The John D. Runkle School serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Every classroom is equipped with at least one computer which is networked to a printer and the computer lab has 25 networked computers with Internet access. The computer lab is also equipped with a scanner, digital camera, digital camcorder and headphones. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade receive Spanish language instruction then they can choose between Spanish of French for the following two years.
Pierce School Extended Day is an after-school program for students attending Pierce School. It is located in a school building on the Pierce campus and the program begins after school dismissal at 2:30. It can accommodate kids from kindergarten to fifth grade.
Little Children Schoolhouse is a daycare for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and kids in pre-K. Each age group has its own curriculum. Little Children Schoolhouse offers weekly yoga classes, music classes, science programs and some field trips. It also offer bilingual programs. The school has two locations on Washington St., and another which is a block away on Harvard St.
From its 36-acre hilltop campus on the West Roxbury border, the Dexter and Southfield schools offer students access to a wealth of academic and athletic facilities, including an astronomical observatory and science center.
The Dexter School was founded in the 1920's and operated for three decades in Brookline's Longwood neighborhood before relocating to its current campus adjacent to Larz Anderson Park in 1966. In 1992, Dexter officials decided to open a second school, Southfield, for girls.
The schools are separated, though they share many of the same facilities, administrators and faculty. The Dexter school has about 450 boys, while the Southfield School has about 350 girls. The Southfield School requires uniforms, though the Dexter School does not.
Located adjacent to Town Hall and the Main Library, the Pierce School serves nearly 640 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, primarily from the Brookline Village community. The schools is home to a diverse student body, with nearly a third of students speaking English as a second language.
The school is housed in a sprawling 1970's building designed around the "open classroom" philosophy of education. The building features a three-story library space, an outdoor amphitheater and a sky bridge that takes students safely over School Street to the Pierce Playground. Several classrooms are also housed in the school's historic building, built just after the turn of the century.
The Brookline Early Education Program also offers pre-kindergarten classes at the Pierce School. Dr. Pipier Smith-Mumford is the school's principal.
Originally located in the still-standing school building overlooking Route 9, the William H. Lincoln School moved to its new home on Kennard Road in 1994 and now serves nearly 500 students, primarily from the Pill Hill and Whiskey Point neighborhoods.
The schools offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities and holds regular family events throughout the year. The Brookline Early Education Program runs pre-kindergarten classes at the school as well.
Timothy McGillicuddy is the school's principal.
The Driscoll School serves nearly 450 children and offers Brookline's longest-running world language program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Driscoll students start instruction in Mandarin Chinese in kindergarten and continue until seventh grade, at which point they can choose to study Spanish or continue with Chinese. The Brookline Early Education Program also runs pre-kindergarten classes at the school.