Lakewood Elementary School

This school is bad if you come here be prepared to have awful teachers, bad classmates that will bully you and a horrible lunch menu. I ADHD and dyslexia and they did nothing to help me. So now it’s much harder to deal with it. The safety at this school is horrible because most of the rooms only have 3 walls so if there was an intruder you would have to be way quieter and it would be way more dangerous.

I have two kids at this school who are polar opposites when it comes to needs. One is naturally high achieving and never disruptive. The other has significant ADHD, an IEP, and is extremely disruptive. We have worked closely with the school over the past 5 years to ensure my kids' needs are met. I have gotten to know many teachers and staff and especially the principal, Mrs. Rogovoy. Let me first say that, even for Montgomery county, like most public schools in this country, they don’t have enough resources to meet their needs. They do an amazing job with the resources they have. Mrs. Rogovoy is an amazing principal, and I have seen her handle many challenging situations with such grace and diplomacy. I have a tremendous amount of gratitude and respect for her and the school is what it is because of her. There is a range of quality in terms of teachers and staff. They have some truly amazing teachers that have worked with my ADHD kid in an amazing way. The IEP team is excellent and they have come up with creative interventions and implemented them. My kid is succeeding because of their incredible love and support. My high achieving kid has been placed with some less impressive teachers, but this kid doesn't need a lot, so has been fine. It's is important to recognize that there is a shortage of teachers in general so they are working with what they have. The classroom sizes are too large and there are too many kids who need more attention that the teachers just don't have to give them. This is not the school's fault. It's a systemic problem that affects every city in this country. The staff are mostly amazing. They are loving and kind when my child expresses a need. Anytime we have expressed a concern over something, Mrs. Rogovoy has addressed it immediately. The school is also safe. While there have been a few unusual incidents, they are minimal and were handled quickly and well. Bullying is minimal, if it exists at all. I had one instance where my kid was targeted and it was quashed immediately. I have many connections to the school and bullying is not a problem that exists here in my experience. Generally speaking, the school is very child-centered in their approach and is excellent overall. I can't recommend it enough.

some teachers are mean and they don't care if you need harder problems.

Good school overall, with great teachers and staff, although some kids degrade the overall education. Bullying is a problem that teachers claim to fix but do not. There are slurs being uddered in the halls and outside and nobody stops them. The teachers completely slow down and stop the class for some of the kids who don't pay attention and degrades the time for the advanced and gifted kids who are sentenced to the very low standards of their counterparts. There is incredibly little to no homework whatsoever, making it very difficult to remember and commit to memory difficult topics learned that day.

My son have been at SMES sinse 1st grade, and he loves it. We are very happy with the administration, school-parent communication, atmosphere, and education at SMES.

As the new priest here at Christ Episcopal Parish I have a unique perspective of this amazing educational experience. Christ Episcopal School not only offers an outstanding education, but engages and encourages all students in the appreciation of learning and caring for others. The small class size offers in depth interpersonal activity and a natural appeal to participate in activities. Fantastic School!