Olive Chapel Elementary

Salem Elementary has been a wonderful school for both our children. Our children have thrived in the environment both academically and socially. Salem offers after school opportunities for kids to experience the arts, like school plays, etc. which not all schools offer. And the teachers and principals are wonderful!

If you are not Catholic and applying for Pre k don’t waste your time and money on the application fee.

We came from abroad and moved to Apex. We were lucky our daughter got to go to such a great school. She was really supported on her adaptation process and thrived from the scholastic point of view. Great school with an excellent staff.

My experience with Principal Tara Yunker, school psychologist Arielle Pickel, and speech-language pathologist Emily Elliott was deeply disappointing. I found their communication dismissive, cold, and lacking genuine concern for the needs of a child with disabilities.My child had consistently been identified by previous schools and her medical team as having a speech delay and needing speech therapy. However, this school (only this school) determined that she did not need speech services. She continues to work on her speech today, and her peers still sometimes have difficulty understanding her.Rather than focusing only on my child’s individual history and needs, staff also referenced other children’s cases when explaining why support would not be provided. Every child with a disability deserves an individualized and respectful evaluation. Unfortunately, that was not our experience.