Tell me about Shrevewood

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are lots of great neighborhoods that feed into Shrevewood, and there are mixed reviews on the school. Don’t let the ES stop you from buying a house you love. The feedback on the middle and HS are more positive.

Do your due diligence on Kilmer. It’s had as many downs as ups in recent years.

My kid started Kilmer this year and I was dreading it based on reviews and comments on this website. And I have been pleasantly surprised. Maybe bc my kid is in AAP. But even the electives have been good so far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shrevewood has field trips and PTA sponsored events. Their PTA is fantastic and very involved.

I agree that PTA is great and does a lot of fundraisers, but not every grade went on a field trip last year or has gone on one this year. That's my experience with the school so far, we haven't been in this area very long. It appears to me that the focus for the PTA this year, based on the email communications they send out, is clearly on improving the facilities and keeping teachers happy. I haven't really seen anything about clubs, field trips, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shrevewood has field trips and PTA sponsored events. Their PTA is fantastic and very involved.

I agree that PTA is great and does a lot of fundraisers, but not every grade went on a field trip last year or has gone on one this year. That's my experience with the school so far, we haven't been in this area very long. It appears to me that the focus for the PTA this year, based on the email communications they send out, is clearly on improving the facilities and keeping teachers happy. I haven't really seen anything about clubs, field trips, etc.

Who’s responsibility is it to plan field trips?

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My child will have gone on a total of 5 field trips this year alone.

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So OP< did you go for the house?

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Field trip are planned by the teacher. Neighboring schools go to Jamestown or Williamsburg in fourth grade— maybe that is what PP referring to?

Positives: The PTA at Shrevewood is excellent. The communication from admin and via social media is much improved. (Compared to the previous principal.) There are some great teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child will have gone on a total of 5 field trips this year alone.

What grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Field trip are planned by the teacher. Neighboring schools go to Jamestown or Williamsburg in fourth grade— maybe that is what PP referring to?

Positives: The PTA at Shrevewood is excellent. The communication from admin and via social media is much improved. (Compared to the previous principal.) There are some great teachers.

4th grade parent here - I haven't heard anything about a Jamestown trip and I'll be very disappointed if they don't go. Lemon Road just went this week. I always thought Jamestown was an FCPS-sponsored trip like the Kennedy Center because so many people here have posted about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Field trip are planned by the teacher. Neighboring schools go to Jamestown or Williamsburg in fourth grade— maybe that is what PP referring to?

Positives: The PTA at Shrevewood is excellent. The communication from admin and via social media is much improved. (Compared to the previous principal.) There are some great teachers.

4th grade parent here - I haven't heard anything about a Jamestown trip and I'll be very disappointed if they don't go. Lemon Road just went this week. I always thought Jamestown was an FCPS-sponsored trip like the Kennedy Center because so many people here have posted about it.

Me again - 4th grade did go to the Kennedy Center this year. 3rd grade just went to the Natural History Museum. I don't know what other grades have and have not been on field trips, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Field trip are planned by the teacher. Neighboring schools go to Jamestown or Williamsburg in fourth grade— maybe that is what PP referring to?

Positives: The PTA at Shrevewood is excellent. The communication from admin and via social media is much improved. (Compared to the previous principal.) There are some great teachers.

4th grade parent here - I haven't heard anything about a Jamestown trip and I'll be very disappointed if they don't go. Lemon Road just went this week. I always thought Jamestown was an FCPS-sponsored trip like the Kennedy Center because so many people here have posted about it.

My fourth grader at another FCPS school went to Jamestown in December. It was a long day, but a great experience for the kids. You should ask the school about going.

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OP- Did you buy the house?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids moved into the Shrevewood district after they aged out of elementary school, so I don’t have direct experience. I do know that many of our neighbors send their elementary aged kids to other schools.

This could have been a covid thing.

There is a really popular Catholic school within walking distance of Shrevewood, I think that is probably what PP is talking about. There are a lot of families in our neighborhood that go there including several that switched their kids there during the pandemic because they wanted their kids in person and then never switched back.

OP - if you have a smart kid, they'll do fine. If you have an average or below average kid, they will be ignored. I hear it's the same at all FCPS schools.

The Catholic school is St. James, and I would argue it's not walkable as it's located on Rt 7/Broad Street. It's true that some families moved their kids there for the in-person experience and then just decided to wait it out until Marshall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shrevewood has field trips and PTA sponsored events. Their PTA is fantastic and very involved.

I agree that PTA is great and does a lot of fundraisers, but not every grade went on a field trip last year or has gone on one this year. That's my experience with the school so far, we haven't been in this area very long. It appears to me that the focus for the PTA this year, based on the email communications they send out, is clearly on improving the facilities and keeping teachers happy. I haven't really seen anything about clubs, field trips, etc.

DC is a Shrevewood 6th grader. Field trips were suspended during the height of COVID, but he went to the Portrait Gallery this week and is going to Philadelphia this year. Typically in 4th grade they go to Jamestown, but due to COVID t hat didn't happen. I would imagine that happened at most, if not all ES's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Field trip are planned by the teacher. Neighboring schools go to Jamestown or Williamsburg in fourth grade— maybe that is what PP referring to?

Positives: The PTA at Shrevewood is excellent. The communication from admin and via social media is much improved. (Compared to the previous principal.) There are some great teachers.

4th grade parent here - I haven't heard anything about a Jamestown trip and I'll be very disappointed if they don't go. Lemon Road just went this week. I always thought Jamestown was an FCPS-sponsored trip like the Kennedy Center because so many people here have posted about it.

My kids school did not go last year even though other schools did. I think it is a common field trip but it is not a guaranteed thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids moved into the Shrevewood district after they aged out of elementary school, so I don’t have direct experience. I do know that many of our neighbors send their elementary aged kids to other schools.

This could have been a covid thing.

There is a really popular Catholic school within walking distance of Shrevewood, I think that is probably what PP is talking about. There are a lot of families in our neighborhood that go there including several that switched their kids there during the pandemic because they wanted their kids in person and then never switched back.

OP - if you have a smart kid, they'll do fine. If you have an average or below average kid, they will be ignored. I hear it's the same at all FCPS schools.

The Catholic school is St. James, and I would argue it's not walkable as it's located on Rt 7/Broad Street. It's true that some families moved their kids there for the in-person experience and then just decided to wait it out until Marshall.

Enough families transferred from Shrevewood that capacity is no longer an issue. I realize other factors played into this. This was a win for Shrevewood, in terms of class size, anyway.