Heritage Elementary School

My son entered this school his third grade year. It was a cultural shock but once he got past that everything went smoothly. The teachers would call me or email me and after 2 weeks he was more confident and doing much better academically as well. They offered Saturday tutorials and gave him extra help during the week as well. He loves the chess club:)
--Submitted by a parent

My son attended Heritage Elementary and I had very few problems with his teachers. They kept me informed about his grades as well as his behavior in class. They offered tutorials and Saturday school to ensure his success. I was pleased with the staff and the many opportunities and activities the school provides for the students. There are no perfect schools, just schools striving to do the best they can with what they have. And Heritage is one of those schools that have tried and is trying to build a successful foundation for students.
--Submitted by a parent

Most teachers at this school behave as if this was just a job and do not treat what they do as a profession. Not all but most behave as if they were simply babysitting and do not offer any help to struggling kids who are unable to learn due to large classroom sizes. In the words of the 3rd grade teacher who I asked to help me try to get my sons grades up "I can not give him anymore attention that the rest" I then asked if he could take the work he wasn't finishing due to the fact he didn understand her and she replied "Sure after I grade it, he can take it home and finish but Im not giving him credit". I then realized she didnt care about him learning. She as pathetic as having a Doctor who doesn't care to heal patients. My son now goes to Abiding word on Red Oak its been a blessing.
--Submitted by a parent

Teachers are young and inexperienced. More focus is spent on discipline than the child learning. For the involved parents, very hard to get replies back from the teachers. Get low or minimum input on how to effectively be involved in teaching the students at home.
--Submitted by a parent

when I was younger, I honestly hated this school. I was bullied alot because I was "fat" and "talked like a white girl", these people had no right to say such things about me and it was sad that the teachers never realised what was taking place. It took years for me to stop hating myself because of the shunning and the names they called me, sometimes, I still think I'm ugly and fat but I know that those people who called me those names were the ugly ones and that they'll never amount to anything by the way, this bulling started when in second grade when I moved but, I moved here in the 2nd semester, the bulling stopped when in 3rd grade, only because I moved to another school.I never told my parents though, I never want anyone to go through what I went through.

I've subbed at Heritage several times and i've found that a majority of the students are disrespectful and take little interest in learning. There are major behavior problems among students at this school.

This school place an extreme amount of time and effort in discipline rather than academics. Test scores are horrific!
--Submitted by a parent

Heritage Elemetary is a school of compassion for its' students and a passion for the learning enviroment. All faculty and staff make every student a number 1 priority.
--Submitted by a staff

My children are new to the school and the district but I have found the staff to be very attentive to my childrens needs.
--Submitted by Ms Daniels, a parent

Great kindergarten teachers. Lots of activities. Great recess center. Awesome music teachers, and gym. Lots of kids though. Last year the Kindergarten had a problem with lice that was unsolved up to the summer break. I should have called the health department. No parent got a letter. I knew of at least 5 kids that were infested, and the school did nothing.
--Submitted by a parent