.
• Allow students to "own their learning" and to "construct" meaning for themselves.
• Encourage teachers to be coaches of "understanding" and facilitators of projects, authentic assessments, and learning experiences in real-world contexts.
• Inspire students to begin thinking about and preparing for college and the world of work.
• Embed 21st Century Skills including: critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and problem solving into the core curriculum.