Clarification of Brophy School Hours:
There has been some confusion about the hours of operation for Brophy School in the 2009-10 school year. As Interim Principal for this year, I apologize for any inconvenience and/or anxiety created by the different messages that went out to the public.
Fortunately, our wonderful Office Manager, Sharon Silverman, gave me the school calendar for 2009-10 that went home with all Brophy families in June of 2009. At the top of the calendar it states: “School Hours: 8:05 a.m. – 4:05 p.m.” I assume that most families used this for planning purposes.
Indeed, the school hours for 2009-10 are 8:05 - 4:05 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Every Thursday is an Early Release Day (starting with September 3) and the hours are 8:05 – 1:00. Buses will begin to unload at 7:55 and students will file directly into the school either to classrooms or to the cafeteria for breakfast. Walkers and “drop-offs” can also enter at 7:55. Students arriving after 8:10 will be considered tardy.
I look forward to meeting with all of the Brophy families very soon.
Charles McInnis, Ed.D.
Interim Principal
Hours of Brophy School
Hi Brophy Families,
We received the following question over the course of the past week.
Can you please let me know if the Thursday 1/2 day schedule starts the first week of school.
Yes, the first Thursday of the school year (Sept 3rd) is early release. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your summer.
Your ELT Parent Committee
We received the following question over the course of the past week.
Can you please let me know if the Thursday 1/2 day schedule starts the first week of school.
Yes, the first Thursday of the school year (Sept 3rd) is early release. Thank you and enjoy the rest of your summer.
Your ELT Parent Committee
Letter to Brophy Families
August 19, 2009
Dear Brophy Families:
Welcome back to Brophy School and the Expanded Learning Time program! We havehad a busy summer preparing for our second year of ELT.
Our state legislature voted to award Brophy School the ELT grant for 2009-2010 in the amount of $617,500, based on our projected enrollment. We are one of twenty-threechools in Massachusetts to continue with this initiative. Chris Gabrieli, chairman of the National Center on Time and Learning, and co-author of the book, Time to Learn, said in a recent Boston Globe article, “Winning enough funding to continue the (ELT) program at all the schools that wanted to is a vote of ringing endorsement from state government, given the weak economy.”
In July, Jenn Hendry and I joined Chris Gabrieli and a panel of educators in Newton to discuss the ELT initiative. Newton 2020 is a local group interested in exploring the benefits of a longer school day. They were very impressed with all that we have accomplished at Brophy, and plan to visit our school this year.
Brophy’s ELT program will have a similar structure to last year, along with some important additions, many as a result of parent feedback. One major revision is that the first hour of each day will be devoted exclusively to reading instruction. There will be no Music, Art or Gym and no special services outside the classrooms during that hour. All staff will be working directly with children on reading activities. We hope that all students will arrive on time so that they can benefit from this important school-wide intensive reading initiative.
During the 8th hour, we will continue with Core Rotations on Monday and Tuesday. Many of the topics remain the same, with some modifications. The staff has worked hard to identify and strengthen areas that needed improvement. Wednesday will continue to be Kids’ Club Day, with the first meeting of clubs on Wednesday, September 16.
Last spring, the Brophy teachers and support staff enthusiastically voted to continue the ELT program at our school for this year. They are demonstrating this enthusiasm by “opting in” to teach many ELT hours. During the first hour, we have one hundred percent of our classroom teachers working with many specialists who will be lending support to all grade levels. In the 8th hour, over ninety percent of classes and clubs will be staffed by Brophy classroom teachers and specialists. More specific information regarding teachers, rotations and clubs will be shared soon with the Brophy community.
We look forward to another successful year of ELT with your children. Brophy School is proud to be part of such a progressive, educational initiative.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Sincerely,
Kath Reilly
ELT Facilitator
Dear Brophy Families:
Welcome back to Brophy School and the Expanded Learning Time program! We havehad a busy summer preparing for our second year of ELT.
Our state legislature voted to award Brophy School the ELT grant for 2009-2010 in the amount of $617,500, based on our projected enrollment. We are one of twenty-threechools in Massachusetts to continue with this initiative. Chris Gabrieli, chairman of the National Center on Time and Learning, and co-author of the book, Time to Learn, said in a recent Boston Globe article, “Winning enough funding to continue the (ELT) program at all the schools that wanted to is a vote of ringing endorsement from state government, given the weak economy.”
In July, Jenn Hendry and I joined Chris Gabrieli and a panel of educators in Newton to discuss the ELT initiative. Newton 2020 is a local group interested in exploring the benefits of a longer school day. They were very impressed with all that we have accomplished at Brophy, and plan to visit our school this year.
Brophy’s ELT program will have a similar structure to last year, along with some important additions, many as a result of parent feedback. One major revision is that the first hour of each day will be devoted exclusively to reading instruction. There will be no Music, Art or Gym and no special services outside the classrooms during that hour. All staff will be working directly with children on reading activities. We hope that all students will arrive on time so that they can benefit from this important school-wide intensive reading initiative.
During the 8th hour, we will continue with Core Rotations on Monday and Tuesday. Many of the topics remain the same, with some modifications. The staff has worked hard to identify and strengthen areas that needed improvement. Wednesday will continue to be Kids’ Club Day, with the first meeting of clubs on Wednesday, September 16.
Last spring, the Brophy teachers and support staff enthusiastically voted to continue the ELT program at our school for this year. They are demonstrating this enthusiasm by “opting in” to teach many ELT hours. During the first hour, we have one hundred percent of our classroom teachers working with many specialists who will be lending support to all grade levels. In the 8th hour, over ninety percent of classes and clubs will be staffed by Brophy classroom teachers and specialists. More specific information regarding teachers, rotations and clubs will be shared soon with the Brophy community.
We look forward to another successful year of ELT with your children. Brophy School is proud to be part of such a progressive, educational initiative.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Sincerely,
Kath Reilly
ELT Facilitator
Brophy ELT Information
This blurb was taken from the Framingham Public School Website
Cameron and Brophy ELT 2009-2010
For the school year beginning September 2009, there will not be Expanded Learning Time (ELT) at Cameron Middle School. Brophy Elementary School will continue ELT for the school year beginning September 2009. At this point, the hours of operation for both schools has not been finalized.
It is anticipated that Brophy Elementary School schedule will be 8:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. and Cameron Middle School schedule will be 7:40 a.m.- 1:50 p.m. Both schools start and stop times are currently being reviewed in light of bus transportation. We will make every effort to finalize this as soon as possible. Please keep reviewing this site for the latest information.
Letter to parents
Dear Brophy Families:
The Legislature released their FY10 conference committee budget late lastweek . The full legislature voted to pass it. The ELT number is the Senatenumber: $15,672,375, which is about a 1.8 million reduction from the currentschool year. The final step will be for the governor to sign this budget andshortly thereafter DESE will be notifying schools. We anticipate sufficientor close to sufficient funding for the 23 remaining schools (three less thanthis year.)
The Brophy Parent Survey showed strong parent support for ELT (see the blogfor specific results.) The staff vote at Brophy had similiar results. Wefully anticipate that Brophy will be going forward with ELT for the 2009/2010 school year. The official school hours will be 8:05 AM to 4:05PM.
We will keep you informed as details develop. Thank you for your support.
Margaret & Kath
The Legislature released their FY10 conference committee budget late lastweek . The full legislature voted to pass it. The ELT number is the Senatenumber: $15,672,375, which is about a 1.8 million reduction from the currentschool year. The final step will be for the governor to sign this budget andshortly thereafter DESE will be notifying schools. We anticipate sufficientor close to sufficient funding for the 23 remaining schools (three less thanthis year.)
The Brophy Parent Survey showed strong parent support for ELT (see the blogfor specific results.) The staff vote at Brophy had similiar results. Wefully anticipate that Brophy will be going forward with ELT for the 2009/2010 school year. The official school hours will be 8:05 AM to 4:05PM.
We will keep you informed as details develop. Thank you for your support.
Margaret & Kath
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