Marlow Elementary School

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Posted: January 22, 2018

Excellent!! We could not ask for a better school for our girls.

Posted: November 8, 2017

Posted: November 8, 2017

My daughter started here last year after being at another Effingham Elementary. I was meet with Rude staff and not a lot of communication for a new Parent at this school. I was not looking forward to this year and making the decision to keep her in this school to complete her elementary education. This year's teacher has helped change my opinion of the school. I can not praise her enough (though I won't reveal her name) she continues to challenge my daughter and make her work for her straight A's. However I believe that their needs to be more communication and helpful staff for new parents. We may have not been new to the community but we were new to your school and every elementary does something different. There is room for improvement.

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Posted: November 6, 2017

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Posted: November 6, 2017

Horrible. I will never send my child to this school again.

Posted: November 6, 2017

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Posted: May 22, 2015

Posted: May 22, 2015

The math sent home was a copied off the internet, sometimes wrong, and not from the curriculum book. I felt like I couldn't tell what they were doing in school by the homework I had to specifically ask if I wanted to know.

Posted: May 22, 2015

There are no programs to encourage these values. At our old school they had reading buddies (mentoring program) and had groups that met monthly to discuss the book "The seven habits of happy kids". There is nothing like that at this school.

Posted: May 22, 2015

I know that my opinion on this school is influenced by our previous school experiences and also the one teacher my oldest had at this school. We moved here on a recommendation of a close friend specifically for this school because of their gifted (advanced) program. We came from a very positive, community oriented school with a very hands on principal (weekly emails, monthly family events, very on top of security). This school and district have a lot of rules for the kids that are really more appropriate for high school. Mesh backpacks, boys and girls sit on opposite sides of the bus... But there is no security to protect the students.
My son's teacher consistently did less than the other classrooms in the same grade but it never seemed to be an issue with the principal. She started cursive late, had less writing assignments, but the best example was in math. We had a conference 2 weeks after starting there (we moved here at the end of the first grading period). I asked if they were starting timed tests, she said not until January. This concerned me since they had already started in OH. In January, we had a meeting with her and the principal on my son needing to be challenged more. We missed the gifted testing for the year by 2 weeks, he was not allowed to be put into it until the next fall, even though within a week of starting he had been placed on the list to test in the spring. I brought up the timed math tests again because I knew the other classes had started practicing in November. The principal told us that he supported the teacher in her decision to start the practice in January. At our last conference she told us that only my son and another boy had passed the first timed test. No one seemed concerned that she had basically set up her students to fail.
I appreciate that for a larger school (over 700 students) they have kept the class sizes small. Most times that means the curriculum can be covered better. However, even though this district started 3 weeks earlier before our old one, by January, they were 4 weeks behind our old school in math (both were doing the same subjects in the same order).
This school is doing a great job filling a community need of support for lower income families. They have a great lunch program and a lot of kids are enrolled in free or reduced lunches.
We ended up moving (very stressful) to find a better school.

Posted: June 23, 2014

Excellent school. Since attending this school my son has excelled personally and academically. The teachers are very caring and nurturing.

Posted: May 15, 2012

I guess I expected better when hearing about all the good things people had to say about this school. We moved to this specific area due to the quality of the schools, and it must be just lower standards than from where I come from. Hearing about the ridiculous rules they have makes me think more of cattle than students. Maybe since we're in Georgia, some of those country habits die hard. We wish there were secular or good catholic schools closer to the area, but one can only wish.

Posted: January 5, 2011

My daughter goes to this school and she excels in every subject. In my personal opinion it's one of the best public schools around.

Posted: May 12, 2010

The teachers and Parapro's know all the children. They are all involved with educating the students. The principal acts like a parent to the children not a dictator. The students love her.

Posted: January 30, 2009