Given the effect of our state's budget crisis on public education, we wanted our kindergarten child enrolled at a local school with relative security and consistently high parent involvement. Good Shepherd Catholic School absolutely exceeded our expectations for: 1) academics (spelling 'tests' in kindergarten!);
... Read more 2) community (with terrific role modeling by the older children!); 3) social responsibility (every penny counts to helps kids in need and every recycled item helps our earth!); and, 4) extra-curricular activities (e.g. pee wee kindergarten soccer league, Mad Science enrichment program, field trips, weekly Spanish/Music/Computer Literacy lessons). Just a few examples of how Good Shepherd presents learning as fun all-around! Tuition is reasonable; and fundraising directly benefits the quality of student life and learning. Our first-time venture into private education at Good Shepherd Catholic School was one of the best decisions we made for our kindergarten child. Read less
Posted by a parent on 05/02/09
Good academics. Very 'by the book' about things--sometimes with good reason--sometimes not.
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Posted by a parent on 05/30/06
Good Shephered is a wonderful school. My son goes here and he loves the environment. What they lack in facilities, they more than make up for in staffing. The teacher's genuinely care about their students and parent involvement is incredibly high.
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Posted by a parent on 03/21/06
Good Shepherd is a wonderful school. My daughter has gained knowledge and good discipline. Mrs. Corpora and her staff are truly dedicated to what they do and and very supportive to the parents. She calls our children 'my angels'. My daughter loves music and enjoys taking piano lessons and also is very
... Read more active in sports. She plays soccers. We have a lot of events which include our annual picnic with our basket auction, jog-a-thon, open house with ice cream and dinner social and book fair, Magazine drive, Wrapping paper fund drive. We also have the Peace Guardians. I can go on and on but all I can say is we are very proud of our school and very pleased with the staff. Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/06/06
We were very lucky to have our twin boys join this wonderful catholic school, grade level K thru 5. The leadership provided by Mrs. Corpora and Mrs. o'Connell, the academic excellence, spiritual guidance and big hearts of all the teachers are outstanding. They approach all aspects of teaching, music
... Read more programs as well as art and sports are plenty, and they are ready for the 21st century providing one computer per child during computer class. The extra curricular activities - no name a few - like visiting the S.D. Symphony and Theaters, having the coast guard visiting with a presentation, bringing Californias history closer by visiting several missions, etc. are above and beyond. The level of parent involvement is very high which was wonderful to see and was fully supported by the staff. This school comes highly recommended from our household. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/26/05
The principal is very good, and encourages teachers to make students enter lots of contests. She doesn't talk that much to students, and I think thats one thng that makes a good principal, because it lets us become more comfortable wth her if we have a problem. The vice principal does. Most of the teachers
... Read more are ok, but some can sometimes be unreasonable. The PE teacher isnt very good. There arent that many xta curricular activities, but parent involvement is good. The safety and discipline is good, except they allow students to say bad words. Read less
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San Diego schools — Good Shepherd Catholic School is located at 8180 Gold Coast Dr, San Diego CA 92126. 8180 Gold Coast Dr is in the Mira Mesa neighborhood and 92126 ZIP code in San Diego, CA The school district for Good Shepherd Catholic School is the Diocese Of San Diego Education Office. Good Shepherd Catholic School is a Catholic school that serves grade levels K - 8.
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