Hygiene Elementary School

Hygiene Elementary School is an exemplary educational facility. From the moment of our first tour until now we have been greatly pleased. The environment is absolutely lovely. It's tucked away in the country and feels quite safe. The administration is fabulous and seems to support a strong parent/ school alliance. The teachers have been wonderful and caring. Also, my child seems challenged academically and also has fun throughout her school day. There has been no major bullying issues we have been aware of. Issues between children have been dealt with quickly and respectfully. We cannot say enough good things about this school and I recommend it highly.

What an amazing staff! Expert teachers, family-like environment, and magical experiences for my kids! Regularly offering extra support.

We’ve had to open enroll out of this (which should be our home school) due to endless issues that they couldn’t resolve over the two years we attended. Lack of special education support, intense bullying with no resolution “Kids will be kids”, racism among students and staff, teachers leaving often and replacements are brand new graduates (or not even graduates yet) starting mid year and unprepared for classroom management, Principal is stuck in her way and is either unwilling or unable to manage the school in a way that follows current legal guidelines. The Hawk Air program eats so much time and energy each year but the kids get so little out of it, other than a play day they enjoy, it’s not a learning environment and it’s a huge waste of resources. The testing pressure during mandated testing is enormous and honestly the only time education seems to be prioritized.

We’ve attended Hygiene since preschool but we took a year off for virtual school, due to covid. Since we came back, many teachers have left and continue to leave the school in seeming droves. Though this is our home school, we recently decided to open enroll to another school, mid year. Many factors were involved in our decision, but the biggest reason was that testing pressure was causing anxiety in our fourth grader. Great emphasis and resources are put on the annual capstone project, HawkAir. While H.A. is the biggest feature that separates Hygiene from other schools in the area, many other programs fall flat.Administration/leadership is lacking, often cloying. Testing is very important to the administration at the expense of joy in learning. We didn’t find this to be a very nurturing environment.

Great school! I’ve spent years at this school and it’s fantastic!