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On January 18, Elmbrook’s Superintendent Mark Hansen and Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, Kristin Sobocinski, presented at the Wisconsin Association of School Boards State Education Convention, showcasing the District’s financial strategies for long-term sustainability to assist other districts in their financial planning. You can view the detailed School Finance Presentation here to learn more about Elmbrook’s successful financial strategies and unique cost-saving efforts. More of an auditory learner? Check out Elmbrook’s Eduspeak podcast episodes on Budget Building and Capital Planning.

Pilgrim Park Middle School students' proposal for the NASA Techrise Challenge was one of the winning proposals! The team consists of Quentin Justin, Etienne Justin, Jack Antonetti, Emma Socha, Grant Dugan, and Auggie King. For the proposal, the students will have $1,500 to build a Low-Pressure Propeller System under the guidance of NASA Engineers and Scientists for a few months this Spring before putting their experiment to the test in a high-elevation balloon!

Dr. Hansen invites you to take an inside look at the newly remodeled Brookfield Central Pool in this month’s Superintendent Video Update! Click here to view the video, and the transcript can be accessed here.

This month, five elementary students from across Elmbrook qualified for Nationals in the elementary-level Science Bee Competitions conducted by International Academic Competitions. The qualifying students included: Saranya Bhagavatula (Burleigh Elementary School), Cameron Drees (Dixon Elementary), Aarya Ghuge (Burleigh Elementary), Anirudh Sai Muralidharan (Brookfield Elementary), and Ananya Vaddi (Burleigh Elementary).

Brookfield East Class of 2012
Thomas Wester (East ‘12), graduated first in his class of 1,078 at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) in 2016. In addition to his top honor, in 2022 he was selected as the U.S. Navy’s Shiphandler of the Year!

Learn more about the School Board Candidates for the Primary Election on February 21, 2023 for the At-Large Seat, and for the Spring Election on April 4, 2023 for the Area I and Area III Seats.

The School Board Candidate Profiles are now available to view here.

Thanks to the fiscal foresight of the Board and strong financial management, the District has been able to make a total of $35.4 million in capital improvements over the last 6 years without borrowing or going to referendum, a feat rare to school districts. 

Among the capital projects are updates to the Burleigh Elementary Library; Brookfield East Pool, Pool Locker Rooms, and Woodshop HVAC. These approvals come after their recent approval at the December 13 meeting that will add a large learning space at Brookfield East to serve as a dedicated class and club space for Robotics and Power Systems.

Brookfield East Class of 2005

Kristen Leffelman is a 2005 Spartan graduate whose love of history has brought her to work as an Outreach Coordinator for the Wisconsin Historical Society.

On Monday, January 9, a group of Brookfield East alumni surprised their former history teacher, Pat Coffey, with a generous check of $16,500 to thank him for the profound impact he had on them. You can view the full story on CBS 58 here.