I sent all of my kids here for their entire Kindergarten through 5th education. It is the best…read moreschool ever. Such a community of parents and teachers. Offers all kinds of programs, clubs, etc. Oakview gave my school the best education I could ask for them in their youth. Send your kids here!

LOVE THIS SCHOOL!! The teachers are invested in the kids, and the administration actually…read moreencourages the staff to see the students as individuals and not test scores. My kids have never looked forward to going to school so much. Plus, they get to go on the most amazing field trips. I feel so blessed with the opportunities my kids get here that they wouldn't have at another school.

I am not sure exactly how I checked in here... I have only…read morebeen here hundreds of times. They get FIVE stars. I do a lot of support for this school.

Murphy Elementary definitely puts their students first. This school has a caring staff that go…read moreabove and beyond to educate their students. Thank you.

Fantastic magnet school focusing on engaged and experiential learning. Amazing community garden…read morewith chickens. Great teachers, involved parents, and diversity

* This review may change as the year progresses…read more What to expect: Supplies list: My husband went to the school and picked one up because nothing was listed on the website...There will eventually be lists posted near the school supplies section at Walmart. Ultimately, we spent $25 on supplies (including paper towels, tissues, baggies, and extras) for one child. Where is the bus stop?: You won't find out until the day/night before school starts! You got me. You won't find out ANYTHING until you physically go to the school in the middle of a workweek from 4 pm (or so) - 6 pm. It is all a mystery, especially for parents new to the school. It's quite underwhelming and frustrating. Never mind the website... You will herd up with the rest of the families waiting to get in the locked front doors. Well, we stayed in our air-conditioned car. I didn't understand the crush of people until we went to the library. You will bring in at least two bags of supplies to take to your child's room. The room numbers and teachers are listed on sheets of papers in the hallways. There are numerous locations of these lists but they could be spread out a bit better and more clearly marked. It's a crush of people all going to the closest list. None of this is well thought out. You will search for your child's bus stop information and it will be in a random room where you will speak to someone who will look up your address. You will go to the library out of sheer curiosity of a caring and interested parent. It is a nicely appointed library with a wilderness theme since your school mascot is a trash panda (I say that with sheer affection). This is when you will witness the disorderly chaos that comes with free school supplies. I think trash pandas may leave things in a better condition than the parents and their children who blow through this area. Once in your child's classroom, you will fill out paperwork and verify the information that you previously provided when you registered your kid for school. Review it! Within a day or two, you will receive all the information you wanted and needed PRIOR to starting school in a folder with a deluge of papers to sign, including contracts to make your kid sign...does no one watch "Judge Judy?" You can't make a contract with a child. Thanks for the extra paper and overload of excessive information. If my child gets in trouble do you pull out this null and void contract and shake it in their face? Can we stop pretending? PTA: Calling it this would be easy so let's call it ROPE instead... Sketchy things: The USDA has "partnered" with whomever in the district (assume the superintendent) to "offer" ice cream EVERY stinkin' Friday to your child for a mere $0.60 a week for the year. You can prepay or pay as you go. The dairy industry working on the "Get 'em early" agenda and dumping their overproduction. When my child went for their check-up (that you must pay for before entering the school system), the same one they will be getting later in the year for free, "hearing, sight, BMI," the physician told us that they offer blood screenings because many of the children in the area are obese. Good one on the weekly artery-clogging dairy and sugar soft-serve. The lunch menu is pretty much pizza and meat your kid doesn't want to eat. And if your kid doesn't want fruit they have access to fruit juice (e.g. sugar water) instead...There is just as much sugar in fruit juices as there are in a can of soda! Take a look while you are at the store. While you can opt-out of letting your child participate in the ice cream "program", we all know what it is to be a child that feels left out. Nice manipulation. This is repugnant. Ice cream should NOT be offered at the end of every Friday. Period. * Researched and the ice cream program and it is used to prop up the lunch program due to perceived low use...The government contracts with the agricultural complex (while also providing subsidies to them) and dumps dairy and meat on the school systems but does not do the same for fruit and vegetables. "This has nothing to do with the health of the children and all to do with the financial health of big agri. industries." - Dr. Neal Barnard.

Horrible teachers, Horrible school. My granddaughter is miserable at this school. She did have a…read moregood teacher last year but it's been one of the few. Teachers are bullies and have no compassion.

This is the best christian preschool in Anderson. The teachers are wonderful and loving and teach…read morethe children so many things including biblical. Im hard to please when it comes to my kids but I dont have one negative thing to say about WACA.