Flood Brook Union School (FBUS), was Vermont's first K-8 union school, was chartered in 1965 as a collaborative effort encompassing the towns of Londonderry, Landgrove, and Weston after Mr. and Mrs. Willard Kiggins Jr. donated a 25 acre tract of land and a monetary gift of $125,000 as an impetus for the school's establishment. The town of Peru joined the union in 1970.
FBUS Facts
The Flood Brook Union School is a K-8, 300-student, school located in the heart of ski country in Southwestern Vermont. A member of the Windsor Southwest Supervisory Union, the Flood Brook School Board consists of 8 school board members from the towns of Landgrove, Londonderry, Peru and Weston.
® A full-day Kindergarten program is offered.
® Students graduating from Flood Brook School have the option of high school choice which includes
Burr & Burton Academy in Manchester, Green Mountain Union High School flowing into the Howard Dean Education Center in Springfield, or any other private school of their choice.
® French, Physical Education, Art and Music are taught in all grades, K-8.
® A full media center, overseen by a library media specialist, is available to all students with library classes offered to K-6 with flex schedules available to 7th and 8th graders. Twice a year, a Scholastic Book Fair is available to students, parents and community where books may be purchased for classrooms or personal use.
® The school employs a full-time school nurse/health educator, guidance counselor and school clinician.
® Flood Brook School is equipped with a vast amount of technology which is overseen by an educational technology facilitator. This equipment allows students and staff the advantage of the most current software and hardware available. Our computer ratio in Grades K-6 is 3.4:1; middle school students (Grades 7 & 8) is 1:1; and professional staff is 1:1.
® A Literacy program is offered which includes Reading Recovery, a first grade 1:1 intensive reading intervention program. It also includes other 1:1 or small group reading, writing and math intervention in grades 1 - 8, for those students needing extra support.
® An instrumental music program provides lessons, access to instruments, and band performances.
® Flood Brook boasts of a strong volunteer program. Community members volunteer at breakfast, America Reads, Vermont Reading Partners, Mentor Program, etc.
® Celebration of Success Assemblies are held each month featuring performances, recitals, songs and awards to both students and staff.
® Environmental Learning for the Future (E.L.F.) is an award-winning program first developed in 1972 by the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) and has been an important science program for our primary students for 20 years.
® The Flood Brook Arts in Education Committee, along with Flood Brook Student Activities Cooperative, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Windsor Southwest Supervisory Union, Green Mountain Festival Series, and the Thrifty Attic is a group of staff members working to bring professional artists to our students, i.e., African Drumming, Irish Step Dancing, Potter Susan Leader, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and Poet Verandah Porsche, etc.
® Flood Brook Community Collaborative (FBCC) is a volunteer-driven organization offering extended day programs, summer camp experiences, Vermont Kids Against Tobacco, Mentoring, Friendly PEERsuasion, Guiding Good Choices Parent Network, and many more. Another initiative recently added for our area, in collaboration with Greater Northshire Public Access Television (GNAT), is the Channel 8 Mountain Communities Public Access Television airing in Londonderry and Weston.
® Flood Brook Student Activities Cooperative (FBSAC) is a non-profit corporation that raises funds to support academic field experiences requested by the faculty, some of which are the 6th Grade Pine Knot Trip to Huntington Memorial Outdoor Education Center in Cortland, New York; Eighth Grade Class Trip to Montreal, Canada; Weston Playhouse and Green Mountain Festival productions; Vermont State House; Lowell, Massachusetts Woolen Mills; and Grafton, Hildene, Hood and Billings Museums, just to name a few.
® A Junior Instructional Ski Program (J.I.S.P.) is offered during the months of January - March. Nine afternoons allow students to take ski lessons at Stratton Mountain and Bromley Mountain, cross-country skiing at Wild Wings Ski Touring Center in Peru and skating at Riley Rink at Hunter Park in Manchester. While students are enjoying the beautiful outdoor environment of Vermont, Flood Brook staff members devote this important time to professional development.
® Flood Brook Athletic Association (FBAA) is a non-profit, volunteer-driven community organization that strives to provide positive and rewarding athletic programs for our area’s youth.
® West River Sports Association (WRSA) is a non-profit organization. The Association exists for the promotion of physical and intellectual development of our area’s youth and, in pursuit of that objective, offers programs in soccer and cross-country skiing.
® The Flood Brook Drama Club offers our middle school students an opportunity to experience various styles of drama and offers the final production for the communities’ enjoyment at the renowned Weston Playhouse in Weston, Vermont.
® Flood Brook offers a full breakfast and lunch program and operates its own bus fleet.
® Communication between the school, parents and community is a high priority at Flood Brook. Some of the communication vehicles we utilize are:
The Roaring Tiger , our newsletter, which is published bi-monthly.
A Parent Teacher Organization is in place.
Room parents volunteer to assist classroom teachers with phone calls, events, provide food, etc.
Teachers are frequently in touch with parents via phone, mailings, parent- teacher conferences, etc.
Open House events are scheduled several times a year.
An Emergency Closing Call Chain is in place.
The Mountain Signal website may be accessed at http://www.floodbrook.k12.vt.us/ and provides information about Flood Brook Union School, offers numerous links, search engines and resources.
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