Veterans Elementary School

Veterans is an awesome school for kids! Don't even talk about the principal he is so amazing! AKA. Robert Bruce! I feel my kids are happy about having a nice, humorous, and awesome principal. The teachers are really nice and also really care about your child's learning tasks and things they need to work on more. All four of my girls have gone to VES until they had to get redistricted to Northfield. We love Mr.Bruce as a principal and hope all schools can deserve an awesome and caring principal like him.VES could work on the front office staff and how they handle the adults coming in and picking up, dropping off their child or etc. VES has a lot of fun activities around the year such as field day and other field trips for each grade. Breakfast is served in the mornings too. The school mascot is a friendly eagle that we can call spirit. As of the rules of the school, the keyword is SOAR that all kids like to sing the song about. I LOVE THIS SCHOOL! I can trust this school of keeping my child safe at all times even if there is a bus delay or etc.I highly recommend this school as for parents looking for a howard county elementary school.

Amazing, the front desk staff where ok but everyone else was amazing tome and my kid.

This school has great teaching staff, however honestly the front office staff needs to improve being a little patient with the parents whether they call by phone (or) by coming in person. I would request and recommend that the principal please take some measures in changing his front office staff (I do not want to name any) They are very rude and do not know to interact calmly with parents. With a recent forgotten lunch bag episode, I really felt embarrassed and humiliated in front of the front office staffs with their questions and looks like I am a criminal or something. I agree that the students strength of this school is high, however that is no reason to yell (or) be rude to the parents. Increase your front office staff numbers (or) hire efficient and good staffs.

I have two children attending this school, and we have been a part of the VES community since 2010. We had some wonderful teachers in the K to 2nd grade years, but now that my children are getting older, I find inconsistencies in communication. I realize that children need to take more responsibility as they get older; however, I feel that once my kids hit 3rd grade, much of the communication just stopped. The school has a large population, and although I realize they have to manage it somehow, they seem to have a 'one size fits all' approach to behavior management that doesn't strike me as extremely positive.