We have three children attending WME. The teaching staff is great, with a few exceptions. Two of…read moreour teachers were wonderful, winning over the hearts of our children. The third was pretty mediocre. Nice enough guy, just lousy at his job. The kids do not have textbooks. Instead, they paste photocopies into notebooks. They never have homework, which allows the students without parental support at home to compete on an even playing field. Of course, most educated parents make up home study exercises to supplement the substandard education they receive at WME. If you're a crack head, however, you can neglect your child's education and they should continue to progress at a snail's pace with the rest of the class. The school building is too small. Most classes are housed in trailers. Though the school is nestled among the neighborhoods of $700k+ homes, most of the children are bussed in from high-density low-income housing along the route 1 corridor. Very few parents speak English. The middle class families living in the homes surrounding the school do not send their kids to public school. They have been effectively forced out by an educational system which prioritizes teaching immigrant children to speak English over providing an adequate education to the American establishment. If kids are Asian or Caucasian, they're not just the minority--they're the anomaly. Many optimistic parents love the Spanish immersion program which gives the school a progressive excuse to lecture the majority of the students in their native language. Personally, I didn't buy a home in Tijuana; I bought a home in Alexandria, and expect more. Our kids learned virtually nothing last year, even with the teachers who cared.

So far so good from what I've seen. Kindergarden...read more

Fond memories here, yes, bullying was very much a thing here and I did get suspended a few times…read more Fuck Boykin, and some of the other staff, but to the people that were standouts in my current mind of 2024 without checking yearbooks etc: Ms.Carlson, Ms.Nagurka, Ms.Dombrowski, Ms.Hendry, yes, even Ms Roosenfelt - definitely spelled someone's name wrong here, Ms.Wall, Asencize - yep definitely screwed that one up, Mr.Morgan, ahhhhh Damn it the teacher with the glass and taught me Math and was my morning homeroom, Ms. Young, Mr.Clark, Ms.Swede? My brain is definitely malfunctioning at this point, Mr. Brown, Mr.Lundt, Mr.Oliver, Oh didn't forget about you Mary McDonald! Ms.S - Damn it I can't remember her name right now but she came from Long Branch! Oh well, point is, I remember a lot of folks from WMS and they've shaped me into who I am today. Cringe post, but I'm currently sorting through my Google Photos because I'm clearing space and don't wanna pay for more storage and this is the perfect time to do this stuff! Oh yeah definitely wrote fuck Boykin right? That asshole can burn in hell. I had that sentiment as a child and I hold it now, even kids currently going to WMS from our neighborhood in Woodbury Park hate him. You sir, have allowed bullying to go unpunished and give a lot of the teaching staff HELL for YEARS. Yeah. Total Dogshit of a person. I KNOW Staff reading this review will chuckle.

Overall my experience was good but seventh grade of 2015 was the worst if your kids have…read moredisabilities i strongly sugggest not having Ms Janney or Ms Doll they will make your child's seventh grade a living hell. In sixth grade the nest teachers to have are Mr Redican Mr Kennedy Ms Myers Ms Texiera and Mr Wittie they are so kind and they are some of the best teachers at the school. Eighth grade was Fantastic I highly suggest your child has Ms Murphy Ms Clayton Mr Schonfeld And Mr Smolinski are so nice and if your child struggles with math I highly suggest your child having Ms Maloney she made me such a better student in math. PS if you have those teachers for sixth grade and those teachers for eight grade you will have a great time at Williamsburg Dave P

I like the school and the principal is chill and most of the teachers are nice and funny, the…read moremiddle school is fun and there isn't too much homework. There are many kids there and I had fun in all my 5 years.

Commonwealth Academy promotes itself as a school that has expertise in ADHD and executive…read morefunctioning. Our experience there this last year with our son (12) was the opposite, and the staff was extremely unwilling to work with us on his needs. It gets worse. In the end, a false report of child abuse and neglect was filed against us, we believe and have strong evidence to back it up by senior school staff in retaliation for disputes we had with them. In my opinion, the place is not safe for your kids or you. We enrolled mid-year, when our local school was having issues meeting his needs. He has a learning profile that includes ADHD, language processing difficulties, and executive function difficulties. When we interviewed the school, which is billed as particularly suited for a child of his profile, we were very excited about the approach and attention to executive function, and the admissions head similarly felt it would be a great fit for our son. For a school that supposedly focuses on executive function skills, they offered him almost nothing in the way of support there, and made it very difficult for him (and us) to figure out what his assignments even were. There was no consistent place where or how assignments were listed; some were online, some were via emails, and some were given in class. This is a nightmare for someone with executive function difficulties, and only set him up for failure. The school was also slow to implement an assisted listening device, provided by us, that has greatly helped our son in his previous school. We had discussed using the device with CA prior to enrollment and they had agreed in principle. It took them over three months to actually begin using it. One of us is a licensed counselor and former teacher with years of professional expertise and success in helping children with learning profiles similar to our son's. With this expertise, we tried very hard to work with the school on how best to serve our son, and offered specific interventions to help him access the curriculum and get through the day. The school presented considerable resistance and foot-dragging and at one point, the head of the middle school told us that we were no longer welcome to email them. They were not only not interested in the resources we offered, they at times seemed offended by it. Another dispute centered around repeated and inappropriate suggestions from certain staff that we should get medical diagnoses and/or therapy for our son. For our son's privacy, I am not going to discuss the nature of these requests, but we have in fact involved his health care providers in addressing his in-school challenges, and we provided evidence of this in the form of doctor's notes to the staff on multiple occasions. After about the third time these requests were made, we complained to the head of school, who responded very supportively and agreed the staff had been inappropriate. It was two days after this that the false report to DC CFSA was made. The report included the allegation that we "refused" to take our son to the doctor, and other disturbing allegations that were simply made up out of whole cloth. After 35 days the report was ruled Unfounded by DC CFSA, which means a report they consider untrue. Based on the timing and the content of the allegations in the report as communicated to us by the social workers, we believe it's almost a certainly that it was made by one of three people there, two of whom are still there and are fairly senior in the school's administration. We removed him from the school the day the report was filed and home schooled him for the remainder of the year. The school was uncooperative in providing assignments and materials during this time, and was uncooperative in our investigation of who filed the false report. They have also not provided materials needed for applications to other schools, obstructing our efforts to find a new placement for him. Parents considering Commonwealth Academy should be aware that (1) it is not what it claims to be in terms of support for ADHD and executive function, and (2) it apparently employs people who are willing to weaponize Child and Family Services against parents by filing false and malicious reports accusing them of child abuse and neglect.

Ok - so I went here in the late 70s and early 80s, but I still have fond memories, and for the…read morerecord one of my teachers, Ms. Moke, still works here. I remember her quite fondly. The education was stellar, and it prepared me extremely well for my future in junior high school. I have fond memories of mooning my first grade teacher at the encouragement of a fellow student, and afternoon meetings in The Pod, where on at least one occasion the anti-smoking people came to pass around chunks of blackened lung inside plastic to scare us away from that filthy habit. It worked. There was also a safety video depicting kids being taken on stretchers into ambulances... because naughty kids who threw things had injured them. My fondest memory of this place, however, was of the air raids. Once monthly or so, we'd practice the end of times when the air raid signal went off and we'd go into the halls, line up against the walls, duck and cover, expecting chunks of the ceiling to rain down upon our heads. Ahh. Those were good times. I secretly hope that they're still showing that little turtle movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixy5FBLnh7o and practicing those air raids. 'Cuz ya never know...

This is by far the worst school I have ever had the privilege of tell to "f" off! Usually, when…read moreyou tell a school "hey let some other child have the privilege of dealing with your classy busy bodies" they actually leave you alone. Well not this school. I am still a month (+) later being harassed by this school and the old hen busy bodies that run it! To add insult to injury here, I fought to get my child into this school only to be treated so horribly and harassed each and every day for the month that he was there.! Now I am having to fight just to get them to leave us alone. Apparently.... class and good breeding does not run amongst these busy bodies! The mere motto "live and let live" really needs to be stressed to these people. If someone does not wish for their child to go here show some class and part with respect. Do not continue to harass them months later, because you are jealous of their happiness. Live and let live people. Not everyone will find this school good and just because you don't want your homes to decrease in value or you don't want to get involved with your kids education does not make this a good school. That says more about you. This is a public school and somewhere along the way someone has misinformed them and left them with the thought that they are "special". What ever fairy dust was sprinkled by what ever fairy, the people in this neighborhood should really ban together and dust it off! You are a PUBLIC school and not a good one! No never ever would I recommend them, not even to a bug.

Amazing school so cool omg i cried this school so beautiful amazing even i'd live hereread more

Made me want to end my life. Over capacity by 2000, lunch and learn is horrible. To much homework…read moreleaving you with no time outside of school

My youngest daughter went here from 6-8 grades. It was a wonderful experience that she owes so much…read moreto. The administration is wonderful and it really put her on the path to success. Her classmates and she are off to college this year and this reunion brings them all together one last time before matriculation. They're all wearing T-shirts and other paraphernalia from their new schools. Timber Pizza is catering the event and it's a really nice family environment Weather is beautiful.

Some of the teachers really do care and the principal was super friendly but some of the teachers…read morealso are so horribly rude and disrespectful when I went to the school a guy brought a gun in the school! Don't believe me check the news we were on the news a lot and not for many good reasons there have been overdoses, fake fire alarms because of pulls, guys setting a trash can on fire and many more issues yes I did manage to graduate and get an education but it was extremely unsafe there I hope they do better

My daughter went to Creative World for just over two years. The center was well coordinated, the…read moreowner and director were great, and most importantly the teachers were amazing. In this time, my daughter was in three different classrooms and each teacher made her feel comfortable and helped tremendously with her development. Sadly we moved, and I had to switch schools, but to this day my daughter talks about her teachers from Creative World. I couldn't recommend this school enough!

Oh how I am Beyond happy that I found this phenomenal school for my son and to top it off the staff…read moreis AMAZING. Ms. Mariella and Ms. Sandra are the best that I could ever ask for! They are perfect, they are accommodating, they are communicators, they go above and beyond and I love it! I love the monthly newsletters they keep me involved and aware of what's going on. I love that my son brings home a project every day our wall is so full of all his amazing art work. The facility is clean and very inviting changing out the bulletin boards each month. All staff wear mask, they label EVERYTHING lol and then send home daily notes explaining each child's day from how much they ate, to how many times they potty, how wonderful is that! I wouldn't choose anywhere else and we will be here as long as I am in this area!