Creekside Elementary School

My daughter started out school a year later than her classmates due to her developing late in speech. She is doing awesome. Her teachers have really been helpful in her developing the skills she needs to succeed. I am so proud of her!!!!
--Submitted by a parent

I cannot find enough words to say how wonderful this school is. My child has just finished her first year here(kindergarden) and It was a great year for our whole family. The teacher was always right there when we had any conserns. She is fantastic! The staff is great. They are always very helpful. The school it self is always on the cutting edge with ways to teach. the school itself rivals some of the best High Schools Indiana has to offer. People always forget that the first years of school set the tone for the rest of our lives, but not this school and not these teachers. They foster a true love of learning not just for the kids but for the parents as well.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has many wonderful teachers but just as many teachers who are not. I believe that the overall attitude of a school comes from the principal & staff. The counselor seems not listen to parents who are concerned with their children unless it goes along with what she believes. I have had 2 children here and will have my 3rd child there soon. I am hoping with the new principal this school can change it's unconcerned attitude with how concerned parents feel. I believe since it's gotten so large that it's just hard for the principal or office staff to really know the families who go to the school. I've been very active with my kids classrooms and sometimes find teachers who are too busy to respond to phone calls or letters. There are some absolutely wonderful teachers that my kids have had here! -Noemi M Castellano
--Submitted by a parent

I would just like to say that the move we made here was the best thing we could have ever done for us and our children. My first grader is getting compliments from his kindergarten teacher because he is teaching his younger brothers(also one that is 3) how to read and break words down and teaching them states and presidents. My husband and I just want to say ThankYou for the great teaching and warm welcoming we have recieved since we have been here. Amanda and Truman Vinson PS Also interested in extra curricular activities for the boys.
--Submitted by Amanda Vinson, a parent

Creekside is totally geared towards the ISTEP testing and scores. If your child needs the extra help to get to the passable ISTEP levels, then this is the school of choice. If your child wants to excel beyond the ISTEP testing scores, then this school would not be in the best interest of you or your child.
--Submitted by a parent

Curriculum and teaching methods geared toward ISTEP test. Very much teach to the test, at the expense of other subject matter. If you live and die by ISTEP scores, then you will like the curricula. Handling discipline in a fair and equitable manner seems to be a problem. Office staff seems overworked. Principal is very approachable, reasonable and fair-mannered.
--Submitted by Sam Slater, a parent