Excellent staff and academic values. Creative music, dance and educational approaches from California history to a wax museum where the students portrait a famous American versed in their history. Our student has attened for 5 years now to be six.
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Posted by a parent on 08/08/09
My little girl is finishing up kindergarten with Mrs. Blakemore. It has been a wonderful year! Mrs. Blakemore was a fabulous teacher and very involved in working toward my daughter's success. I would recommend her wholeheartedly.
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Posted by a parent on 06/11/08
I have had 2 children in Monte Vista. One of them is in 1st grade with Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Rayner. These two teachers are wonderful. They both have excellent communication skills and are very involved in making sure my son is getting the education he needs.
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Posted by a parent on 09/29/07
This school has an excellent RSP program. The greatest asset this school has are its teachers and staff who are among some of the most dedicated I have ever observed. They genuinely care about the students they are helping. In particular, Mary Mezta and Michele Webster are two of the finest, most caring
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Posted by a parent on 01/26/07
Am a little concerned that although the overall API went up significantly, my child's subgroup actually declined. School should work at making sure all subgroups make progress!
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Posted by a parent on 11/07/06
We just moved into the area and it was a hard transition for my 3rd grader. Thankfully, her new teacher welcomed her with open arms and my daughter loves Monte Vista. My daughter's teacher is wonderful and brings a smile to my daughter's face everyday.
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Posted by a parent on 02/27/06
Monte Vista's 2005 API score was 781--the fourth highest out of Vista's 16 elementary schools. This 57 point increase is a result of our teacher's efforts and our school's return to being a neighborhood school as a result of last year's boundary change. Grades 3-5 continue to receive formalized Art instruction.
... Read more As of November 2005, Grades K-4 receive weekly standards-based Music instruction from our new Music teacher. Weekly Computer Lab recently began for all grades. The school has involved parents,active PTA,a new principal,several family-oriented school functions and a great on-campus atmosphere. My child is a GATE student and I feel that he is appropriately challenged. I would like to see more Science and Social Studies taught at all schools, but with the state and federal government's standards and benchmarks focused on English Language Arts and Math, this must be most school's main focus. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/12/06
I'm concerned about the lack of richer curriculum -- PE is weak, no music, little art, little social studies or science. Due to low test scores, they seem completely focused on nothing but language and math. For kids who are already up to par on these, the curriculum can be very redundant and uninspiring.
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Posted by a parent on 09/27/05
I have two children at Monte Vista. Our school has a terrific GATE program, active PTA, Art and Dance programs, a YMCA after-school program, and Kids College (a before/after-school Arts and Enrichment program). I have high academic expectations and my children have done extremely well at Monte Vista.
... Read more Last year (2003-2004), Monte Vista underwent a boundary change which resulted in a large student group from lower academically performing schools coming to Monte Vista--and caused our school to be at capacity (811 students). We also underwent school modernization which caused major classroom/school disruptions. It's an amazing tribute to our teachers that our test scores did not dramatically drop. With the opening of a new elementary school and another boundary change, most of the students who were new to our school last year have left, and we have returned to being a 'neighborhood school' with 535 students. Our test scores should reflect these positive changes! Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/09/05
I am a former student of this school as well as having two children that went to monte vista. I feel that this is an excellent school for any child to attend. The staff is dedicated to the students, and go out of their way in making sure every child benefits from being there.
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visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
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English as Second Language
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Vista schools — Monte Vista Elementary School is located at 1720 Monte Vista Rd, Vista CA 92084. 1720 Monte Vista Rd is in the 92084 ZIP code in Vista, CA The school district for Monte Vista Elementary School is the Vista Unified School District. Monte Vista Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 5.
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