Principal's Message

HERE WE GROW!

HERE at Carrollton Elementary, we have a staff full of wonderful, talented individuals dedicated to creating a place that is safe and welcoming and spaces where students are seen and heard. It is HERE that students will be expected and supported to do their best. It is HERE at Carrollton that academic achievement with social-emotional growth is our primary concern. It is HERE in our classrooms and hallways, our cafeteria and playgrounds that our Cardinals will be encouraged to demonstrate gumption, resilience, integrity, and tenacity.

WE Cardinals are special! With a very robust local military presence, WE have students that come to us from all over the country and from around the world. As we move into our thirty-second year of operation, WE have students with parents who at one time attended CAES. WE have a student body made up of close to 600 Cardinals in pre-school through third grade, and WE have a staff of close to one hundred, which includes veteran educators, career-switchers, and recent college graduates. WE have employees who were Carrollton parents first, and WE have students whose caregivers work here.

GROW is what each of us should do! During their time as Cardinals – whether just part of this year or all the way through – our students will GROW a great deal. They will GROW intellectually and socially and physically. They will GROW as readers and thinkers and problem-solvers. They will GROW in their understanding of technology and engineering and in their appreciation of art and music. It’s my desire that our adults will GROW as well – as more loving, connected caregivers and as more loving, equipped employees. And moving into my eighth year as the proud Cardinal principal, I plan to GROW, too, as I increase my focus on helping our students feel safe and my staff feel supported.

Whether you’re reading this as a veteran Cardinal or you are new to CAES, welcome! I hope you will do your part to positively support us because HERE WE GROW!

Let’s GROW!

Mr. Brennan

Principal

mr. brennan with the administrative team

mr. brennan dressed as a cowboy with a horse

mr. brennan with students in front of gaga pit

mr. brennan with students eating popsicles

Mr. B. dressed as his favorite teacher, Mr. Luhn, who taught him 9th grade English

with Lance at the 3rd grade promotion celebration

Mr. B. with Mrs. Buggs at the Smithfield High homecoming parade

Mr. B. and a student dressed as super heroes

Mr. B. and a 3rd grader at the Black History Wax Museum

Mr. B. wearing a face mask due to COVID-19

Mr. B., Mrs.Buggs, Mrs. Street, and Mrs. Smith

Mr. B. when he was a high school teacher in Suffolk

Mr. Brennan and Mrs. White as Thing 1 & Thing 2

Mr. Brennan and Mrs. Wilde, 2021 Teacher of the Year

Mr. Brennan poses with a sanitizing mister.

The Conductor of the Polar Express visits classes to punch tickets!