My niece is a Lion at Jonas Salk and I'm one proud aunt! Last Friday she invited me to join her at…read morea school festival. I was really impressed at how organized the event was! They had food trucks selling shaved ice and snow cones, arts and crafts, food and snacks, games, a DJ, and live performances by their lion dance team, hula dancers, and martial arts team. I was amazed by how talented the students were. I've seen a lot of professional lion dancers and the performances by these kids were comparable! They did such an excellent job! The school did a wonderful job planning this event, but their greatness doesn't end here. According to my niece, all of her teachers have been awesome! She actually looks forward to coming to school and is sad when it's summer or winter break because she misses her teachers and classmates. The school has a strong academic program and is one of San Diego's best! Lion pride shines bright at Jonas Salk!

I was google and searching for the best rated Elementary School in the Mira Mesa Community area and…read moreBOOM!! Jonas Salk Elementary School. My first impression at this school is Clean, New very Open and has lots of activity which every children would love. And now the Best, Jonas Salk has the Best staff members from the Principal to all the Teachers and Office Members. They all doing a wonderful job. I write this review with 5 star is because my daughter just finished her Kindergarten today and she even has a PAW Rewards that tell how good the staff are specially when my daughter has never attended any preschool before joining Jonas Salk. Thank you so much Ms. Casiano and Ms. Villena for being a wonderful teacher to my daughter JAC and hope everyone enjoy a fabulous Summer.

I absolutely love this daycare! The directors do an incredible job of building a curriculum that is…read morespecially designed for each of their classrooms. All of the teachers are warm and caring. They are very mindful which classroom each child is in depending on their developmental milestones. They will move them up when the child is ready and always are willing to have a conversation about it if a parent feels differently about anything. They are amazing at keeping up with healthcare recommendations, especially enforcing vaccination, which I greatly appreciate in this era. They are very transparent about any infectious outbreaks that are happening so that parents are aware for each individual classroom to be on the lookout for symptoms in their own child. They use dojo to communicate so that we can see pictures and videos of all of the great learning and fun that our children are having as well as to send messages to the parents. They celebrate all of the national and international holidays, which makes this daycare, especially culturally inclusive. I love the diversity of the teachers and the children, building a wonderful social foundation for my children to experience while they have been here from three months all the way through five years of age.

We've been part of SEA since our son started in the Sea Turtles class, and what a journey it's…read morebeen! As nervous parents dealing with COVID fears and food allergies, we were so worried at first. But the staff promised us everything would be okay, and they were totally right. This place is special because: - The teachers genuinely love what they do and it shows - Our son learned to read and write in TK Sharks (we were so impressed!) - They handled his allergies perfectly, giving us such peace of mind - He was SO ready for kindergarten thanks to them Walking in every morning and being greeted by Ms. Taylor, Ms. Christine, and Ms. Theresa at the front desk just starts the day right. And the teachers throughout the years, Ms. Dianne, Ms. Ginger, Ms. Tammy, Ms. Barbie, Ms. Erin, Ms. Madi, Ms. Christy, Mr. Nick, Ms. Carmen, Ms. Julie, Ms. Paige, Ms. Suko, Ms. Priscilla, and Ms. Parvin have all been incredible. Each one has touched our hearts and made such a difference in our son's life. After all these years, SEA feels like home. Our son loved it, we loved it, and we're so grateful we found this wonderful, caring place. If you want your child to be loved and nurtured while learning and growing, this is the place!

The staff at this school is so personable with my son and he is treated like family there. He has…read morelearned so much and the community of the school has monumental in his growth. You won't find a more hard-working, caring, and kind group of people than the ones working with your children at Walker Elementary .

Absolutely nothing wrong with the teachers nor staff, They take great care of my child and are Very…read morepatient with teaching. -1 star STRICTLY for the disorganized and disfunctional street traffic that this school causes and how the principle handles this. I literally take my child to school every morning at 7:15-7:18AM routinely through the drive through drop off patiently waiting for the gates to open for the solar panel parking. The Principle Regina Serbin rushes out to my truck YELLING "You can't be waiting in this line UNTIL 7:30AM when the gates open because you're blocking my staff from the parking lot" First of all HOW am I blocking the staff when the staffs cars I am blocking have already parked? This would not be a problem if they opened up the solar panel parking earlier for SAFER drop offs into the school. I didn't make a fuss so i said okay sure, what time can I start lining up? She says, "7:30AM when the gates open." Does she want everyone to START getting in line @ 730?! Like school starts 745AM people are gonna be late going to school, and driving through to WORK and cause traffic on the main street road - IT GETS DANGEROUS. i've asked all the traffic stop ladies in the morning when this gate opens up and where I can wait for drop offs, and everyone gives me A DIFFERENT ANSWER. The SECOND she tells me off that I cant park and wait in line to drop my child off, I drive ALL THE WAY AROUND and park on the STREET and then I see MORE people start waiting in the drop off line at 7:20AM, she does NOT say a WORD to them nor make them drive around UNTIL 7:30AM. If this is a problem SHE needs to be outside all morning regulating the traffic. - WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING 2 LANES (1 for buses and 1 for driving into the solar panel parking to drop your kids off. IF YOU CANT WAIT IN LINE UNTIL 7:30 ON THE DOT?? Every morning parents use the bus lane to drop their kids off QUICKLY, to avoid the CRAZY exit traffic from this school, they do not stop parents who park on the red curbs for drop offs (ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE disfunctional management) OH be careful driving through the solar panel parking lot, your cars suspension will literally EAT every single hole & bump and cause you problems, don't know why this is taking so long to fix, and getting OUT from the solar panel parking is a NIGHTMARE. NO ONE to regulate the flow of traffic, you have parents fighting over getting out and going through the entire dirt field to EXIT the gates. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS FOR OTHER PARENTS. Fortunately this will be my child's last year here at Walker Elementary School.

MMPP is the absolute best! All 3 of my children have attended this preschool or is currently a…read morestudent. They always got excited and truly loved every minute of it. They really did learn so much and it was a smooth transition into elementary school. MMPP sets that strong foundation for them. The teachers and staff treat you like family. They really care about every student. I could not imagine my children going anywhere else for preschool!

We love this preschool! We've sent our twin boys here for 2.5 years now. We couldn't imagine them…read morein a better place. The teachers are kind, caring, and engaging. The staff is great and thoughtful in ways that help our boys learn and grow. I highly recommend sending your kids here!

My son loves this school! We had Krogstad, Gage, Braidic,…read morePlace and Finnegan. It's been an amazing experience every year. Principle Lee is really involved and everyone works really hard to give each kid individualized care when needed. Thank you to the whole school!

Hage Elementary is an awesome school. I can't compare to other local elementary schools since this…read moreis where all 3 of my kids attended. Of course even more biased because I have been on the PTA here for the last 10 years. Gotta put a plug in for the PTA....but they work hard to make sure our staff and kids get 100% support! Mr. T set high standards for this school and with our new principal Mr. Lee he has even set the bar higher. They have both done an extremely awesome job with the school. We have a lot of activities that we do for the kids from our money making Fall Festival, Spring Jog-a-thon, Family Movie Nights, Family Dance, etc. Casa Mira View across the street is a tremendous assistant financially to our school. Perfect place to live so the kids can walk right across the street. Our PTA supports an awesome art program through Art Corps. This allows the kids to learn 8 fantastic art lessons which we then present at the end of the year at our Art Show. With the support of our PE program headed by Mr. Kaneko the PE also helps fund our Swim Program. Grades 3-5 take part in a twice a week swim program for 6-8 weeks in the Spring. Our 5th graders get a one week full of fun before their promotion in June that 2 of my 3 have the pleasure of enjoying. I can go on and on about the school....message me if you ever have any questions. I also work at this school is a special education assistant, because I love this school so much =)

Not a bad school per se but as a student there it could be better, bullying is a huge topic yet it…read moreis barely punished, councillors do nothing at all but just make your problems worse, for example, I talked about my abuse experience by my dad and she quite literally disregarded it and made dumb excuses, and there was a bomb threat but the staff decided to not tell anyone (the students) what was happening and told them to stay inside the classroom, which makes students more stressed because they don't know what's happening, the school doesn't do shit to take care of the problems on campus, the dress code is WAY to sexist and hasn't been updated in years. A 7th grade science teacher last year harassed students and I could see that happening as he was paying more attention to the tables with girls that ones with primarily boys, and the school doesn't nothing to take care of the problems on campus.

I mean it's not a bad school, and most people are nice but the counselors take sides, how? One time…read moremy friends had a problem with this one girl (not me I didn't know her well) so they took it to the counselor, and the girl kept harassing and trying to talk to them even after the counseling, and so they kept going, and this one counselor told the girls that were being harassed that the girl harassing them was a growing girl, and that they are being tattletales. The ASB activities aren't as fun as you would think since they kinda make it for kids coming into 6th grade, but overall this school is okay with it's teaching just not the counselors. (Besides Ms. Hope, she's amazing, p.s everyone is chopped...)

Good and bad. My student would always be happy when they came home, but there was always some kind…read moreof trouble. There were apparently two school fights, and they said they found mold on the school pizza. They also mentioned finding a cigar in the girls' restroom. The staff is super nice and helpful, but the students, school lunch, and restrooms could be better. 3 stars.

When I was 7 years old me and my family moved to california for my dads old job, I was nervous…read moreespecially since we came from Jersey, When I entered I was shy and sort of wierd in ways you could not imagine, but I guess thats just how it is in the start, when my mother enrolled me and my sister we had a hard time adjusting but eventually when you try to interact and fit in, everything starts to warm up, until I finished fifth grade, I was making freinds, going to fun family events and the teachers were really nice. Especially fundraisers, BBQ Day, Halloween, the christmas shop, the field trips, teachers vs fifth graders kickball, jogathons, den meetings, Eventually I made many freinds, got my paw award in fifth grade, and this school introduced me to many things and got me to like them a lot, its been years but If I had the chance to relive my elementary years I would go back here without a doubt.

My son attended her when he was younger Mister Walker was a fantastic teacher we were all so happy…read morewith his great work ethic and such a sweet humane being I would definitely recommend this to any parent who wants there child in a honest trustworthy environment I never felt my kid safer and more taken care of than this school if I could've kept him for all elementary as well here? I would have but we moved so after kindergarten he went to Sandburg and I would jump in a heartbeat to have him back at Walker never did I like a school like I did this one thank you again to Mister Walker for his great charisma to make the students feel so welcome, the kids enjoy his teaching environment and is a trust worthy humane being thank you again for everything truly was the most awesome feeling ever to know a kid is truly safe in his classroom communicates with all the parents and definitely goes above and beyond for all the students god bless him one of the best teachers ever!!! Walker is lucky to have him as a teacher !

Usually, I don't write a review often but I got very good experience here so I decided to write…read moreone.The staff are so nice and friendly. Moreover, they are so good in developing children. They also evaluate each child from time to time and they inform the parents on how they progress. About registration process its easy and very straight forward. They also help you out to get all the records they need like medical/ dental from your doctor's office.Look for Maria, she is the best friendlt person out there. Overall, as a parent I am so happy and very please to recommend this school.All parent wants the best to their kids, so this is the place to start. Give your child the best experience.

We have been at this school since my son was in 1st grade and my daughter started Kindergarten. It…read moreis truly a special and unique school. My son particularly loves learning about animals and the ocean, and there is a Nature Studies class offered, taught originally by Mary and now Nathan. Both excellent! They learn not only about animals, but ecosystems and plants. My daughter told me the other day that they are growing things in the outside garden and making salads from what they grew that they actually get to eat! We have been pleased with all of their teachers so far, but my son's 4th teacher Alexa really stands out. She is vibrant, engaged, and kind, and I can tell genuinely interested in the students and eager for them to learn. My son is sad to see this year come to a close because he has enjoyed the year so much. He has generally not been one to seek out opportunities to lead but Alexa has trusted him to do that, and I can tell it has boosted his confidence. My daughter's teacher this year for third grade is Adrienne. My daughter loves her. She said she is so patient and kind, but she get's the kids to learn. My daughter told me the other day that she wants to become a teacher because of Adrienne- what better testament to her teaching skills than that! My daughter will be sad to see the year come to a close as well. And finally I want to give a shout out to Natasha, the theatre teacher, and Sam, who teaches ceramics. Just wow. The theatre program at Innovations is truly one of a kind. She puts on so many shows, it is hard to see them all! I have enjoyed each and every show I have seen. My kids have also enjoyed classes with Sam. This is also a unique opportunity that not every school has to learn pottery, and working with ceramics to make various things like flowers, pizzas, ghosts, snow men. I love the projects they bring home. No school is going to be perfect, but as a family we are very grateful we found such an amazing school.

I'm very grateful for this unique public charter school that my kids love. They enjoy going on…read morefrequent field trips, learning through projects, not having homework, and having great friends and kind teachers. I appreciate that their curriculum includes SEL (social emotional learning) and that the students aren't allowed to have cell phones while on campus. The highlight of our experience has definitely been the fantastic teachers! Adrienne Reighard has been a phenomenal teacher for my third grader. She's genuinely interested in getting to know each of her students and finding ways to support their learning. She's so calm, patient and kind, yet firm enough that the kids listen and respect her. She goes above and beyond to create a supportive and efficient classroom environment. And as a parent, I really appreciate her clear, consistent communication. Becca, the 3rd grade teacher's assistant, is also proactive and really gets the kids. Patrick, the Spanish teacher, is one of the most dynamic, engaging, and effective teachers ever. His students love the fun activities and catchy songs he incorporates in his class. He makes learning fun! He also teaches chess and woodcarving and it seems like he can make any subject interesting. Kristy Fitts and Christie Fullerton were also great teachers, and planned lots of engaging projects, field trips, and holiday-themed activities. Nathan, the nature studies teacher, is fantastic and plans some great hands-on activities for the kids, like making their own salads to eat and making their own hugenkultur beds for gardening. For families who prioritize a nurturing environment with smaller class sizes and a variety of electives, this school has a lot to offer. The academics are more relaxed than rigorous, which would be a good fit for those prioritizing a balanced lifestyle. That said, we have found that the school has been navigating some challenges with managing disruptive behavior effectively, which impacts the learning environment.

Still a 6th grader but everyone is nice and they give you a decent time to get to your next class I…read moreshould know my first and second period are across campus and I make with some time to spare didn't mean you should hangout walk with your friends is the best don't really eat the food tried the pizza was kinda good staff is great and fun.

should be 3.5 stars…read more cant complain, i survived jr hi... mixed feelings about the joint jr hi was an awkward time for me, and most guys i knew/know. big picture, God is workin His plan, and all ive done and seen and been trhough, has made me who i am....so its all good. praise God!