Brookside Elementary School

☀️🍦 What a perfect way to wrap up our first week of school! The sun was shining, the smiles were endless, and we celebrated with some delicious ice cream at today’s Ice Cream Social. A huge THANK YOU to our amazing PTO for making this sweet tradition possible!
#BrooksideCommunity #SweetStart

🌟 What a great first day of school at Brookside! 🌟
Our students came in with big smiles, ready to learn, make friends, and kick off an amazing year. We can already tell it’s going to be a fantastic one!

✨ Brookside is ready to welcome our students for the first day tomorrow! ✨

Some amazing volunteers from the Brookside community joined us for a “Chalk the Walk” event, filling our sidewalks with beautiful artwork and uplifting affirmations to greet students as they arrive. ❤️🖤

A huge THANK YOU to our volunteers for helping us kick off the school year in such a positive and joyful way. We can’t wait to see our students tomorrow and start the year together! 🌟📚✏️

Welcome to the Brookside Family!

We are so excited to welcome our new staff members to Brookside Elementary this year! Your energy, talents, and passion for students will make our school community even stronger.

Here’s to a year of learning, growth, and great memories, together, we’re going to make it the best one yet! 🎉✨

#BestAtBrookside #NewBeginnings #TeamBrookside

A huge thank you to our amazing Westwood summer staff for ensuring Brookside is ready to shine on Day 1 of the 2025–2026 school year! A special shoutout to our custodians and front office team — we are so lucky to have you. Thank you for making Brookside the BEST #BESTatBrookside

Congratulations to our amazing 5th graders on their Moving Up Ceremony! 🎓 We are so proud of all you’ve accomplished and know you’re ready to shine in middle school. Wishing you the very best on this exciting next chapter! #BESTatBrookside

A big thank you to our kindergarten parents for ending the school year with a little fun and a lot of spirit! Check out how they showed up on the last day of school — what a way to celebrate a fantastic year! #BESTatBrookside

Congratulations to our amazing kindergarteners on your Moving Up Ceremony! 🎓✨ We are so proud of all you’ve accomplished this year and can’t wait to see all the great things you’ll do in first grade! #BESTatBrookside

We welcomed back our graduating high school seniors! It was so special to see them walk the halls of Brookside once more. We are so proud of all they've accomplished and wish them the very best in their next chapter! #BESTatBrookside

Manicures with Ms. Hughes! One of our lucky Brookside Bash winners and a friend were treated to a special manicure day with the principal. So much fun and so many smiles! #BESTatBrookside

Mrs. LeParc planned a beautiful end-of-year celebration with our families! Students brought in delicious dishes that represent their cultures, creating a joyful and meaningful event. It was a wonderful way to highlight the diversity and strength of our Brookside community. #BESTatBrookside

Huge congratulations to the Westwood Baseball Team on winning the championship this weekend! Your hard work, teamwork, and dedication paid off in a big way. Throughout the season, some special guests stopped by to cheer you on—and you made us all proud! Way to go, Westwood!

A huge THANK YOU to Mr. Holl and Mr. Rattacasa for an amazing Field Day! Our Brookside students had an absolute blast, and it was heartwarming to see so many families cheering them on. What a fantastic day of fun, teamwork, and school spirit! #BESTatBrookside

The Grade 4 & 5 Spring Concert was a hit! From Star Wars melodies to *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye," our students wowed us with their talent and growth. Huge thanks to Ms. Maresca and Mr. Douthat for an unforgettable performance! #BESTatBrookside

Thank you to the Westwood Police Department for another great year of the LEAD program! Our 4th graders had a blast at their end-of-year celebration. Special thanks to our LEAD team for your time, guidance, and support! #BESTatBrookside

A huge thank you to our amazing PTO for bringing us our final assembly of the year—Eyes of the Wild! Mr. Travis taught us all about animal care and responsibility, and we even got to meet a chinchilla, skunk, wallaby, and ferret! #BESTatBrookside

Brookside students continue to shine! Our May winners showed outstanding character and made positive choices all month long. We are so proud of each of them! #BESTatBrookside

Emilia, Ben, and Kate stepped into leadership as our Principal and Assistant Principals for the Day! They had a blast walking the halls, visiting classrooms, leading an assembly, and visiting Dr. McQueeney, Mrs. Velez and Mr. Connelly. Future school leaders in the making! #BESTatBrookside

Our kindergartners are budding persuasive writers! They’ve been hard at work crafting letters—and were thrilled to read them to Ms. Hughes to convince her to let them try out the big kid playground. Their excitement was contagious and their arguments were impressive! #BESTatBrookside

Huge thanks to our amazing PTO and Mr. Holl for MCing the Brookside Fun Run! The rain couldn’t stop the fun—our students ran, danced, and moved their way through an energetic day in the gym. What a joyful celebration of community and movement! #BESTatBrookside