Newcastle Elementary School

I am so happy to see that my old elementary school is finally open again. I attended this school back in the early 80's and even back then I thought the school was awesome. Still don't know why the school was closed for over 20 years but I'm really happy to know that it's open. Good job!
--Submitted by a parent

Its a great school! My kids love it and I love the teachers and the way they have taught my children!
--Submitted by a parent

Terrific school. Newcastle Elementary is the best school in the Valley. Caring teachers, strong curriculum, pretty play areas for the kids and in a lovely residential neighborhood. This school is challenging in a good way. We love our school!
--Submitted by a parent

Truly the best LAUSD school I have encountered since my sons entered into school 5 years ago.
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I love Newcastle Elementary School, My youngest son has attended this school since Kindergarten and will be graduating in the summer of 2008. The Principal, Vice Principal and Teachers really work hard with the kids to bring out the best in them. It can really be hard working with all those different little personalities. I take my hat off to those ladies and gentlemen who have the gift of patience, tolerance, love and courage to pass on to the students that attend Newcastle Elementary. I just want to say Thank you very much.
--Submitted by D Alexander, a parent

Forget test scores, the quality of the teachers and the leadership of the principal at Newcastle makes Newcastle superior in every way. Since we transferred our kids back to our neighborhood school after a year at a great api test score school, we discovered that a great education has very little to do with testing and a everything to do with fairness, love, respect and caring, which is in abundance at this school.
--Submitted by Roy, a parent

I feel the availability of the extra curricular activities is absent from the school. I don't see the Principal involved in with the school. Certain teachers give up to easily with educating children at Newcastle Elem.
--Submitted by a parent

I have 3 of my sons at Newcastle Elementary and I feel that the teachers are very helpful. My kids were first going to another school in Woodland hills that was a 'good school' but never received any help when they needed it. The teachers there focused more on the kids that excelled and not on the ones who needed additional help. I took all 3 of my boys to Newcastle and they were given the attention needed to excel and now they feel much more confident about themselves. They have a wonderful after school program that allows them to play sports and they even have tournaments against other schools every so often. I am very pleased with this school, it is small enough where everyone knows each other.
--Submitted by a parent

My son has been going to this school since preschool. I think this school has worked its way up in the past 5yrs, but it has a long way to go. I am moving this year, and acutally am glad that he will be going to another school.I hardly find my son challanged, as most of the kids are on minimum levels. Hardly any homowrk or challanging activities makes this school not-so-desiarable.
--Submitted by a parent

Fairly good school. Not so challanging for gifted or advanced kids.
--Submitted by a parent