Symmetry

This school did a great job preparing my kids for High School.

Great school, except the fact that there is only one bathroom open at a time EVER and There are 10 boys in there at a Time.

All four of my children attended this school with the last one finishing 5th grade in 2023. The teachers my children had were remarkable and to this day we still have a close bond with some Teachers. Principal Wells is a warm and strong leader and cares for all her students. My kids still miss her. My kids loved being a part of the GATE program for gifted students. They also have intervention groups for kids falling behind in Math and reading. They have an excellent special education department that provided my sons with speech and social skills. They handled the global pandemic online incredibly well considering online wasn't the norm for them. The school is truly a friendly and safe community for kids.

Cleveland is excellent. My child is in CORE (Humanities Magnet), but he participates in sports year-round and music, and those all-school programs are excellent as well. First of all, the education he's getting in CORE is world-class, and is decidedly more impressive than many of his friends at $50K private schools. He's learning things at CORE I never even knew about in high school... or college at a top 20 university. Something like 60% of the teachers here are former students themselves, which shows the devotion and learning is deep. CORE kids are going to great colleges, too.The AP classes at Cleveland are challenging, though some of the science is just taught to the computer test, and there is very little joy of learning involved -- but that seems to a product of the AP system, certainly not Cleveland.Sports are great, they spend almost too much time (do they need to take 6th period to play the sport and miss academics? Unfortunately this is an LAUSD issue. Do they need to play a sport all year around? This is just a by-product of good weather, I guess). Music at Cleveland is top-notch, particularly the band program, which is winning city- and state-wide honors, they are excellent. Theater is getting good and CORE sponsors a fabulous rock band festival every year.The NEW BUILDINGS at Cleveland make it look like a community college, which these LAUSD kids deserve. Don't hesitate to send your kids here!

I really like this school because it is diverse and I felt very welcome at this school