West End Memorial Elementary School

My daughter goes to this school, and the school itself is a pleasant change from where she was before.... except.... For her teacher... As time has passed this school year, I have concluded that she's not teaching so the students learn, as much as she's teaching so they pass the state tests. This is not the way anyone should learn. This is a disappointing conclusion since the school is just out of being on hold with the state having failed to make it's marks for the previous several years. Being able to pass a test does not mean the person has actually learned anything except the ability to pass a particular test.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter attends West End & we absolutely love it. The teachers & staff are great. It is a close family like atmosphere. I would very highly recommend this elementary especially the fact that they start a foreign language in kindergarten & now my daughter at the age of 8 can speak spanish very well.
--Submitted by a parent

My son has been at West End since kindergarden. He loves going to school everyday, which is a blessing for me. Everymorning when I take him to the Y-kidz program, he says goodmorning to teachers that he has never had and I think its great that even though he was never in thier class, they still refer to him by his name. I like knowing that all the teachers are involved with every student, not just the ones they have in thier classes. One concern I do have however is that I feel the school and it's teachers need to understand more that not all of the kids are comming from a two parent family with a stay at home mom. I have in the past had issues with parent teacher conferences that I could not attended because I work till 5 and the teacher would not stay at the school.
--Submitted by a parent

My two children attend West End and they are getting a great education. Academically my children are doing exceptionally well. Others in our community need to welcome diversity and educated themselves on how well our public schools are doing. It is foolish to live in this town and waste the public education opportunities that are here for them. We are proud to have our children in Woodbury Public Schools and to be a part of this great community.
--Submitted by a parent

My son attended 3rd grad here. Overall, it was average.
--Submitted by a parent