605 Matterhorn Ct
Marina, CA 93933

I came to the school with negative perceptions from previous reviews, but after talking to the principal I decided to enroll my kids there. I do not regret it. the teachers are dedicated and management do their best for the best interest of my kids. they communicate with me and try to engage students in several ways.

In elementary school, my son was extremely advanced compared to his peers. He had friends, but he didn't feel particularly connected to school. Mostly, he was bored in elementary school. I have been pleasantly surprised that he has been excelling at Los Arboles. There have been many days where he comes home excited about learning something at school. He's loves learning in science, doing the National History Day project for social studies, and actually learning math due to being placed in the advanced math class. The music program is decent with band, orchestra, and choir, and he's gotten to go on several field trips including a trip his English class took to see a play. He feels far more connected to school than he ever did in elementary school, in part because of the number of active clubs the school has including drama club, and the LGBTQ club.If you're kid is advanced, and you're worried about them falling behind because of the school's test scores, don't be. My son has continued to improve academically because of differentiated instruction that the teachers provide. Also, the counselor is very familiar with concurrent enrollment, and can help guide you through the process of getting your child enrolled in college classes while in middle school. Sometimes statistics don't tell the whole story. This school is worth looking at.

I wouldnt send my child here if it was the last school on earth. (my page reloaded after 2000 letters so I have to start over, worth it to me to get the message out about this awfully managed school). Starting with Van Sant, the vice principal. I skipped class once at the end of the school year, probably because I wasnt learning much anyways (not because I am not engaged in learning, but because classes move so slowly), he found me with my friends on the baseball field. Took us to the office, made micro aggressions assuming that I was a bad student all the time, and probably didnt learn anything. Mind you I have a 4.2 GPA and am double majoring in history and political science in the fall, some students at this school can’t write a simple sentence. Back to the skipping class story, a few days later, a teacher tells me that another teacher told them that van sant told them I was skipping class with a boy kissing and he caught us. That is a completely untrue and fabricated story. I have pictures of me and my friends running around on the field, no boys in sight. I don’t understand why the vice principal is gossiping about students, especially if what he’s saying is untrue. Next the education, the teachers are good, I didn’t have one teacher I didn’t like or who was bad at teaching. I would say classes move very slowly and there is no workload at all, I never had any work to take home. My entire sophomore year I didn’t get one essay assignment. If you want your student to learn to write coherently, do not send them here. My educated assumption is that teachers know the students will not write more than a decent paragraph, most writing assignments were 3-5 sentences. They dont want to write 3 sentences, but they will. This leaves no room for students to improve. INORITA AGUILAR, the school secretary. Not professional at all. As the person who picks up the phone when calling the school, and the first face you see when you walk into the office you would think she’d be nice or have some type of customer service skill but you’d unfortunately be wrong. Interacting with her is dreadful, since she’s so skilled at cutting you off, and when you call, she might get into a full conversation with someone else without telling you or putting you on hold. I have no idea where they got her from but she needs to go. Not enough room to write about the powertripping hall monitors. Once had detention for being late to class and got reamed for no reason. Awful administration.