Hazel S Pattison Elementary School

19910 Stonelodge Street

School District

Katy Independent
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 02, 2021

Incredibly weak STEM curriculum. Young children are natural mathematicians and scientists and yet the kindergarten curriculum offers very little math/science and what is offered is completely unchallenging. All of the focus is on reading/writing so that the children will be ready for testing. If you’re looking for a school that is all about testing- this is your place. If you’re looking for education, prepare for disappointment.
Submitted by parent on April 12, 2018

The teachers care about the children. Great PTA team. Both of my kids had great experience at Pattison.
Submitted by other on March 05, 2017

Pattison Elementary is a great school with amazing staff, and very caring teachers. They have very well structured learning process that promises success in the students' academic achievement. Ms. Gavigan is very organized and very proactive in communicating the parents about the student's performance. She sends a weekly e-mail with all the actives and deadlines for that week. She also responds to all communications very quickly and grades all the student's work fast.
Submitted by parent on January 13, 2014

Pattiison Elementary is a wonderful school. My two daughters (first grade and third grade) love this school. The teachers have been wonderful. My oldest daughter has a hard time with comprehension. Her teacher has taken time withher and I see a huge improvement. They enjoy going to the school, LOVE their teachers and have made wonderful friends!
Submitted by parent on October 24, 2012

My son is a first grader in this school and this is the first year implementing switch class program in first grade. The program is working great, I am so happy we can take advantage of the fact that his teachers specialize in their subjects. The homework load is heavy but I can see my son benefiting from it so I believe it's worthwhile. I feel lucky to be in such a great school, it exceeds my expectations for a public school.
Submitted by parent on March 27, 2012

We moved from overseas and chose Katyisd because of its excellent overall reputation & I agree there is no bad school or community that I know of in this isd. Pattison is an excellent school with wonderful dedicated teachers. The surrounding community and PTA is welcoming and very broad, expat base due to the areas location to the Energy Corridor of Houston. We have had no problems fitting in. Negatives are the homework is excessive and constant. There is allot of pressure on the poor kids to perform well in all tests esp STARR & benchmark which reflect directly on the teachers.
Submitted by parent on December 07, 2011

Pattison is a wonderful school. It is difficult to see how you can realistically get much more out of a public school. The principal and (most) of the teachers are doing a great job. My kids have been to good private schools before and have been to schools abroad, they love this school and do/did very well. Yes, the rules can be somewhat strict and TAKS/STAAR testing does not seem the right instrument for this school in my opinion
Submitted by parent on June 17, 2011

I was not impressed with the kindergarten program at pattison. My daughter did not attend a public kindergarten and I was nervous from the beginning and i had good reason to be nervous. From the beginning (kinder orientation) they put too much focus on the clip board (color system and they even had a name for kids who have difficulties with this system. "rainbow kids" well i didn't find it funny, because i have been a teacher and in my opinion kindergartners can be a bit immature but they all grow tremendously the first year. then a few weeks in the teacher tells me my child is "behind" in handwriting. Excuse me? a kindergartner should still be playing with sand. this is nonsense. to make a short story shorter, ipulled my child out. my child thrived at non-traditional school and is reading and writing without all the stress. oh, and without having to watch goofy infomercials/fundraiser skits on the classroom television. Now, i had another child attend here for three and a half years. she did well. but her stress level kept increasing. the testing is a huge deal. she loved art class, but overall too much stress!
Submitted by parent on May 16, 2011

My daughters are in Kindergarten at Pattison. They are in different classrooms and their teachers (Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Tang) are excellent. Both teachers have very good teaching skills and disciplinary techniques, which translates into an advanced academic level compared to some private and public schools in the area. I do not find the school system strict at least for k level; I believe it is about right for the children, so they become more organized and responsible. In my experience, communication with the teachers is pretty good. Whenever I send an email or a note to the teachers, they reply the same day. The staff is very friendly and attentive. The community at Pattison overall is pretty good. So far, for this year I give Pattison 5 stars. I am hoping our experience in first grade will be as good as kindergarten. Ah! Only one thing that I wish they would address is the use or I may say abuse of paper to communicate with the parents. I believe they should communicate more via email and go green!
Submitted by parent on August 18, 2009

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