The challenges and experiences our child enjoys are experiences that bond friends for life and…read morebuild positive outlook that helps the children to excel to their highest as well as learn German! He has a high regard for his classmates, teachers, & SAY instructors. His vocabulary has grown exponentially since starting as well as as his physical development has been on track! All this culminates to his ability to have self control for longer stretches. The classmates he has are all supportively each other. The jobs the teachers give the children help each focus or stay engaged in each's particular way. Let's just say We are Ecstatic for our son to be at AEA!

We moved here recently and we ultimately decided this would be the best place for my TKer and 5th…read moregrader. My TKer within the first 2 weeks, got bit so hard by a classmate on the face that it left a mark for 7 days. All because he was cleaning up like he was told to do and the other kid didn't like my TKer touching a toy that he previously played with? I thought you know give them the benefit of the doubt, although I feel as if both backs shouldn't have been turned during this interaction and less than 20 kids in this class with 2 teachers someone should have gotten between the child trying to attack mine. Well, fast forward 2 weeks and now my child is sobbing about how much he doesn't want to go to school because nobody will play with him. I talk to the co teacher in the morning about this and her reasoning is to blame my child because he doesn't know personal space...he's 4...there was no empathy there was only blaming. As for my 5th grader, her teacher was a NIGHTMARE this was the most miserable human I've ever seen in my life. We were told on the first day of school that her teacher would meet us in the morning to introduce herself and meet my child. So we're waiting for the teacher to show up in the morning and when she finally does she walks right past us, glances at us, and then ignores us. So I walk up and introduce my child and myself since she obviously wasn't going to. She says hi and that's about it. No enthusiasm, no warm welcome, just an utter miserable human of a teacher. Within a week of my child being in her class she's already messaged me twice about my child's not being at grade level in math. Obviously this is a big change for my child, my 5th grader just moved and is nervous. I tell her my child was close to end of year grade level for math the year prior, and that we were doing a lot at home to support her. I'm then asked if she has a 504 or IEP because she truly thought my child knew nothing! Like what a terrible assumption to make of someone after a week? I tell her no and that my child is being actively helped at home as well and to just give her time to adjust. Anyways, for the remainder of the time we're there any questions I have about my child's learning anything at all about homework, she doesn't respond to me or my child's father. They kept sending emails about how my 5th graders class needed a room parent and after a few weeks of nobody signing up I figure I can volunteer my time, I'm a very involved parent and it will help me get integrated in the school community. I'm told as room parent to reach out to my child's teacher and just let them know I'll be room parent and ask if they need help with anything and if she could send me a list or link of the things she likes/wants for classroom gifts like for her birthday and Christmas and whatnot. I didn't receive a reply it's more radio silence. She instead contacts PTA and gives her list to them. Ok odd...what weird childish behavior. My 5th grader is now coming home in tears. Telling me her teachers yell a lot and like they're not guiding her, but getting mad that she doesn't know their process (it's her first year here!) Then she tells me her teacher enters her room most mornings not addressing the class, but on her phone and doesn't acknowledge them. Wow no cellphone or smart watch policy for children but teachers get to just sit on their phone all day, great! They have different teachers for math. So of course I reach out to the math teacher letting them know my child keeps forgetting her math homework at school and if they could please ensure she has all the work she missed the past few days so we can complete and return to school. Luckily, he responds and ensures me he can do that. My child comes home and has one paper she already did... I ask her where her homework is and she said that's all that was given. At this point I'm frustrated, I've done everything on my end to ensure my child is bringing home her homework but I can only do so much. I let it go and say ok if that's all they give you idk I've spoken to the teacher at this point, to my child, reminding her to bring it home every morning at drop off. I have done everything on my end. Then 2 weeks later I get a message from math teacher! Guess what about? Yep, my child is missing homework (no duh) and that I the parent need to ensure she's doing it at home and bringing it back and really "hound" her. Did our conversation two week prior not compute? Does anybody at this school comprehend what communication actually is???? Obviously not. The cherry on top? I'm contacted by other room parents that the school cut funding for 5th grade field trips and somehow we need to try to raise 15k so the kids don't miss out. What a joke! Curious as to why this was the part they felt they needed to cut in funding, looks like someone needs a pay cut! This has by far been the worst school my children have ever attended and I'm so happy I pulled them out!

nice, safe area. Front office staff is genuinely kind Mrs…read moreMichelle, Mrs Gloria. Mr Rios genuinely is passionate about his job. I love the new principal. The old one would completely ignore emails specially when I had I concern or a complaint about staff. Yet he would great you every morning like nothing happened. Mrs terry is very communicative and genuinely cares for our kids.

Pros: nice, safe…read morearea. Front office staff is darling and genuinely kind (Michelle, Gloria, Delia). P.E. Teacher genuinely is passionate about his job. Cons: a lot of this staff seems as though they're doing the absolute bare minimum to get through each day in order to collect a pay check. TK teacher gives out candy every single day as a motivator for 4 year olds and will argue with you about it if you ask her not to give your child candy. "I have 18 other students." The first week of school she said "your son is so smart. I will make sure to give him work for his level." I never heard anything about that again, we never received one worksheet for homework. Not even abcs or days of the week. If you look at her class page, she never even updated it past the third week of school. TK teacher uses television daily to keep kids occupied. My son mentioned to me that she plays paw patrol. Why paw patrol? That's not even educational. TK -1st grade stores their lunchboxes and water bottles outside instead of in cubbies in the classroom (and it's been 80 degrees outside daily). Meanwhile, the teachers have a nice air conditioned lounge with fridges to store their food in and dine in. (Which I've had to wait inside before during my son's assessment) Cafeteria has no air conditioning. Principal will ignore your emails and then say hi to you every day afterwards like nothing happened. We had an assessment with the kindergarten teacher the week before school and she was coughing, sneezing etc with no mask on and had her snot filled tissues on the table right next to my son. Needless to say, our entire family got sick for the first week of school. So my son had to go to his very first day sick with a mask on. She determined that he was at a "4th or 5th grade reading level" but said "there's nothing I can do for him". The school didn't even make an effort. She also said she would connect us with the OT to get him an assessment for behavioral therapy. We never heard anything about it again afterwards. No playground, no grassy areas, no trees on campus. There is only asphalt and a piece of astroturf. It looks as though there's a playground attached to the school from the outside, but it is not used by the school. I agree with another google review that said this place needs an upgrade. And some staff definitely needs to update their educating style instead of clearly dragging through every day, counting the minutes until their retirement. The kids deserve better

I do NOT like this school. I went here a couple of years ago and let me start off with talking…read moreabout the primetime staff. The old supervisor sucked balls and was a very sh1tty person she would always yell at kids and not care about them. The supervisor would always make up lies about children and even talk sh1t about them when all of them left which is why I had to drop out because of how careless they were to kids. Let me also talk about the music teacher she was racist,disrespectful and judged kids about how they would play with certain instruments that she provided us the p.e teacher is also a very careless person and I don't not like her at all she was very very bratty and had a bad attitude towards kids?

I've had 2 children attend McKinley Elementary School. One just graduated from there and one is…read moreentering 3rd grade. This school has been phenomenal and has gone above and beyond. We have experienced different teachers year, and each one has been more than exceptional. They have been absolutely lovely, caring, thoughtful, smart, and have the best interest of our kids, their classmates, and even their community in mind. They have been taught not only the basic academics, but also how to be a good human in this crazy world, and how to lean on community and their peers to grow and become educated. I have felt like the teachers have always kept the individual student in mind, and advocated it on their behalf for all of their needs. The school, the teachers, the staff, down to the janitors....Absolutely lovely. The community that is involved at Mckinley Elementry school is the absolute best. There is a constant fundraising happening by the parents and community to support Mckinley's vast programs. The jog-a-thon, Sono Fest, the Gala, etc. Programs like music, theater dance for, art, and Spanish, our kids have been getting a very well rounded experiences in elementary school.

Best teachers , awesome principal that is involved daily with the kids and all classrooms , sports…read more etc . . Awesome staff in the office as well.

So something I love about the school is that the staff are so nice and the primetime staff are…read moreamazing and so nice but Mr Baeza is something i don't know why my friend who's daughter goes there told me that Mr Baeza always asks her why she goes to the nurse and which annoys her and makes her uncomfortable also another thing is the ms venture or i don't know how to spell her name is so grumpy every time and gets mad about everything and a teacher there Ms Martinez is horrible she yells to much and now they do combo classes and she's daughter told me that she doesn't like her at all and that she made her cry once and makes her feel bad about herself also heard that a teacher named Ms Simpson left and she told me that the district basically switched her school which I really don't believe but yeah and she also said that the staff and teachers are so nosy and she hates that well I don't know about that but they're is some horrible schools out there so yeah hope Ms Martinez , Mr Baeza and Ms venture Change they're attitude.

It was okay, for the most part. I was a student here not too long ago, and overall had a fairly…read moreokay experience here for some of my middle school years. While some teachers and staff were nice or at least professional, some completely disregarded the students feelings. At the time I was going through a rough time and would often have issues with getting into trouble for 'skipping class' when I was crying in the bathrooms. When someone came into the bathrooms to get me, the office workers would tell I couldn't leave class or just not go, regardless of what was happening, unless it was some sort of 'real' emergency like medical. This part I'm not proud of. I got suspended multiple times for coming to school high, and there were a few times I had to leave because of hurting myself and getting caught with a blade to do so. Eventually of course I was told to leave, and while I know I could've prevented this, I also know I turned to these bad coping mechanisms because nobody was listening and trying to help me. When I was kicked out from the school the principal, Mr. Taylor, yelled at me and cussed, saying I was 'past the point of helping' and that I was hopeless. While I did do some things that I shouldn't have, students should be talked to properly and not yelled at for things they can't help like mental health issues. Many of my other friends experienced similar issues.

My 1st kid loved it all the way from K until she graduated 8th and moved to a high school. Now I…read morehave 2 other kids going here. I remind them they have choices and can go to any school yet they insist on staying at museum until they graduate. We have seen many staff changes over the years but the core values seem to carry on. Its a small tight-knit school with around 25 kids per grade. Miss Jaleh TK and Miss Diana K are the perfect teachers to kickoff your kids learning journey. The drive thru lane for drop offs and picks ups is top.

My children have been attending here since gradeschool up to highschool. They have truly thrived at…read morethis school. The environment is supportive, and the staff genuinely care about each student's well-being and growth. Over time, I've seen my kids develop not only academically but also in their individual talents and skills. The school offers a well-rounded experience that encourages creativity, critical thinking, and confidence. We are very grateful to be part of this community.

Distinct and creative perspectives of artistic expression all the students have contributed greatly…read moretowards this project. Bravo teachers!!!