Newington Elementary School

This school does an amazing job helping students become independent learners who lead and shine both in and outside the classroom. It balances play and learning beautifully, creating a joyful environment where kids thrive and still achieve great results. With so many opportunities beyond academics, students grow into well-rounded, confident children. The dedicated staff truly go above and beyond to help every child succeed.

Great school that puts kids first! FES is the place to BEE!

My child was treated poorly. He was made to eat a sandwich out of the trash.Bullied and there was abuse by other kids that did not get reported to the parents. My child went from an A student to hating school. I wish we never enrolled them here, the school should have been closed sooner.

My son attended Pinewood for 4+ years and after bullying not being taken seriously we decided to pull him from 3rd grade. My concerns, which were well documented in email to my sons teacher, were called "unfounded" by the head of school. After interviewing several other local schools, I also expressed my disappointment in the academics of Pinewood as I did not think they were advanced like they market to parents and prospective students. All of this feedback was largely ignored. Upon exiting the school, I was billed an additional $4k+ in compliance with the school's TRPP policy. This policy states I am not entitled to tuition being waived because the school can not afford it. I asked several times in which finally it was revealed that even though my son's seat would be filled by another student, I would still need to pay remaining tuition. So they will double charge for one student's spot and you will be out of luck should you decide you'd like to remove your child from the school for any reason (besides medical). The tuition is just no longer worth what you get at this school. The Pinewood we fell in love with from PK4 and Kindergarten is a thing of the past and I would strongly urge anyone to reconsider attending this school. My emails with the head of school were met with one line replies where he ignored most of what I had to say and questions I had. Getting your money is their #1 concern and I am just glad we left when we did. If I am willing to pay over $4,000 to a school my child no longer attends just to get him out of there, that should tell you something.

Our child has been attending SCS for two years now. The staff is wonderful, from the principal to the teacher's. The care for the children can be seen in everything from the events planned, to the curriculum for the children, to the learning environment.