Wonderful school in a great community. The staff is hard working and care about our kids.
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Posted by a parent on 03/01/09
My kids get a lot of extra emotional support than any schoool they have been in. I appreciate these teachers a lot.
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Posted by a parent on 02/11/09
My child has been in this school for third grade. I don't see any improvent in my child accademically. He is at the level he was when he entered. After so many months now I am going to have to work on him over the summer. No homeworks at all. This school is just like having a babysitter for few hours
... Read more and when you are back home you have to teach your child everything all by yourself. I wounder what teachers do all day in classes. They don't even use textbooks in classes. What are they doing? Waisting ours and our children's lives' precious time to learn and absorve so much at this stage. This school is messed up. Couty superintendent should check on this school's staff. If you got high dreams for your child who has the capacity to be somebody big this is not the school for yor child. Read less
Posted by a parent on 05/31/08
We just moved here in mid June. Although my husband attended Kathryn Hughes when he was young, I am new to the school system. So far the teachers are great and the principal is on top of everything. I always see her walking around campus making sure everything is in order. The school also focuses
... Read more on healthy eating and activities, which is so important. The only con I notice so far is that they hang their backpacks outside. That is a concern for me because I see that the kids also put instruments and their jackets outside. I don't know how they are able to watch them all from being stolen or tampered with. I'm thinking some of them might have personal info, like their address, name. Other than that its a great school. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/26/07
I overall think this is a great school and have the most respect for most of the teachers. I do not think the current principal Harris has enough people skills to be competent in her job function.
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Posted by a parent on 06/11/07
I would recommend this school all the way. My child comes home so happy and excited to go to school everyday.
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Posted by a parent on 05/18/07
There is no excuse for this school doing so poorly. The structure in the classroom is poor. There are no awards or recognition for academic achievement. No sports, music etc. The teachers apathetic towards their students. No programs for children that can excel at a rate that other schools perform at
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Posted by a parent on 04/24/07
There is almost no extracurricular program. Even strictly academic activities of this type are limited, or they are not publicized.
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Posted by a parent on 05/12/06
This school is trying to achieve overall development of the students.But I guess because of the shortage of funds it requires all the more effort to get the target achieved.So far as the quality of accademic programme is concern I would recommend the school to prepare the student to be more serious about
... Read more their study once they are back home by giving the homeworks daily.They should also keep track of the study materials they have covered already.They should try to make the students little more serious about their terminal exams by setting specific goal to be achieved.The school should make this sure that the syudents have text book for all the related paper at home also ,whether the school provides or the parents buy it for their children.In some of theclasses the class teacher have more than 30 students which should be not more than 20.Otherwise it has a nice environment. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/15/05
My son is in the third grade and has been attending Hughes sice kindergarten. I love the school, but just wish there was more music and sport programs. Otherwise, I give it 100%!
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Santa Clara schools — Hughes Elementary School is located at 4949 Calle De Escuela, Santa Clara CA 95054. 4949 Calle De Escuela is in the 95054 ZIP code in Santa Clara, CA The school district for Hughes Elementary School is the Santa Clara Unified School District. Hughes Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 5.
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