Hendricks Avenue Elementary School

Spring Park Elementary School is Duval County's only elementary IB Magnet school. It is a neat school with a lot of diversity among the faculty, staff and students, which provide everyone with endless educational opportunities and experiences. The school delivers instruction that is inquiry-based and aligned with a transdisciplinary theme that allows students to delve deeper into the curriculum or content and explore concepts from multiple perspectives. The faculty and staff strive to cultivate internationally-minded students who will go on to change our world for the better. The approaches Spring Park takes to educating students ensures that regardless of their capacity in the world, students will invoke change to make our world a better place.

Mis 4 hijos han ido a esta escuela eh estado ahi desde el 2009 y hemos pasado por diferentes maestros y la gran mayoría han sido muy buenos, la directora que esta ahorita Ms. Gomez está haciendo mucho por esta escuela para que sobresalga y quiere que los padres estén involucrados, el programa del lenguaje Dual es el mejor, mis 4 hijos son perfectamente bilingües, recomiendo mucho esta escuela.

RPDS has a wonderful reputation and there are very good reasons to send your child to school there. It is well maintained, warm, and the curriculum is well designed (but not particularly well executed so it seems to be somewhat hit or miss in how many kids get to fully access the curriculum). The parents are highly involved, which is typically the hallmark of a “good” school. They have the structure to give a wide swath of children the kind of support they need to thrive, but the availability of that support is only available if parents “play ball”. It seems parent participation is largely a way to achieve and parse influence.We were disappointed that their self-lauded DEI was for the brochure only. Seems a lot of their advertised programs and tactics are “brochure only”. The staff and administration seem staunchly stuck in the 90’s when it comes to educational and social-emotional learning theories and it’s, frankly, cringy to watch.