O'Rourke Elementary School

It is one of the best public school in the area. I know a lot of University Professors at the University of South Alabama send their kids here. The emphasis in Science and Mathematics is great. We have 3 kids in various grades and we are happy with the teachers they got. The principal is visible in all activities. All my kids are A students and the teachers accommodate the advance needs of my kids. They assign more challenging tasks to them. I had just one not so good teacher encounter and the principal acted on it right away. We are so happy with this school.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has excellent teachers and is really good for ESL students. Our sons learned to communicate really well and our overall experience with the school has been really good.
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O'Rourke is a wonderful place! The school environment is very clean and inviting. There are beautiful murals when you first enter the hallways from the foyer. My daughter has made some awesome friends, had outstanding teachers, and gets straight As. The principal is very available and greets the students each morning. The parent involvement is superb. So, if you really want to get involved there are many opportunities for you to do so. Most of all, the diversity of the student body is great for our daughter. We are very pleased with O'Rourke!!!
--Submitted by a parent

As a military parent, my children have been enrolled in four different elementary schools over the last several years. I have to say that my experience with O'Rourke over five years was an extremely positive one. The change in leadership at the school a few years ago was one of the best things that could have happened and the quality of teachers my children had, from kindergarten all the way through 5th grade, was excellent. We have since moved on to some of the highest ranked schools in the country in Massachusetts. My children are tops in their classes. One high school teacher told me she was pleasantly surprised at my child's work since he had, "... come from non-New England schools." Don't you love it when that happens??
--Submitted by a parent

this school was good years ago with a different principal. it is run like a military school, I am so glad we moved to a new county.
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O'rourke is a very good school if you are part of the in crowd or click. My child has not had problems with peers, but problems with the teachers who pick and choose. More time needs to spent on teaching the curr. instead of your friends child or the happens at church. last, please allow parents who are not in the click to have more involvement instead of pushing them away or treating them unfairly.
--Submitted by a parent

O'Rourke is a very good school. The principal is absolutely amazing. This is my child's second year at O'Rourke and she loves it. The staff and teachers are wonderful. We only wish we had found this school sooner.
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It is a good school compared to others in the district but still leaves a lot to be desired. My son is a high achieving honor student and felt as if his potential is not being tapped by the administration or his teacher. He finishes his work the helps the other kids and gets in trouble. I requested a class change because I don't care for his teacher and was told absolutely not. Now neither one of us is happy and are gladly leaving this school after this year. They do offer a lot of educational activities but not much as far as physical activities and as a parent of a young boy that is very important to me.
--Submitted by a parent

One of my Children attended this school from K-5th. The other K-3. Then we moved to GA and the old one on was so far behind we held him back, the younger is strungling. Both were on the Honor Roll Was Gives. Are you so far behind you think your a head?
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This will be our 3rd year at O'Rourke & we LOVE it. I have been Room Parent for 3 years now & I absolutely love being involved in my children's education. The P.T.O. is wonderful & the new principal is FABULOUS! This is a great school with great teachers who love teaching. I highly recommend this school. We'll be here until our youngest, who is 4, finishes 5th grade. :) Outstanding school!
--Submitted by Kerrie, a parent