Woodley Elementary School

Poor administration the priority isn't the student's education and well being but passing state tests for funding. Its the administration who are the bullies and frown upon a concerned parent for making sure their child is being treated with care. They cover the teachers there is no student advocacy!

Homework policy accommodates lazy parents without time to spend on their kids. This elementary school says homework should just review what has been learned. And another elementary school not 10 miles away says homework should be challenging and extends and builds learning.

What age do you take kids?? I have a 2 year old he turns 3 Sept 13?

As a person with no ties to Rowan Elementary school, I find the teachers, students, and staff welcoming and caring individuals. The teachers work hard to serve the students and the community.

Overall, I will rate this school as great. This is my daughter's first year there and she is able to count in Spanish and has blossomed. When she first started, she cried everytime she got out of the car. Now, she smiles when she gets out of the car. The teachers and staff are easy to talk to and answers our questions. My daughter now prays like no other and incorporates God in everything she does. This school is great.

We love the Montessori Children's House and have been going here since my son was 18 months. The new staff and teachers are wonderful and my son has truly flourished in this environment. They provide healthy lunches and snacks, open age grouping, and an effective education method that works developed by Maria Montessori. As the children are learning letters they learn through their senses and first learn the sounds then to draw on sandpaper cut out letters then in a small board of sand. The environment is very home-like, comfortable, sensorial, global, and human. When it is busy it has a beautiful humming sound as the kids grab their own work and begin their day under the observation and gentle guidance of the teacher, whose presence is hardly noticed by an outside observer. She floats and observes and facilitates. Snacks are healthy. Peaceful resolution of problems is a key focus. I volunteer for some Spanish education. I dust off the sand before helping my excited, engaged, and exhausted child into the car at the end of a day. They have a sand lion pet as well as a tadpole. My child is respected and loved here.

I rest easy knowing my children are getting the best education at Sacred Heart.