Park Orchard Elementary School

Park Orchard has excellent teachersand staff who care deeply for the children and work very hard to help each child achieve his or her potential. They provide students with stimulating and challenging activities and they have programs in place to help both the struggling student and the accelerated ones. The diversity of students found at this school help to prepare the students to work in our diverse culture in the future. It provides an excellent opportunity for children to learn about other cultures and countries. Children who have the oppotunity to attend this school are lucky indeed.

Entire staff is caring and concerned about students. The teachers are dedicated and involved, motivated to help students. Principal's positive leadership reflected by teachers' positive attitudes and new programs. Although would benefit from increased parent involvement, the school has a strong PTA program with seemingly tireless volunteers.
--Submitted by a parent

This school rocks and I wouldnt change a thing!
--Submitted by a parent

This school is more worried about the WASL than helping students exceed.
--Submitted by a parent

I was a former student and Park Orchard and I thought the staff was incredible. They were very warm overall and are not out of touch with their students like at the Junior High. They treat everyone with respect and the students respect them. The low budget is a problem, and so is the PTA involvement.
--Submitted by a former student

The teachers and other staff at PO are very warm, intelligent and caring people. They work hard and find creative ways to reach the students. They are overly restricted by the politicians and limited by a ridiculously low budget. The people who spend six to eight hours a day educating and preparing our children to face this society should not be told how to do it by people who have never spent their days teaching in the same system.
--Submitted by CD Wheeler, a parent