CICS Wrightwood

Thank you for providing my son with a safe, challenging and positive environment to learn. The school year is coming to a close, but I would like to take a quick opportunity to thank Annette Brockman (4th grade) and CICS Wrightwood. Your expectations are unwavering, yet it includes support and enthusiasm that inspires my son and all students to do their best. We're looking forward to next year. Thank you Mr. Lewis for your great leadership. Please add Spanish classes to the curriculum.
--Submitted by a parent

I enrolled my child at this school because I liked the way the school felt. I liked the fact that there were more seasoned teachers at this school. My child was here for the early primary years, a time when there is optimal growth and deveolpment of a young sponge-like mind. The cirriculum I felt was lacking, the school days too long, not enought time for lunch (15 mins.), and too much homework. The school will call you for the smallest infarction, I feel that's too rigid for smaller children. I'm not a teacher, but I do know children, and smaller children need breaks, or ways to burn off energy, I honestly do not believe that you can house children in a building for 7 1/2 hrs. and expect them to be quiet, sit still and remain focused on their schoolwork ~ REALLY!!?? I didn't like the fact that you have to make an appointment to see the principal, too many days off, like two half-days back to back, and not enough extra-cirricular activities. I opted to pull my child from this school and place him in private schooling, for smaller classes, a more challenging cirriculum, and a full 45 mins. for lunch and a break before returning to studies. I'll pray for the rest of you remaining.
--Submitted by a parent

Really Good School !!!! My daughter has been a student at this school for three years now and I am more then pleased with this school. The principal, staff, and fellow parents all care about the children. I am a parent that works a normal 9 to 5 and I don't have the support system needed to pick my child up at the end of the regular school day, but thanks to CICS-Wrightwood After-Care program, which allows student to stay after school until 6pm, I am able to drop off and pick up my child without changing my work schedule. Overall, I think this is one of the better schools CPS has to offer.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter has attended CICS Wrightwood since kindergarten. Overall I'm satisfied with the school, I just wish that the class sizes were smaller. I love that they teach the students to take responsibility for their own actions. Wrightwood is a newer school, but I definitely see the changes made yearly to improve.
--Submitted by a parent

Wrightwood is a good school. My son has attended since 5th grade. Now he's in 8th grade. Yea!! The teachers are very involved with the parents.
--Submitted by a parent

I would rate CICS Wrightwood as average with the potential to be one of the best schools in the area. Due to limited parent involvement this school will possibly remain the same and never reach the full potential. There are some great teachers staffed but they need to push students beyond the normal curriculum presented in textbooks. The Director runs a rigid, structured program that could use a lot more flexibility. He needs to be more acceptable and willing to try new ideas. Lastly, the school day is tooo long for students to only be given 20 minutes for lunch, no recess, one day per week of gym and limited extracurriculum activites. Having such a long day with no breaks will not help children retain materials taught. It will only exhaust them and result in unfocused, non-cooperative, talkative students. My child's school day is 30 minutes less than more work day plus I get a 1 hour lunch. Some things need to be changed ASAP.
--Submitted by a parent

CICS Wrightwood is a very good school. It starts with the vision of the school which is administered by the administration, and implemented by the committed teachers and dedicated parents. The school's success in its Junior Academy program (7-8 grade) is the culmination of parental involvement and the curriculum at the early childhood and elementary level.
--Submitted by a parent

Wrightwood is a great school with overall great staff. As a parent I am active in the PTA and maintain communication with my son's teachers. I would like to see more parent participation.
--Submitted by a parent

Wrightwood has been my granddaughter's school since kindergarten. She has excelled all 5 years of her enrollment. I give the school 5 stars for having excellent, qualified teachers, a strong principal who is effective and caring. The academics are stimulating and competitive. The afterschool programs are fun and encourage wholesome fun and personal growth of the students.

Great school! Nice staff! I like the after school programs that get the children involved! The teachers give too much homework which takes away from family time in the evening! Otherwise, my children are progressing in their learning very well!
--Submitted by a parent