17320 Gresham St, Northridge, CA 91325

Our son started Dearborn in 2024 as a Kindergarten student. Today he started 3rd grade.Here is my honest take so far, for the last 3 years.PRINCIPALPrincipal George Fuentes is one of the best educators I have ever met in my entire life. He is incredibly dedicated, well-educated, disciplined yet loving and caring. You'll find him very professional and serious during academics related situations, and very funny and friendly in social events. During orientation sessions, he speaks like a TED speaker, but in the Fall Festival, he wears a Dracula costume and makes barbecue for kids :) Also, in a school with almost 600 students, he calls our son with his name. He is almost like a father figure.STAFF AND PTAI've always felt like we are a big family. Staff members and very friendly and helpful. I never witnessed any rude comments or negative attitude. PTA shines every year with their great events. They are very well organized and friendly.TEACHERSIt's hard to generalize the quality or characteristics of teachers since it depends on our and our child's own, unique experience. Our TK teacher was nice, and the first grade teacher Ms. Carmona was incredible. In your first conversation, you immediately feel that she is a mom, which is the most important thing to me, even more than academics. She cares a lot about your kid, as if he is her own. She helped our son get his ADHD diagnosis with her insightful comments, and truly supported us and our son. As adults, we remember only a few teachers of ours who genuinely changed our perspectives with their deep knowledge or caring attitude. I have no doubt that Ms. Carmona will be in that list in our son's life.We have mixed feelings about our second grade teacher MANNERS AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENTAgain, it's hard to make a generalization as experiences differ, but I can easily say that the school staff and teachers are doing their absolute best to help students learn how to become 'good' people. You understand that it's top priority.EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIESThis is another category Dearborn truly shines. There are so many great events throughout the year. Color runs, fall festivals, cultural programs, carefully curated field trips, pajama parties, weekend enrichment classes (cooking, robotics, coding, etc.), YMCA and After School All-Stars programs, and more.CONCLUSIONOverall, we are very happy with Dearborn, and we can easily recommend it to any parent and child.