Broomfield Academy
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Broomfield Academy is an independent nationally accredited private elementary school
and middle school
serving children ages 2 ½-14. It is located in Broomfield
, Colorado
, and offers small class sizes, individualized student learning plans and an advanced curriculum. Through individualized instruction
, the ceiling for performance is as high as individual students can reach through a combination of effort, ability, and instructional opportunity.
Broomfield Academy provides individualized programming for children in academic preschool through eighth grade, allowing them to become exceptional, accelerated and creative students. Full-day programming includes a before/after school program, art, music, technology, swimming, physical education, and Spanish language
and Mandarin Chinese language instruction. The school is a member of the National Association for Gifted Children
, the Boulder Consortium of Independent Schools and the National Independent Private Schools Association. In recent Stanford Achievement Tests, most Broomfield Academy students have scored more than two years above grade level.
, Colorado
. An academic preschool program, called Jr. Kindergarten, was expanded in 2008, for children ages 3-5. The middle school program was added in 2011, starting with 6th grade. 7th and 8th grade will be added in 2012 and 2013.
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
and middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
serving children ages 2 ½-14. It is located in Broomfield
Broomfield, Colorado
The City and County of Broomfield is a prominent suburb and tier of the Denver metropolitan area in the State of Colorado of the United States. Broomfield has a consolidated city and county government which operates under Article XX, Sections 10-13 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. The...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, and offers small class sizes, individualized student learning plans and an advanced curriculum. Through individualized instruction
Individualized instruction
Individualized instruction is a method of instruction in which content, instructional technology and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interests of each individual learner. Mass instruction is the opposite, that is a method in which content, materials and pace of learning are the...
, the ceiling for performance is as high as individual students can reach through a combination of effort, ability, and instructional opportunity.
Broomfield Academy provides individualized programming for children in academic preschool through eighth grade, allowing them to become exceptional, accelerated and creative students. Full-day programming includes a before/after school program, art, music, technology, swimming, physical education, and Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Mandarin Chinese language instruction. The school is a member of the National Association for Gifted Children
National Association for Gifted Children
The National Association for Gifted Children is an association in the United Kingdom for gifted and talented children, and their parents. It is a registered charity under English law.-Function:...
, the Boulder Consortium of Independent Schools and the National Independent Private Schools Association. In recent Stanford Achievement Tests, most Broomfield Academy students have scored more than two years above grade level.
History
Broomfield Academy was founded in 1995, and was formerly named Academic Achievement Academy and Meritor Academy. Renamed Broomfield Academy in 2007, the school is located on a 5 acres (20,234.3 m²) property in BroomfieldBroomfield, Colorado
The City and County of Broomfield is a prominent suburb and tier of the Denver metropolitan area in the State of Colorado of the United States. Broomfield has a consolidated city and county government which operates under Article XX, Sections 10-13 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. The...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. An academic preschool program, called Jr. Kindergarten, was expanded in 2008, for children ages 3-5. The middle school program was added in 2011, starting with 6th grade. 7th and 8th grade will be added in 2012 and 2013.