Great Hearts Academies - Arete Prep

My family has had a positive experience at Greenfield. The new principal and assistant bring a positive and welcoming atmosphere. They provide a heavy emphasis on building a community and being engaged. Lots of volunteer opportunities and I feel like as a parent, I can be involved in school functions as I want to be. The Reading specialist, Mrs Myers, is incredible. The fourth grade team is top notch as well.

Love the school and the teachers are great from kindergarten to 6th. Special place with special people

We love Pioneer and the feeling of community there. Many teachers and staff get to know all the kids' names and make them feel welcome from the moment they arrive each day. Communication from most teachers is excellent, providing weekly notes about class and school activities and lesson plans, as well as prompt responses to private messages. There seems to be an appropriate balance between academic activities and fun brain breaks provided throughout each school day. The amount of homework assigned is enough to keep parents in the loop about what their students are learning, but not so much that it takes up the entire evening. Class sizes are small enough that we don't have to worry about our children getting lost, overlooked, or not getting enough attention. The campus is charming with a nice courtyard in the middle and inviting classrooms. My picky eater kids have been able to expand their palates by trying and enjoying menu items from the school cafeteria. The PTSO does a great job at organizing fundraising activities and then putting on free family events throughout the year. We sometimes wish there were more clubs and after school activities offered through the school, but understand the challenges of making them happen with such a small student body. Overall, we are so pleased that we were lucky enough to be assigned to such a lovely little school!

Absolutely horrible, if you want your child to fall behind in learning and deal with petty teachers and principal enroll them here. Also, if you have any sort of custody issues and they don’t get what they want from you, they will underhandedly go behind your back to get what they want from the other parent so if you and the other parent do not work together and cannot be aware of what they do. They also team up and gather like hens if you make one of them upset. The education Mesa public schools offer is horrible. I would enroll your child in a different district altogether.