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The Winship School is a (PreK-5) elementary school located in Brighton, MA. It is part of the Boston Public Schools.

Core Values
1. Respect the thoughts, feelings, and property of others. 2. Cooperate with teachers and peers. 3. Resolve conflicts peacefully. 4. Come prepared to learn. 5. Show school pride.

Mission Statement
"We, the Winship Community, will provide our students with a safe, caring, stimulating, and creative educational environment with literacy as our foundation. We commit ourselves to celebrating diversity through a curriculum that explores and values issues relevant to all our students. We, the administration, faculty, parents, students, and community, dedicate ourselves to working together to create a community of lifelong learners."

History
The Winship School was built in the 1890s. Before the school was built, there was an agricultural fair with farm equipment and cattle on the site. The school was named after F. Lyman Winship, who was the chairman of the Boston School Committee in the 1880s. The Winship school has changed over the years. It used to have cooking and sewing classes. The school also used to have 2 floors, but now it has 3.

People
There are 270 students and 39 staff members in the Winship School. Louise Kuhlman is the principal. There are 16 classroom teachers, 10 special class teachers, 8 professional support staff, and 5 non-professional support staff. For professional support staff, there is a psychologist, a Spanish-speaking bilingual psychologist, an occupational therapist, a physical therapist, an early childhood liaison, two Fransiscan Children’s Hospital counselors, and a City Connects coordinator. 23% of students are black non-Hispanic, 15% white non-Hispanic, 47% Hispanic, 12% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 1% American Indian/Alaskan native.

Building
The Winship School has some special rooms. There are science, computer, and library rooms. There are three floors and a basement. Outside there are two playgrounds. One is for ages 2-6. The other one is for ages 7-11. The school also has an outdoor classroom. The outdoor classroom has a garden and a woodland.

Curriculum
The Winship started as a science focus school in 2005. Integrating science in the curriculum is the major goal for teachers. The school has dance, English language arts, social studies, science, gym, math, library, and Advanced Work Class (AWC). The Boston Public Schools’ curriculum allows the Winship School to do these activities.

Schedule
The Winship School starts at 9:20am and ends at 3:20pm. It has a before school program and an after school program. In before and after school, the students do homework, recess, snack, and sometimes they go to the YMCA. In the morning before 9:20, the students have morning recess and breakfast. At 9:30, they say the Pledge of Allegiance and the Winship Core Values. Then the school day begins.