North Cape Elementary School

Posted October 7, 2009

Love the teachers, but the school needs new leadership. Principal lacks professionalism and organization, and always seems to be flying by the seat of her pants. She is difficult to approach with issues; she immediately becomes defensive and talks in circles around the issue at hand. Again, great teachers, but new leadership is definitely in order.
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Posted June 6, 2009

My child has attended North Cape since 2008. The basics of classroom teaching are great, however, what strikes me as extraordinary are what are considered the 'extras' - art, gym, music and computers - some classes which have been eliminated or all but in other schools. In kindergarten, they start the kids with computer class, with each child given his/her own workstation, monitor, and logon. They have a wonderful music teacher who undertakes the heroic task of having the kids, from 5K up, do 2-3 sings per year. The gym teacher has such a devoted following that he can scarcely walk down the hall without being mobbed by students who want to chat, hug, and high-five him, The art teacher is young and creative, with many fresh ideas - no fine arts grade school could hold a candle to the breadth of projects and art media utilized in his class.
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Posted January 28, 2009

My daughter has been attending North Cape since Sept. 2008, enrolled as a kindergartner. I have read the comments of other parents and am perplexed. We are from as outside the district as we can be - open enrollment, no less. I have been welcomed with great graciousness by the staff and administration, as has my child. I have found the principal to be open, caring, and genuinely accessible to both children and parents. I even had opportunity to voice a complaint and I had it addressed at once, with no backlash or problems. The school curriculum is demanding - I am continually amazed at the amount of things they're teaching kindergartners, and the great pains teachers make to ensure even the youngest students are learning at an accelerated, ambitious rate. The curriculum is ambitious, the teachers are both talented and dedicated; North Cape's test scores reflect both these facts.
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Posted March 28, 2007

I like the School but I'm unhappy with certain things. You can not voice your opinion because your kids will suffer.
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