4350 Mount Abernathy Ave
San Diego, CA 92117

Lafayette is a wonderful school! It is the hub for SDUSD's auditory services, so deaf and hard of hearing elementary school students are centered at this school to take part in the district's DHH (deaf/hard-of-hearing) or auditory/listening (for those with cochlear implants) programs. What is awesome for ALL the students (those with disabilities or not), is having additional adults in the classrooms to facilitate learning! Para-educators and American Sign Language interpreters go the extra mile to be sure students with hearing differences get the information they need, but this serves ALL the students well! My kid (who has normal hearing) learned ASL (American Sign Language) while at Lafayette! Extra visual aids and lots of kinesthetic activities make learning "stick!" Reading/writing happens early at Lafayette due to so much sight word recognition and small group focus. Lafayette is finally starting to get the praise & acknowledgment that its excellent principal, faculty and staff deserve. It received a Quality Schools in Every Neighborhood a few years ago in the areas of Teaching and Learning. There have been significant gains in standardized testing scores in just a few short years. The strong administration & dedicated teachers know the kids well & communicate regularly with families. Lots of neighborhood kids in attendance make it feel like a small-town school community-- students play after school together, you see Lafayette students riding bikes and scooters in the surrounding area, kids and parents wear school sweatshirts & t-shirts proudly around the neighborhood. School families meet regularly at the park, the Balboa branch library, and help in the beautiful school gardens. This will be the 5th year that the school has applied for and received an award from the Sage Garden Project and Sprouts, that sponsors a gardening/cooking program for all students during the school day. The school is about to receive a lot more funding ( >$1.2M); it won a coveted Community School designation that will bring sizeable dollars to meet needs of the school community over the next few years. Lafayette was recently named one of "America's Healthiest Schools." There are awesome annual events like Fall Festival, Spring Garden Festival and movie nights to bring the community together. So much more! Stop into the office to ask for a tour of the campus and meet teachers, staff & parents with one of the members of Lafayette's Educational Foundation (formed this year).

My kids started their Senior and Sophmore year at Madison and both love it. The teachers/administration are excellent and treat the kids & parents like they are all part of the big Madison family. It’s pretty special. My kids came from a school where some kids were driving $40,000 cars, it was very pretentious & stressful for all the wrong reasons. I ask them all the time if they regret our move & coming to Madison and they always tell me that they love Madison & have no regrets. Plus they have made some really great friends. Sure, Madison is an older school that needs some updating and a fresh coat of paint in some areas, but don’t judge a book by its cover. Madison is a excellent school that is very welcoming with supportive teachers/staff & a great student body. Go Warhawks!

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.