This school has done such an impressive job bringing it to preforming plus and implementing new ideas. Ms. Casey and Mr.Kimmer and the teachers at this school really love the kids and care about their eduction. Parent involement is non-exsistant... maybe the parents who complain should actualy join
... Read more the PTA or volunteer in their childs class. There is only so much the teachers can do with State cut backs. The teachers and principle seem to care more about these kids than a lot of the parents... you can see this at the PTA meetings where there are enough parents to count on one hand and the rest are the teachers. You can't rely on teachers to raise your kids and be all of their education people! Please!!! Wake up and do your job as a parent. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/07/09
horrible school!!!! very behind. I have a second grader and they are learning what she learned in first grade. Can't wait to take my child out of this school ASAP.
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Posted by a parent on 09/28/09
This is my first year in this school district. I have a 2nd and 3rd grader attending this school. I have classed and spoke with the teachers, principal assistant prinicipal. We get a one sheet print out of paper for reports cards which hardly tells you anything. I am told they got a superintendant
... Read more and maybe next year they will switch to standardized report cards where you can actually see which part of a certain subject they may or may not be having problems in. As a Parent i feel I am under informed on how my child in doing academicly and behavior in school. I am frustrated that there homework is being sent home in cursive and they are not learning cursive because the teachers words are there is just to many other things to learn and i just don't have time. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/21/09
The teachers and staff are nice, however, there is almost no homework for my 2nd grader, and my first grader gets a packet that he completes in 2-3 days. Parents are not really involved and the PTO does not advertise when the meetings are so that the parents can attend. As for the gifted and talented
... Read more program, students spend their lunch hour going over additional activities to keep them stimulated. My children's needs are not seen to....(they both perform above grade level). The PTO does not readily accept outside ideas to help fundraise for the school. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/08/08
I am also going to have to agree with the last parents comment. As far as text books are concerned, I strongly agree that they are needed. I am very much involved in my daughters schoolwork and it is hard for me to see how classroom curriculum is being taught? I'd like to stay on the same page as
... Read more the teacher's rahter then showing my child my way of understanding. It causes confusion and fustration for both parent and child. Text books would be a vitale instrument in there daily learning! Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/02/08
How can any parent give this school more than one star. There are great teachers and there are not so great teachers. The teachers expect these kids to write every thing down take homework home but yet they have no text books to help them learn and retain the information better. I find this school to
... Read more be very poorly due to not having any textbooks to rely on. How do you know what your child is learning if there are not any textbooks. Parent involvment are not without text books you dont really know what your child is learning. What you have to look at their notebooks and read what they written from the teachers board and the printed out papers that the teachers give them. Again I strongly believe and alot of other parents too Believe without textbooks your child isnt learning or retaining the information as they should! Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/28/08
Sundance has come so far in the last year and are continuing to impress me as a parent. The start of the year was once again great, just like last year. Meet the teacher night was small and personal. My husband and I spoke with the principal and her staff and they were more than willing to answer questions
... Read more and concerns. Kudos to the outstanding staff and commitment at Sundance! Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/23/08
My two oldest children attend Sundance Elementary and, with the exception of one teacher who insists on bringing her religious beliefs into the classroom, I like their teachers very much. That being said, I have to say that the school's gifted program is pretty much non-existent. The district needs to
... Read more look into starting a self-contained gifted program instead of asking teachers who have little or no experience working with gifted students to just give gifted students additional/harder work. I also had to remind the administrators and the teachers that although my children will learn from occasionally helping others, they should not be used as teaching assistants. The biggest problem that the district has is that there is so much focus on the AIMS tests that the teachers don't have time to teach anything else. My son took a French elective for six weeks and didn't learn a word of French. Read less
Posted by a parent on 05/23/08
I am a parent of three children that attend Sundance. I feel like my children have not learned anything being at this school. There are some great teachers but no help or support for them. They have no direction. Ms. Casey is not doing a good job, she is never there. They dont tell us parents anything.
... Read more Yesterday was there last award assembly and they did not tell any of the parents. Read less
Posted by a parent on 05/15/08
I too am concerned about this school. The principal is very hard to get ahold of. The teachers are spending hours on curriculum. Kudos to the district for adopting a reading curriculum, but how about writing, grammer, social studies, and a math program that acutally shows results. Our children are
... Read more going into middle and high school with no basic math skills. And yes, you can go to the PTA meeting, only to find the teachers on the board and a limited amount of caring parents. There are alot of excellent teachers at sundance whose own teaching philosophys have been shadowed by one single minded philosphy that may not work for everyone. Read less
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Buckeye schools — Sundance Elementary School is located at 23800 W Hadly St, Buckeye AZ 85326. 23800 W Hadly St is in the 85326 ZIP code in Buckeye, AZ The school district for Sundance Elementary School is the Buckeye Elementary School District 33. Sundance Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 8.
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