The staff is caring and quite experienced in educating the children!
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Posted by a other on 10/04/09
Friendly atmosphere, highly involved teachers, nice variety of family backgrounds.
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Posted by a parent on 10/04/09
I am voting for Marvin Elementary School because the teachers and administrators go above and beyond their jobs to make the most of everyday for each and every child at Marvin! I am so impressed with the dedication of all the staff at Marvin School and each one truly cares about the children and their
... Read more education! I feel Marvin deserves to win this prize, as they will make the most of each dollar won to better educate the children! Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/03/09
My daughter will be entering 3rd grade at Marvin in the 08-09 year. She absolutely loves the school and all of her teachers so far, so much so that she cried at the end of the year. My younger daughter is entering Kindergarten this year and I have no worries about sending her to Marvin.
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Posted by a parent on 06/30/08
I have 2 children who both went to Marvin and we have loved it! My youngest is in 5th grade this year and we will really miss the school and the wonderful teachers next year. I can never understand why families in the district chose not to send their kids to Marvin....they are missing out on a great
... Read more school, administration, faculty, kids, and families. I have always done what I could to volunteer in the school which has helped me to see all the teachers and students during their regular school day. My involvement has also helped my children to get the most out of their years at Marvin. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/25/07
We have had two children progress through Marvin Elementary School and have had an outstanding experience. Our children are distinctly different learners. One excells at acedamia while the other has learning difficulties. Each has had outstanding teachers all showing great concern and comittment to their
... Read more development. They take great care to help each student excell and work to create the right environment and programs to match the child's needs. Great teachers, great student diversity, wonderful family atmosphere with a lot of parent involvement, next to Taylor Farm Park & the beach! A real open and informative partnership between parents and teachers. Marvin's strings program and annual art show is also fantastic. Since Marvin was an Accelerated School for many years it really treats each child as gifted and opens its doors to family participation and fun. Marvin was a wonderful beginning to our children's education and we all made lasting friendships! Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/24/07
I have been a Marvin parent for almost three years now having a child who is completing second grade. I have been impressed overall with the education she is receiving, and especially with the parental involvement in our school. I think that we are unbelievably lucky to have so many dedicated parents
... Read more who give of themselves, their time, expertise and overall love to make up for the short-falls in the extracurricular actives and items that get excluded due to tighter budgets and more and more demands on our teachers to spend time ticking off items on a list than teaching the fundamentals. I am proud to be a mom who volunteers and works with all the other parents to bring bigger and better things to our children, and I feel the East Norwalk community has done a wonderful job making our school something to be held up as an example. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/24/07
Marvin is to me the best school for young kids,the teachers are really caring, and really love to teach. They send letters home with the progress your child is doing, and most schools don't do that. Keep it up Marvin
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Posted by a parent on 04/13/07
I love this school the teachers are very good I have four children in and out of marvin i help out in the class when ever i can usually about one a week ?
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Posted by a parent on 02/02/07
The educational opportunities at Marvin school are minimal at best. Discipline and structure are lax. The over-all quality of instruction is poor. For the at-risk child that needs nurturing, there are caretakers on this campus but the real need of smaller classrooms is not provided. Teachers cannot meet
... Read more the real needs of the children because of this. This is not a school for any child seeking to advance his academics. I am very disappointed with Marvin School and plan to take my child out ASAP. Read less
* In 2007-2008 Connecticut used the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) to test students' skills in reading, writing and math in grades 3 through 8. The CMT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Connecticut.
Student enrollment:
501
Students per teacher:
17
Full-time teachers:
29
Number of classrooms:
24
Arts
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Special Education
Early Childhood Special Needs, Emotionally Challenged, Gifted Students, Learning Differences, Speech/Language Pathologists
Vocational Education
Phys Ed
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Gifted and Talented
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general intellectual ability or talent - high intelligence test score (usually two standard deviations above the mean), and high levels of vocabulary, memory, abstract work knowledge and abstract reasoning;
specific academic aptitude or talent in one area such as mathematics or language arts;
creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
psychomotor ability, such as practical, spatial, mechanical, and physical skills.
Vocation/Technical Curriculum
Vocational and/or technical courses offered within a comprehensive school, usually a senior high school.
Special Education Classes
A school or program within a school that provides services and training to students with moderate to severe mental and/or physical disabilities.
Adult Education Classes
Programs offering GED or equivalent courses for adults within regular schools, whether classes are held during evening or daytime schedules.
English as Second Language
English language classes for students whose first language is not English.
Norwalk schools — Marvin Elementary School is located at 15 Calf Pasture Beach Rd, Norwalk CT 06855. 15 Calf Pasture Beach Rd is in the 06855 ZIP code in Norwalk, CT The school district for Marvin Elementary School is the Norwalk Public School District. Marvin Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK - 5.
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