Great school. Every one is helpful. Great sports too! Especially Football! Yelp wants me to write a…read morenovel.

Overall--- a decent highschool. Free lunch and brunch. Teachers genuinely care about their students…read moreand most of the counselors are very helpful. Wish they would put more budget towards the arts rather than their mediocre sports teams.

I'm giving this terrible school a one star rating because I can't give it a 0. The teachers are…read morebiased unprofessional and push their personal beliefs.Onto students. My child went there and After the second year my child had suicidal ideas An immense stress from going to school , do NOT send your child here.

I went to this school for a tour to see if my kid could stay at this school. My kid got thirsty and…read moretried to drink from the water fountain. Brown dirty water came out the faucet. The staff was horrible as they did not guide classes better. My son still has trouble to this day finding his classes. The water fountains were loose and not tight and when my son touched it, it almost fell down. Thankfully he told me they were fixed. Also the pool is way too deep my son could drown. Dirty bathrooms with slippery tiles and no toilet paper replaceage. Overall it's a ok school just needs to fix these flaws.

It's not really that good the teachers got worse and there's a lot of violence and nobody follows…read morethe rules. The teachers can be hypocritical sometimes.

Mt. Diablo elementary & high schools range from great to terrible. Middle schools, Sequoia is the…read moreonly good one. Sequoia gets students from the elementary school next door and from Monte Gardens. So the girl kept the friends she made at Monte Gardens, and made new friends. Academics is not as high as Monte Gardens. The girl was struggling with math. Now she's nearly at grade level, and her vocabulary and ability to communicate verbally has increased, thanks to her time at Sequoia. Teachers include those who want the students to learn a lot and are effective, to those who are holding down a long-time job, to those who, let's just say they have this '60s mindset of wanting to change the world. Administration invites parents to be involved; a group of us met with the principal once a month, and these were valuable times. A full range of programs were available: scholastic, music, languages, theater arts. I wrote "were available" on purpose. Things changed a lot when the girl was halfway through, and not for the better. Remember 2020, when the govt goons shut down society, using an easily-treated bug as an excuse? Schools were hit harder than most. And while private schools worked to get back to normal, Mt. Diablo school kids were not in a classroom for13 full months. And when they could go back, it was for only 4 hours/week, they were required to wear oxygen blockers, and they were ordered to stay away from their classmates. No wonder depression is so high among kids in this area. The girl did learn things, but the normal well-rounded school experience teaches life lessons that staring at a computer screen cannot teach. From all I can see, the school district's social experiments will continue for years and years, and I expect more shutdowns. Sequoia's strengths were shut down for 1-1/2 years, and I don't see them coming back any time soon. One result is that the girl will be going to a different high school. I'm writing this during our move to a different state. California in general, and specifically the Bay Area, has become an unacceptable place to raise kids. It's not that I don't recommend Sequoia; I can't recommend *any* schools in the Land of Fruits and Nuts. If it wasn't for the collapse of the school system, Sequoia would be a good school, as long as you're involved in your kid's education. Not anymore.

The location is nice, students are overall nice but staff are only talk and don't follow through…read morewith what they say they will do. Sports system is terrible. Integrity does not exist within the school l.

If you have a choice, send your child elsewhere. The administration is unresponsive to the simplest…read moreof questions. Their first and only reaction to parent-teacher issues is to hope that you'll go away. The administration appears to have nothing but contempt in what little communication occurs with parents.

My child went there K to 5th.. I always was impressed with the office staff. Maggie is super sweet…read moreand helpful. She really cares for the kids and always was responsive. Sequoia would be lost without her. The biggest disappointment was the lack of community at Sequoia. I had another child attend Valhalla and there is a world of difference between the 2 schools. Parents were more involved at Valhalla and the class sizes were smaller. I thought the education at Valhalla was better and they did many more fun activities. I had high hopes that Sequoia would be a better academic experience but it wasn't.

We love the international baccalaureate program and the learner profiles! Office staff is competent…read moreand efficient. All of our teachers so far have been great and at sequoia long term.

My granddaughter attends this school. Our whole family feels welcome here. The quality of…read moreeducation and their encouraging involvement in creating a loving community in the neighborhood is so appreciated .

Great school! The staff including the cross guards and staff assisting drop off are all amazing! I…read morewish parents were better at following the traffic laws and didn't block the crosswalks, park in red zones and make illegal left turns.

The principal, Ms Pappas has been a total disaster for Valhalla. How does she not get fired? She…read moreran the school almost to the ground. Valhalla used to be rated 9/10. Under Pappas it went down to 6/10. Most of the best experienced teacher left the school. Class sizes skyrocketed under Pappas. It's time for her to get fired.

Hi my name is Mary I used to go here it is the best school ever all the teachers are nice and care…read moreabout you learning out side time is fun to there is lots of fun things to do like stem garden lab pe and other things I recommend this school

When it was time for my son to go to Kindergarten, we thought we'd be in the Walnut Creek School…read moreDistrict -- we live in Walnut Creek, after all. What do you know, we're NOT. We belong to the Mt. Diablo School District. Yes, I know, we should have found that out before we bought our home. Actually, our real estate agent did tell us about school districts, but somehow we didn't really focus on it since he was 3 at the time and it seemed so far far away. Anyway, back to the story, we were diappointed. THEN, when we went to the enrollment day, which they call "All-in-One" day, we found out that the school has involved parents, good teachers, and even a foundation. AND, this sounds crazy, EVEN A COMPUTER LAB FOR KINDERGARTENERS -- yeah, they go once a week. The downsides of the school are the same that any school has: fundraisers that are optional (but not really), budget issues (this upcoming 08-09 year will be even tougher), and turnover of principals (we had three principals for the 07-08 school year). But the school really does its best to make new families feel welcome - giving plenty of opportunities for volunteerism that involve little time to once a week (probably more). And the parent involvement and the dreaded fundraising help fill the gap of the funding from the government. We feel very lucky that our kids go to this school.

the cafeteria here is very good and Raymond Lucia is the best employee possible. the salads that…read morehe makes are so good that I am now addicted.

Excellent athletic and academic program for 4 of a young man's most formative years. Unlike public…read morecounterparts--teachers dress professionally and vote students as valuable individuals. Nor will you find gender confused and furries demanding attention. And--no staff member will announce his absence to the kids that he will be gone April 20th (420) for national stoned day.

I'm a student there and the teachers are nice, I'm doing great in school and there are a lot of…read moredifferent classes like music, science, and art.

I'm a student at strandwood and it's shit. How the fuck are you supposed to be able to play shit or…read morehigh five when you arent supposed to touch anyone? like all the staff pretty much need to be replaced expect Ferrari, the adies, Mrs doll, and Mrs Maeder. Mrs Maeder is the best even if she makes her students write a ton, The aides are the best because they're sweet and give out stickers and help with work, Mrs Ferrari is helpful, sweet and more and Mrs doll is the sweetest. The school would be better off with Dr. Scripter because she was making us students do this and that but they don't realize is that she was doing the reality of life. Now we have the not reality and its fucking horrible! This school was the school that made me hate going to public schools and now when I graduate ill go to a private school. I will never ever send my kids to this school in the future and I'd rather pay the 80K or smth for private schoo.