LOWER SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Brimmer and May is a PK - 12 coeducational day school that upholds high academic standards while implementing innovative ideas in a supportive and student-centered community. We develop lifelong learners who are informed, engaged, and ethical citizens and leaders in our diverse world.
Core Values Brimmer’s Core Values serve as the moral guidelines and the foundation for character development throughout the School: Respect | Responsibility | Kindness | Honesty | Equity The Core Values give students clear, understandable guidelines for personal conduct and community engagement and help them create an environment of inclusion and acceptance. In addition, the Core Values promote interactions that are conducive to learning and foster personal growth. The Core Values are purposefully present in the daily life of the Lower School: each classroom prominently features these values for the children to see and to begin to inhabit, and teachers and students use these terms as common language to frame and discuss their many interactions throughout the school day. In order to recognize and highlight interpersonal and community actions that exemplify the Core Values, the weekly Friday morning Share Assemblies include the presentation of Gators to both students and adults. At Share, the Lower School faculty present Gators to students to acknowledge and honor them for actions that go above and beyond in modeling the Core Values during the previous week. The Core Values have provided foundational principles for the Lower School for more than three decades. They reflect the mindful work of the Lower School faculty and administration and our universal human values. These ethical guidelines, originally established in the Lower School, are embedded in the programming and pedagogy of the Middle and Upper Schools as well. They lie at the heart of the educational philosophy and mission of the School and are the moral guideposts for the community.
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