Tootin' Hills School

This is a nice school with some great teachers and staff. The Principal was wonderful, but is leaving. The gym teacher was replaced and I did not receive glowing reviews of the new gym teacher who apparently likes doing yoga over anything else., which doesn't fly with the kids who want to run. Problems are preferred by staff to be handled in house and often as a parent you find out too late. Be sure that something you have raised as a problem is being followed through, and you will be happy. Often much extra time is spent on particular children and the rest of the class misses out. However all that being said, it is a warm, caring environment. If you can get through the "cliques" of parents and children, you will be fine. The education is stellar, which in the end pays out.

My son is a former student of Tootin' Hills School. He had a great experience attending the school. He had great teachers the whole time and still talks about the principal to this day. He has gone back to the school on more than one occasion whether it was Job Shadow day or to sing to the students. He will be graduating from Simsbury High this year and will be studying Elementary and Special Ed. at Boston Univ. this fall. He hopes to be able to come back and possibly teach at Tootin' Hills . At the same time he made a lot of good friends along the way.