Our Schools

Principal: Steven Cabello

Millbrook Middle School is a suburban school found in the heart of the Hudson Valley of roughly 200 students in grades 6-8. Millbrook Middle School runs on a nine period day that begins in HomeBase to address character education and students' social-emotional needs. Daily periods provide students with core middle level courses while supplementing advancement in French, Spanish, Integrated Algebra and Earth Science. Students also have the opportunity to be enriched in PE, Art, History, STEM, Culinary and Press Room. HomeBase provides the opportunity for character education, PBIS initiatives, building wide initiatives, and connection with teachers. Millbrook Middle School operates under the team model and utilizes their daily time together to collaborate across disciplines, differentiate instruction, define best practices, discuss RtI intervention strategies, co-plan with special educators, and create student centered activities. Millbrook Middle School is proud to call themself one of few Essential Elements Schools to Watch in New York State, Go Blazers! 

Academic Excellence

• Accelerated Math and Science Program

• Foreign Language in 7th & 8th grade in French and Spanish

• Professional Development Aimed to Enhance Best Practices 

• Team Model 

• SPED programing spans the spectrum of services incl. Special Class, ICT, & Resource Room

• Interdisciplinary Instruction 

• Academically Focused Co-Curricular Activities 

• Academic Intervention Service (AIS) 

• Mac Computer Lab

• 1 to 1 Chromebooks for all students

• RtI (Response to Intervention)

• Student of the Quarter Awards

• End of the Year Academic Awards

• Academic Achievement Award Quarterly Breakfasts 

• National Junior Honor Society 

• Library Media Center that includes Makerspace

• Student- Centered inquiry Based Learning that align to the Common Core Learning Standards

• Block Scheduling for ELA & Reading in the 6th grade

• Enrichment program for 6th-8th  graders (includes STEM 6-8, Press Room 7/8, Enriched PE 8, History through Film & Enriched Art 8)

• Project Lead the Way Technology curriculum 

Developmental Responsiveness

• Naviance Programming for Career Development 

• Drama Program 

• Extracurricular Clubs and Activities

• Interscholastic Sports Program 

• Reading is Foreveryone Program-Building wide reading initiative

• One Book One School- Wonder & Refugee

• Dedicated daily grade level team meetings

• PTO Fund Raising Activities & Events

• Student Government Association 

• Open House, Parent Teacher Conferences, Building Transition Orientations for Parents & Students

• Parent Portal via SchoolTool 

• Principal’s regular communication via SchoolMessenger & Twitter

• HomeBase Advisory/Character Ed Program 

• PBIS

• End of the year- Activity Day

• Seminar 6 course (promotes character ed, problem solving, and habits of mind)

• Monthly Activity Period that addresses Character Education & Building Initiatives

Social Equity

• Student choice in participating in Enrichment and Accelerated programs

• Anti-Bullying Assemblies 

• Heterogeneous Instructional Groups 

• Character Education 

• Equal access to after school activities 

• Fully inclusive classrooms. 

• Integrated Co-Teaching Model 

• Individualized & Differentiated Instruction

Organizational Support

• School Counselor, Psychologist, and Administrative Suite

• Common Team Planning Time 

• Team Meetings 

• Benchmark Assessments- AIMSweb, Scholastic SRI, Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessments

• Assessment Technology- Moby Max, Ed Puzzle, News ELA, Quill, SMART Music, SuccessMaker, IXL & Vocabulary.com

• Monthly Curriculum & Instruction training 

• Smart Board Technology Resources in all classrooms

• New Teacher Mentoring Programs 

• Pineapple Chart- Teacher to Teacher informal observation process

• Data-Driven Instruction & Data Team 

• Professional Development/Sharing Best Practices 

• Member of Dutchess County Middle Level Principal’s Network

• MEF - Millbrook Educational Foundation financially supports educational endeavors through grants

Principal: Eric Seipp

We are a small public high school with a quality academic program that includes Advanced Placement classes, college credit courses through Dutchess Community College, Marist College, and Syracuse University Project Advance, and four courses in the Project Lead the Way engineering program administered through the Rochester Institute of Technology.  For English language learners, our ESL courses prepare students for academic coursework in English in all content areas. Academic support also is provided through our WIN (What I Need) and Study Skills classes, both designed to assist students in maximizing their learning potential through one to one or small group instruction. Additional information on the high school curricula can be found in the high school Course Guide. Athletic and co-curricular activities are comprehensive and inclusive. Our music and art programs are exceptional: the Music Department has received the Best Communities for Music Education Award in consecutive years since 2014 and our Art students are recognized annually at the Scholastic Arts Awards.