Here is Renee's interview with Lisa Massaro, Principal of Breakthrough Magnet School-North in Hartford.
She shares about all of the great opportunities Breakthrough North provides students, including their brand new state-of-the-art building!
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The mission of Breakthrough Magnet School North is for staff, families, and community members of diverse backgrounds to work in partnership, developing students as models of outstanding character. At Breakthrough North, character development permeates all aspects of our curriculum. We empower students to be the authors of their own lives and develop their problem solving skills to make responsible choices.
The vision at Breakthrough Magnet School North is to provide students with academic rigor, aesthetic appreciation, technological expertise, and physical expressiveness aimed at contributing to others. Breakthrough North is a school where families and teachers work together, striving for academic success. We stress purposeful learning, whereby students gain knowledge, utilize higher order thinking, exercise the mind and body, and value learning. All are trained and instructed in the unique Character Curriculum rooted in Positive Psychology and Mindfulness. At Breakthrough Magnet School North, we celebrate our global community, and our students’ resultant lives are marked by vitality, effectiveness, health, and well-being.
- Breakthrough Magnet North offers multi-age classrooms, grouping Grades PK3 and PK4, Kindergarten and Grade 1, Grades 2 and 3, and Grades 4 and 5.
- Students experience small class sizes, with 22 students in a classroom.
- STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) is offered to students in grades Pre-K to Grade 5 and engages students in Next Generation Science Standards.
- Every Friday, we gather as a school community for weekly community meetings in which students and classes have the opportunity to showcase learning aligned with our Character Theme.
- We are pleased to have community partnerships with the Children’s Hospital, Hands on Hartford, Hartford Garden Advisory, Joan Dauber Food Bank and Hartford Performs.
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