Clarksville Elementary School

Posted: March 16, 2024

Great school, great environment and the great parents. PTA in the school is very strong and very involved.

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Posted: September 27, 2023

Great school, where all the teachers are cool and respectful

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Posted: March 13, 2023

I am a parent of multiple children at this school. I suspect the state of Maryland or Howard county is suppressing some recent data on this school because of the redistricting in 2019 and the covid shut downs in 2020-21. Don’t trust this data. If you are looking to move to Howard county, I STRONGLY suggest you rent first and get to know the school/district well before purchasing a home as none of the data on these types of sites is reliable anymore. I’ve been closely watching this school and this data since 2017.

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Posted: August 11, 2017

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Posted: August 11, 2017

The principal, teachers, and staff at this school focus on teaching and children get a fair amount of homework. If your child is not academically inclined and disruptive, then this is not the school for them. This is a great school. Children learn a lot. They have teachers for special needs students. There is a gifted and talented program if your child is well above grade average. Most kids do not meet the requirements though to be in the gifted and talented program. A fair number of parents volunteer because they want to at this school. It is not mandatory to volunteer. Most parents are affluent or place a high value on learning and are actively involved with their children. After school special activities are well attended. The staff are busy and so if you go to the front desk, remember you are the visitor and the school is meant for the kids. They will stop and help you if you ask. But they are not going to drop everything since you walked in through the front door. They are professionals.

Posted: April 19, 2016

Students are bright and smart, parents really care for education and all the parents are high educated, the principal is not good and doesn't care for parents' concerns and don't listen to feed backs!
I've been volunteer in this school but never felt welcome by staff.
I agree with the other post school runs like an army school!
Time to have a new principal with energy and enthusiasm to care for our students and their future.

Posted: February 10, 2015

Although my kids love school, as a parent, I felt the school and home communication in Clarksville elementary definitely not there. Being through 1st grade, I do not get much from my kids home folder. Their word study notebook never came back. There is no way for me to tell if they really understand what the teacher taught. And I can not help my kids if they are struggling, In fact, I will not even know if they are struggling or not. As working parents, we can not volunteer a lot. Pretty much depend on the folder/home work the kids brought back to tell what they are learning, and how are they doing in school. But Nope, it seems that the school (or teacher?) does not want parents to be involved, and does not want you, as a parent, to know how your kid is doing in school. From my talk to other parents, it seems that a lot of them share the same concern with me. Just d o not know how to communicate to the school. The leadership of this school need to put some really serious thought into this.

Posted: December 22, 2014

The staff is kind of cold faced. Seems too busy to look up from their desk to give you a smile when you walk into the front desk. In my old school, my son used to talk about his humorous art teacher, and warm para-educator who was always curious about what is in his lunch box, silly jokes teacher makes to make the students laugh. But I do not think any of these belongs to Clarksville. Like the other post said, it seems to be more straight-face environment. But we did love the young teachers in second grade last year, who was strict but still very nice. And the PE teacher organizes great activities like field day & turkey trot.

Posted: October 9, 2014

I get the feeling this school is run like a military camp. There are rules, rules, rules everywhere for eg. prohibition against talking to children at lunch, etc. Short daily recess which limits the physical activities - this is not how young boys are wired. I'm all for strong discipline, but these are young children, not drones. A couple of my son's friends are showing class clown tendencies, talk too much. Now I know where it is coming from. Inside the classroom too there are specific rules for trivial matters eg. putting the HW sheet in your backpack. Parents who are just visiting for lunch but not volunteering will find unwelcoming staff faces. One experiences complete regimentation from the moment one gets there. It was kind of hilarious and sad at the same time to notice that during one of the parents nights, teachers were getting ready for the presentation and were positively relaxed and moment the principal walked in, they all stood up and were literally in attention position. BTW, parental involvement is great but to the extent of too many activities by the OVERACTIVE PTA.