Center School is an elementary school

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...

 in Brookfield, Connecticut

Brookfield, Connecticut

Brookfield is a town located in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 16,452 at the 2010 census. First settled in 1710 by John Muirwood and several other colonial founders who bartered for the land From the Wyantenuck Nation Under the Sachem Waramaugs who lived...

, United States.

History

What is now Center School was originally established in 1938 as the Consolidated School. Consolidated was the unification of five one-room schoolhouses scattered throughout the town, created as a means to provide improved and centralized facilities for education. Later, in 1964, a second elementary school opened in Brookfield and what was then Expanded Consolidated School was renamed to Center School, as it is now known.

The original Center School opened in 1762, and was the first one-room school house in Brookfield. The facilities later served as the town hall and is now a historical building rented to the Housatonic Council of Elected Officials. http://www.brookfieldcthistory.org/page_pic_timeline_center_school.html http://www.danbury.org/org/brookhc/index.htm

Present day

As of 2010, Center enrolls approximately 420 students in kindergarten

Kindergarten

A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

 through first grade

First grade

First grade is a year of primary education in schools in the United States and English-speaking provinces of Canada. It is the first school year after kindergarten...

, with 22 classrooms and 32 teachers. There is also an on-site pre-school service. The school principal is Carrie Kilian.

The school Mission Statement is: The mission of Center School is to provide experiential opportunities, which challenge, support, and encourage successful learning appropriate to the age and uniqueness of each young child.

Center School is known for excellence in teaching, mentoring, and technology.