Dirksen Elementary School

My son was a student at Dirksen , the best teachers he had was from sixth grade , Ms Kasir and Ms Basharis , both of the them are the best teachers at Dirksen teaching sixth grade , they are very helpful , caring ,wonderful and committed to there work !! Can’t thank them enough for being such great teachers.

Very good school and excellent teachers. My girls loved this school !!

My daughter was going to this school since 3rd grade. Everything at that time was normal. In the beginning of 6th grade, my child started to get bullied by one boy. My daughter and I decided to reach out to the school and confront them about the situation. My daughter and I went to the school, the school told us that they will talk about the situation with the boy’s parents. But the next day, the boy started bullying my child AGAIN. So, I decided that I will try to contact his mother on my own. Turns out, that the boy’s mother didn’t know that the situation was this serious and that the school didn’t tell her the whole thing. It got to the point where my child was diagnosed with Anorexia and depression. She wanted to take her own life. She tried to overdose. My daughter had to be taken to a mental hospital. When my daughter was released, we tried to go to the school and ask them if my child could finish school at home. The school told us no and if I wanted to, I could do homeschooling for my daughter. I decided that homeschooling would be the best decision for her. When I came to Withdraw my daughter from the school, they told me no and that I have to go through courses because my first language is not English. Finally, I withdrew my daughter after I told them that if they won’t withdraw my daughter, I would come with police because it’s the law that every child can do homeschooling if they have to and you don’t have to go through any courses. I don’t recommend this school to anyone. This is the worst school my daughter has ever been in. She could’ve lost her life because of this school.

Fantastic school. I went there and absolutely loved it. The teachers were great, the staff was great, and most importantly the curriculum was great. This school has an ESL program, and the great thing is they have multiple teachers who speak different languages. The classrooms usually have an aid to help the students. The school also has events such as movie nights, reading nights, volleyball tournaments, and of course basketball games. As a parent of a child who now goes there I have to say this school is pretty great. The pricipal has changed, and I'm not a huge fan of him, but the assistant principal Dr. Archibald is amazing. The office staff is also great. The only downside is that when I attended the school I rarely swathe nurse in her office, at some point I wasn't even sure that we had one. Overall great school, Send your kids here!