Great school. I have nothing but positive things to say about the teachers, curriculum and administration.
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Posted by a parent on 10/08/09
This is our 4th year at Pinnacle Peak. We have had 4 amazing years there. The teachers are top notch!!!! They are caring, approachable, and knowledgable about the new and innvoative ideas in education. The principal, Mr. Lee is amazing. The PTO works very hard to make it feel like a community. They
... Read more always have family activities planned throughout the year. I am proud to send my kids to Pinnacle Peak Elementary!!!! Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/23/09
My child , now in 8th Grade, was a PPE student. All of his teachers have been great and very patient (except one). He learned a lot and using the AR program had always been accessible to him. We went thru two Principals but Mr Lee has been the best. The child has a medicated behavioral problem and we
... Read more found great support from the staff. The main problem has been rejection from classmates and the lack of helping students to create play groups so everyone would get a chance. Not enough emphasis coming from homes to include kids at birthday parties. The curriculum is wonderful, play area and setting are perfect but parents are clustered and there is a high amount of snobbism keeping children from being friendly to each other. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/21/09
I am extremely pleased with the school. The teachers, principal and most parents are wonderful! I highly recommend PPE.
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Posted by a parent on 09/18/09
I completely disagree with many of these previous posts. I have had nothing but a wonderful experience at PPES with the teachers and most especially with the Principal. It is a great sense of community at the school and my children have learned a lot over the years. My children have also used the Accelerated
... Read more Reading program successfully and have not encountered any of the 'bullies' that were mentioned. All of the teachers that we have encountered have had discipline programs that have worked. I have nothing but positive things to say about PPES. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/17/09
As a former PPE parent, I agree with EVERYTHING in the last 3 reviews. My child was desperate to learn how to use the Acc. Reader program but no one would show her how, not even her teacher. I found that PPE is inadequate academically after 2nd grade. My kid's teachers did the bare minimim, anything
... Read more extra (art projects, deeper learning and class parties) was unwelcome. We experienced bullies and class clowns. We saw trophies awarded for arbitrary good behavior more than academic success. My 5th grader wasn't taught cursive since it's the internet age, but he also wasn't taught keyboarding. In my opinion, PPE is a 3rd tier school: it's test scores reflect the student population (most parents are successful professionals), which is bright enough to excel despite the school, not because of it. We found great public schools in AZ once we left PPE. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/27/09
I am disappointed in PPES again this year for not encouraging their teachers to utilize the Accelerated Reading program which is available to them. I had to provide incentives at home for my child to read and take the quizzes last year and it seems I will have to do the same again this year since the
... Read more teacher does not acknowledge this program in class. I find the program to be effective for reading comprehension and can be a great tool to receive points on the number of books read with a track record of the level your child is reading to. I wish the principal would promote this since they have invested in it in the first place! Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/22/09
PPES is not a challenging school for students in 4th 6th grades. It was very easy for my children to get straight A s with very little effort. They rarely had homework and if they did, it could be done in minutes on the bus ride home from school. The curriculum in the higher grades was very shallow
... Read more and basic, with a strong emphasis on pushing what needed to be known for AIMS testing rather than building a strong foundation of knowledge. The Core Knowledge program is great in the lower grades but does nothing to help students with more abstract concepts as they get into 5th & 6th. The teachers are frustrated with the state budget issues and this is evident in the classrooms. If you are looking for a strong academic education, you may want to consider a different program than PPES. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/21/09
We moved to Scottsdale and picked PPES based on test scores. What a mistake! The Core Knowledge program is overemphasized and the school has lost its focus on the basics. Further, PPES emphasizes standardized test preparation and pressures kids in this regard. There s limited classroom differentiation;
... Read more advanced kids are bored. My personal experience is little communication between teachers and parents. Fortunately, tests are ridiculously easy so getting high marks requires little effort. The school arbitrarily awards character trophies with no accountability (so classroom pets are ubiquitous). The flip side is the school s lack of an adequate discipline program; there are many, many bullies and disruptive kids in class, on the playground and lurking in the halls and bathrooms. Simply stated, PPES is not preparing my children for their future, and some of the lessons learned (like A s without mastery and that bullying is OK) are downright deleterious. Keep looking! Read less
Posted by a parent on 07/14/09
PPE is a big school with no individual care for the children. Problems brought up are swept under the rug with a smile on the principles face. Teacher to student ratio is too high for a teacher to teach to anything but the lowest level child. Was very suprised that the higher level children are suppose
... Read more to help the lower level ones. The higher level children are not challenged. It was great concern to me that my child actually went backwards this year. Our teacher was very kind to listen to our concerns, but she has so many to tend to that it was just not a priority to have our child's needs met. We have had to do a lot of extra at home just to keep her interested. Not sure why you send a child to school all day just to have to teach them more at home. Read less
School Profile for Pinnacle Peak Elementary School
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Student enrollment:
826
Students per teacher:
21
Full-time teachers:
39
Number of classrooms:
40
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Vocational Education
Phys Ed
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Speech/Language Pathologists
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creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
psychomotor ability, such as practical, spatial, mechanical, and physical skills.
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Adult Education Classes
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English as Second Language
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Scottsdale schools — Pinnacle Peak Elementary School is located at 7690 E Williams Dr, Scottsdale AZ 85255. 7690 E Williams Dr is in the 85255 ZIP code in Scottsdale, AZ The school district for Pinnacle Peak Elementary School is the Paradise Valley Unified Sd 69. Pinnacle Peak Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 6.
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