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Parent Reviews (30 reviews)
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Vista Verde, a K-8, is unique in that it has an incredibly warm and inviting atmosphere, encouraging participation by parent volunteers. The principal and teachers are excellent (the teachers love teaching there, as do the subs), and the PTA is amazing. This is a caring and dedicated school that emphasizes a whole child philosophy. All IUSD schools have the same curriculum and standardized test requirements. Vista Verde deals with them better.
I feel so lucky to have my two kids at such a great school. The teachers, principal, and families make Vista Verde a unique school. My kids love school because of the hard work and dedication of the staff. When we moved to Vista Verde, everyone was warm, welcoming, and made it an effortless transition that we would never change!
The curriculum at this school covers the minimum requirements which teach the students to perform well at tests only. The emphasis should be on overall development of the students and not strictly test scores. The teachers attempt to do their best on educating the students but they need to learn how to teach in order to provide better engaging materials for students to think beyond and outside the box. If you want your child to be a future leader avoid this school. The leadership from the principal is lacking, when problems/issues are being brought up she does the bare minimum to address them. Too much school politics and principal is the main cause of this.
Since the school moved to Turtle Ridge, my second child to go to Vista Verde felt bored there, feeling the program tuned to the more gifted. For example, the music program is divided into two groups, concert and symphonic, effectively sheltering the kids who get private lessons from the normal kids. Some teachers are on autopilot: academically, I spent many hours at night doing worksheets rehearsing material that was obviously never covered in class. It's a school full of smart kids, and so API scores are naturally high. My first child also attended Vista Verde, but when it was in Irvine. For her the experience was better, but she graduated emotionally unprepared for University High. The culture shock going directly from the sheltered world of Vista Verde was very great.
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