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Brewster School District 111 |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 16 December 2005 |
The Brewster School District 111 consists of an elementary school, middle school, high school and one alternative education program.
Seventy-seven percent of the students in this school district are Hispanic, 21% are caucasian, 1% American Indian or Alaskan Native, and less than 1% each are of Asian, Pacific Island, or Black descent. Brewster Elementary SchoolThe Brewster Elementary School serves 550 students in Grades PK-6. There is a Before and After School Care Program. The student-teacher ratio is 1:14, slightly lower than the state average of 1:17. Ethnicity in the elementary school is 85% Hispanic, 14% White, and less than 1% each of other races.
Brewster Junior High SchoolBrewster Junior High School has 166 students in Grades 7-8. The student-teacher ratio is very high: an average of 54 students per teacher, compared to the Washington state average of 17 students per teacher. 19% of students in this school are transitional bilingual.
Brewster High SchoolThe Brewster High School has 266 students in Grades 9-12. On WASL tests, the high school scored satisfactorily, but the elementary and Jr High schools had scores that reflected room for improvement.
The student-teacher ratio at Brewster High School is 1:14, slightly below the Washington state average of 1:17.
Main Street Learning Center (Aurora High School)Aurora High School is an alternative school with two campuses—one in Bridgeport and one in Brewster (the Main Street Learning Center). The programs operative differently: the Bridgeport campus uses a one hour per day, contract-based, one-on-one format; the Brewster campus uses a daily four-hour block format with group instruction with some dependence on technology-based programs.
The school serves students grades 9-12, helping them earn a high school diploma (although the Brewster campus also offers a GED track program). The diploma requirements follow the Washington State minimum requirements (19 credits in specific competencies). There are currently about 40 students enrolled in this alternative school.
The school serves high-need students, working students, young parents, juvenile offenders, and choice students from other districts. The school views itself as a second-chance opportunity for many of its students. Students mainly come from Bridgeport and Brewster, but also Pateros, Mansfield , Grand Coulee, and Tonasket. Annually, the school has about forty fulltime students. The school has been graduating about 6-10 students annually.
Students who have taken the WASL have not passed any of the areas of Math, Reading , and Writing.
The school is staffed by a teacher and paraprofessional in each campus. The Brewster campus also has an Americorp worker and a full-time secretary.
The school receives very positive feedback from parents, community members, parole officers, students, staff members from other schools, and agencies.
School climate is healthy. There have been no discipline referrals from the Bridgeport campus in the last four years; there have only been a couple suspensions from the Brewster campus.
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