The Brockton Public Schools

Parents' Academy

The Brockton Public School System continues to receive positive national attention for their diverse successful during and after school programs.  Up until now the majority of these programs were targeted at the students, but now there is the “Parents’ Academy” – and after school program for parents.  The goal of the Academy is to help parents understand the curriculum their children are involved in and to provide the parents educational tools that go beyond the classroom.

In case you didn’t know Brockton Community Access is not the only non-profit access center in the area.  We a part of a rich, diverse conglomeration of independent center's all striving to provide TV/video production training and programming to our specific communities.  Every now and then there is legislation that threatens to limit, abolish, or starve out the existence of our industry.  So our friends at QATV put together a PSA about the importance of Community Access and how you can find out more. 

To learn more about Community Access on the national level visit The Alliance for Community Media, for regional information visit The Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region, for state level information visit MassAccess, to learn how you can help protect community access visit Save Access, and of course explore BCA's whole website for information about Brockton Community Access.

Towerfest 2006

Over a hundred years ago a wealthy Brocktonian with the passion and spirit of philanthropy took efforts to provide green space - public parks, scenic landscapes, and so on – across the entire city of Brockton.  The man was DW Field and perhaps his best known and longest lasting contribution is the beautiful DW Field Park where acres upon acres in the northern part of our city remain as undeveloped property.  Recently the DW Field Park Association held its annual Towerfest and we here at BCA dropped in to take in the sites of the day.

This Month in

Brockton History: October

The City of Brockton  is 125 years old and going strong as our city continues its growth and revitalization that promises to be a bright future.  But to have a future you have to have a past so we present a few footnotes and milestones of we title “This Month In Brockton History”.

Lights On After School

In this segment we’ll show you how the Mayor’s Office, the Brockton Public School System, Brockton’s Promise, and many other organizations and individuals all come together for the “Lights On” after school initiative.  “Lights On” provides a safe, healthy, educational environment where students can go after school and find support for homework in multiple languages as well as participate in other activities.

Mayor's Commission on Women's Issues:

Women of the Year Awards

They have backgrounds in education and in health, they come from non-profit and public organizations, they assist in fundraising and event organizing, and they are all honored this year by the Mayor’s Commission on Women’s Issues for the “Brockton Women of the Year”.  This annual awards ceremony held recently is bestowed upon each honoree because she has and continues to make significant and lasting contributions to the City of Brockton.