Came here for Base Camp for work. It's a nice size school compared to the middle schools I have…read morebeen in. The staff from APS were really great, informative and supportive in the learning of their educators!

This school is the worst never send your child here if you care about their safety. My son was…read morephysically abused by a staff member and had bruises on his body. When my husband contacted the school the principal didn't show any concern and was more interested in protecting the staff member that was involved and not my child. I will be homeschooling my child from now on at least I will know he will be safe. This school takes no accountability for anything.

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

Great school, the building could use some work, overall nice faculty. Mr Hall is the best assistant…read moreprincipal.

This place is actually alright if the assistant principal didn't put his hand on people when they…read morearen't supposed to. and be nice to some people and be mean to the other ones who weren't doing anything, and if one of the lunch attendants didn't get up in kids' faces. And if the lunch attendant didn't yell at people who didn't do anything. Other than that, this place is ok.

Amazing community, purpose, and care for each student to reach their fullest potential in not only…read moreacademics but also spiritual and character growth. Amazing parent community, staff and teachers!

Our family has been very happy with Blue Bird. Our oldest is always happy to arrive at school and…read moreat pick up. The teachers are truly passionate, and the kids' care has been beyond our expectations. Our daughter continues to expand her Spanish and gets to practice every day through the curriculum and teachers! Every day we receive a report card and little notes from the teachers, along with daily worksheets. We've been amazed at how her writing skills have come along and excited for her to start learning math. We highly recommend checking out Blue Bird for your kids! The teachers and admin team are wonderful, and the care and nurturing the children receive is top level.

I am amazed that this school is still in business. Last year the entire pre-school class quit…read morewithin a month of each other after repeatedly flighting with management about their continued violations of health, safety and child abuse violations. They refused to fix the only working toilet in one building for several months! They refused to call the gas company during a gas leak! They violated regulations on discipline putting kids in isolation and time out for 5 times longer than the legal limit! They planned a pre-K graduation ceremony for the kids, spent a month getting the kids excited, then banned the parents from attending, and told the kids that their parents were all too busy to be there. The owner then said - in writing - that she was doing this to punish the parents for daring to call the County for health and safety violations. This place is not safe. Avoid at all costs.

This school is so good. I know it is small, but it is super good. The school day starts at 9:24,…read moreunlike typical schools which start at 7:30 or 8. The school day ends at 4:06, again, unlike typical schools which end at 2:30 or 3. There are 8 blocks (same thing as periods) in a day. There is A-H block. You can take unique classes at HB like Chinese, German, or sign language. It is located in Cherrydale. Kids can start going off-campus in 8th grade. They usally go to Starbucks or Chipotle. For more information about this school, please go to http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/Domain/1591

Saint Ann is a very nice school and they have church mass on Sundays. We attended their Christmas…read moretree contest and it was beautiful to see the different theme of tree decorations. The school kids were very creative in decorating the trees.

Having spent a career as a public school teacher, I was leery of Catholic schools (would they be…read morerigorous enough, are the teachers trained well, will they have a good science program, are they tech-savvy...) until my son was so unhappy in his highly-ranked, but larger, public elementary school that I was fearful for his well-being. This school heard my concerns as a parent, welcomed him with open arms, lent us uniforms when we needed them, and gave him access to the amazing science curriculum. The teachers are amazing, warm, intelligent, and thorough. The students there are just so kind. They use state of the art tech, post assignments online, communicate well and LOVE the kids. The smaller setting is amazing. He loves going to mass during school. He is at peace. The other parents went out of their way to invite us over, make sure we were in the loop about school events, emailed us...Like a welcome wagon. One child was out when my kid started school on a family vacation and brought him home a "welcome to school" souvenir. My child is learning a lot, but more importantly, he loves school again. This principal is a great leader. Don't hesitate. Wish I had enrolled my child sooner.

HR for Arlington Public Schools. I feel like it is hit or miss when it comes to people being…read morehelpful here. When it comes to coming here for trainings or picking up technology people are extremely helpful. When it comes to dealing with Human Resources it's a literal mess. Whether it's email or in person it's a constant run around to get the answers you need.

We recently moved to Arlington and scheduled an appointment to register our son to attend school in…read moreArlington. We are a same sex couple who adopted an older a year ago. Prior to going to appointment to register our son, we had all required documentation needed (passport, birth certificate, naturalization certificate, and decided to also bring along the translated copy of adoption decree from our son's home country. While this was not needed, we didn't want to have any delay in registration. We were greeted at the Front Desk and we were directed to a room where we met with a lady named Sonja. She took all our documents and made copies to start a file for our son. Later on, we were told we needed to have the home country documentation be stamped by ARLINGTON COUNTY courthouse! (Keep in mind all our documents had both of our last names and also we provided a birth certificate with us listed as our son's legal guardians! Sonja insisted that her supervisor told her we had to get the translated adoption decree stamped by the Arlington County Courthouse! We asked her why and nowhere on the website told us we needed this! She insisted that we had to, gave us a list at the County Courthouse to contact. My partner goes to the Courthouse and was told to go to other departments since no one knew what to do. All said the birth certificate was enough proof that he was our son! At that point, my partner decided to go back to the school registration department and found out Sonja never showed any of the documentation we gave her to make copies of and the only documentation she showed the supervisor was the translated copy of the adoption decree which was never needed to register in the first place! Sonja also told us to come back once we have the documentation stamped by the County to see her today and guess what?! She was not there today. I expressed how horrible this experience has been! I asked the Director, " are you asking other parents with natural birth kids for an adoption decree? This experience left me feeling we were singled out because we are a sane sex couple. Do not have Sonja have with registration for your child! We took off work and also took our son out of school to register yesterday!