Marvista Elementary School

The staff, teachers, PTSA, and parents combine to provide a great environment for our children to go learn and have fun. They have addressed the one issue we had when our daughter started there 4 years ago when they replaced the old building with a new one offering a state of the art facility to go with the rest of the good things. I wish every school could be like this one. We have 2 in school there now and another that will start in Fall of 2012. The PTSA just raised over $100k towards supporting the school during their every other year auction event.
--Submitted by a parent

Great teachers, highly involved parents, beautiful neighborhood and school.
--Submitted by a parent

My son truely enjoys Marvista, the teachers, environment, friends and community support. The PTSA does a great job of representing the parents, teachers and students and ensuring we stay connected. The Auction is a wonderful way to support extracurricular academic programs that the School district doesn't have the funds to support. Programs like Arts Block, Band, Marimba, Chess Club, Math Club, Circus Club, Accelerated Reader and Math Programs, Camp Waskowitz, Sports fields, laptops, library books, etc. As much as people feel the auction can be overwhelming, it only goes back to supporting our greatest assets, our children!
--Submitted by a parent

I first must say that upon enrolling my daughter in our neighborhood school Marvista I felt really apprehensive. I felt alot of concern that the school didn't have a very diverse student body, but also didn't boast a diverse teaching staff either. Surprise, surprise! Although, I would still argue that diversity is part of the learning experience, my daughter has had the best first grade experience with Mrs. Adlum (WONDERFUL TEACHER!!) She also loves the librarian and has made so many really cool friends! This school for my family has been awesome. Oh yeah! the academics far succeed the other elementary school that my eldest child attends. I really like this school!
--Submitted by a parent

Academics are above averag. Too bad PTSA doesn't promote more family activies such as dances, movie night, carvinals ect. Seems to me they are more into the auction which is for the adults then doing things for the children.
--Submitted by a parent

Great school! Great parent involvement! Great school administration! Auctions earn money for things needed that the school district cannot provide. This little elementary school's auctions earn more than local private schools!
--Submitted by a parent

Looking forward to the opening of the new school!

Some people seem to say the school has 'changed' since the boundaries changed. If you look at the consistently high test scores and continue to see the excellent teachers, I am very comfortable to have my children at this school. They continue to give our family top notch service, especially the office staff.
--Submitted by a parent

The school has the best academics and professional staff I have heard of.
--Submitted by a parent

While academics and the parent involvement is high, the principal, receptionist, and the nurse fail to meet general standards, such as professionalism, communication skills, and respect for everyone. My child had verified hearing issues that were presented and yet neglected here from both teacher and nurse. Safety was a concern.
--Submitted by a parent