Havens Elementary School

Public | K-5 | 454 students |  

PHONE: (510) 594-2699

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323 Highland Ave.

Piedmont, CA 94611

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Piedmont City Unified School District

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Havens Elementary School, located in Piedmont, California, serves grades K-5 in the Piedmont City Unified School District. It is among the few public elementary schools in California to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10.

This school has an average Community Rating of 5 out of 5 stars, based on reviews from 11 school community members.

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Posted on Feb 17, 2011
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We are in first grade and loving it. We have a brand new, beautiful, state of the art campus, amazing teachers and Tery Susman our School Principal is fantastic. Parents are very involved, but it isn't expected. Some parents that work full time may only volunteer in the classroom once a month and others may wear many hats. I try to help raise money during our annual campaign and for Spring Fling our parent party/fundraiser. Happy Havens Family!
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Posted on Apr 24, 2010
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We're close to building a fabulous new school for the kids! We have great teachers, great diversity, and now the kids will have a modern school and playground.
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Posted on Sep 16, 2009
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The whole community is involved in everything from enrichment curriculum (art, music, movement, math, etc.) to working the hot lunch lines). The science program/teacher is exceptionally strong and incorporates an environmentally conscious curriculum at every grade level. Kids really feel supported in the community. It's a great learning environment!
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Posted on Mar 16, 2006
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We've had two sons go through Havens. The quality of teaching overall has improved , but there can be dramatic differences in the child's experience based on teaching assignments. Opportunities for advanced or accelerated learning are pretty minimal outside of math and even there fairly limited. Parental involvement is very strong. Major reconstruction of the school is coming soon. The principal is not interested in addressing problems with the teaching staff.
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Posted on Sep 25, 2005
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Havens Elementary has overall been a positive learning experience for my child. However, the quality of the teachers has been erratic. When my daughter wasn't learning to read well with the rest of the class in second grade and third grade, the teachers didn't identify this as a problem and start giving her any extra attention/resources. Once we got her some outside tutoring, she improved quickly, but I feel like we were a year behind becuase the teachers were too casual about her progress. The focus on art is good and there's a music program too, and lots of parent involvment. Overall a very good school, but advocate for your own child.
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Posted on Nov 3, 2004
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My three sons have attended Havens over the past 8 years. The teachers are of highest quality, it's a nurturing environment (about 350 kids I think), after school care is great, enrichment programs are parent run and very extensive. Overall, we've been very happy.
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Posted on Apr 24, 2004
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Kindergarten curriculum is lacking, as are most of the teachers. Parents of children with special needs need to be in the driver's seat with coordinating services; teacher's not always willing participants in process. Children not always prepared for 1st grade, a shock to some parents. Children do not go to school for a full day until the second semester of 2nd grade! Excessive vacation schedule during the school year (Thanksgiving week, Christmas break, 'ski week,' and Spring break) means shorter summers.
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