Sandy Hook Elementary School

12 Dickinson Drive

School District

Newtown
Grade

K-4
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:10
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on June 19, 2018

We have enjoyed our time at SHS. The teachers and leaders are kind and engaging. It’s still going through some transition being a new school - awkward phase. The homework was a bit excessive for a 1st grader in my opinion. The assistant principal is awesome, too bad he is leaving this year. Overall, a good school.
Submitted by parent on December 07, 2017

Our overall experience at SHS has been excellent so far. Our daughter has Aspergers / "High Functioning" Autism and though she is bright she can be very challenging, but the staff has done an excellent job meeting her needs, challenging her academically, and communicating behavior and social issues with us so that we are all on the same page. Her teacher sends a general email to all parents once a week and answers one on one email very quickly. The academics are challenging but age appropriate and there are opportunities to do extra work if you want to. The PTA and the school community are also fantastic! Lots of opportunities to volunteer. This is such a warm and welcoming community - it is truly a neighborhood school where everyone knows each other and helps each other out. We are very happy we moved here and sent our daughter to this school. Also, if anyone is wondering, the administration is very communicative this time of year with parents about how to handle potential questions about 12/14 if they come up with children. They do not discuss it at school as they believe it is the family's responsibility to decide when, if and how to bring it up. They will provide resources if we request them.
Submitted by parent on January 26, 2015

I find it disturbing that they don't give adequate homework or work books to take home. They give copied pages from work books and just enough for three days out of seven days. The amount of tax dollars, I pay should reflect in school text book's. The communication between teacher and parent is nauseating. I don't see how they are preparing students for the ridiculous common core standards. The first month of the school year, no homework was given.
Submitted by other on August 04, 2013

At the time of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary is academic performance ranked in the top 10%. This ranking is a testimony of the preeminence of star teachers and administrators not just teaching but teaching what the laws of the state and regulations requires and the mandated curriculum. Moreover, they follow the appropriate textbooks, which are aligned with educational standards of the state, as well as federal regulations. The school follows the eight principles or axioms of learning and believe that the brain's function is learning and it does not know how not to learn; and that all children are capable of learning the curriculum notwithstanding how rigorous. The school reached this meritorious ranking because it does not adhere to the inferior concept of "improving," but in the superior concept of maximizing or optimizing learning.