My kids have attended Williams for three years. For the most part, the teachers are great. There are some that simply need to go, but my kids have had great teachers that we highly support. I'm not happy with the principal of the Middle School at all and their staff. She does not involve parents
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Posted by a parent on 10/08/09
My daughter has attended Williams since Kindergarten and is now in second grade. She is struggling academically, but has received help from teachers, resource and other personnel in the school. The office staff has been nothing but courteous to my family and me. We have been kept informed of school
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Posted by a parent on 09/17/09
I have two sons that attend Williams. I have had both good and bad experiences with faculty at this school. I feel that the some teachers challenge the students, but others tend to not venture outside the norm. I have asked repeatively about homework that I feel was not on my son's grade level. I have
... Read more been told on many occassions that this was what was being taught and I had to deal with it. I checked with other parents who had students in the same grade, and found that each class was doing something different. I found it difficult to communicate with the principal. He was never available or this was not his area. I am thankful for the assistant principal. She is very proactive in trying to solve your problems. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/18/09
My son is in 4th grade at Williams, I also have two daughters that attend.I am so dissapointed with this school.We have been here since my son started school and it has been nothing but a hassle. My son is ADHD and has an IEP.I have been so distraught by every teachers lack of concern about his lack
... Read more of confidence, instead of encouraging him to try and make better choices they humiliate him to the point that he is embaressed to go to school.The principal is not involved and hardly reachable during the school day and the parent teacher comraderie is no where near what it should be.We are entrusting them with our most prized possesions and they are too busy to return a phone call or even email.This is a really sad, sad excuse for a school.Dont send your children here unless you want them to be severely shortchanged. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/13/09
I have two daughters at J E Williams. They just finished their second year there. I feel they have gottten a wonderful education. They have been challenged and I feel they are in the safest school around.
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Posted by a parent on 06/03/09
Educational Environment is excellent. my two grandaughters attend this school and the 4th grade teachers have been outstanding.
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Posted by a other on 02/04/09
I am the parent of two children at JE Williams, a 1st and 2nd grader. This is our second year at JE Williams, and I consider the teachers to be the most caring and hardworking that I have seen in many years. The school does give notice of events in a newsletter that is received before the month begins
... Read more then again throughout the month. The kids are challenged and given many activities to engage them to seek healthy lives and mostly explore possibilities in their education. Many of the topics my children come home with to seek further development I would never have considered to expose them to. The principal, counselor Mr. Arrigo, and staff are approachable and responsive. This school is constructing an additional building to divide the middle school and elementary school students, and I am excited about the progress I ve witnessed since being apart of this school. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/09/08
Our son has attended Williams for the last 3 years and has had excellent teachers. Our big complaint is the the extremely short notice for any school event, be it from award ceremonies to PTA meetings. This is the only school we have ever had this problem with.
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Posted by a parent on 06/03/08
My son started kindergarten this year. He loves school as well as his teacher. So far I would say I am pleased about what he has learned and I think his teacher does a great job of keeping him inspired to move forward. My only real complaint is a failure to offer details or enough notice concerning parent
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Posted by a parent on 01/05/08
My son just recently completed kindergarten at Williams. I was pleased with his academics for last year. The teachers were great and encouraged him to excel as well as make good choices. I noticed that very few parents attended PTA meetings. My son also came home with extracurricular activities or
... Read more events weekly occuring at the school. Most were held during the day which is not good for working moms but PTA is where the kids performed with songs that they had learned. Field trips were taken and P.E. department held several health activites such is 'Jump for the Heart' and 'Summer May Day'/Beach Day. Read less
* In 2007-2008 Alabama used the Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test (ARMT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math. The ARMT is a standards-based test, which means it measures specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Alabama. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.
Student enrollment:
638
Students per teacher:
15
Full-time teachers:
44
Number of classrooms:
33
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English as Second Language
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Huntsville schools — Williams K - 8 School is located at 155-6 Barren Fork Blvd, Huntsville AL 35824. 155-6 Barren Fork Blvd is in the Lake Forest neighborhood and 35824 ZIP code in Huntsville, AL The school district for Williams K - 8 School is the Huntsville City Schools. Williams K - 8 School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 8.
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