My son participates in the ECFE program here at the elementary and he absolutely loves it. They…read morehave a different room theme every week such as trains, dinosaurs, outer space, etc.. He looks forward to it and really enjoys himself. The teachers are amazing and so great with the kids. We will be in the program until he is too old!

I'm so happy the school shut down because the school sucked! One particular teacher I had for…read morechemistry sucked because she was very dry and got pretty impatient! And the teachers here were annoying and most of the students here were bad influences on me.

I would give Brightmont Academy 6 stars if I could! My daughter has gone from near failing grades…read moreto all A's and a couple B's! They have taken the time to figure out how she learns best, and that has made all the difference. Their teachers' credentials are extraordinary, and they set high expectations for the kids, but they also make sure the kids are reaching them. Very caring and personable staff. My daughter no longer thinks she's dumb, and she cannot wait to get to school every day!!!

I'm a previous student of this school. while it's very good education wise, it sucks in many other…read moreareas. The students and community there are horrible, lots of fights and drugs, the teachers don't do much about it except maybe gard the bathroom. It has poor budgeting, our lunches are soggy pizza and wet bread while there building a whole other facility in the parking lot, I'm sure there are other reasons behind that but from a students perspective it's kinda sucky. If it's your only option it's not horrible but wouldn't recommend.

The food is not quite exquisite enough for my taste, but will do to fuel me throughout the day as I…read moreface academic challenges.

I play volleyball here, and the courts are pretty small. Other than that, it seems like a decent…read moreschool.

Caution: This review contains sensitive material. Please skip to the end if it makes you…read moreuncomfortable. I don't really want to sully positive reviews here for negativity, but I was bullied at this school during my time as a student here. Not only from the students (two of whom I was in a toxic friendship with), but the PARAs, teachers and adults who should have known better. I was a disabled student with several family members that died during my junior and senior years, and I was yelled at for crying in class and for having panic attacks that were out of my control, causing increased mental breakdowns throughout the day. This school also has a history of racism and prejudice as a whole, and I had an unpleasant encounter with some students saying homophobic things to another student only to act like it was all a big joke, some other students in my class were joking about prison r*pe and genuinely thought it was funny, and my Mexcian peers were treated horribly by a staff member who I won't name solely because they were Mexican, and another PARA was so islamaphobic to another staff member that they made them cry. The only saving grace were the positive staff members who made my experience worthwhile, namely the receptionist, who I still have yet to call to thank her, my case manager, my writing teachers, and my science teachers. Still, I was afraid to report the toxic friendships I had with the two students I knew here due to the trauma I sustained. The way they treated me was no way to treat a student who experienced several deaths in the family. I would advise against sending your students here, but given the positive reviews others left based on their happy experiences, I would advise you make this decision for yourself and take caution if your child claims their teacher is out to get them because at Hopkins High, that claim may very well be true.

Sigh.....I really didn't want to write this but i was left with no choice. This is from a concerned…read moreparent who believes in justice. I put my kid in this school thinking that my kid was safe. My kids leave home with a tail and ears which we are happy that they express themselves by zirrrrrr and it identify as a dog. Pulls it's tail and calls it mean names not acceptable. It was threatened to be run over and the teacher told it that it would never be layed in its life. the teachers are normalizing the bully.

This school Olson middle school needs to get rid of their pause program it needs to be defunded for…read morediscipline and the students who have it on there record it needs to be cleared. Pause should not be a place. I had a very bad experience. Do not send your child to the school they let me bleed out on the ground.

This school is amazing! My kid is going here next year but we have friends that say their kids…read morecurrently love it there. The staff is great. The kids learn a lot! They are currently in a huge construction/renovation and the new rooms are bright and shiny, new lockers, etc.

If I didn't (obviously) know better, I might think that Kenwood Elementary was a private school…read more The attention and love that every teacher shows the kids and the amount of involvement of the parents & families is on a scale I have never seen in an urban public school. To be fair, my comparisons are in Philadelphia and NYC but even compared to other public Minneapolis schools, Kenwood is head & shoulders above the rest! I've just returned from their annual back-to-school open house and BBQ. After the summer off, it was like a family reunion. My daughter will be starting 1st Grade and we are just thrilled. While waiting for our ride home, a dad and his son and my daughter and I were playing at the park across the street. The man told me that with the bus rezoning, his old address was no longer in the Kenwood bussing zone. So he checked out Jefferson...and then moved. To a new home, within the Kenwood bussing zone. That's how dedicated you and yours will become to this old-fashioned-in-the-right-ways and cutting-edge-in-others fabulous school. Every year they consistently score above every other school in the city- and they also take their arts education just as seriously as all the book-like studies. I once had a parent of a girl in my kid's kindergarten transfer her child to another school. When I asked why she said she thought it was "too clique-y". I highly and wholeheartedly disagree! Kenwood welcomes everyone, with open arms, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion or socio-economic circumstances. And I may be one of the few, but I do not like school uniforms and thankfully Kenwood does not use them. The one thing that kept me from giving a 5-star review are the school hours. 7:30 a.m. start time is just sooo early.......ugh! I'm editing this review as my kid is now in 5th Grade at Kenwood and I feel it's only fair to follow up in case parents of kids are considering Kenwood as an Elementary choice. Let's just say that the bloom has gone off the rose a bit since my last posting. To be fair, Kenwood and it's staff/educators are bound by the limitations that the Board of Ed put on them so I always try to keep that in mind--and because of that, and that the other complaint is actually more of a parent/neighborhood issue, I kept the stars at 4. I wound up having to hire outside tutors to supplement my daughter's education but because she is dyslexic. If your child isn't learning different, then thank your lucky stars and enjoy their curriculum (that sadly, since my last posting, is no longer geared as much towards art--they've lost their "Arts" status) but still has loads of cool things like an African drumming workshop, Taiko drumming workshop and field trips to cool places like museums and nature conservatories. The 5th Graders go on an overnight trip to Eagle Bluff which my daughter has been excited about since kindergarten. The media center uses iMacs that seem about 3 years old on average. The teachers are, for the most part, friendly and competent but sadly for you dear reader the very best, Mrs. Kohanek, retired the year after my kid had her. I'm sure you'll find your own favorite however. As for any special help your child might need, Ms. Kelly is very nice and has helped my daughter as best as she can but, we just now are only beginning to understand how the dyslexic brain "sees" and what a dyslexic student needs to thrive and, for my kid, and I feel confident in saying, any other kid, it's not Kenwood. But, to be fair, it's not any American public school that I know of. The social side of Kenwood is kind of brutal. Ironically, I mentioned in my first posting about a lady who said Kenwood was "clique-y". I didn't see it with Kindergarten. The kids didn't care who lived where or had what. The parents were all just meeting one another. It was wonderful. But by 1st Grade the lines were drawn. If you live in Kenwood, you are top tier as far as social status goes, and most of those parents are running the volunteer show--PTA., yearbook, Newsletter, helping with school plays, etc. If you're rich but live elsewhere, you're 2nd tier--of course being good looking helps too but not necessary. And the only color that matters at Kenwood is the color green. They are very "liberal". If you live outside Kenwood and aren't flaunting wealth- 2 bad. Those kids are at the bottom. You can try to volunteer, like I did, but I didn't get far. I never got replies to inquiries on times of meetings etc. Whenever I would email an exciting thing that my kid was doing (she acts in a troupe that brings awareness to homelessness) that they might want to mention in the school newsletter, I wouldn't get a reply much less get it run. A confidence boost like that would help my kid a lot. But who knows, maybe you'll get warmer neighborhood parents. I hope so.

Best school ever I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL for any child starting Kindergarten-5thGrade!!! The…read moreprincipal is so awesome, kind, respectful, and always willing to hear ANY parents thoughts. The teachers are very good at their jobs and they teach the children in a way that's mind blowing, they teach in a way that EVERY student can understand, every kid is different some are visual learners some are more hands on learners, they learn what style of teaching each student is best at and they work with that. They don't teach just one way like in regular public schools (public schools only teach as a whole class which is sad and unfair to some that don't really understand that way of teaching and it causes students to fall behind because of the lack of communication between each child and their teacher as I said before NOT ALL kids LEARN by just that one way of teaching) but here at JJ Hill all the teachers have assistant teachers and they work with kids individually and find out the child's best way of understanding and what they're learning and they will teach them in a way the child best understands. 5/5 I'm telling you look into Montessori's and you TOO will want to send you children to this one or many other Montessori's!!!