Juliet Morris Elementary School

I am happy at Morris and more importantly my daughter is. I think it is a great school.

Great school ! ! Highly Recommended ! !

This is our first year at Morris with a kindergartener and another to follow next year. This school is amazing! It has challenged my child in so many ways. Mrs moss is absolutely the best teacher and impressed us in so many ways. She takes each individual child spends one on one time and gives them the work they need to challenge themselves. This school is exactly what we want for our children!

Morris was extremely disappointing for us. Our son is a GATE student - no big deal, especially in CA - but he does need to be challenged. He skipped the first grade, so he was younger than his 5th grade peers, who treated him really well. What I objected to the most was his being subjected to hours of coloring and crayoning of inane 'vocabulary' words such as 'pirate' (in the 5th grade, mind you!). They're not learning 'jack,' but if he failed to draw to the teachers' expectations for perfect crayoning, he would then be commanded to re-draw, even if the ludicrous assignment had already wasted two hours of his time. At the Student Orientation, all the 5th grade teachers adamantly announced that they never give 'busy work' to students - that all homework assignments would be meaningful. I was so happy to hear this, but it turned out to be a meaningless, hollow promise, as so much of his voluminous homework was, indeed, nothing but meaningless. If he had had a different teacher, he may have had a very different experience, but we were not so lucky. He teacher was highly inaccessible - never available for brief ad hoc exchanges. Never. She also never smiled.

I wrote an earlier comment regarding this school. I want to confirm a year later that ABC Juliet Morris E.S. is the best. My son still enjoys going to school. At times, I have to wait until he is ready to leave. They have movie time with goodies, finger painting, art that builds hand-eye coordination, you see language arts and math concepts in work samples that kids get to take home and share with their parents, etc. They bake for the kids and have many activities designed into their curriculum. The teachers and staff make us feel comfortable. They offer plenty of fieldtrips for the kids to explore and learn. My son has learned a great deal. It takes an army to raise a child and I am glad to have them all on my team. Thank you especially to Ms. Margie!!!!!! Jayden and I love your spirit!!!