Both of my children attend Cubberley. One is in the 5th grade and the other is in the 4th grade. Both have attended since kindergarten. The office staff is friendly and well informed. The teachers seem to love what they do and the principal takes a genuine interest in the needs of the children. Sadly,
... Read more because the school is small it has been unfairly effected buy California's budget crisis. I love the fact that it is a small neighborhood school where I recognize most of the other parents and all of the staff. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/28/09
My oldest daughter went to Cubberley from K-5th and my youngest is in 5th grade and has been there since Kindergarten. All the teachers my girls have had have been awesome. Extremely involved. The current principal is just great. She knows all the kids by name. My only problem is the school starts way
... Read more too early. All other schools in the area, start no earlier than 8 am. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/12/08
cubberley is a great school.my daughter has been going there for about 6 years and she loves it soooo much. the principal is always involed.I would recamend this school
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Posted by a parent on 02/06/08
We've had two children in this school, one of whom is now an adult. Our experiences have been extremely positive. The faculty is concerned and engaged, and the atmosphere promotes learning and social responsibility. Cubberley gets two thumbs up from me.
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Posted by a parent on 02/05/08
I find that Cubberley is a very negative atmosphere with teachers who like their job, but are frustrated with othr policies or personal problems, our principal is nice but ineffective and the PTO is an absolute joke. I'd never recommend it to anyone.
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Posted by a parent on 12/29/07
Cubberley has been a great school for my Daughter however school hours are too early. Ms. Friess was my daughter's kindergarten teacher an she was amazingly interested in my daughter's learning!
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Posted by a parent on 10/11/07
Cubberley's teachers and faculty lack the ability to cope with our children nowadays. The school does not allow parents to sporadically check on students in the class when a problem could be occurring.
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Posted by a parent on 10/02/07
Cubberley is awesome! My son started this school in 2004. The teachers and faculty are great. Mrs. Cruz is an excellent principal. She knows all the students names. You can even find her out and about during the lunch hour conversing with the kids. ASB and PTO have plenty of fun activities for the
... Read more school. My children are in the 6 to 6 program, which is great. I am very confident that my children are safe when they are dropped off in the mornings. Bottom line. This is a great school! Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/26/07
Cubberley is a great school! I have been a parent of a cubberley student since 2000-01 school year. In that time, we have had 2 principals. When we first came to cubberley, there was nothing for the kids to really do. Everything was academics, academics, and more academics. Kids were not allowed
... Read more to have fun. In fact, having fun was frowned upon. In the past year, we have added the associated student body which is getting the students more involved in the school. Yes I will agree that there is a lot of homework for the kids to do, however, they are at school to learn. Go any where else in the district or any other district and the amount of homework will be the same if not more. My youngest is now in 3rd grade. We have 2 more years here and I am looking forward to them. Read less
Posted by a parent on 11/05/06
I agree that they are way too hard on the kids with this workload. My daughter started in kindy and now 1st grade and she's totally overwhelmed. As a working parent it's hard for me to keep up as well along with everything else , fundraisers etc....I feel like this is too much for a 6 year old and don't
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San Diego schools — Cubberley Elementary School is located at 3201 Marathon Dr, San Diego CA 92123. 3201 Marathon Dr is in the Serra Mesa neighborhood and 92123 ZIP code in San Diego, CA The school district for Cubberley Elementary School is the San Diego Unified School District. Cubberley Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 5.
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