Key Partnerships
Overbrook Elementary School
Overbrook Elementary School is a small, child-centered and family oriented K-5 public school, located in the Overbrook Park section of Philadelphia. It first opened its doors in 1907 and has a current enrollment of 400 students.
Overbrook Elementary School's vision is to create a high-achieving school that makes considerable gains in student achievement each year. The school recognizes the role of technology, community resources, and school support in enabling all students to become lifelong learners.
Its mission is to provide students with a solid elementary education as the basis for future learning and for model citizenship in the twenty-first century. The school emphasizes growth in academic and social skills and strives to make each child feel protected, cared for, and respected as an individual.
The Civic Engagement Office has been involved with Overbrook Elementary since 2001.
- Each semester, betweeen 10-15Praxis and Education Program students are engaged in fieldwork at Overbrook. They act as classroom assistants for 2-6 hours per week.
- Over the past few years several BMC and Haverford students have done their student teaching at the school.
- For the past few years, the Civic Engagement Office and the Athletics Department have collaborated to host field trips for groups of 25-30 children from Overbrook Elementary on campus. The field trips include a whole day of sports activities, including swimming, soccer and basketball.
- Since 2010, the Bryn Mawr Art Club volunteers have taught Art to an entire grade of Overbrook children. During 2010-11 the worked with the 3rd grade, and then stayed with the same cohort as they moved to 4th grade during 2011-12.
