Monte Vista Elementary School

Monte Vista is just barely acceptable. I suppose it gets hits high scores from the test scores from the large percentage of highly motivated and privately tutored Korean students who attend here, but the school itself has not motivated our children. If your child is average the teachers check out. One of the third grade teachers told our daughter every week she was destined for failure. There is no arts and no music program.
--Submitted by a parent

We made a difficult decision to pull our kids out of Monte Vista. We didn't want to because we certainly pay tax dollars to support the school; but our children were not challenged. They were bogged down with slow learners and kids with behavior problems. The GATE program was of no use to us--not challenging enough. We sacrifice so our children can attend private school and they are both doing much better. We gave them two years for one child and three years for the other. I wish we hadn't waited so long to make the move, but we were trying to give the school a chance.
--Submitted by a parent

Monte Vista offers a well rounded education in a safe environment. The teachers strive for excellence and are committed to professional development to pass along to their students. The academics are challenging and include GATE and other after school programs. The leadership is involved and fair-minded. I have worked at a private school and I do not believe those students received a better education than what my children have received here at Monte Vista.
--Submitted by a parent

Monte Vista has a beautiful campus, caring parents that help in most all classrooms each day and a caring, sensitive and devoted staff and teachers that help each child to fulfill their educational dreams.
--Submitted by a parent

Monte Vista has been a tremendous place for my children to grow and learn in a safe abd encouraging environment, all the while being challenged academically to achieve their full potential.
--Submitted by a parent

Great teachers, great support system

Monte vista is a wonderful school with the best teachers in this area.. I know this well as my older sister(53) , myself (47), my nephew (32), and now my daughter (11) have all attended. Even though that is a wide spead of years and of course, teacher have changed...(Although, up until a year or so ago...My sister and my first grade teacher was still helping out!hooray for mrs. Walkey...She truly is monte vista!) this is a very loved school with active parent participation ....I still go to spirit day with my daughter and sing 'our' school song!
--Submitted by a parent

Monte Vista Elementary School is a wonderful place for educating our childern. It not only has wonderful teachers who contribute to high academic acheivment of its students, it also a very safe and loving place for the students. It's truly the heart of our community.
--Submitted by a parent

I love this school because of it's focus on learning and because the parents have a strong voice.
--Submitted by a parent

What a fun place to learn! Monte Vista encourages students to be educated in the classroom with terrific teachers and by participating in extra curricular activites. Some of these are choir, orchestra, music theater, chess club, stacking club enabling other parts of the brain to be stimulated.
--Submitted by a parent