Jewett Elementary School

My daughter is in 1st grade and I am wow'd by the things she is learning. Graphing, presidents, adding/subtracting, and fractions and reading - she is reading step 2 books. Her teacher is exceptional!
--Submitted by a parent

I love the Principal, staff and most of the teachers have been top notch!! I have 2 kids that currently attend Jewett, the absolute only complaint I have is about our school district6, which is currently operating only 4 day weeks this year, due to 'a budget shortfall'. It is shameful, to say the least, that our children are not receiving the education they deserve! I am also outraged to hear that they are going to try to keep it this way, as they told us it was to be 'only the 2009/10 school year, then resume as normal 5 day school weeks come fall 2010.
--Submitted by a parent

Jewett is a GREAT school! The Principal cares so much about the children and staff and that makes for a wonderful place to send my kids! The staff are great and love their jobs even with budget cuts and restructuring this school year. I have 2 kids at Jewitt and I'm proud to call it my kids school! The Principal, Scott Dippel, has started a great intermural program where kids are involved in PE type games with coaches and structure based on their age level. I think this is a great way to introduce kids to sports and games and allows children to get excercise in a fun way! Thank you to Mr. Dippel and the Jewitt staff! From a caring parent.
--Submitted by a parent

Jewett has a lot of great teachers that care about the kids and their educational needs. They are just extremely limited on funds to make the improvements needed to both the facility and the kids' educational experience. There are limited opportunities (time and dedication) for kids to experience art, science and P.E. More dedication to these subjects would make a difference. I think if kids had a little time to create (art/science) and spend time in physical activity (P.E.) the teachers would not spend so much time dealing with 'calming the class down' and more time teaching the other important subjects such as math, reading and history. It would also be nice to see greater parental participation and more activities to stimulate advanced kids (like more TAG activities). It seems most of the energy goes into behavioral issue kids leaving the more advanced students bored waiting for the next activity.
--Submitted by a parent

Jewett Elementary is a school in transition to say the least. It finally has a principal with vision, and the motivation and skills to back it up. With new blood in her veins Jewett is going to come alive like never before. Sit back and watch, Jewett is coming out of that box she's been in.......
--Submitted by a parent

I atteneded Jewett and now so are my kids. It is a great school that needs more parent involvment.
--Submitted by a parent

I have 2 sons who attended school there, a combined total of 4 years. The school has some good teachers, but it is way over populated. There is very little space, the building is not well maintained. I felt like my older son fell through the cracks. We moved to another state where the schools are so much better. We now have art and PE, which they didn't at Jewette. It has taken my older son most of the year to catch up, and he was given extra help that was nowhere to be found at Jewette. Bully concerns were not adressed, letters were not responded to, there is a very 'hands-are-tied' atmosphere there. My overall experince there was depressing and frustrating.
--Submitted by a parent

We have had the same experience with teaching our son to read in 1st grade. He is now in 4th grade. He is doing well, but could be doing better. Teachers do not emphasize the importance of 'handwriting'. Reading is not interesting to my son anymore and the classrooms are very cluttered and the order in the classroom leaves something to be desired. If we had the money to put my son in a private, more structured school, we would.
--Submitted by Patricia Frausto, a parent

My daughter just started the first grade here, and she hasn't done as well as I would have hoped. The teachers seem burnt out and distant towards parents, and they give out more school work as homework than they do in the actual classroom. They've supplied the books, but I'm he one that has taught her to read. I never really know what is going on in the school and I get a cold shoulder when I try to find out. Seems like nothing is being accomplished there.
--Submitted by a parent