Jacob Wismer Elementary School

Posted October 5, 2009

The teachers at Jacob Wismer make learning fun!
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Posted June 9, 2009

My son attended this school for 3.5 years. Overall it is a pretty good school for average children. My son was highly advanced in math and reading and learned nothing in school on these topics for 3 full years. He was extremely bored and went from loving school to dreading school. Parent involvement was very high, but also very necessary with class sizes in the upper 20s. If any teacher wanted to accommodate advanced or remedial learning, parent help was necessary. We were very pleased with a lot of the parent run programs, including the geography and art programs. We feel the school has such high test scores because the parents take such an interest in their child's education, not because of high quality teaching. After 3.5 years we were finally frustrated enough to move our child to a different school. He now LOVES school and is learning in every subject.
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Posted February 13, 2009

We moved to the Jacob Wismer 1 year ago from a small alternative school, so my standards are a little high. That being said, I think JW is a decent school for its large size. The facilities are nice, well organized and safe. There are a lot of Intel families and so there are quite a few intelligent, involved parents. There are also quite a few Asian and Indian families, so if you are looking for a community, you will find it here. But your student's experience will depend largely on the teacher (s)he gets... especially if there are special needs (504, IEP, TAG) to be met. Make sure you have a good match! The kids spend their entire day with the same teacher (except 1 hour of 'specials') and the same 25 kids... even at lunch. And the entire class + teacher loop for 2 grades.
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Posted January 25, 2008

We moved near Jacob Wismer in large part due to the reputation of the school and area. We've been so pleased with our decision! Our daughter (Kindergarten) is absolutely thriving, loves her teacher, loves the school and is enjoying learning - what more can you ask in the early stages??!!
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