Wonderful principal with a good staff. Great kids, very respectful. Good parent support. Significant communication barriers, such as phone numbers that have been disconnected, emails that are not checked, etc. It's hard to see parent reviews condemning teachers about communication. Most of the teachers
... Read more I know make daily phone calls home with only about a 20% success rate contacting anybody. Teachers are being asked to provide almost all consumable supplies and materials for the students. The schools don't have the money to provide paper, pencils, tissues, erasers (and the list goes on and on) for the students, but the teachers are not allowed to ask for the supplies they need from the parents, and the parents don't know what supplies to bring even when they want to donate. It's a vicious circle. Read less
Posted by a teacher on 07/17/09
Great teachers and good discipline. When I was going there a few years ago, it was great. The teachers and principal do all their jobs, and so do the students. In my mind, it is the job of the student to tell the parents what happens at school, and the teacher's job to give the grades to parents and
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Re: teacher quality-poor, for 2 yrs in a row, we requested a new teacher, but it never happened, and my daughter ended up with more anxiety and depression. Re:parent involvement, i always signed up but was never called, and re: activities, I never knew what was going on, never knew about any activities
... Read more unless it was posted on the marquee. 'weekly' newsletter was vaque and about classwork, which i believe should be a teacher info sheet, not a general newsletter sent to all parents on an irregular basis. My daughter attended another school in town, Rolle, much better, excellent communication!! Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/13/06
Too much emphasis on test scores - not quality teaching material- Just teach test stuff all year. No hands on learning, no creativity to learning. Where is the fun of education? Kids can get good test grades without being taught the test.(Stanford & AIMS)
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School Profile for H L Suverkrup Elementary School
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Student enrollment:
428
Students per teacher:
16
Full-time teachers:
26
Number of classrooms:
19
English
Literature
Vocational Education
Phys Ed
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Speech/Language Pathologists
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Yuma schools — H L Suverkrup Elementary School is located at 1590 Ave C, Yuma AZ 85364. 1590 Ave C is in the 85364 ZIP code in Yuma, AZ The school district for H L Suverkrup Elementary School is the Crane Elementary School District 13. H L Suverkrup Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 6.
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