Breck Perspective
Guided by our mission and values, Breck believes that economic, religious, racial and geographic diversity add vital dimension to the student educational experience. We are a community of teachers and students eagerly engaged in learning and a family that instills values and cares about each one of its children. With all grades from preschool to twelfth together on our single campus, Breck affords numerous opportunities for interaction among students of various ages. For example, first graders and seniors are paired for monthly activities and to sit together in Chapel. Seventh-grade life science students and kindergartners learn together as "Bio-buddies." Fourth graders serve as lunchtime helpers for their preschool and kindergarten classmates.
Academically, we provide a rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum that educates students with an increasingly multicultural perspective that gives them the critical-thinking skills they will need to become responsible agents of social change in the future.
Religion at Breck
Breck is an Episcopal school. Unlike an Episcopal church, our congregation is multi-religious with a majority of Christians and a significant number of students and adults from other religions.
Our goal as an Episcopal school is to nurture the spiritual development of each person and to welcome everyone to our community. We offer the following definition to illuminate rather than proselytize. We believe that, far from being an impediment, the Episcopal character of Breck makes our unique approach to all kinds of diversity possible.
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Multicultural Understandings
Since the 2000-01 school year, Breck faculty have been engaged in a study of education from a multicultural perspective. The process began with deep self-examination, continued with goal-setting, and proceeded to the development of a curriculum that is responsive tot the reality of the society in which our students will be adults.
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Community Service
Learning through service to others is an integral part of the Breck curriculum, culminating in our one-of-a-kind Wednesday program in Upper School. Each week, students and teachers in the Upper School travel off campus to serve people in need, developing the kind of relationship that is only possible with regular, face-to-face contact. Read more.
Parent Involvement
All Breck parents belong to the Breck Parents Association, which sponsors parent and multicultural education programs, volunteer and family community service opportunities, and parent communication programs. Read more.
A Strong Sense of Connection
With our beautiful, single campus, Breck students have many opportunities to learn and grow together. For example, first graders and seniors are paired for activities throughout the school year. Seventh grade science students and kindergartners are "bio-buddies" who work together monthly. Even alumni from different generations carry the tradition forward after graduation. Read more.