About Brackett

The Story of Brackett Elementary:

The hillside campus of the John Quincy Adams Brackett Elementary School overlooks the Boston skyline with towering oak trees that shade the historical tribal lands of the Pawtucket and Massachusett now known as the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts. Brackett Elementary has been serving the children of the Arlington Public Schools since 1931. Named after a former governor of Massachusetts, the school became a place for the local neighborhood children to form memories as they walked the hallways with tall ceilings and attended classes in rooms with large windows and warm wooden trim common to schools of that time. Throughout The picture below shows the original Brackett Building keeping watch over the 66 victory gardens planted by local residents in Robbins Farm during World War II. The original building continued to serve as a pillar in this community until 1999.

A sepia tone historical archive print depicts three people working in a garden. The soil is freshly turned where two people stand in the foreground facing the camera. A third person is bent over working on the land. A street is seen in the middle ground and the historical brick facade of the original Brackett Elementary school building stand across the street in the background

In 1999, a new building took the place of the original Brackett School with over 57,000 square feet of space across 3 floors to serve the children and families of Arlington. The school serves the local neighborhood students in grades K-5 and houses an infant and toddler day care program. With a passionate and highly skilled faculty, the Brackett community works to prepare students for a bright future of lifelong learning. Having received the Blue Ribbon award from the Massachusetts Department of Secondary and Elementary Education in 2016, our school community strives to continue to provide education that empowers through a community built on respect, responsibility, and a love of learning.

Our colors are blue and white. Our mascot is the cricket with the rainbow serving as a long standing symbol of the beautiful spectrum of learning that our community values.

A recent picture of the existing Brackett Elementary School as it stands today: A three-story brick and brownstone building constructed in 1999. On the left curved windows with blue trim over look the playground in the lower left. A clocktower frames the right handside. In the center of the facade up on the third story the words 'Brackett Elementary School' are attached to the building in silver lettering. A rainbow frames the main entrance on the first floor. A towering oak tree casts a shadow on the walkway leading to the front door, with the leaves of the tree visible in the top right corner of the picture.