Bush Hill Elementary School

Excellent. I have loved the teachers my child has had and she has had a very positive experience and has made great progress.

We've been here for five years now and we have been extremely happy at the school. This is one of the smaller elementary schools in FCPS which enhances the sense of community and makes for a more intimate setting. I like dropping my child off every day and no matter the staff member at drop off every staff member knows my child's name. The teachers are AMAZING. They truly care about the students and the school would not be what it is without them. The new administration is great. They have brought renewed life to the school by being more active, listening, bringing more activities and experiences to the school. Diversity in this school is wonderful. My child learns so much from children from different backgrounds, children with special needs and children from different socioeconomic backgrounds. All of this enriches the experience at Bush Hill and the administration has been key in enriching the experience in these areas. Bush Hill will become an AAP center this fall 2018 which I hope will also enrich all the students with more levels of extended learning.

Parent teacher communication has been poor (although I assume that depends on the teacher) and there’s been no interest in connecting parents (don’t even receive contact information of other parents in the same classroom) , so there’s a sense that parental involvement is undervalued here. Disappointing first year here, in that regard. Hopeful it’s a teacher-centered issue and not a school-wide culture. Will hang in another year to find out. A lot of other wonderful pluses at this school (diversity, inclusion, great PTA) but again, underwhelmed in the parent-teacher communication department.

Excellent ,well experience teacher,energized principal. Great school.