5200 E Appleton St
San Diego, CA 92117

My son transferred to Hawthorne from another local elementary school before 3rd grade when he enrolled in the Seminar program. He promoted yesterday to middle school, and I could not be more thrilled with our experience! The school community is amazing, with teachers and staff who truly care about the overall development of the kids. Principal Robinson (one of my personal heroes!) sets the tone, and it's in the details that this school really shines. For example, choosing positive language (e.g. providing the opportunity for students to 'make a better choice' if they may be struggling with behavior) when talking to and about the kids. My son has an IEP, and this experience has also been fantastic, with meaningful IEP and development meetings. We are thankful for our time at Hawthorne, and feel better prepared for middle school because of it!

My child went to CHS for 2years and switched to Madison high school, so I give you the honest opinions here. CHS needs to improve the discipline of students. There are students who bring bad stuff to school every where (it’s way more at CHS maybe due to the nature of family dynamics) but the difference between the 2 schools, Madison faculty staff are not afraid to conduct backpack searches and call the parents right away whereas CHS had never done even though I had suggested them to do. CHS is not competitive in sports sadly (never seen a game they won at football, basketball, they are great at waterpolo) whereas Madison is in higher division and winning a lot of games in many sports. There are many students who shine in athletically and academically at Madison. Now sure why Madison is getting such a low rate here but to me, Madison has a higher quality of excellence in teachers and students themselves. I’ve never felt uncomfortable with Madison kids in football games but many of CHS students were disrespectful towards adults and I’ve even seen someone vaping in the crowd. No teacher was spotted there. Many cases of threatening at CHS, never heard at Madison in 2years.I would like to say thank you to the teachers and vice principal to lead my child to the right path.

My family has been at Innovation the last three years and we love the school. The staff is so caring to make sure kids succeed and make sure they are emotionally ok. They have a zero tolerance for bullying and rarely hear about things happening at the school. The school really motivates kids for good behavior and creates many events for families. The staff is really dedicated to the kids.