Booksin Elementary School

We have attended Booksin for 6 years now and I must express how happy we have been with the qualified teachers and the outpouring of parent volunteers. Booksin has an Art Vista program, Accelerated Reading program, Cornerstone Reading and talented parents who want to see the children strive in an academic environment. Booksin puts homework responsibility on both the children and their parents. You will be held accountable if your child does not take education seriously. We love Booksin Elementary and are sad this is our last year.
--Submitted by a parent

My son has been attending Booksin for 2 years now and I can t say enough good things about this school. The administration, teachers and kids together form a very strong community and a wonderful environment for the kids to learn and grow. The teachers are great and the parent involvement is outstanding. There are a number of extra programs like cornerstone, art vista and mastery reading that the kids benefit greatly from. The after-school Y-care program is also great. We will be moving from to the East Bay next year and will greatly miss Booskin.
--Submitted by a parent

Booksin continues to be fundamentally sound place for our kids to get an education. We all wish it had more for gifted students, and frankly we supplement our kids with some schooling at the Russian School of Mathematics. The teachers care, they help our kids get some more advanced work to do, they have great fundamentals programs for math and reading, and have done some nice things with the science fair efforts to make this an exceptional example of what a public educational system can do.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has great parent participation at every level from the classroom, to arts and afterschool events. We have three children in this school and are very happy here.
--Submitted by a parent

Not recommended for gifted kids. The teachers don't know how to deal with gifted kids. They won't help them to progress. Most likely they become averaged kids after spend 6 years in this school.
--Submitted by a parent

Great, great school. We have been there 6 yrs with 2 children. The teachers aren't their for a paycheck, they 100% care about the kids. The community is super strong...I stopped in the classroom this year and there were 4 volunteer parents working inside! There are now 30 kids in a class b/c of budget cuts (boo!) but with 5 adults in the classroom, the ratio was 1 adult for 5 kids!!
--Submitted by a parent

We were privileged to have two children attend Booksin K-5. We couldn't have found a better school academically (either public or private) or a more active, committed community. Despite its large size, Booksin consistently strives to attend to each student's needs and provide the tools required for success. Parent volunteerism is incredible - from raising money for the school to providing daily reading help, Booksin parents step up to plate and always deliver! The BEST elementary school in San Jose BAR NONE!!
--Submitted by a parent

We were new to the school this year. It is very welcoming and my children's teachers have been outstanding. I would highly recommend the school if you are moving into the area.
--Submitted by a parent

School still stresses test scores and volume over quality of learning. My daughter has been in the school since K-4th and loves it. However, will have to point out the over zealous parents driving their kids hard vs. how well they are retaining the knowledge that they are learning. Overall a great school but still has room for improvement.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is absolutely fabulous. There are wonderful teachers, a very strong parent group and a fantastic new principal! The school offers many during and after school activities, such as, a garden program(run by volunteer parents), student council(teacher and students work to improve school spirit and do community projects), cornerstone kids (teachers run this group to build Lifeskills of all students), Mellow Monday (teacher run library program), Fun Fridays (parents set up arts, crafts and activities for students to do during Friday lunch) and of course Booksin's fantastic parents organize and put on the most amazing fundraiser the Walk-a-Thon! Teachers and Parents at this school go above and beyond any other school in the area.
--Submitted by a parent