Just the Facts The school operates on the regular school calendar. Offers a Communications Magnet Program for Clusters 4, 5, and 6 Offers the Small Class Size Program Offers CARE for Kids, a program that helps students develop social responsibility Bellarmine University, WLKY, and The Courier Journal are partnering with Breckinridge-Franklin. School mascot is the bullfrog. School motto: "Hopping Our Way to Success" School newsletter is the Lily Pad Gazette. Students wear uniforms. The school offers Head Start, prekindergarten, and P1 (kindergarten) classes. Each week the teachers and administrators gather to assess the progress of each student. They examine scores, statistics, and individual challenges of each student and develop strategies for improvement. After school Child Enrichment Program

There is a place for your child at Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary! Students learn in bright and colorful classrooms, each of which is equipped with computers.

Students improve their writing abilities in the school's writing lab and learn technological skills in the school's large computer lab. A science lab which offers age-appropriate scientific exploration.

A large media center offers a well-equipped library and is connected to a student news production studio. Each morning, a crew of five students delivers the WBFE morning update with school announcements, news, and student birthdays.

All students study Spanish and participate weekly in art, music, physical education, computer and library classes.

Student achievement is always worthy of celebration so Breckinridge-Franklin holds several events throughout the year to celebrate the school's Writing Stars, students who have Proficient-level writing skills. More of the school's top academic performers are celebrated during Literacy Night and Math Night.

Extracurricular activities include the award-winning Quick Recall Team, which practices on Thursday, and the Problem Solving Team, which practices on Friday. The school offers many opportunities for PE, and exercise in a large gymnasium and two acres of school grounds.

We were the only elementary school in Jefferson County that was chosen by Edutopia (The George Lucas Educational Foundation). Below are links that will take you to videos that were taken at Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School.

A School District's Initiative for Social and Emotional Learning Pays Off

A Breakthrough in Social and Emotional Learning

Community Begins with the Morning Meeting

Teacher Training Fuels the Future

Security Monitor Richard Little Builds Relationships to Ensure a Safe School

Breckinridge-Franklin Student Handbook

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