1. An informal and unthreatening environment of diversity will create an atmosphere of mutual respect in which students, parents and staff will work together.
2. Each individual will be encouraged and allowed to freely yet responsibly express him/herself, confident that s/he will be accepted as capable and unique.
3. Difference and diversity will act as bridges rather than barriers to communication.
4. A healthy honest self-concept will promote in students a desire to learn more about self and the environment.
5. Self-discipline will be nurtured as an essential part of the learning process.
6. The adult community will maintain high expectations and respect for the achievement of each student's personal best.
7. Creativity, innovation, and flexibility will be regarded as necessary elements of education by the entire community.
8. Every individual will have a responsibility to contribute back to the greater natural and social community from his/her Brown School experience.
   

...We do not claim to be better than any other school, but our informal, less authoritarian, open environment, combined with the degrees of emphasis on the arts, diversity and the community, combine to create a visible, observable difference and to provide another option for Jefferson County student and parents.