El Rincon Elementary School

I absolutely love this school especially the after school program that my son attends, Star Education! The director Mayra V. is wonderful with all of the children and has great parent/ teacher communication.
--Submitted by a parent

Despite the inconsistency with Principal leadership at El Rincon, our school has consistent before and after school programs, especially the STAR program. I personally like the hands on leadership of our STAR Program Director. She is dedicated to El Rincon, works well with parents and applies herself well with the needs of the school. She is highly diverse and this quality meets the need of many parents at El Rincon. Our current site director is approachable, kind and tireless in her efforts to promote El Rincon. She is by far the best STAR site director that I have had the pleasure of leaving my child with throughout the course of the day. She deserves top marks in a great school!
--Submitted by a parent

I totally agree with you there,The Star director is awesome! With a whole new year around the corner,A new priniciple and new PTA and new STEM will give EL RINCON a new year to look forward too! I wish for everything we need from new aides ,new teachers,new parents helping ,old parents committing more of their time,Other parents over the summer have come in and made the school grounds look great!! The school has a great garden program the woman who runs it is also Treasurer again,this is awesome people who care!!! I heard she got awards for all her help!! This is what we all should do or try to do and stop complaining about what we dont have or what we need. We need to help each ,work with each other make things happen for our kids. I want you to know my son will start 1 grade here in Sept and I have gotten on the PTA board ,Yes I have a job and Yes I am busy <but I care and I need to help,,,I hope all parents out there will too. A new beginning,with Hope and inspiration .
--Submitted by a parent

This is a great school with a new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) program being intiated in the 2011-2012 school year. I love the teachers and support staff we have at El Rincon. I hope like most parents that we can recruit a principal that lives and works in the Culver City School District (and wants to stay at our school for longer than a year or year and a half). My son has been at this school for the past 3 years and we need some consistency in the leadership of our school.
--Submitted by a parent

here is the thing about El Rincon - The Principals keep leaving - the PTA is dwindling and despite that - it is still an amazing school! The teachers are amazing - they are still dedicated, and energetic despite the problems with the Administration and spotty parent involvement. The thing that powers this school are the kids! Many other schools ring their hands and whine about how they would like to have a more diverse student population. El Rincon school is MLK's dream realized. Parents who insist on sending their kids to El Marino to learn a language should consider that fact that at El Rincon you will actual interact and learn from all of the children from these different cultures! The school has an incredible science lab and a new directive as part of The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition. I love this place and wish all the white families in my neighborhood would stop scurrying off to other schools and embrace this incredible school in there own back yard - p.s. I'm white - I love El Rincon!
--Submitted by a parent

I'm trying to figure out why El Rincon gets a 6 out of 10 compared to Farragut which gets a 9. Both seem to have similar API test scores. My experience with El Rincon teachers has been positive although I think the extra curricular activities could use some help. My son often complains that they just sit around for PE. I also think a lot of emphasis is given to kids potentially falling behind but not much is done to keep advanced kids engaged.
--Submitted by a parent

Good family school? Maybe. Good neighborhood school? Sure. Awesome diversity? Absolutely. But... El Rincon has "dummied down" over the last couple of years. And yes, the lack of strong leadership is a main concern. In his convenient over-the-summer exit letter, the last principal wrote of his desire to "work closer to home". I wish he would have considered his commute before signing on and sharing his significant "contribution" to the school in the first place. It looks as if we ll start off the new school year with yet another, interim principal. Our API score is now a whopping 6. Pretty soon, we are going to need a life raft. Can anyone get L.L. back on the line?!
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter attended El Rincon for kindergarten. So, I take a job assignment in Denver and as an advocate of public school education I seek out and enroll my daughter in what is supposed to be the best. What I learn quickly is my barometer for excellence has been set exquisitely high as a result of the jewel of Culver City, El Rincon. There is absolutely no greater enviornment for nurturing children, embracing their differences, focusing on their commonalities and fostering a progressive, fully rounded curriculum determined to level set a foundation for continuous academic excellence. My mother, a retired educator with over 33 years of experience in public school education continues to sing the praises of El RIncon...she doesn't say much of anything about our new school...go figure.
--Submitted by a parent

The front office staff is amazing and dedicated to bettering the lives of the kids that attend the school. The teachers provide a great start for a long term education plan for each of their students. Together, they are trying to protect kids and give them the best education possible!!!!
--Submitted by a parent

The fabulous teachers and principal make it a wonderful place to learn!
--Submitted by a parent