Mrs. Veronica was extremely patronizing and aggressive to me while it was my first time there (including shouting). Be careful bringing your children and family. read more

I like the playground Cool new school My teachers were cool I liked going to Wedgeworth read more

The school is outstanding, the infrastructure is certainly above average for schools in the HLPUSD district. The teachers also provide adequate teaching. read more

I don't understand how the after school program here can have the kids OUTSIDE in this heatwave. It's literally over 100 degree weather. Smfh the school should have them inside fresh classrooms, if they truly cared enough about the children. read more

Personally me, I HATE Wedgeworth. Inside the school, you can't run, jump, skip, speed-walk, or talk, which is outrageous. Like how can you force children who haven't even hit puberty to sit inside for 7 hours doing basically nothing! Another thing is the staff there. They absolutely have favorites and they don't even try to hide it. For example, one time I accidentally went down the slide wrong and I got benched for about 10 minutes, while some other kid was swearing straight at the staff and all he got was a warning. Not even mentioning that the lunch there is absolutely horrid. I'm talking some people ate the rice and started choking, HOW DO YOU MESS UP RICE. One of the teachers even said to their kids and I quote, "It's ok to be in other people's business, and use swear words." Like excuse me ma'am but this is a school. Don't even get me started about the afterschool, the afterschool was even worse. The afterschool coaches were even worse they'd have us stand outside for what seemed like hours and yelled at us when we put our head into the classroom for some cold air. One of my coaches even hooked up with one of the janitors, SHE HAD A HUSBAND AND A KID. There also were some other things about this school that I hated that I won't say to save space, but either way I would NOT recommend sending your kid to this school. If i could give it a negative star review I would. read more

I never write reviews but for my children's sake and perhaps your children, I'm willing to take the time to do this and detail our experience over 3 years at Wedgeworth. First and foremost, the one star applies to school admin only and not to the teachers and teaching quality. We applied to Wedgeworth for our son to attend kindergarten. Since it was a first come/first serve basis, we were able to enroll him with no problem even though we lived out of district. Right away we found the admin staff extremely rude, specifically the office manager (Veronica) who does not have the proper temperament when it comes to dealing with busy office work. At first we thought no big deal, maybe she had a bad day. However over time we realized not only does her not have a bubble personality like school office manager should have, she just comes off as rude when speaking to parents and to kids too. She might not feel this way because she was always busy rushing around like a chicken with a head cut off and very ineffective. I get it you have a lot of kids to deal with, but calm down a take a deep breath because your anxiety level is off the chart. Secondly the principal, Dr. Cho, is also on the same page with the office manager. At first we thought she just has a 'tiger mom' personality but again, she's loud/obnoxious and her social etiquette is just not there. A couple of examples: When we first started there, of course we wanted to know about after school care options so after one of the initial kinder round up meetings I approached her with this question, but her response to me was 'we don't deal with that, you have to contact SSI (which is the outsourced company that provides after school care). Her attitude not only came off as arrogant but was plain rude. Again, I didn't think much of it but overtime I learned many parents feel the same way about her. Also, whenever she conducts online meetings, they were always extremely hectic and useless. Very often her email communications will contain wrong information, just something that you wouldn't expect from a principal. One time my wife and I felt 'threatened' by her and office manager because we needed to request days off for our children's church retreat. We were told we might get a letter from the district and also will need to have a sit down with higher up persons if we missed days from school. We were discouraged from taking any days off since day 1 and I understand public school receives funding based on attendance, but this infringes on our religious rights so we ended up going to the district office and spoke to someone else who said it's legally permitted for us to have religious days off as outlined in the district's handbook. She made a call to the school office and it was fine. Again, not well handled and left another bad taste in our month. Fast forward to post pandemic, like many others we sent our child to school and endured difficult times. When it's time for our daughter to enroll for kindergarten we did the same thing and submitted the application. The process was again hectic because the office manager simply cannot handle any stressful situation. We were under the impression that she'd be accepted because she has a sibling already enrolled, and also we were told that she was accepted and her enrollment was also confirmed on school district's ARIES site. However sometime in March I got a call from the office manager informing me that they do not have a spot for her because school's 'impacted'. I asked her what exactly does that mean? She simply said there is no space for your child because we need to accommodate others in our district. Needless to say I was extremely frustrated because now we have to scramble to find a school. Dr. Cho even told me that they do not officially 'confirm' enrollment until summer in which was NEVER explained during any one of her hectic online meetings which she claimed she did so I felt I was either lied to or misled/misinformed. Of course she doesn't admit to any of those so what else could I have said? That was the last straw that broke the camel's back. We decided to invest in a private school not because of the teacher or the teaching quality offered at Wedgeworth was poor. It's simply the office politics and how we were treated/communicated with that's not acceptable. I've spoken to many parents and none of them had such experiences with their schools so either we were overreacting or this is not normal. My guess is that prior to school was granted a new building, they enrolled as many students as possible to make the numbers look great and therefore get more funding. Once they get what they wanted then all bets are off to what our needs are. Kudos to the administrators who put together this plan but I resent the fact that kids nowadays are treated like a number/commodity used to get more funding. This isn't just a Wedgeworth issue but rather for the entire public education. read more

As someone who was promoted last year, I must say it has its ups and downs. There had been rats in the restroom and the entire school is dirty af, poop on the restroom floor, basically anything. So glad that they are building a new school The office, probably the most scariest place, and not because it's the office, it's Veronica. I swear she has the worst attitude and would yell at you for no reason. Like girl yelled at me just because I didn't know who was picking me up. It's not under my control, is it? No comments on Dr. Cho though. Teachers were fine, especially the 5th grade and 4th grade teachers. They were literally the best. Otherwise they can be a little mean and impatient. Mr. Choo choo train(Mr.Chu or sm, 2nd grade teacher) was amazing. Wish there was more people like him, but the other teacher were just so strict. When I was in kinder, I had just moved from China and the matter of fact, the ela teachers never helped. I still don't understand a single thing about grammar till this day and just so you know, I'm a straight A student. Literally I struggled with english until like 3rd, 4th grade? Alongside all of the other reviews and from friends, they all say it's bad and it sucks. But all the extra stuff, it was nice for us to get involve. Saying the announcements, conga, lion dance, those were all fun. In the end, I hope the new building turns out better, with better care and rules. Plus new sports because I'm tired of only having handball and basketball. The field was off limits so no soccer. read more

Ok.... so yes. I change my mind... I was struggled with the waiting list for walnut dual immersion program and found no way to get in... so when I alsmot give up and plan to send my son to the Buddhist private school and my church friend encourage me to try apply Wedgeworth. I told him all the bad experience I had with the orientation and he was surprised and said that staffs there are always nice and pleasant to work with and teachers loves kids and very professional and passionate. So, I end up apply this school and everyone has been very nice. The principle is very tiger-mom-like and I think it is a good thing.... teachers and staffs are very caring and organized. I think this school has potential and kids seem to be happy and on the right track there. I guess that I learned my lessons not to judge people easily with the first impression... orientation is very stressful event so everyone might not be the normal self... Again, Wedgeworth seems to be a good school under great management and staffs... hopefully that they can eventually become a k-9 school... read more

wedgeworth sucked, the teachers were really rude to the students, they were unfair and i broke my arm 2 times at that school and then my parents gave up and moved me to walnut elementary school and that school is WAY better. i'm now at south pointe middle school and i regret ever going to wedgeworth elementary. when i left wedgeworth i was traumatized to talk to teachers and it took a lot of time relax and get more comfortable with teachers. i wish i never went to that school. read more

Giving parents the wrong information about what time to be here for the students lunch/reading with parents day is TERRIBLE!!! Mrs. Luong informed us to be here at 11am, and we sat here and waited for an hour!!! Not sure why she didnt give us the correct time. She should know that some parents are here on their lunch break!!! By the time our student had his lunch, it was already COLD! read more

The office workers were too sloppy. They posted their office hours for July but it is still June now. They lock their office door and don't want to let people know what time they work in June. read more

This school has a bilingual program for Mandarin and English. Students learn in English but also learn Chinese during a designated part of the day. This school emphasizes the teaching of Chinese culture. This school is part of the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District (HLPUSD) read more