Cactus Valley Elementary School

"I personally grew up in the RE-2 School District and have recently relocated my family back to Silt from Jefferson County. Our daughter attended Kindergarten and the 1st Quarter in the Jefferson County School District. Before she left the school we met with her teacher to better know where she was with her knowledge level. We were advised that she was below average with Reading, Writing, and Math. Based on our working with her she was doing well and we think she might have struggled with Auditory learning as I had the same problem in elementary school. We spoke with her new teacher of the report we were given and the concerns we had about the diagnosis. She was put into reading supplement classes and phonics classes to catch her up. Within a week of her attending these courses we immediately noticed an improvement in her reading and writing skills. Unlike her old school she had a book that matched her skill level, was brought home daily and has a new book every 4 days. Her old school would send a book home for 1 night that she would get at best once every other week and was very simple. We now believe that the level of books she was reading at her old school were too easy for her and now after Christmas break after 3 months in school she is at a high reading level and is doing great. Cactus Valley is great about customizing children's learning experience to bring everyone up to speed with the class. Our daughter has made vast improvements in her math through counting coins in her classroom and making wonderful strides. Other benefits we noticed: She also went from being in a class of over 30 to being the 19th student in her class at CV. She now has Art and Music classes which were cut from her other school. The only concern I have about the district in general was a recent tax hike proposition to fund the schools better that was voted down in the last election and the district is talking about closing other schools in the district. The Bus schedule is also a little delayed because of the rural area so we drive our daughter to school and back everyday."

"this is my childs first year in silt, she is in 4th grade. after changing schools from the school she had been in since kindergarten she fell a little behind, im assuming new kids a new place wer some of the factors, but the fourth grade team was great about getting on top of it quick and letting me know before she was too behind to catch up.great teachers!!"

"I personally grew up in the RE-2 School District and have recently relocated my family back to Silt from Jefferson County. Our daughter attended Kindergarten and the 1st Quarter in the Jefferson County School District. Before she left the school we met with her teacher to better know where she was with her knowledge level. We were advised that she was below average with Reading, Writing, and Math. Based on our working with her she was doing well and we think she might have struggled with Auditory learning as I had the same problem in elementary school. We spoke with her new teacher of the report we were given and the concerns we had about the diagnosis. She was put into reading supplement classes and phonics classes to catch her up. Within a week of her attending these courses we immediately noticed an improvement in her reading and writing skills. Unlike her old school she had a book that matched her skill level, was brought home daily and has a new book every 4 days. Her old school would send a book home for 1 night that she would get at best once every other week and was very simple. We now believe that the level of books she was reading at her old school were too easy for her and now after Christmas break after 3 months in school she is at a high reading level and is doing great. Cactus Valley is great about customizing children's learning experience to bring everyone up to speed with the class. Our daughter has made vast improvements in her math through counting coins in her classroom and making wonderful strides. Other benefits we noticed: She also went from being in a class of over 30 to being the 19th student in her class at CV. She now has Art and Music classes which were cut from her other school. The only concern I have about the district in general was a recent tax hike proposition to fund the schools better that was voted down in the last election and the district is talking about closing other schools in the district. The Bus schedule is also a little delayed because of the rural area so we drive our daughter to school and back everyday."

"this is my childs first year in silt, she is in 4th grade. after changing schools from the school she had been in since kindergarten she fell a little behind, im assuming new kids a new place wer some of the factors, but the fourth grade team was great about getting on top of it quick and letting me know before she was too behind to catch up.great teachers!!"