I have two children at MME and we have been extremely happy with our school. The teachers are great and really take time to evaluate each child individually. Parental involvement his high and even with the budget cuts we have been able to have field trips and many fun family activities. Our PTA is
... Read more strong and we have a wonderful principal Mrs. Shaver. My children are getting a good education and they enjoy learning and that is what is most important. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/18/09
My son is in Kindergarten at Mission Meadows Elem. (MME) and came from two years at a really good private preschool. He is doing fabulous and LOVES to go to MME. When he had the stomach flu, he was sad to miss school, He said, ' I don't want to miss anyting important the other kids are learning'. I told
... Read more him we would ask the teacher what he missed and I would go over it with him at home so he could 'catch up'. His mind is like a sponge and he's made quite a few friends that we have play dates after school. Principal Shaver takes great pride in her work and school and the staff and teachers do too! I'm an involved parent and help in the class, get donations for supplies and events, or asking the teacher what she needs. Keep up the good work MME!!! Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/13/09
Eventhough there is a sad state in Californias public schools, Mission Meadows is providing quality and caring instruction to its students. We came to Mission Meadows from a private school. Since coming to MM my daughter has had great progress for a public school. Mission Meadows allows for parent
... Read more involvement and the communication from the school is excellent. My daughters teacher is 'on top of it' when it comes to education and I feel confident that my daughter is participating in a quality program. Like any school, parent involvement at home helps make a successful student! Besides the education aspect the PTA is good at offering extra activities and after school family gatherings. We were really impressed by the Harvest Carnival this year. There are also many programs to encourage student learning. We love it at Mission Meadows and wouldnt change anything about the school or it's staff. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/12/09
I love the No Excuses University concept Mission Meadows has adpoted. Not only is it a great motivator for students to see where school leads, but it helps with discipline and an overall great attitude of students. Using college and being successful in life as a motivaterto drive student amibition versus
... Read more meaningless test scores is exactly what I want my children to focus on. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/28/08
My child has attended this school for kindergarten and now 1st grade along with two of his closes cousins. One also being in the 3rd grade. From this time frame we all only have positive things to say along with many others. Several whom happen to be very much involved with school, and classroom activities.
... Read more Teacher involvement has been excellent, everything I'd expect and then some. They have followed up with me very well and kept me in the loop at all times, weather it be from a quick phone call, email, or just a simple little note at all times. I ve even thought in some instances it was a bit too much follow-up for a working parent to know of their child s every move, but of course in the long run we all know it s far much better to be aware of any little thing, than not to be. As a parent looking out for the well-being and best education possible for my child I definitely do not have any complaints at the time being. As for advice to a parent who feels that there child is being under stimulated and the attention is only being focused to the under achiever student at this school. I would recommend better communication with their teacher. You might just find out that s all it takes. I can t imagine a teacher not giving your child more work if your child lacks stimulation in the classroom, or perhaps skipping your child onto the next grade level if needed. That is if your child is indeed much more talented and ahead of the rest of the classroom academically. Education doesn t just have to stop in the classroom. As parents we have a responsibility to our children as well. So now as far as overall quality education about this school I believe it measure up to standards and I give it 5 out of 5! I m sure like every school there always some room for improvement or something we as parents would like to see more of, but with hundreds of parents it would be impossible to accommodate everyone on all their opinions. Therefore I stand proudly with my comment and need not hide my identity. Lorena Arreola Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/22/08
All of my children have attended this school so we have been involved consistently for over ten years. With new leadership this year we are hoping to bring the staff and parents and students together. We have always felt that most of the teachers were there to just 'collect a paycheck.' There seems
... Read more to be a lot of dissention between teachers. This school really focuses on the lower achieving students and forgets about the higher achieving students. The GATE program they have has improved but is still not the quality I would expect for my child. The focus seems to be test scores and doing everything they can do to bring them up, again focusing on the lower achieving students and leaving the higher students out. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/22/07
Homogeny best descibes this school. There is a lack of academic challege and awards.
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Posted by a parent on 01/08/07
My child started kindergarten at this school and it was not a good experience. His teacher actually quit after many years teaching at this school, partly due to the impossibility of teaching in an overcrowded classrom with only an aide for an hour and a half and such a high percentage of ESL students
... Read more in the classroom. (In the school year starting in 2005 all the non english speakers were integrated rather than having their own teacher.) We left, too, and now after putting my child in a current California Distinguished school that ranks 10 on the API's, I can see a vast difference. So the writing is on the wall, this is not the place to get a quality education for your child, especially if your child is gifted. The academic standards are average to low. If your standards are low too, this is the school for you. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/22/06
I love my daughter's kindegarten teacher & I have volunteered in her classroom. The teacher is great! With the lack of $ and little time for the 1/2 day schedule the classroom is not the place to learn another language or guide the ESL students with a full class. The AM/PM program would be a great area
... Read more to start a program like and maybe some of the bilingual parents could come into assist (any volunteer that has been cleared). Keep up the great work! Read less
Posted by a parent on 12/20/05
My daughter is in kindergarten at MM, and she loves to go to school each day and is learning quite a bit, despite the sad fact that there are are 32 kids in her class! However, she is only there for 3 hours (and for one hour she is with 'just' 20 kids) so it is not too overwhelming. There is an assistant
... Read more and parent volunteers, so it works. My gripe concerns all the schools in this area and it is that Spanish is not offered in elementary school. I think 1/2 hour a day should be set aside for this (and that same 1/2 hour could be used to give the ESL kids some extra attention.) Everyone would benefit, especially our little sponges! I'm also for uniforms (Oceanside District does it). Overall, MM seems as good as any other Vista Elemenary. Read less
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Oceanside schools — Mission Meadows Elementary School is located at 5657 Spur Ave, Oceanside CA 92057. 5657 Spur Ave is in the Guajome neighborhood and 92057 ZIP code in Oceanside, CA The school district for Mission Meadows Elementary School is the Vista Unified School District. Mission Meadows Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 5.
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