299 View Rd
Steilacoom, WA 98388

I am neither a parent nor grandparent to a child at Cherrydale Primary School. I am a retired Middle School teacher from Southern California that volunteers at Cherrydale because I can. For the past two years, I have assisted teachers in multiple Kindergarten through Third grade classes. I am impressed with the classroom management of those teachers I have the privilege to assist, the inclusiveness of all students and their individual learning abilities, as well as the creative teaching methodologies used to promote learning. Student's are encouraged to learn. The support staff/paras are an integral part of the learning process. Students are referred to as "friends" creating a welcoming, inclusive, and safe environment. The students, for the most part, are happy and glad to be at school. Unfortunately all schools (public or private) will have issue; however, I have witnessed positive methods of addressing these issue. If I had a child or grandchild interested in attending Cherrydale Primary, I would not have any reservations.

Great school in walkable area of town! Teachers are fantastic and truly love their work.

This school has been a terrible experience.The principal has been non existent. Kids run rampant through the hallways every day, there are angry students that threaten the staff...every. single.day. It is a threatening environment and there is no one to watch out for everyone.

School is not very supportive when a student/family needed help. Instead of finding solutions for the problem/issue with the student, the school can only say no to everything. It's not a very academic driven school even they do offer some AP classes, but most high schools offer AP courses anyway. School mostly likey focuses on sports and don't even recognize any academic successes. Before we choose Steilacoom High School, we ignored the online negative reviews about the school and hoped for the best, but now, we are very disappointed that we picked it. Not a very impressive place at all.