Ducketts Lane

Reviews

• Submitted by other on October 08, 2023
  This school is horrible and the pint that there so sexist is so cruel and disgusting I highly recommend you don’t go this school plus there bullying and the teachers are so mean and have so much gratitude and anger in them for innocent minors and students that haven’t done anything bad to them but the student always tend to be the victim
• Submitted by parent on April 15, 2021
  awesome staff, community and more. (especially the outside)
• Submitted by parent on September 09, 2020
  Excellent teachers and staff. Engaging PTA, caring people all the way around.
• Submitted by parent on December 30, 2018
  Ducketts Lane is an exceptional school! My son attended for 1 year before we moved (military) and I could not believe this was a public school! Principal was great, teachers were awesome and all the staff were very friendly! My son excelled while attending and I would highly recommend this school to anyone who is looking for quality and diversity.
• Submitted by student on June 21, 2018
  Terrible. The school has rules that the teachers don’t follow. One rule the new rule about touching and hugging. They say boys and girls can’t hug each other as if there are not males in the real world. They said nothing about girls and girls hugging. Or boys and boys hugging, just boys and girls. They assume the lgbt+ community is unknown to the students. It might be unknown to some but not all. If a boy and a girl hug they assume there are romantic intentions but if a boy and boy or girl and girl hug it’s just a friendly hug. Why is that. The teachers can’t even contain themselves from hugging the students. They can’t say don’t hug me or the teachers will call them disrespectful. The principal Heidi Balter can’t seem the restrain herself from touching the students. But she can always get on them about touching other students.
• Submitted by parent on March 12, 2018
  My experience with Ducketts Lane has been incredibly amazing! We are a military family and transitioning can be very hard on the kids. Ducketts is truly an exceptional school with diversity and lots of opportunity for the kids to learn music and art. Truly all the staff has shown compassion and I’m so excited for my son to grow in the school!!
• Submitted by parent on August 10, 2017
  My son had a wonderful teacher at K. He had reasonable curriculum based on his level as well as weekly homework with test each Friday. The building and new equipment is great. PTA is amazing! Before and After School Care program at school is awesome! Also, PTA provides 2-3 different classes for affordable price after school day: science, art, karate, chess and etc. My son loves the school and even wants to come back after the summer time!
• Submitted by parent on March 21, 2017
  It's a good school and my daughter enjoys going there.
• Submitted by other on December 21, 2016
  Excelent,teachers and admistrative. My daugther i like
• Submitted by other on March 07, 2016
  My son loves this school. He looks forward to school every single day and he has learned so much. He's an excellent student. His kindergarten teacher Ms.Rinehart is superb!!!
• Submitted by parent on November 18, 2015
  Duckett's Lane is a wonderful school. My son has been there for 2 years and every teacher has been top quality! Very happy with the school!
• Submitted by parent on June 18, 2015
  Our daughters have been going to Ducketts Lane for two years and love it. The teachers have went above and beyond! From Pre K-2nd grade has been a wonderful experience. My daughter that went through 2yrs of Pre K head start due to speech delay had Miss Shelby and Mrs Ann. My older daughter in first grade had Mrs Sanderson, Miss Choe and in second grade has Mrs Sillers and Miss Abelman. All of these teachers are always professional and very friendly. I sat in their classes on a couple of occassions and was very impressed with how kids are taught now of days. They make education fun and exciting! Also, the school has many after school and weekend events for the students and community. I have always felt comfortable with my kids going to school at Ducketts Lane Elementary. I know they are in good hands!
• Submitted by parent on December 01, 2014
  DLES is an amazing school full of amazing teachers and administrators. My daughter is thriving and loves it there.
• Submitted by parent on November 05, 2014
  The school is new and there's parental involvement. However, my son's homeroom teacher is not excellent in replying to email or communication that we send while the other teacher who is the reading teacher is prompt with communicating with us.
• Submitted by parent on July 16, 2014
  Ducketts Lane is a brand new elementary school in Howard County. The school building and its facilities are state of the art. The teachers are invested in their students and the administration is very hands-on. The PTA, although only operating in its first year, has active leadership and sponsored several events at the school.
• Submitted by parent on June 13, 2014
  This school has been great. The teachers are great and the school does many activities to keep the community involved with the school They really did a great job of building this new school makes its a great environment to learn in.
• Submitted by parent on April 29, 2014
  We are so thrilled for our children to be attending this fantastic new school. Their focus on top-rate education and developing active thinkers and learners is second to none. We were looking to move to a different part of the county, however we have unanimously decided that it's not possible until after elementary because we won't find what Ducketts Lane has to offer anywhere else in Maryland (let alone Howard County, which has remarkable schools but none that will compare to this experience).
• Submitted by parent on April 27, 2014
  Wonderful teachers, staff, very clean - very certain test scores will align with parent scores thusfar
• Submitted by parent on March 11, 2014
  This is a brand new school. The first Gold LEED compliant school in the district. It looks beautiful with skylights, atriums, outdoor activity and teaching, areas, gardens and plenty of natural light everywhere. My impression of staff and teachers is that district selected a top principal who hand-picked the best teachers and administrators who applied to work there. I see the principal and vice principal are very active at school - I always see them around. They are highly visible and accessible. They have strong spanish language program that consists of daily immersion sessions. They also have a strong GT/STEAM program, and an excellent after-care program. As a brand new school they have no test scores available yet. So I can only judge them by my childrens' progress and feedback, which have both been excellent thus far. We were redistricted from another nearby school that we also loved. At first we were disappointed to be leaving the old school but now we are extremely pleased to be part of Ducketts Lanes Elementary. With kids and parents transferring in from multiple schools it was a challenge to get parent involvement at first. Now it is going very strongly.

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