The biggest problem with Village High School is that you have to fail in order to go there. But…read moreonce there, the environment is such that the children thrive. The teachers are of good quality and highly committed to their students. My son attended Village for 3 years from 2011 to 2014 and I have never been more impressed with a school (and with 4 children, they have attended quite a few between them). He was at Amador for a year and I felt the school was too big and he was lost. The small school, warm environment of Village was just what he needed to succeed.

Was a student here, originally I went to amazon but that school sucked ass. Village high school is…read moreamazing!! More of a family then anything! Great people, amazing teachers, and a warm loving atmosphere!

I loved the school. It gave me the high-paying job that I otherwise wouldn't have had today. It was…read morethe first school I went to where I realized that coasting on pure talent wasn't enough (and I had plenty of that, but I only need to watch how my cousins were doing in school to figure out much of a difference the environment makes). If it weren't for the sheer amount of peer pressure to do well and excel, I would have never bothered to work hard to excel and would probably be competing with high school graduates for burger-flipping jobs. I learned a really important concept while in high school: academic learning is an abstraction for success. While other reviewers complain that the narrow focus on academic excellence was technically useless, it prepared me to minimize-maximize my priorities for success. By re-abstracting the real, working world as a bunch of test-taking and BSing, it's helped me on my race towards the top. Mission is a great example of a Tiger Mother school, and I'd say that beating the excellence out of me worked wonders. It's a trial by fire, and I've suffered more than my share of breakdowns during my low points here, but overall, no pressure, no diamonds (Thanks Mr. Greene for the quote). If I weren't here, I'd just be dinosaur poop. Highlights: -Academic Challenge club (Without it, I would never be indirectly mentioned in the #National_Olympiads section in the Mission San Jose High School wiki) -Teachers: Chaney-Aiello, Geers, Geschke, Lindsey, Greene, Richards, Jaeger, Ishimine, especially Payette and Howell, you have all been the best teachers I know. Hopefully one day I will be able to pass on the light that you all have passed onto me. -Peers. I'm not going to name names, but without people to chase, I would never have started running in the first place. Let's keep trying to outcompete each in greatness in the years to come. I love a good race.

I really regret enrolling my child in this school. Before my child started. I heard so many…read morepeople say how good the school was and how excellent the students academic results were. But after four years. The reality has shown me, some teachers at this school did not give the child the support or the best possible experience. I won't know whether the principle behind teaching is supposed to be helpming students succeed. Or whather the teacher was simploy targeting the child and intentionally trying to make things as difficult as possible for them.

I have had the pleasure to be a part of the Alsion family for quite a few years now. Thru my…read moreNephew, Niece & my daughter. My second daughter can't wait to be old enough to go there as well. Ms Rosemary with all the teachers have really done a wonderful job over the years. I would recommend this school without any reservations.

i go to this school. there is a lot of homework, but the teachers are really nice and so are the…read morekids for the most part.

Hearst was a good school 5 years ago. Now it's the bottom elementary in Pleasanton. If you can, try…read moreto relocate and go to another elementary school. Your kid will not grow from the teachers they have now. Multiple good teachers have left the school. Research it yourself. I don't lie. My 2 kids gone to the school. But the last 5 years. The school steadily reduce in teaching valuable academics to just baby sit your kids with YouTube videos and hand outs. No standards books. If they do issue. The teacher will not completely teach the book. Lots on Chromebook homework and no actual teaching. Don't put your kids in this school. If you do, reply back to me that I am wrong. And we can speak facts of the school.

Ms. Walter, the best kindergarten teacher my son could ask for. Spirited and fun and she truly…read moreseems to love her job. She is always smiling, laughing & most importantly, singing to her students! No joke, Ms. Walters, sings to them to; line up, clean up, straighten up, quiet down etc.... the kids respond quickly & as if they were all under hypnosis. She is a fantastic teacher and we really appreciate her.

This school is not good, principal is mean, teachers often are byass towards students with unfair…read moregrading.

This school is sigma but please add more bathrooms it takes so long lol. I like the electives and…read morethe option for 0 period.

my rating is very good the students are good and the teachers are very kind. It's good to back to…read morepublic middle school in fusd for the first time since 3rd grade

Great Experience for children and no complaints. Admin/Teachers are good and helpful.read more

Absolute bum cheeks, I have never imagined a school worse. Name anything bad about a school and…read moreyou'll find it here somewhere. It is also rare to get good teachers because of the scarcity of them. The school has so many dumb rules that you would start to question if a toddler wrote the rules for their nightmare school. What are they even doing?

horrible school principals are so annoying won't stop calling me the lunch looks like it's expired…read morethey treat students very badly

For the most part, this is a good school district within a wealthy community where the funding is…read moregood and the parent participation is wonderful. However, if your child suffers from bullying, the motto, 'Kids Come First', is quite the opposite. Where the the bully comes first is actually more like it. Administration becomes robotic and uncaring. If you threaten to pull your child, they run around promising the world (so as not to loose the $5000+ per year they get for your student) only to disappoint and ultimately make your child suffer by doing nothing to solve the problem if you decide to keep your child in their school. Same old problem, no solutions, intensely inflexible, robotic administration. Time for an alternate solution that's best for my kid. Because my KID comes first to me.

We feel incredibly lucky to have had Ms. Anjali Giri as our child's kindergarten teacher. She is…read moretruly one of those rare educators who goes above and beyond--not just academically, but emotionally as well. She has created such a warm, nurturing, and safe environment where my kid feel seen, bonded with, and encouraged. She has a natural ability to connect with children and parents individually, and it shows in how happy and supported our child feels. What stands out most is how genuinely caring and patient she is. We are so grateful for the love, dedication, and positivity she brings. Any child would be lucky to be in her class! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for her to move to being a 1st grade teacher!

My daughter is having a wonderful experience in kindergarten thanks to her teachers, Ms.Giri and…read moreMs.Vohra. They are incredibly kind and have a great sense of humor, which makes the classroom such a positive and welcoming place for the children. Together, they create an environment where every child feels seen and heard, and they build strong, meaningful connections with their students. Ms.Giri brings a nurturing and gentle approach, truly understanding that the children are still young kindergarteners. She pampers them with warmth and care, making them feel safe, comforted, and supported every day. Ms.Vohra, on the other hand, beautifully complements this by encouraging the children to become more responsible and independent. She ensures they learn to follow rules and classroom routines, helping them grow with confidence and structure. They are both attentive to the children's needs and address concerns promptly. We also have experienced their genuine care firsthand. On two occasions when my daughter misplaced her sweater, Ms.Giri went above and beyond to help--she even replaced it with a new one so my daughter wouldn't worry. Whenever my daughter has taken a sick day, she has always made it a point to personally call and check on her health, which means so much to us. They also ensured we receive the essential homework sheets on time so my daughter could keep up. These gestures truly touch our hearts and reflect the deep care and dedication they have for her students.

I'm currently a student here and all the common misconceptions are so very wrong. Many people…read moreconceive that Kennedy is a school for the 'bad' kids, well you are wrong. Coming into this school, I believed what people told me; that this school was filled with gangs, that the students didn't care about college, the teachers didn't care, and that it's overall a bad environment for a student. Now that I am a student here, my view has entirely changed. The students here are working on changing what the public thinks of Kennedy. In the future Kennedy will be a college going school. To be frank, there are people who dress like gangsters, but in reality they act like any other high school student. The AVID program at Kennedy is spearheading the college going culture thanks to Mr. Dave Williams. Kennedy is currently the only AVID certified school in FUSD. For those who don't know what AVID is, it is a program that is designed to give students the tools and the mind thought to get students into Four-year Universities. http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2011-05-31&file=AVID+++TCV.txt Currently, the Class of 2012 AVID Class has 71 College Acceptances split between 15 students. Not bad. Many of the teachers at Kennedy truly care for the students and they actually want the students to succeed. The only problem is the students' work ethic. Many of the students are smart, but generally very lazy. If parents were more involved in their own child's life, it would better their education, and overall make Kennedy a better place for education. For the time that I've been here, I've felt very safe. It's a very family-like atmosphere here at Kennedy, there are no cliques at all. Everyone is friends with each other. The only downside at Kennedy is that the school is so poor and we do not get enough funding. We are so technologically behind here at Kennedy that it's funny. I really hope that in the future when I have kids, that Kennedy will be rebuilt/remodeled. The school is extremely old and fragile. Overall, I would not hesitate to send any child to this school. You truly have to experience it yourself in the end.

This is a 3 1/2 stars for me. I am not a total hater, but this is not an elite high-school by any…read morestretch of the imagination. My daughter is a Junior at this school and plays sports, so I have been here a lot. My daughter enjoys her teachers and appreciates the cooking and photography classes offered, but of course! My daughter has not complained to me about feeling unsafe or having issues with other students. I feel safe with her there and have been ok with her education so far. I am less than enthused with the coaches offered for their volleyball program. I shall not go off on a rant here!