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71 Strong Street

Amherst, MA 01002

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Posted July 6, 2009

Excellent school, even better under new administration (the previous principal was less supportive of family involvement as noted in 11/2007). Wildwood is a gret example of remarkable public education, that ensures that all students are given an opportunity to thrive and become excited about learning.
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Posted November 5, 2007

I think it is unfortunate that this school with all of its resources fails to live up to its potential. Individual people, teachers and staff, are wonderful but curriculum is uninspired and fails to accomodate the rich diversity of students (differentiation just doesn't happen) and this is in classrooms that have ample staff and volunteers. The administration fails to support family involvement and seems at times to be setting up barriers to families rather than forging bridges.
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Posted October 1, 2007

Excellent teaching staff.
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Posted May 15, 2006

Wildwood is an excellent school. My daughter (4th grade) has been there since kindergarten. She had some special learning disabilities, especially in reading and writing, as well as some behavioral issues. When I was told she was recommended for testing and eventually for SPED services, I was really disturbed. My whole world that revolved around my perfect child fell apart. The Wildwood team worked closely and carefully with her, and now she is back in the mainstream classroom. I was really impressed! I couldn't believe that they actually evaluated the situation and then were able to target her disabilities and bring her up to speed. Wow!
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chrisleembhc February 9, 2012
We test kids at the end of the year and beginning. Kids that don't keep up during the summer take a giant step backwards. If our kids do complain about homework, we ask them,"Do you want to work for a company, or own the company?"
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jackdaddy February 5, 2012
No. Let the children have a break. Let their minds focus on being children. They'll have plenty of homework when they go back to school. I would not even consider enforceing summer homework for my children. They need stress free playtime.
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YviPuerto03 February 2, 2012
Yes. Of course summer is for fun however they can take a brake from homework 2 weeks or so, not the whole summer. If you teach a child the importance of learing they will enjoy the homework even in the summer.
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