Beechwood Elementary School

This school is a great school. However, it is quite small and can be cliquey among the students and the parents. I graduated this school ,after 9 years, a few years back and entering high school I was ready for all the subjects BUT ENGLISH. The junior high English teachers I had did not prepare me to write analytically at all. Even though we did grammar every Wednesday, I do not have the best grammar. It felt that it was shoved down our throats and we were just told to swallow,not leaving time to digest what we were learning. BUT MRS. STEELE IS AMAZING. She truly prepared me for biology and chemistry. She has a song for the chapter and had us sing it everyday, these songs helped me in biology and chemistry.

Well Mr. M. was a great principal and the new Mrs G. has her own kids at the school. The Science Olympiad team just placed numero uno at an invitational meet and went to state finals last year. Band and choir are still offered and the new STEM lab seems to be popular and well run. It's relatively small and thus more like a private school even with the district funding cutbacks. I'd love to see it go charter but it's really great right now. I only held back from all 5's because Mrs. G. is so new. She has been good at enforcing rules that keep the school safe. Definitely consider this school if you live in Fullerton or Brea. P.S. It has one of the bigger parking lots for it's size, but no one walks to school anymore so it too gets crowded.
--Submitted by a parent

Obviously this school is like no other. I have a 7th grader, a 5th grader and a preschooler all attending there this year. In spite of being a Pre-K - 8th grade school, the Principle know each child personally and sincerely cares about the school and the kids! The entire community is so proud of this school and it's continued accomplishments and it really shows!
--Submitted by a parent

Each year, I wonder if the school rankings will go down because of the budget cuts but every year I've been impressed. My kids love it. They are challenged but have fun learning. Teachers and principal truly seem to care and there is a lot of parent involvement. I hope it continues.
--Submitted by a parent

This is one public school like no others. Parents involvements are incredible. Everyone work as a team. PTSA is fantastic in their job. You could just see and feel everyone is working solely for the benefit of the school and the student. Mr. Miramonte is a fantastic principle. All his students love him. We are very proud of this school and proud of our children able to learn from such great environment.
--Submitted by a parent

We joined beechwood this year. My daugher is in 3rd grade. She is very excited to go to school everyday. She has a lot of good things to tell us about her teacher Mr. Sullivan. She is very happy and so we are.
--Submitted by a parent

Great school. Graduated from 8th grade in 2008 and I was well prepared for High School. Science Olympiad and Band programs are phenomenal, set me up for success. Principle rocks. Teacher quality is average overall; a few pretty terrible but overall top-notch. Great test scores, great family environment, balanced goals. Overall very happy I got to go there.
--Submitted by a student

My daughter attends Kindergarten at Beechwood and we couldn't be happier. There's a lot of opportunities to volunteer and tons of parent involvement. The principal stretches the teachers to use a variety of teaching methods. My child is very happy!
--Submitted by a parent

This school is filled with wonderful teachers and the awards we are Blue Ribbon School and a CA Distingush school
--Submitted by a student

My son just completed kidnergarten at Beechwood. What a great school. I am thrilled its a K-8 because I can't think of a better place for my children to learn and grow over time. Teachers are first rate, parent involvement is very high and the atmosphere is family-like in every way. Very focused on achievment and development but in a way that does not create a undue stress or competition on the students. New Principal taking over next year...he has big shoes to fill because the current principal is incredible. Only one thing I would like to see improve: the overall facility (exterior) is bland, could use some art, etc to liven things up.
--Submitted by Darren Jones, a parent