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!

Teachers are good and cool people. The teachers have a ton of experience they are really nice and…read morekind but the students are what they ruin the vibe some students are not so interested in school so they are always trying to be like gangster and speak like that. At least they get what they deserve. Students who don't behave well get lunch detention and school suspension. The teachers do their best job.

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

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

This is a elementary school that serves students in PreK-6 grade. It is an elementary school that…read morefeeds into West Springfield High School. This school also serves students in special needs classrooms and supports students with Individualized Education Plans.

The voting station at Cherry Run Elementary is well organized with friendly staff. The gym is used…read moreas the voting main stage. Voter ID check-in is easily seen upon walking in. The voting tables are separated with plenty of space to fill out the voting paper. Best of all, I received the immaculate "I VOTED" sticker when submitting my vote into the machine! The only minor negative are the political parties last ditch effort to provide "sample vote" brochures displaying their candidates marked. I could see how a voter, who's new to voting or not familiar with English, would become easily confused and accidentally vote the incorrect candidate. There is a decent amount of parking. For overflow purposes street parking is available.

Bad Im a kid that goes to this school and i think its a terible idea to do construction during…read moreschool hours there are sometimes days that there are such bad smelling days that we cant go outside to switch classes but we have to because we get taught in trailers otherwise its a okay school

I went here for 4 years. The school was a bit racist. People would say the n word. I would get…read morebullied for liking nails and trying to be me. The staff is amazing, however the students not so much. I wrote a note to a boy one time and his friends made fun of me. So I skipped Econ that day. That place is hell

Fairfax County Public High School. Came here for a professional development training for work…read more Staff was friendly, and was easy to get around.

The faculty and staff truly care and want to help every student in need. There are not as many…read morefights as people seem to think. The counselors try their best to handle every situation. Definitely a good school for children in the area.

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.