Highland-Goffes Falls School

I always Judged this school by what others had told me. Now my boys attend and I really like it. Goes to show me never Judge what you don't know.

We transferred in in October of 2024 from a lackluster experience at another school. Mrs Welch and the Principal Mr Beaulac immediately calmed our concerns and fears. I cannot say enough good things about Mrs. Welch in the Kindergarten class, I will be surprised if we ever have a teacher as good and passionate as her again. She has helped develop our child leaps and bounds over the last school year, and we're so thankful we made the switch. The entire school is warm, inviting, understanding, and truly wants every child to succeed even if they need some accommodations to do so. I cannot recommend this school highly enough!

So far, and my child is only in Kindergarten so I can't say anything about the rest of school, there have been things that have been pleasantly surprising, and other things I've been pretty disappointed about. Best parts: diverse student body, caring teachers, very involved principal. Worst parts: kids seem to watch a LOT of TV in all their specials classes, resources seem scarce, the pickup/dropoff thing is so scattered and seems really disorganized.

The two reasons I didn't give one star are that my daughter, for the most part, has enjoyed her time there during pre-K, summer camp, and most of K. The other reason is the school is flexible with late pickups. They allow you to call during the day before dismissal and will extend care until you arrive.That said, my daughter was playing on the playground with two boys, one of which was laying on the ground and kick my daughter in her private parts. When we approached the co-directors about it, they initially wanted to move my daughter to another group, rather than the kid who kicked her (and her friend). We said, and they confirmed the boy who kicked would be moved. Fast forward two days later, and they decided not to move anyone around and use this as a "teachable moment." Needless to say, we were not very happy with how they handled this situation, and they seemed to brush off the immediate and long term effects of this incident. And now, we don't feel comfortable with our daughter going there.As we read through their behavior policy, they remarked at how they want to include parents on the problem-solving team for unacceptable behavior incidents. Well, we gave them some suggestions on how to solve this problem and they refused to accept or suggest any options or modifications. All they said was pretty much they will continue to do what they have been doing. Well, it seems like what they are doing isn't working if my ddaughter is getting kicked on the playground outside and she can't even get an apology from the kid.

Teachers are sexist and do not know how to treat kids when a boy does something they get in trouble but when a girl does something they get in no trouble at all Do not recommend this school at all