Grazide Elementary School

This school is excellent. I am a teacher in another district, and I can clearly see the quality education Mrs. Horseman and the staff there provide. Both my children attend the school, and if I did not think it was the best around, they would be elsewhere. Mrs. Horseman is a quality leader, knowledgeable and dedicated. They have a lot of evening events and she is always present, as are a number of teachers. The PTA works very hard to help the teachers with their workload, sponsor and run events, and provide help and additional funds for all students at the school-not just their own
--Submitted by a parent

MMy children have been attending Grazide for four years and my two older children have attended other schools prior to Grazide. In my experience with both staff and parent volunteers, Grazide is an excellent school with a strong foundation that helps prepare our children for their immediate futures. I take offense that a previous reviewer commented on the private lives of my fellow volunteers and PTA. We work behind the scenes to help our dedicated teachers provide the best education possible. We are not looking for your praise or deserve your ignorant views. It's difficult to manage our busy lives and blend our home lives with our volunteer work but we try because our children's futures (including the prior reviewer's) deserve the best we can give and in doing so, I've found an extended family at Grazide who want the best for our kids. As far as how the money is spent, the PTA has meetings that parents are invited to attend and vote on how the money is spent. Like in real like, you want a say, become a member and attend meetings and vote. Needless to say, my my kids are hard-working students that don't need Kumon or favoritism to succeed at Grazide. Sincerely Tiger Mom
--Submitted by a parent

To all the teachers and PTA who care for our school and students. Many thanks for all your work and time that you put with all the kids. This is a big school compare to other elementary school. To make every parent happy it's not possible. I have Help teachers for many years and I think we have the best PTA staffs ever. To the parent who made comment yesterday, I am sorry that you felt this way about our school .. but both of my kids doing really well at school and they don't go to KUMOM or other academic help. Most of all they enjoy school. But I do agree that our school care too much about API score. This will put too much pressures on the teachers and children.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has had high API scores - mostly as a result of tiger moms insistence on "enrichment" programs. So much competition amongst the moms & kids here about grades and academic performance. I found that most of these moms never attended college or just mediocre colleges and never really worked, even before having kids! Most don't work but just hangout at the parent workroom for most of the day. Doesn't anyone clean house or have hobbies? Maybe they don't have much else going on... Anyway, bullying goes on here because kids aren't disciplined so long as grades are good. PTA works hard to get special treatment for their own kids with the teachers and staff. They offer lots of gifts and food to teachers with the funds raised and not much for the kids themselves. Pretty much everyone is out for themselves. Not the best environment if you're looking for a sense of community and well rounded childhood experience.... Come here for the API but also make sure to enroll your kids in KUMON because you want them to know algebra in the 3rd grade, like everyone else here!
--Submitted by a parent

If API score is only what you care then this is a good school. Personally, I am not satisfied with this school which is under the new management. "Caring for the students" is what I am looking for on top of test scores.
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im russell murray the first principal of grazide school and principal there for 10 years...it was my privilege to be the administrator of the first team tteaching school in the hacienda lapuente school district...my rating of course will show a bias

I love Grazide! My two kids attend the school (k and 2) and they love going to school. The school is very well-managed with great leadership (Go, Ms. Horsemen!- love all these after-school programs you made available), high-quality teachers who actually care, and dedicated members of PTA. A public school at its best!
--Submitted by a parent

Grazide's API scores have been excellent the past few years - 2005:908, 2006:916, 2007:904, 2008:911, 2009:927, and 2010:934. Grazide has also received the California Distinguished School award twice and has maintained attendance rates in the high 90 percentile. Considering it has a 600-student enrollment, Grazide's figures are impressive.
--Submitted by a parent

To those parents that think that your kids are actually academically prepared by there parents, WHY do you take them to schooL? Leave your kids at home, if you think that they learn more at home. In my opinion, I have never had any problems with my kids. This school had exellent principal and teachers. To those parents that think that the principal is hypocrite, WHY, because your kids are not with a good disiplina and they get on trouble with the principal and teachers. Please parents open your "EYES" with your kids. Thank you to all the teachers for your help.
--Submitted by a parent

I think the only reason why this school has great records is because the kids are actually academically prepared by their parents. My son had the best teacher who cared enough and gave so much time to teach him personally, out of her own time. The subsequent teachers just disregarded him,even branding kids with low grades as "unmotivated." I have never seen my son get depressed after school. What's more? The principal is not very objective who just wants a good record of her school. The "unmotivated" students give her a bad rep, so they are always reprimanded. All these plus a total disregard of a family's or a student's culture. Sad.
--Submitted by a parent