Northwoods Elementary

My kid is thriving in kindergarten. Loves school.

I love this school and my child's teachers! My son is in the EC class here. Since moving here he has has a drastic improvement in his school work and behavior. At his previous school he missed quite a few days to to behavioral issues. Although I loved his primary teacher other teachers there were not qualified to deal with children like my son and weren't very nice to him. His teachers here at Northwoods are loving and treat my son as their own. I am amazed at his progress since attending Northwoods. I feel it goes to show that when you have loving dedicated teachers and not just teachers showing up for a pay check, that a child can and will improve. I wish my other child at Northwoods Park Middle was able to have such loving and dedicated teachers as well. When my son starts middle school he will not be attending Northwoods Park Middle.

My grandson came home on Feb. 21st with a black eye he got in gym class, when another boy head butted him. I contacted the gym teacher, and heard nothing from her. On the 23rd I contacted Mrs. Williams again, and she informed me she had spoken to my grandsons mother and told her that the assistant principal and she had settled the matter. I knew this was not true, because I had spoken to my daughter about the matter. When my daughter finally got someone in the office to speak to her, which was not an easy task, the assistant principal stated she did not know anything about the situation. Someone is not telling the truth, so how can I trust the faculty of this school to keep my grandsons best interest in mind.

My two sons attend this school currently and have been since 2014. They both started from K and are now in 1st and 2nd grade. My boys have both been admitted to the AIG program (Advanced Intellectual Group). The staff is excellent. The teachers care about their kids. The PTO is very hard working and make sure that the kids know that there is a parent presence here. I think that more parents should be involved, instead of complaining. This is a technology magnet school. The children bring laptops and tablets home almost every night to do homework and work on computer knowledge. This is preparing the students for the rigors of the ever changing technology industry. This school year 2016-2017, the principal Dr. Pylant has introduced the students to coding. And that is a very marketable skill for these children. And they plan to incorporate the coding class every year now. This school gets a bad wrap because of the neighborhood that it's in, as well as reviews that I've seen on here about not receiving an honor roll sticker because your child is doing what s/he is supposed to do. NWES celebrates the children's accomplishments, they hold honor roll as well as various other awards assemblies where parents can attend. It's a work in progress. And I think that NWES is doing a fabulous job. Overall what this school is lacking in my honest opinion are parents who truly care for the welfare of the school not only for their children attending currently, but for the children to come after. Parents who can speak up and help to make this school better year after year.