Nolan Elementary School

4435 Shackleford Ridge Road

School District

Hamilton County
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 01, 2023

My family has been at Nolan for 5 years. What a wonderful community school with dedicated and caring teachers! It feels like family, and I appreciate how welcoming & caring everyone is. I’m impressed with all the opportunities for families to get involved & volunteer (PTA, happy cart, helping kids in art and STEM lab, Grandparents day, Veterans Day, field day, book fair, listening to children read, helping with copies, fun run, etc.) My son loves school… especially related arts classes: STEM lab, art, Spanish, PE, library, guidance, computers, and music class. I love how kids support and include students who have special needs. I love how my son exercises compassion, helpfulness, and care with a peer who has Down syndrome. There is a big emphasis on celebrating everyone and making kids feel proud of their unique strengths. The monthly character award assemblies are fantastic! There is a school song & the kids link arms, sing & sway. Kids say the pledge of allegiance every day and the Nolan knight character pledge. There are lots of academic clubs & competitions, chorus, drama, student council, kindness ambassadors, cross country, chess & book clubs. Every child gets to perform annually at a PTA program. My son has been loved, cared for, celebrated, made many friends, and has thrived academically with such loving teachers. I appreciate the strong communication from Nolan. The thing I want the most for my child is to enjoy learning and to feel happy & valued. Nolan does this! Every child deserves to go to a school as awesome as Nolan!
Submitted by parent on October 24, 2022

We were new to Nolan last year (2021), with 1st and 4th grade boys. Nolan has very high scholastic standards, which is great. The school should continue to grow as they is considerable new houses getting built nearby. Of note, there is an ongoing local donation fund for the schools in Signal Mountain that helps enhance the quality of resources and tools to the local schools.Other interesting information:There is school busses that pickup kids in the local neighborhoods.The Middle/High School is in same area as Elementary school. The Middle schooler's and High Schoolers are separate, but on same property.The Middle/High schools due to bussing start an hour earlier that Elementary. (Similar to 7:40 AM and 8:40 AM)There is hiking trails and soccer fields on same street as these schools.It can be a bit congested, but the area is lightly populated (12k or so folks on the mountain), so really it is convenient to have the schools near each other.It is a nice slow town with great nearby schools. (It could use the addition of a true downtown, but you can't have everything.)
Submitted by parent on April 03, 2021

This is my daughter’s third year at Nolan, and she has had the most positive experience. She is very happy and has learned so much! We are grateful for the amazing teachers and administrators!
Submitted by parent on August 28, 2014

This is my sons 4th year at Nolan. All of his teachers have been amazing! They have really helped him through his behavior problems, even setting up a behavior chart and special time every week for him to visit the guidance counselor. Despite his behavior issues he has still consistently read a grade level above where he needs to be and his teacher has helped him find a love for books.
Submitted by parent on September 10, 2013

My daughter has gone to Nolan since Kindergarten&she is in 5th grade this year, so sad for her to be leaving this wonderful school! My son started Kindergarten this year so looking forward to his years at this great school!
Submitted by other on June 25, 2013

this school is amazing! it teaches amazingly and influences kids to have good habits and not bad habits, and teaches to be kind, polite, to share, to read, self condense, courage, to do the right thing, and so many more amazing! things! this is a truly amazing school! it just blows my mind to see how smart the students are most teach life lessons they'll really need!i think it's amazing the students know things above there grade level ! so just to give you a review of this hole thing this place is a wonderful school! ;)
Submitted by parent on October 15, 2012

Nolan Elementary is a top notch school in every way. It is obvious the teachers and principal love the kids & take what they do seriously and not only the teachers but the other staff members that have a tendency to be overlooked from the janitors & cafeteria workers to the bus drivers. It's not just a job to them & they show it. The school holds award assemblies to recognize outstanding character traits in the students and the unity I've seen among the kids in these assemblies brought tears to my eyes. The older students are encouraged to step up and take responsibility for nurturing, guiding, and helping to protect the younger students & they take it seriously & do a wonderful job. The teachers make learning fun & it shows in the students. My 1st grade son loves school & would get disappointed when a holiday or weekend kept him out for a few days. I am very honored to say that we are part of this school community and can easily say it has been graced by God. With it's high level of academic excellence, parent involvement in both the school & community, and student encouragement and camaraderie I couldn't imagine sending my children anywhere else.
Submitted by parent on March 30, 2011

This school provides an EXCELLENT education to the students that attend there. The atmosphere is wonderful and all of the kids get along well. Everyone behaves very well at Nolan. After recently moving here and my children attending different schools before Nolan, they will never attend another school if I can help it!
Submitted by parent on April 24, 2010

My son is in the CDC class (Special Ed). The kids at Nolan always include the CDC kids in all their activities, and have shown more love and acceptance than we could have ever hoped for. The teachers and support staff are great...we are so lucky to have this school for our son!
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