Oakwell Academy

This was such a good school for our son. He was a first grader here and his teachers were AMAZING! The principal is also UNBELIEVABLE! Best principal ever I believe. She was so welcoming and warm and so happy to have us "join the family". I would recommend going to this school if you get the chance! I can't say enough good things about this school. The only "weird" thing is they have open concept classrooms. I thought it was not a good idea but my son never complained about it.

My child had a wonderful experience at Bowen Elementary. We moved to Bryan ISD from another high performing school district in Texas. My child thrived academically at Bowen elementary, excelling beyond our expectations, and became much more engaged in learning and personal academic achievement. The faculty and staff cares about their students, and creates a warm and welcoming environment for the elementary school. I highly recommend Bowen Elementary!

I am extremely disappointed with this school especially coming from Southwood Valley. The teachers here seem to be sweet and caring but for some reason my child is always in trouble for something even little things I personally wouldn't get onto him about. They worry about the wrong things in the teaching aspect and I honestly feel like unless your child has the curriculum already down they are going to have a hard time. Julie Harris is the math teacher and doesn't seem to take the time to teach them properly and just finds everything with the child and their learning abilities to be wrong. The bullying and poor behavior seems to be ok for some children but wrong for others as well. If I could I'd give zero stars for this school and would never recommend this school to anyone.

Thrilled with 1st & 2nd grade! My daughter began first grade here. She went to Preschool and Kindergarten in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg with all instruction in Luxembourgish. Before that she did preschool in Santa Barbara with English instruction. Because of the differences in academics, I was afraid my daughter would have a had time adjusting. Beginning 1st grade, my daughter did not read (they begin reading in 1st grade in Luxembourg - in German) but by the end of year she was reading third grade level! Miss O'Connor is PHENOMENAL!! She was patient and gave progressively challenging material throughout the year. It worked! My daughter is in 2nd grade now, currently reading the final Harry Potter book. She is in the Chess Club, a component of the Gifted and Talented Program (G/T) that also offers a Math Enrichment one day a week, along with other activities to supplement learning for those in the G/T Program. Her teacher this year, Mrs. Welch, is AMAZING with the kids! A group in the class reads beyond their current grade level, so she has given this group advanced chapter books to keep them challenged. We're moving to Dallas next year. We will miss these OUTSTANDING teachers.

No tengo nada negativo que decir de esta escuela, mis hijos están enamorados de su escuela y felices con sus maestras, Gracias a todo el personal de la escuela por su apoyo a los estudiantes y padres, bendiciones!