Dove School of Discovery

I'm a student at the 6th/7th Grade Center and I can say, Grove has a very nice environment. They keep everything neat,and they are very respectful. I got the chance to read to some lovely 1st grade girls and they were sooo nice and polite! I came from Brairglen and never went to Grove, and I was very shocked at the differences. But, I do have friends who went to Grove and all I've heard are good things.

Oh camp director/ assistant principle at Salk is terrible and SO RUDE! We had an issue at Summer Camp and she was supposedly a music teacher before becoming admin. I am so sorry but she is not qualified at all to be an assistant principal. She needs experience in a regular classroom. I know TPS is desperate but still..... I am glad that my child goes to a Magnet school and if summer camp fills up at her site again we WILL NOT be back at this school for summer, we will just do something else. This school is run completely differently than the magnet school my child attends and this sort of admin would NEVER fly there with strong parental support!

locked my student in closets and empty offices for hours on end. Never cared for my student with severe Ptsd and instead contently yelled at her. Her last day there the principle threw my student's bag and other belongings into the trash. My student still suffers mental issues with trusting teachers and principals because of this school. If I could put negative stars I would. As a parent should never have to walk into a school and find half the staff yelling and threatening a 7 year old.I also had a niece go to this school until 5th grade. Her experience was horrible as they never did anything about bullying for her. She also mentioned being related to my student to the principal, instantly got even worse treatment.

2 out of 10. would've been 1 out of 10 if ms. mcclennan wasn't a teacher there.

Montessori is a wonderful form of education and it is effective in creating an environment that allows children to have internal validation in their works. The teachers will work alongside you to help your child. The teachers are very kind however there are some that could use a bit more training. The problem is the administration, they are ill equipped and under educated to keep up with the demands of running a school. There are promises made but no follow through. There is a lack of communication with parents about important matters but overcommunication with things not as urgent. There is a lack by the administration to truly engage families in community participation and heavily dependent on the families to find that community, two community events in an entire school year. In order to be a great leader it comes from the top and that is highly lacking. There is also not a standard of who is allowed to enroll so what ends up happening is you have students who have a higher level of care and those kids take away from other children. If you are interested in this school I would go in with hard questions and really research the quality.