20 Oakwood
Bradenton, FL 34208

My oldest has been enrolled at Samoset since 2022 when we switched schools. She finished out the remainder of 2nd grade and is currently in 4th grade. My youngest just started kindergarten at Samoset this year. Both my kids have had good experiences so far. There are some fantastic teachers at this school that really love working with kids and making sure they understand the material being taught. After-school tutoring is provided for intermediate grades through 21st Century per request. Tutoring is also offered on Saturdays for intermediate grades to assist with learning components featured on the FAST test. Perfect attendance is recognized and celebrated monthly with prizes, snacks, or a party. They've implemented a new Positive Referral to recognize outstanding behavior in students of all grades. Samoset just had a new front office addition built which makes the school much more secure. The playground is brand-new as well, installed in 2022. Many of the students that go here need additional support, whether it be due to a language barrier, restricted income, behavioral challenges, etc. The school recognizes this and has corresponding staff and teachers to work with these students to help overcome obstacles. Teachers work together closely and are familiar with every student in the grade they teach, not just their own classroom. Fine arts classes are a daily part of the students' schedules and include STEM, Library Skills/Information Literacy, Music, PE, and Art. They also offer clubs like TSA and K-Kids. My oldest was in the Cambridge pre-AICE program last year, and if you have an advanced child who needs to be challenged more in school, I definitely recommend it. Cambridge is more fast-paced and covers current grade level as well as next grade level standards. Expect your student to have lots of homework and classwork if you elect to go this route. It can be overwhelming for students who aren't used to the high workload the program requires. Overall, my kids are happy at Samoset and get fantastic grades, their teachers work hard to ensure everyone is successful, and I believe the school is on the right path to turn things around. Test scores are troubling, but when you take into account that 44% of students at Samoset are English language learners, you understand why standardized test scores alone are not the deciding factor in whether this is a "good" or "bad" school.

This school will violate your parental rights and disregard any concerns you may have. They don't take ownership for their actions, and will gaslight you to the point of insanity. If you want peace, while your child receives a good education, stay faaaaar away from here

I can honestly say this is probably been one of the worst schools. My children have ever attended and it’s really sad that unfortunately it’s the closest schools to our house so it would be the most convenient. They have no structure zero communication communication one of the teachers actually threw my daughter’s bag and broke her phone. Mind you they did not replace that phone. And now she’s homeschooled and unfortunately yet again that’s the nearest school that I can use for extracurricular activities and I can’t even get through to them because God forbid they actually answer the phone or do their jobs. I’m honestly seriously disappointed and sad that this is the most local convenient school. I have when it’s literally the worst school in the whole area. And I hope they read this because they’ve done nothing but let my daughter down and never did anything to help her learn even with her learning disabilities. All they ever did was call me to come pick her up constantly instead of actually doing her jobs and trying to help her learn. If you’re in the school zone run.