Jack Jackter Elementary School

Posted November 28, 2007

My children attended this system for several years. We were highly dissatisfied with the quality of academics there. We felt that the district places far too much emphasis on test scores (which barely meet state standards which aren't exactly the highest in the country). After reviewing yearly budgets, the district usually makes their choices in favor of showy items while the major content areas remain low. We've decided to homeschool. When our kids came out, they knew little history, geography, or science. My son got connect the dots math in 2nd grade, and my daughter had one paper to write throughout her 4th grade year.
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Posted August 12, 2004

Although currently under construction JJES is a great elementary school. School staff takes great advantage of the town's assests, such as Cohen park, to make learning come to life. Several subjects are often taught through a single project. This allows children to delve into and perfect the project they are working on while gaining many valuable lessons in areas such as math, science, social studies and english. An excellent example of this is the first grade project on insects that two classes had. While learning about insects they: * learned about the environement and different ecosystems, * improved their reading, writing and computer skills by researching and then writing about the various insects they'd been assigned, * enhanced their public speaking abilities by sharing with others what they learned, and * increased their self-confidence by realizing how much they knew and their ability to share it with their school community and families. The school is great.
Submitted by Bonnie Stewart, a parent

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