Island Creek Elementary School

Posted: January 14, 2024

Posted: January 14, 2024

Posted: January 14, 2024

Posted: January 14, 2024

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Posted: January 14, 2024

This is our third year at Island Creek and the new principal has led the staff with great changes. There has been a renewed focus on social emotional skills for all students and teaching has become more student-centered. Communication from the new principal and the teachers has become more frequent, clear, and transparent, and is very responsive. My children love their teachers and learning and music class is their favorite. The teachers and administrators care about the children. The class sizes for the older grades are large but that is a district issue.

Posted: January 14, 2024

Posted: December 18, 2023

If you are a family of color I do not recommend subjecting your child or children to this environment at Island Creek Elementary. There is a new principal Jen Fallert, who I believe is truly attempting to change the racial discrepancies but she is only one person amongst a group of staff members who have been prejudice towards others for an extended period of time or maybe even their entire lives. There are also many families that are raising their children to spew hatred and ignorance which can and will negatively effect your child or children of color.

This is suppose to be a learning institution but there are negative contributing factors that may destroy your child's self esteem if your child or children were to enroll.

Posted: December 18, 2023

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Posted: May 9, 2023

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Posted: May 9, 2023

Great culture, strong teaching staff, engaged leadership, good communication between teachers and parents, great PTA events, sport/club events on site, Island Creek has been wonderful.

Posted: May 9, 2023

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Posted: October 12, 2022

Island Creek is one of the best elementary schools in Fairfax County. The principles, staff, teachers, PTA and students are extremely nice, respectful and caring. Qualities of the teachers includes communication, listening, empathy, patience and teaching each student to the fullest . The impact the teachers have will forever be lifelong love for learning when the students are ready for middle school: this is something they will always remember. Students will never forget the teacher that helped them with school work, made them work harder and never give up on them. The teachers are very thoughtful how they present age appreciate material in school and meet each student where they are. I can tell the teachers love what they do, because how they engage and encourage the students to learn and behavior. Team work is dream work at Island Creek Elementary School and as a parent I'm totally satisfied and loving it!

Posted: October 12, 2022

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Posted: November 2, 2019

Excellent, it’s a very good school, like the system and how they let the kids learn.

Posted: November 2, 2019

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Posted: August 30, 2017

We did not move to this area because of the school but have found that many families did. We have been thrilled to have our daughter attend such a wonderful school. Her teacher is excellent, the staff is super helpful and we couldn't be happier.

Posted: August 30, 2017

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Posted: September 15, 2016

The teachers work well as a team within each grade level. The communication to the parents from the administration is great. Awesome PTA and fantastic community feel. We really love this school.

Posted: September 15, 2016

Posted: September 15, 2016

We have not passed 2nd grade yet and entered into SOL territory, so it's hard to say.

Posted: September 15, 2016

The Croc's Creed is wonderful, always focusing on being kind, safe, responsible, honest, cooperative and respectful.

Posted: April 19, 2015

We moved to this area so that our children could attend Island Creek. We are very happy with the school and teachers. Our son is doing awesome here! We will be leaving soon because we are military and hope we can find a school as great as this one.

Posted: August 8, 2014

We moved to Island Creek based on the school reviews & LOVED the school. The teachers & education our child received were exemplary. The teachers really cared about my child & were thoroughly vested in his development. They were wonderful in supporting the subjects he accelerated in & getting him interested in ones he maybe wasn't . We had emails/flyers weekly on classroom activities. There were ample opportunities to volunteer & participate, for both working & stay at home parents. I can't say enough about the excellent staff they have from the administration down to the volunteers. It was a lovely community to be a part of & we will miss it greatly.

Posted: June 17, 2014

My kid is attending Island Creek, and I couldn't be any happier. The teacher in his class is very nice and caring. I get e-mails about his progress, and weakness, as well as how to work with him. I am very much impressed by the way the teacher cared, and took time to communicate with me. I am also impressed by how much the PTA is invloved. It is great to see a community that cares about not only their own kids, but the school in general. We have friends/neighbors who are sending their kid to a private school, and when we were comparing notes about our kids activities, as well as their ability to read,our friends were very much impressed by our school. They have decided to enroll their daughter to the school next year. Overall we are impressed. For kindergarten, our son's reading ability is comparable to 2nd grade. Math is at par with 1st grade.

Posted: June 11, 2014

The school has new administration which is not as relaxed and kid-oriented as in the past. The school is focused mainly on SOL's and seems to be losing a lot of the best teachers. I have two children who attend one graduating to middle school. Even they have commented on the change and how unhappy they are.

Posted: June 3, 2014

We moved from out of state in August 2013 from Rochester, NY and my son has severe ADHD and tendencies of Autism. When coming to this school I did not know what to expect and he recently received an IEP for Special ED, Speech Therapy, and Occupational Therapy. He has done good so far and his teachers and the staff at ICES have been amazing. He's finally excelling in some areas compared to others, but they keep me in the loop for everything. We're actually moving this Summer to Lorton so unfortunately we won't be attending ICES anymore (unless a Pupil Placement gets approved) but if you choose to go here my recommendation is this school is absolutely amazing. My son has had Mrs. Anderson for 1st grade and he does well for the most part and struggles in other areas like Math (that's a given I was horrible in Math) and some listening skills and what not.. typical with his ADHD.

Posted: April 16, 2014

My children attended this school for five years. The staff and faculty are wonderful and work together as a team. There are always volunteers in the school which I think makes the school even more effective. There is a real community feel since the school's footprint is very small.

Posted: February 21, 2013

I am pleased with the staff at Island Creek. The teachers, counselors, and principals genuinely care about the students. My two children are happy to go to school each day. Just like most Fairfax County Public Schools, I feel the classes are large especially for the younger grades and often do not have assistants. This is a large school, but it has a nice community/neighborhood feel.

Posted: June 8, 2011

The staff is great to work with. the special education teachers are wonderful! They are very helpful and attentive to the needs of the child and understanding of parents. My daughter is thriving at this school

Posted: June 21, 2010

As a parent of a special needs child, my experience at Island Creek has been nothing short of wonderful. I have only kind words for the staff and faculty of Island Creek. I am always involved in the decisions regarding my child and teachers go above and beyond to make my child's each and every day a great learning experience. One improvement that I would like to see at this school is a more welcoming staff in the office. Many times I myself have not been acknowledged or simply ignored upon entering. This is a subject that has been discussed by other parents as well. It would be nice to hear a simple hello or, how can I help you today? More often than not, you are simply ignored. Very unprofessional at the very least.