Burke Basic School

Burke Basic School is highly committed to the character and moral development of children and adults. The Changing Lives program teaches 36 specific qualities that make up an individual's character. The Changing Lives elementary program provides a 36-week plan, with 180 daily lessons, for each elementary grade.

Burke Basic School has a back-to-basics curricular and character values focus. We are highly structured in our instructional presentation as well as classroom and school behavior expectations. It is our basic expectation that all students will reach mastery in reading fluency and comprehension, written mechanics and expression, and math computation and reasoning.

Thank you for considering Burke Basic School to advance your career. Burke Basic School is one of the first charter schools in the State of Arizona. Our mission is to provide a learning environment that will improve student achievement in the basic skills. We take responsibility and are accountable for the progress of each student.

Children need healthy meals to learn. Burke Basic School will be offering healthy meals to all students at no cost every school day in School Year 2021-2022. Your child(ren) will receive free lunch every school day regardless of your household's income. Meals are catered and need to be ordered ahead of time via Boonli.

Please write your child(ren)'s name on clothing and all personal belongings brought to school. School uniforms promote a positive, less distracting learning environment. School uniforms require the student to develop positive social skills rather than dependence on clothing as a statement.

The dress code is designed to help encourage a wholesome learning environment, to provide safety, and to prevent any dress styles that would negatively affect students.Clothing should be clean, neat, and in good repair. It must conform to the style of school uniforms. Solid colors only. School embroidered polo shirt and sweaters are required.