Prairie Trail School

Every student gets an iPad. She gets all the help she needs to get her caught up to grade level.

We moved to Prairie Trail from the private school down the road. I wish we had done it sooner. I see a lot of best practices in place at Prairie Trail, as well as consistency, small supportive classes, and supported seasoned teachers. The facility is modern, well kept and organized. Students receive personal attention and are known and liked by the adults who they are spending the day with. I see my students succeeding and growing academically and socially. Everyone I have encountered at D56 is pleasant and willing to try to help, in a way that tells me the culture for the staff and teachers is supportive and positive, and the students are receiving what they need to succeed in a positive environment. I would also suggest taking test scores with a grain of salt. A number of variables that are not relevant can drag a schools score down. Likewise high scores can come at unnecessary expense to the children. This is a high quality school.

Many of these ratings are not an accurate representation of Prairie Trail. I have two children who attend the school one in the accelerated program and one who receives support services. The staff at Prairie Trail fosters a positive environment that allows each student to achieve personal success and growth. Students are given individual attention and gently led to develop the academic and social skills that they will need as they continue their educational experiences.

OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT SAFE AT PRARIE TRAIL SCHOOL! While the school does try to promote integrity, compassion and respect, many students don't seem to take this serious. There are numerous fist fights throughout the school year, that mainly happen on the school's playground and bus. The people that get hired to care for the students on the playground don't care about the health or safety of any of the students. My kids have come home more than a few times to share horrifying stories that happened on the playground and bus that have left some of their friends bloody or bruised. Sadly, students can't go to these adults when they're scared or need help because they simply have no regard to their concerns- social media and phone time seems to be most important. The busses have cameras and the staff still hasn't been able to control bad students on the bus- this is a safety concern! This school does not take bullying seriously and often reply with stuff like, "it's inevitable and will happen". While things like this might happen, it's up to the school staff to determine what needs to be changed and clearly, this is where they're lacking. Students should be able to obtain fun, loving knowledge in a school that they love attending without feeling scared or worried about their mean, uncontrollable peers. PLEASE TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN EVERYDAY, YOU WILL LIKELY FIND OUT SOMETHING NEW AND DISTURBING :(

Every teacher my kids have had in their 3 years at this school has been passionate about my child's acedemic and emotional success. The gifted teacher is awesome. So engaging with the kids. The Principal is very approachable. The school is a very nice facility.