P.S. 321 William Penn School

Posted September 16, 2009

My twin girls have gone to 321 since kindergarten, and are currently in 3rd grade. They have had so much fun learning there. Their teachers have been great! Nice community of parents, too.
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Posted June 23, 2009

We chose to leave our son at P.S. 321 instead of sending him to a citywide 'gifted and talented' school because the teachers are so wonderful and the feeling of community is so strong.
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Posted June 23, 2009

We have had a very mixed experience at this school. Both with great teachers and outright difficult ones. Due to the hands off approach of allowing the teachers to run their class, little is done if you get a bad-apple for the year. This is unfortunate. There are a lot of children....the numbers alone make it difficult to get attention. Overcrowding is an issue. Kindness, respect and manners are often ignored to maintain order of the sheer numbers of children. Kids can feel this and become lost in the shuffle. Parental involvement is high.... this has a definite positive advantage for the school but then has a huge down-side when it crosses lines into socialization. Politically correct play-dates and over-parenting are by-products of some with to much time on their hands. Overall the school does very well with reading and writing. The teachers that are great do an exceptional job and should be commended.
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Posted January 9, 2009

I loved 321. I went there from K-5 and it was great. The teachers are all really great, and the curriculum is good in 321 I was able to be creative and learn a lot at the same time. I enjoyed going to school everyday and am still friends with some of the people I met there. Being able to go out to lunch was also great in 4th and 5th grade as opposed to being stuck in an overcrowded cafeteria for a period.
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