Colchester Elementary School

315 Halls Hill Road

Colchester, CT 06415

7 Reviews

School District

Colchester
Grade

PK, K-2
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:8
Type

public

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Submitted by parent on June 28, 2019

CES has been extremely welcoming and friendly as well as providing state of the art resources and curriculum matched with passionate and compassionate teachers who are just ace! We have had a very good experience here and feel safe with the drop off and pick up systems for safety and care. There are no loopholes here at CES where intruders or unsafe conditions can become a reality. Very well run school! Keep up the great teamwork to build great little Americans CES!
Submitted by parent on September 05, 2014

CES is a great school. Both of my children attended, one still does. The teachers were very supportive and caring, aside from a couple of kindergarten teachers, but they retired. The long term and beloved principal retired two years ago, her replacement lasted one year and was not well liked, the current principal is the former vice-principal, yay! From Pre-K through 2nd (aside from K and the one year principal) we had nothing but great experiences from the teachers and staff. The school is nice, new, clean and well cared for. I feel that it's pretty safe with all of the restricted access and alarms. I get the sense from the teachers that they care for the children, class size is around 20 or so. We didn't do the 1/2 crew thing, but if you didn't want it, request to be moved out of it. The teachers I have found have been able to handle children of all different backgrounds and needs. Very pleased with CES and JJIS, am nervous about WJJMS and BA. The school seems to be very organized and efficient, the office staff polite and courteous. They take the responsibility of caring for your child seriously. Keep up the good work CES, too bad we'll be all done after this year.
Submitted by parent on May 16, 2013

I love how positive and caring all the teachers and administrators are. I feel like my son is getting an A+ education. I appreciate the communication and feel that I am not excluded in his education.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2011

Absolutely the best school around!!! My oldest son participated in the 1-2 combo class and I have to say it was very helpful to have the same teachers for two years in a row. It gave him a sense of belonging and he learned to mentor the younger students when he was in the 2nd grade. My younger son who is currently in the 2nd grade and a special needs child has ALWAYS received the care and guidance needed to make his time at CES rewarding. I have had excellent communication with administration and teachers for the past 5 years. Any concerns I ever had were always taken into consideration.
Submitted by parent on May 08, 2011

I am writing as a parent in response to the review dated 3/15/11 to clarify the misinformation regarding "40+ students in 1 adjoining room". Colchester Elementary School is pre-k through 2nd grade. The "huge class size" must be referencing some of the team based classrooms. There are 3 of these class types. There are two "1-2 Combos" which combine a first and second grade class. There are 2 teachers, *2* adjoining classrooms with the same teacher to student ratio as a typical classroom (approx 1:20). The children in these classrooms benefit by having the same two teachers for first and second grade. There is also a 1-1 class which is 2 first grade classes with a team of two teachers and again there are 2 classrooms. The remaining classes are standard classes. Parents have the option to have their child placed in one of these classrooms or a standard classroom. Obviously this parent has had other issues with the school, but the information provided in the review regarding the class sizes is simply untrue. There are many wonderful, caring teachers and staff at CES.
Submitted by parent on March 15, 2011

the teachers and staff in this school are judgmental, and don't care to help children that are special needs. The school is un-communicative and there is little if any communication between parents and teachers. The curriculum is lacking, and due to huge class size (40+ students in 1 adjoining room) children inevitably fall behind. They mix the first and second graders in one class room to cut down on staffing, the only one this helps is the people writing the teachers paychecks(less teachers means less payroll) unfortunetly my poor child has wasted a whole year at this school and has left with a poor excuse for an education. Tax money is not utilised well in this town. How many towns do you know that have a: CES elementary(k-2) Jack jecter mid elementary(3-5) middle (6-8) bacon academy(9-12) this school system is undoubtebly the poorest disorganized mess, there are to many students and not enough GOOD teachers
Submitted by parent on February 10, 2009

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