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The Harker School

The Harker School

3.6(33 reviews)
1.8 mi•West San Jose

My son has joined Harker High School in 9th grade. Through the word of mouth, I knew that this…read moreschool will be academically challenging in spite of him being a very strong student in middle school. He was prepared to work hard. But he was not prepared that while working like he has never worked before, he would enjoy himself so much in the process. Both, he and I were touched, when more than one of his teachers sendt him encouraging emails, noticing that he worked hard while trying to adjust to the new school and find his own rhythm and method. His Chemistry, Chinese, English, and History teachers were cheering him on, knowing he wanted to take Honors classes next year and were always available for extra help. I have read reviews of Harker, where parents (or their friends) complained about the quality of teachers. In our first year at Harker, I only saw teachers who want their kids to excel, who are experts in their areas, who know how to motivate kids, and help them realize their full potential. When he started at Harker, my son joined DECA club and fell in love with all things marketing and business because of the two teachers and DECA team. He traveled and competed within a few months of joining DECA. He enjoyed his time with the students and made lots of friends. He was happy that he could talk finally with kids about politics, history, as well as other teenage topics. Harker Dance and Theater programs are very impressive. The new theater is beautiful and their boy hip hop dance team is really top notch. I love it that the school with such strong academic emphasis is developing the whole child, offering arts, sports, and really wide variety of activities. Choosing what to spend time on is hard. But it is a good problem to have. I have not heard any complaints from him about unhealthy competition or lack of friends at school. Based on our experience so far, Harker created an environment where kids who love learning get to do just that, learn, and enjoy themselves in the process.

This place is great but the parking sucks . Your literally stuck at the round about they need…read morepeople to conduct traffic .

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Baker Elementary School

4.5(8 reviews)
1.5 mi•West San Jose

Baker school I consider to be one of the top schools in the Bay Area. We currently have our third…read morechild in first grade and already had had two other children of ours from the last 15 years attend Baker. We cannot say enough how much we appreciate the teaching staff as well as the principal and the administrative staff that always have gone above and beyond facilitating good care and teaching for all of our children. I highly recommend the school to any of those in our area that consider having their children attend! Many thanks Baker school for all that you have done to make our children very successful going forward, in fact our oldest is currently attending UCLA a lot to do with the care and expertise that has been put into giving five star teaching throughout every classroom they've attended at Baker school. The Wills Family

I was assaulted by the front desk Kathleen Villanueva on 10/31/2024 which resulted in me having to…read morefile a police report. The front desk along with Ms Naylor all committed perjury to police officers and falsely reported that I was the one who did what I called to report about and the HR department of the school district tried to allege that there has been all this misconduct on my part AFTER I complained with a police report on their staff - they ironically have no emails , incident reports, or police reports against me or my conduct at this school as a parent but are now alleging this with zero documentation after I had to file a report on this school - this gross misconduct and illegal behavior needs to be investigated immediately. I tried to complain once before about Kathleen's unprofessional behavior and was ignored. Kathleen and the women in this office have gotten away with so much that they now feel emboldened to put their hands on parents of the students. After I filed a police report and contacted the superintendent- they retaliated and stuck to a similar lie behind Kathleen (which they weren't able to say the same story when separated and on the stand which is why their claims were dismissed ultimately). They are now trying to falsely defame my character to other school staff members and parents by saying there is a retraining order against me when there in fact is not further adding to the lengths these people are going too to save themselves from a pending lawsuit

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McAuliffe Schools

McAuliffe Schools

4.8(20 reviews)
1.1 mi

We have 2 girls in k and 2nd grade at McAuliffe, both love school and flourish here. Its our 3rd…read moreyear with the school. We as a family love the school, each teacher and IA that we've had here are absolutely amazing, they see each child - their strengths and challenges they work with the children, they seem to love what they do and it is reflected on the children. The respect, social emotional support and collaborative environment is truly exceptional, one of a kind, and I see how it allows children the emotional availability they need to focus learn and thrive. The parents involvement makes it a village, and I believe- it takes a village. Aiding on campus and in their classrooms, has strengthened my connection with my children and their friends, and their friends' families. The community is amazing, we share similar values, and as a family we feel surrounded with like minded people. We help each other and each other's children, we notice them we pay attention when they are struggling or sad and we support them with tools we learned from the School's unique parents training program, where we learn to communicate to get cooperation and support kids confidence and well being, help navigate more tricky social situations that otherwise could have had a big impact on our kiddos'.. The training I got here has helped me become a better person and a better parent, feel more capable solving conflicts and support children resolve conflicts, teaching them essentially how to listen and how to help others feel heard, how to come up with thoughtful solutions by themselves, and execute them, to eventually learn how to resolve conflicts on their own.. I wish I learned that when I was a child. Academics alone does not have the impact that critical thinking and communication tools and independent problem solving have on a person's well being and success in the world. So schools that teach both have a huge advantage in my view. The academics here taught thoughtfully while using variety of elements for kids to grasp a deeper understanding and a strong foundation that is not relying on tedious memorization, but on curiosity and learning by experiencing. After hearing from alumni children it sounds like that type of foundation they got here gave them an edge over their peers in a more fast past complex academic environment. Win win :) This school is a gem! Highly Recommended!

This school is a gem in the CUSD…read more - very low risk of bullying. Bullying happens anywhere and in a setting where doors are closed (most schools), it's hard to stop it. At McAuliffe there are eyes and ears everywhere (teachers, parent volunteers, Ia) , so this behavior is stopped very quickly - risk taking. This is one of the pillars. In first grade, for example, I saw kids raising hands asking for help with spelling during writing class. The teacher told them to write the first draft using everything they knew (phonics) and not to stop because they didn't know how to write a word perfectly. (The teacher showed them the correct spelling in the second draft). This is brave spelling and another example where risk taking is encouraged in every curriculum - small group teaching helps kids learn better. In other schools, it's 1 teacher for 20 some kids. My friends have volunteered one day in their kids' class and they were horrified: Kids unable to focus. Literally one student was disturbing the class every 5 seconds. Both my friends felt sorry for the teacher.

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Latimer School

Latimer School

4.1(8 reviews)
1.4 mi

I attended four different elementary schools in the 90's and early 2000's but this is the only one…read moreworth remembering. Latimer has changed a lot since I graduated all those years ago, but I have so many memories and stories to share of those good old days. From 1999 to 2000 this school underwent some Maintenance or something and the school was transferred to Strawberry Park for the year. The walls used for handball are still there and will likely stand the rest of time. Near the older basketball courts was actually our PE area, and where most of the early morning rallies and attendance. I was there when there was a sandbox, later a tan bark box, which was on the fence opposite of Latimer Ave. I remember the wooden and metal playground in a sandbox near the lunch area, later replaced with astroturf and the current main playground that can be seen from Latimer Ave. I was there when the new (at the time) library by the admin office opened. I remember all the balloons and cheering, you'd think it was a city parade. The previous library had just been a hole in the wall. Near the old basketball courts was just a giant patch of grass with a sci-fi cart you'd seen on an amusement park ride. My friends and I would play make believe so much on that old thing or fill it was sand. Where the newer basketball courts are was just a giant field and a small area for baseball/kickball. The former lunch area was actually near the center of the school by the octagon building. There had been a small tree planted there in remembrance of a girl, I think her name was Christine. I used to climb the tree in the small field by the octagon. I'm so glad it's still there. From Latimer Ave there used to be two portables on the field belonging to Small World Schools, a daycare program which I attended. Always had nice teaches and made most of my early friends there, one of which I still know and talk to. I was on cafeteria duty a few times since we got a free lunch out of it - usually a slice if pizza,or burger, or chicken nuggets, and a choice of milk. We called the lunches we got at school 'hot lunches' and food from home 'cold lunches'. These are but a few of my memories and I'm glad to see the old school is still there. May future generations know the same happiness, acceptance, and warm memories I've carried with me all these years. Thanks for the memories

They keep giving you problems just small absent for my daughter and they don't even know tour sick…read moreand your daughter not feeling well. Not recommending to attend to this school. They after money if the kids don't go to school.

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De Vargas Elementary School

De Vargas Elementary School

3.7(3 reviews)
0.7 mi•West San Jose

Very good school. Extremely hard working teachers. Many high quality programs.read more

I went there for fifth grade and my brother went there for all six years of elementary school…read more Sadly, I would have to say that the school overall did not provide nor foster a loving learning environment for either of us. The majority of our teachers were not supportive and were very disorganized, though this does not apply to ALL teachers, as I believe there were some who actually were very helpful and caring, allowing us to really enjoy learning new material. However, out of the seven teachers that me and my brother had, only one cared about her students and her class was the only one that we felt we actually loved learning new material in. In addition, there were many times where if there was conflict between the students, the teachers would often jump to pointing fingers and placing blame on innocent students instead of getting the story straight first, making us students feel things were unfair and affecting our social skills and love for school. The office administration staff is okay, though there were some secretaries in the front office that would often disrespect students, often talking to us with a "I'm better than you because of my title and position" voice, not having any form of self-respect and dignity to allow students to grow. Ms. Tanya Robertson especially did not have any form of communication to students, and would address us in a disdained tone, but then change her voice to a respectful one when any parents were nearby, making us students feel lowly and not allowing any of us to feel any confidence when growing up. The lunch ladies and yard duties there were also not very nice, too selfish and addressing students in a dismissive and irritated tone as well. Many times yard duties wouldn't even bother to actually keep an eye on students, just busy talking to one another and dismissing us students whenever we needed help. They would often be quick to place blame on students as well when there was conflict, placing blame on innocent students instead of getting the story straight first. The lunch quality at De Vargas is also very bad, and there were many times where the milk from the lunch line would be expired. All this created a sort of back-stabbing social environment for the students, and led to many animosity between classmates and did not provide a supportive community at De Vargas elementary at all. Thus, I sadly have to say De Vargas did not provide a loving learning environment at all, and, if possible, going to another school that would help give children a better stable foundation would be better for the students and their future. I hope that there will be changes to De Vargas to help provide a community for students and parents alike.

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