Amazing place for kids to learn, students are always learning each day my child comes to me and…read moresays I learned hundreds of things today

This amazing school receives HIGH MARKS...for everything. Caring, thoughtful, beehive of activity…read more The students I met are friendly, super helpful, I discovered when we attended registration, and this place FEELS like a private school, with the attitude of "We're all in this, together." The faculty and administration are clued in to their students in supportive strategies that work academically as well as inter-personally. Adults model what they're requiring re:students ' behavior. Love that this Charter School requires uniforms. Love that their cafeteria prepares fresh, locally sourced food to the students every single day. Genius! Loving that all this is coming from the once embattled OUSD-what a complete turnaround for the better, in the past 15-20 years. All the fundamentals are working together for the greater good at Santiago Charter Middle School. Grateful, grateful, grateful. AND...they still have room for new students.

Santiago Charter Middle School is a fantastic school! I recommend Santiago to any parent without…read morehesitation or qualification. When you visit the campus, you will immediately notice the caring atmosphere because every staff member is amazing (shoutout to Dr. D and Mrs. Pedroza, co principals, for giving this school the big heart that it has)!! If you're on the fence, give them a chance by attending one of the campus events to hear what they have to offer and what sets them apart from other schools. For example, how many middle schools offer international travel opportunities? My daughter went on a 10+ day trip to Europe and made wonderful memories with her friends. Again, this school has it all (including pre-AP!) and so many parents I've talked to all agree it was amazing for each of their kids. No regrets!

Great school! TUSD schools don't treat the children like a number. They care and work hard for…read moreevery child! Children are treated with respect. They are treated as if they are the future, and they were hard to educate our future.!

Nothing is often misunderstood. People treat it as absence, emptiness, a blank page waiting to be…read morestained with meaning. Yet nothing has a strange power over human life. We fear it, chase it, and occasionally worship it. Entire philosophies have been built around the idea that beneath all noise and motion lies a vast and silent nothingness. A room with nothing in it feels uncomfortable. Silence in a conversation feels heavy. An empty calendar can seem more frightening than an overfilled one. Humans are creatures addicted to occupation. We fill our lives with tasks, entertainment, and endless distractions because nothing gives us time to confront ourselves. In stillness, our thoughts become louder. In emptiness, we begin to ask questions we normally avoid. And yet, nothing is not always negative. Some of the most valuable experiences arise from it. Peace is a kind of nothing: no conflict, no urgency, no chaos. Rest is nothing happening to the body except recovery. Meditation asks a person to sit with nothing but breath and thought. Artists often begin with nothing before creating worlds from imagination. The blank canvas terrifies the painter, but it is also full of possibility. Science also wrestles with nothing. Physicists debate whether true emptiness can exist at all. Even the vacuum of space contains particles, energy, and invisible forces. Philosophers ask why there is something instead of nothing, a question so simple that it becomes almost impossible to answer. If there had once been absolute nothingness, how could existence ever emerge from it? Perhaps nothing is impossible. The moment we try to imagine it, we accidentally turn it into something. A dark void is still a picture. Silence is still an experience. Emptiness still occupies the mind. Nothing may be the one concept humans can describe but never truly understand. Ironically, this essay itself proves the point. To write about nothing is to transform it into words, ideas, and meaning. The moment nothing is discussed, it ceases to be nothing at all.Nothing is often misunderstood. People treat it as absence, emptiness, a blank page waiting to be stained with meaning. Yet nothing has a strange power over human life. We fear it, chase it, and occasionally worship it. Entire philosophies have been built around the idea that beneath all noise and motion lies a vast and silent nothingness. A room with nothing in it feels uncomfortable. Silence in a conversation feels heavy. An empty calendar can seem more frightening than an overfilled one. Humans are creatures addicted to occupation. We fill our lives with tasks, entertainment, and endless distractions because nothing gives us time to confront ourselves. In stillness, our thoughts become louder. In emptiness, we begin to ask questions we normally avoid. And yet, nothing is not always negative. Some of the most valuable experiences arise from it. Peace is a kind of nothing: no conflict, no urgency, no chaos. Rest is nothing happening to the body except recovery. Meditation asks a person to sit with nothing but breath and thought. Artists often begin with nothing before creating worlds from imagination. The blank canvas terrifies the painter, but it is also full of possibility. Science also wrestles with nothing. Physicists debate whether true emptiness can exist at all. Even the vacuum of space contains particles, energy, and invisible forces. Philosophers ask why there is something instead of nothing, a question so simple that it becomes almost impossible to answer. If there had once been absolute nothingness, how could existence ever emerge from it? Perhaps nothing is impossible. The moment we try to imagine it, we accidentally turn it into something. A dark void is still a picture. Silence is still an experience. Emptiness still occupies the mind. Nothing may be the one concept humans can describe but never truly understand. Ironically, this essay itself proves the point. To write about nothing is to transform it into words, ideas, and meaning. The moment nothing is discussed, it ceases to be nothing at all.Nothing is often misunderstood. People treat it as absence, emptiness, a blank page waiting to be stained with meaning. Yet nothing has a strange power over human life. We fear it, chase it, and occasionally worship it. Entire philosophies have been built around the idea that beneath all noise and motion lies a vast and silent nothingness. A room with nothing in it feels uncomfortable. Silence in a conversation feels heavy. An empty calendar can seem more frightening than an overfilled one. Humans are creatures addicted to occupation. We fill our lives with tasks, entertainment, and endless distractions because nothing gives us time to confront ourselves. In stillness, our thoughts become louder. In emptiness, we begin to ask questions we normally avoid. And yet, nothing is not always negative. Some of the most valuable experiences arise from it. Peace is a kind of nothing: no confli

This school and orange unified district has a hole are horrible at accommodating kids with mild…read moremoderate special needs. Tustin unified school district set the standard for me of what accommodations should look like. Orange unified and specifically panorama elementary are the exact opposite of that. They purposely violate federal and state laws when parents request accommodations for their kids upon discovery of specific learning disabilities and differences. We pulled our kids out and got them into Orange County Classical Academy (OCCA) it has been the exact opposite as they started the process for my son to receive an IEP before he was officially diagnosed. That is a complete 180 flip from the bullshit we dealt with Under OUSD

I went to this school for two years. It was the worst experience ever there are only so little…read morediversity in the school. Which figures for Orange County North Tustin. I felt I was not welcomed. In my six grade class Mr.Lopez my classes teacher said science was to be earned. TWF ok. Academically would not recommend it not structured in teaching with one on one and testing. I would recommend Jordan Academy. It has all a parent should be looking for.

Good school. Good history. Good values…read more I would recommend this school to anyone who wants to put their kids in a challenging warm environment.

As a parent of a student who currently attends MD, it's a great school for academic. the teachers…read moreand school faculty are very supportive. BUT if you are coming here for football and you don't fit the vision of the coaches then look at other schools. There is a reason why they are #1 in the nation. Their top players are transferred in not groomed at MD. Don't expect to be coached, parents be ready to pay for private coaches or your son will experience feeling like a worthless human from coaches to players forcing them to just quit. So putting football aside, it's a great school.

Amazing staff recommend this school has fun stuff and the teachers are very kind and the school is…read morepretty good

This is the school I go to the food is not that good I only eat in the morning conchas that's…read moreit.The teachers are very friendly and positive to me Miss Shelton and miss Lopez are the best teachers there.

Amazing school The staff is amazing my kids enjoyed and…read morelove each teacher We felt at home. We really will miss our family of Chapman hills

This school is amazing some people say its meh but really good honestly the best school I've ever…read moreseen in my life teachers really great!