Hrmmm... This school was was OK. The only thing I honestly…read morereally miss about this school is some of my old teachers and my counselor. I was in the magnet so whenever I needed assistance, I was helped out really quickly. Now that I'm in college I feel the way the regular kids felt since they had to go through waiting and long lines to get something done. Anyway, most of the food is disgusting and unedible. I loved being in the magnet but the school overall was turning somewhat ghetto.

Unfortunately, my time at Narbonne High School was disappointing. The school appeared more focused…read moreon securing federal funding through programs like the No Child Left Behind Act than on equipping students with essential life skills. As a result, I struggled in college and ultimately ended up under conservatorship. One of the most difficult experiences I had was with Mr. Waller, a history teacher who did not respect his students' First Amendment rights. He frequently imposed his political beliefs on his 10th- and 11th-grade students, encouraging them to be "Patriots" rather than "Kaepernicks." Personal political beliefs have no place in the classroom, especially when they make students feel alienated or pressured to conform. His lectures were hard to follow due to his fast speaking pace, and the classroom environment was often distracting. This made it difficult to take effective notes. Since his exams were primarily lecture-based, I struggled academically, which hurt my chances of being accepted into universities like UCLA or USC--places where I could have built valuable career networks. I also experienced bullying from a classmate, Daisy Mateos, who took advantage of my autism and gaslighted me. Additionally, I had difficulties interacting with another student, Karem Sadek, whose severe autism made social interactions more challenging. Karem did not respect personal boundaries--he failed to keep his hands to himself, and on one occasion, I had to run away from him. During a group yearbook photo, he placed his hands on my shoulders, which made me extremely uncomfortable. His influence contributed to the circumstances that led to my conservatorship, as he exposed me to potentially harmful topics like gun ownership and alcohol consumption. The school's bureaucratic system also posed a challenge. I often had to involve my mother just to get the support I needed, such as being enrolled in the right classes or switching teachers. Furthermore, I had an issue with Ms. Pascua, who refused to let me attend my speech therapy sessions, even though they were part of my Individualized Education Program (IEP). She insisted that Mr. Kobata did not allow students to leave without an office summons, despite the IEP team's recommendation that I attend these sessions to improve my articulation skills. This lack of support negatively affected my communication abilities. Another discouraging experience was with Mr. T, who advised me not to take AP courses because I planned to attend community college. Looking back, I realize that taking AP courses would have better prepared me for the academic demands of higher education. Peer pressure was another problem at Narbonne. My classmates pressured me to attend Grad Nite at Disneyland, warning me that I'd regret it if I didn't go. Now, in my 30s, I can confidently say I don't regret missing it. Ironically, when I attended California State University, Dominguez Hills, I was required to take a course on consent and peer pressure before registering for classes--something that should have been taught in high school. If I had possessed the knowledge and confidence at the time, I would have pursued legal action against Mr. Waller for violating my First Amendment rights and against Ms. Pascua for failing to uphold my IEP accommodations. For parents considering LAUSD schools, I recommend the following improvements: 1). Require Ableism Training for teachers and staff to better support students with disabilities. 2). Mandate Financial Literacy and Life Skills Courses--including laundry, cooking, safety, job interview skills, sexual harassment and consent education, and peer pressure awareness--starting in 9th grade as graduation requirements. 3). Consider Homeschooling as an alternative for students who may not thrive in traditional school environments. 4). Require Teachers to Complete a Public Speaking Course to improve their communication skills before entering the classroom. 5). Prohibit Teachers from Sharing Personal Political Beliefs in Class, ensuring that classrooms remain inclusive and respectful of all students' perspectives. Implementing these changes could help create a more supportive and effective learning environment for future students.

Review #980 2026-046…read more Let me preface that this review is for an event that was held at J.H. Hull Middle School... J.H. Hull Middle School is 1 of 8 middle schools serving students in grades 6 - 8 in Torrance Unified School District. It's named after the 1st TUSD superintendent, Dr. John Henrich Hull, who served as superintendent from 1947 - 1970... at which time TUSD grew from 4 to 41 schools. Opened in 1970, JHHMS was originally built using steel portables from defunct Madison School, which closed in 1969; the school was later rebuilt & reopened in Fall of 2011, & is currently the district's most technologically wired & environmentally efficient campus. For 2025 - 2026, the school is helmed by Principal Jackie Ryan & supported by Assistant Principal Kimberly Lee. The 2026 TUSD "Math Field Day" was held at J.H. Hull Middle School, hosting the past 3 years. It's an annual competition that focuses on computational skills, conceptual understanding, & complex problem-solving while encouraging teamwork amongst elementary (starting from 4th grade), middle, & high schools students. Winners received medals & trophies for their school, & top winners from each quadrant advance to the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) Math Field Day, usually held in April. My son competed for 1 of 4 spots representing Hickory Elementary's 4th Grade Team. It's a 2-part competition that consisted of an individual 10 question quiz (20-mins.), followed by a break, then a series of questions for the team (30-mins.), ending with an hour break while the scores are tabulated. The students loved the "trail mix" snacks that they got during breaks... my son says it was candy galore with trail mix, gummy bears, popcorn, M&Ms, chocolate chips, goldfish crackers, etc.!! And totally worth the after school hours to enjoy these treats (can you feel the eyes rolling?) & wants to come back next year. O_o 2026 Math Field Day Winners 4th Grade: 1st: Victor ES 2nd: Hickory ES (so proud of my l'il guy & his teammates!) 3rd: Riviera ES 5th Grade: 1st: Hickory ES (back-to-back win!) 2nd: Walteria ES 3rd: Towers ES 6th Grade: 1st: Richardson MS 2nd: Madrona MS 3rd: Calle Mayor MS 7th Grade: 1st: Magruder MS 2nd: Bert Lynn MS 3rd: Madrona MS 8th Grade: 1st: Magruder MS 2nd: Madrona MS 3rd: Calle Mayor MS High School: 1st: West HS 2nd: North HS 4th: Victor ES, 5th: Hickory ES, 6th: Richardson MS, 7th: Magruder MS, 8th: Magruder MS, & West HS will move onto LACOE Math Field Day. Good luck! Congrats to all the mathletes that qualified & to the winners for their excellent performance... way to go!!

Great school. The teachers are awesome, they school is very organized and clean grounds. My son…read moreloves this school. We like it because its 5 minutes from our house. Highly recommend this school.

Where do I even begin to express how much my family and I love this church? This community means so…read moremuch to us. My husband and I were married here during the early days of COVID in 2020, and it has remained our spiritual home ever since. Not to mention this is also my husbands' parish when he was growing up, this is why we chose for us to get married here. We attend Sunday Mass regularly and are very involved here, including leading RCIA. Everyone we've met and guided through RCIA has been incredibly kind, welcoming, and eager to grow in faith. This church truly embodies a loving and supportive community. We celebrate all major holidays and special occasions here--Easter, Christmas, birthdays, and more. Saint Margaret Mary is not just a church to us; it's a place where we serve, grow, and feel deeply connected. We are grateful to God for this beautiful parish and community.

MS. Betty and MS.sandy are very very helpful in our situation very very kind been going there…read moresince 1989 all children went there baptism and holy communion's great church .

I went there for middle school and it is the best school ever I like it because it is bigread more

This is in reference to their Magnet Program. I have nothing negative to say - great teachers who…read moreactually teach, challenged my daughter throughout her 3 years there, and who actually addressed any concerns I had, of course with respect to my child. Would I recommend their program - definitely! Now the school as a whole - that's a whole different issue. All I have to say is that we, as parents, should take a little more accountability for our child's actions .

Great school. My daughter goes here. Teachers are caring. This is a Japanese language only school…read more Small classes and rigorous curriculum. Great staff.

Excellent school!!! Small number of students. Teachers are very engaging to all student. Sometimes…read moreone on one. I have two kids - one in elementary and one in pre-school- both love to go to the school. Teachers are all speaking to students in very positive way. Well organized. Together with teachers, parents are very involved and communicate each other well. Good community for parents as well. It is great when you decided to have your kids learning in Japanese.

Ambassador is an AP Platinum school that truly loves its students and reflects Christ to them in…read moreevery single classroom.

Five stars are not enough to express how wonderful Ambassador is for our student. We had heard…read moreabout Ambassador through our community and even knew a family whom attended years ago and they loved it. From the moment we stepped onto the Ambassador campus it felt like home with a caring family like atmosphere. The entire staff are all engaging and helpful. Our student did a tour and liked it, then did a shadow day and decided it was the right school for him. Ambassador has so much to offer. Firstly, a Christ centered approach to education with patience and mentorship. Many opportunities to be a servent of God in the community to help others. Second, outstanding academic classes with teachers who really care and support the students. AP and College prep is included in the affordable tuition fee with a wide variety of subject matter to choose from. Wonderful Guidance Counselors who truly walks the students entirely through the College application process from freshman year to senior year. Third, competitive sports in CIF leagues are offered with compassionate coaching that really guides the student to excel in their sport. Ambassador has been a dream come true for our student and our family. With smaller class sizes and more personalized attention by the teachers and staff, each student truly finds their way and earns the confidence to excel in their studies. The students also all seem so happy and they all are so welcoming and kind. Ambassador is truly a great Christ centered culture and wonderful family atmosphere that welcomes family involvment. Ambassador has been the answer to our prayers for our student. We cannot reccommend them enough.

Terrible school with students that don't even live in the area. Kids get bullied , fights and the…read morestaff seems to be there just to get a paycheck and go home.

The school does not do anything about children who get bullied. I used to attend this school before…read more(about 4-5 years ago), and I remember fights occurring there every day (trust me it was more than one fight a day). The staff were not able to break apart anything, and threats get made often towards the school that there will be a shooting. My brother who now attends the school gets picked on everyday. Students push him and hit him, and they even steal his things to break them. I've went with my mom to the school multiple times to report these issues and nothing is ever done. The staff don't believe or take the situation seriously at all. Overall the worst school to ever exist!

They have a great community here. Teachers and staff really want the best outcomes for the…read morestudents. The other students support their fellow students. For being a small school, they have a great selection of classes and options for sports, diplomas, and activities.

I have long been frustrated with the public school system, and it wasn't until I found how…read moreimportant it is to find a school and teachers that treat your kids as Individuals and they learn differently. That's what you find at Rolling Hills Prep.They recognize each child's strengths and weaknesses, and teach the full child. My son was deteriorating in the public school and now is thriving, not only with his grades, but with his confidence, his social network and friends. My son is thriving and it's due to Rolling Hills Prep. I recommend you check it out for your child and what a changed child you can have if they are struggling in their current placement !! Erica F

We were invited here for a basketball tournament, and there was plenty of parking on campus,…read morethanks! The bathrooms had a lot of fruit flies in it but I don't attend here so I guess that won't bother me in the future? The toilet paper was decent and there were enough bathrooms for the family during the visit. We stumbled upon the wildlife habitat and that was really awesome for the kids to see a real peacock up close! They had geese and ducks in little kiddie pools too.

CLASS OF 2000...millenium graduates...STAND UP! Carson High…read morewas a pretty damn cool school, but not the BEST. GREAT/FUNNY TEACHERS OF MY TIME: Mr. Lal, Mr. Leibner, Mr. Blankenship, Mr. Watkins, Mrs. Winnenger, Mrs. Derama, Mrs. Tuitasi, Mr. Neal, etc. I can't remember any more! hahaha! GREAT MEMORIES: -A lot of other Filipinos hated on me because I was the first MALE FILIPINO in Carson High to get with a BLACK GIRL out of REAL LOVE instead of SHOCK VALUE....NOWADAYS, it's quite normal to see a lot of MIXED COUPLES...BUT...to this day, you still don't see BLACK GIRLS with FILIPINO GUYS or VICE VERSA...it's funny, but true. -"Backyard Wrestling" at Carson High was awesome...me and my friends didn't follow the trends, instead...we made our own trend and got everyone to conform to us....we ended up in UPN, MTV and more! -Trendy-ass students chilled at the front showing off while the gangs fought each other. -WEED was the main drug of choice among teens back then....nowadays, I hear that it's stupid shit like METH and CRACK....wow. NEGATIVES: -Their restrooms SUCKED...did not have ANY DOORS, plus people would try to mess with you. -SOME (not all) teachers just sucked. -Ignorant Jocks and Gangs pretty much ran the schools along with the popular peoples....not all of them were assholes though. -My Filipino race were into their stupid rice rockets that their parents bought them...it was annoying....a lot of them (not all) were such narrow minded trend followers and that same thing went for all the other races that acted the same damn way. -Back then, SKATERS were NOT CRACK HEADS and SKATERS DID NOT WEAR GAY SKINNY JEANS LIKE TODAY...SKATERS back then were REAL SKATERS that had a REAL STATEMENT....THE SAME WAY HIP HOP and HEAVY METAL FANS has a REAL MOVEMENT after Kurt Cobain, J. Dilla, 2 Pac and Biggie died....unlike TODAY where most kids in Carson DRESS UP MOSTLY (not all) just to LOOK COOL. FINAL THOUGHTS: I loved and hated Carson High....but when it comes down to it, my experiences there made me what I am today....that was then, and I hope many of you grew up....much love to all Carson High Alumni!!!!!

School Year 2010-2011…read more We moved in April and I have been trying to take care of this with your office since May. Your office was very harsh with me telling me my proof of residency I was able to print out online was not good enough- not letting me finish my sentences and discuss it and try to understand- but just saying "no" over and over again. I left that office crying. That is not a feeling I expect when dealing with a school office. Over the summer, I checked your website daily hoping for some information about when you would open and what I needed to do. To this day the website still says "Interdistrict Permit for Torrance residents- Information sheet- Coming soon!". I emailed you on Friday, August 13th to find out what date your office opened and you responded on Tuesday, August 17th and told me that you were open from M-F from 8:30-4:30 being closed for lunch from 2-3. I waited for my last piece of appropriate proof to come in the mail, and I showed up with my children on the morning of Friday, August 20th. There was a note on the door saying you were closed. On Monday August 23rd I brought all of my paperwork to you, which you still tried to tell me was not acceptable even though your office told me exactly what to bring, and you told me you needed to process my application and I could not leave with my release letter. I tried to discuss with you what my options were and you finally looked at me and offered to pull mine out and get it done ASAP. You told me I could pick up a copy so I could hand it over to RBUSD. I followed up with you the next day and you responded as if you did not know me with a blanket answer that the permits would be mailed out and I could not pick them up and you could not fax them. I have not received anything in the mail as of yet and I have missed registration for both kids on Wednesday August 25th. Today is Monday August 30th, and the kids start school tomorrow. They will be late to class because we missed registration and have to register at 9AM tomorrow. I cannot register them without the permits in my hand, and the problem is I only received a permit for ONE child from you in the mail on Friday and the RB school office received NOTHING. Later on August 30th: I showed up today to pick up a permit for my other son and you were so rude and didn't smile and didn't apologize for me not receiving it. You snapped your gum and mumbled something to your co-worker about the apartment number missing. You handed me the copy and I said Thank You and you said "uh huh". I have sent another email since asking- just so I could be properly prepared- the procedure for renewals. I got NO RESPONSE. I do not appreciate being treated like this and I personally think you should be doing a much better job. I do not agree with you working for the benefit of my children and think you should think about the way you treat people as well as represent the Torrance Unified School District.

Worst school district ever! I wasted an hr and a half and 2 damn days to answer 3 questions and…read moresign 1 form. Was late to work got written up for being late although I told them over and over and over I have 1 hr for lunch and had to come back cause they couldn't tell me the aper work yest I brought wasn't good enough! They move at the speed of molasses and are rude to me and other parents. And simply don't care they WE as parents have jobs to get to. And yest when I came the lady in the middle of helping me just left. I mean, LEFT for the day and didn't tell me. And I waited and waited and then they said, "oh she left you'll have to come back tomorrow" although I was there 1 hr before they close. Lmao...they are a joke of a school but due to my daughters IEP speech needs I'm at their mercy but HATE this school. And process. They need to hire more people clearly to help parents, not talk in the back and make coffee while we wait