Fernbank Elementary School

This school is absolutely amazing. I have a daughter in 3rd grade and a son in kindergarten. I'm constantly impressed at the curriculm and how they incorporate the IB into all that they do. I must totally disagree with the one parent who felt their child was not challenged. My daughter is in the gifted program and my son is reading at a very high level in kindergarten. He has homework everyday and it's always very creative. I came from Northern Virginia, where the schools are the best in the country. Fernbank is just as good as those schools in every way!!! I feel in many ways that eventhough is's a public school, it feels more like a private school. I feel so lucky and blessed that my kids are at Fernbank. Maybe the other parent had a bad teacher, although, I have yet to meet a teacher that I don't think is great!!
--Submitted by a parent

We have been very pleased with the curriculum at Fernbank. The teachers have been enthusiastic and caring. The administration has done an excellent job and provides a great environment for learning.
--Submitted by a parent

We have been at Fernbank only two months and couldn't be more disappointed. The only work we see done in class is worksheets covering math, spelling and grammar. There has been little evidence of any creativity on the part of the teachers in terms of lessons given or work asked of the children. The picture I see is of a dull day with shallow lessons delivered by the same tedious method of worksheets. The spelling words that are received each week are words from early in the year in the New Jersey public school system. Many of the words are the same week after week and they are words that should have been mastered long ago. Online lists pulled for my child's grade are more complex and would offer a slight challenge. The lack of challenge overall is one more disappointment with Fernbank. Lackluster and not enough learning here! Beware.
--Submitted by a parent