Barnes Rd, Damascus, MD 20872

This is a great school for its standard academic focus. And more than that, they have a weekly report that goes out to the parents regarding conduct. This was especially great when our daughter was in Kindergarten particularly after coming off COVID isolation. I'm sorry to say she was often not conducting herself in an appropriate manner in public and she lacked self-control. This is age appropriate. Of course kids at this age often lack self-control. It was great to be on the same team with her teacher and the school psychologist. Everyone worked together to help each child speak respectfully, keep her hands to herself, and listen attentively to adults and peers. Over the course of the year and especially moving into 1st grade, we saw marked improvement in proper public behavior. Obviously, as parents, we were enthusiastic to make this work. And having the alignment with the school really helped. The school helps kids understand emotional intelligence and to recognize stress. It's so great when my daughter has to do a vaccination, she takes deep breaths to help calm herself down. This is included in the group counseling which is optional. We had to sign a form and opt into this training. It's not standard, but we think it's great. Quite unexpectedly our daughter's pediatrician ran a series of tests due to stomach troubles and we were surprised to find she had a host of food allergies. The school was enthusiastic to get the specific information to make sure she was safe. The cafeteria team, her teacher, and the school nurse wanted the documentation as quickly as possible to ensure there was no risk to her. Our daughter's teachers, her bus driver, the cafeteria staff, the principal, the team in the admin office, the nurse, the school psychologist, everyone is really devoted. We're lucky to be in this school district.