Fred E. Weibel Elementary School

My son had Mr. Richwood as his 6th grade teacher. He is an passionate and humorious teacher, and he knows how to motivate the students to reach their best! All the kids love him! I am so glad that my son finished his elementary school years with Weibel, because this school has a lot of great teachers there!
--Submitted by a parent

The school has also had very bad teachers and parents have taken the kids out of this school, tried to move them to other classes, etc. The staff at the school feels 'sorry' for some of those teachers, what about the parents and students who also suffer and have to make big changes in their lives to help their children? There is not much empathy from the school administration which has made many parents go elsewhere in the middle of the school year!
--Submitted by a parent

Mr. Ontiveros is a wonderful teacher. Both my daughters are/were his students in 1st grade. He puts a lot of emphasis on discipline and balances well with academics. Overall, I am very impressed with the kind of education, discipline and the extra curricular activities of the school. A very well balanced system. Kudos to the Principal.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter started her K here with Mrs.Black's class. Mrs.Black is an excellent teacher, very easy to parents and very friendly to kids. Now mine's attend first grade in Mrs.Stafford's. Mrs.Stafford is one dynamic teacher which every parent would like to have for their kid. She does a lot of activities in class, emphasis in academics again very friendly to parents and mainly to kids and easy to deal with. Weibel PTO does far beyond expectations. Kids enjoy their wild cat run, PTO movie night, book fair etc. I mustn't forget to mention about the hard work they put on restoring library hours, computers, science and music. Weibel's after school chess program is one of the best in the state I would say (thanks Dr.K). On top of it we have wonderful parent networking that got formed from Kindergarten. My daughter has a great bonding of friendship and she and we are enjoying her school years at weibel despite of all the budget cuts happening. We are proud of you WEIBEL.
--Submitted by a parent

My two girls went to Weibel, and I am very happy with this school. All the teachers work hard to ensure the standards are met, and especially all four 6th grade teachers who well prepare the kids for the middle school. The multi-culture environment is very appreciated, and I am very lucky to meet some parents who are very involved in the school events and activities, which also help my kids to have fun throughout these years!
--Submitted by a parent

Weibel is an outstanding elementary school. My son attended from Kindergarten through 6th grade. He had an IEP for Asperger's and is also GATE. All his teachers and his classroom aide went out of their way to help my son stay focused in class and be successful. He is now doing very well as a Math and Science honors student in Junior High school. Weibel parents are all very involved in their kids' education, volunteer at school, they have a great Parent Teacher Organization (http://teacherweb.com/CA/Weibel/PTO), a big annual fundraiser called the 'Wildcat Run', and a Spring Carnival.
--Submitted by a parent

Overall, Weibel is an excellent school. The school is very focused in academic studies, student ability development even though not all the teachers match the reputation of the school. However, it only takes one good teacher to change your child s life. We had Mrs. Milano for one of my boys when he was hardly ever on a list of favorites of any teachers. Mrs. Milano saw him through his playfulness and ridicule, recommended a GATE test (we knew very little at the time). My son passed the test 98%. He thrived ever since. To top all these, he had Mr. Richwood in the sixth grade, who is also an exceptional teacher you can find. Considering there are many good teachers there, we ll keep our fingers crossed for our younger boy s miracle to happen, not to say that we are not doing our shares at home.
--Submitted by Yolanda Bai, a parent

There is a great level of focus academics. This is a good preparatory school. We have been fortunate to get some great teachers like Mrs Black, Mr Ontiverous, Ms Pappas and now Ms Silva. Our daughter has been happy with them all. We have been happy with them all. The PTO is also very involved in the school and that helps a lot as well. Strongly recommend this school to any of the private schools.
--Submitted by a parent

Weibel is an excellent school. My son was in 1st Grade in 2006-2007. He got a lot of confidence in him thanx to his teacher. The teachers go out of their way to help. Thanx a lot Mr. Ontiveros.
--Submitted by a parent

The Teachers are very good and lead us to a 975 API. Go Mr.Richwood!
--Submitted by a student