Kings River-Hardwick Elementary School

Every teach and staff member I have come across this year has been incredibly encouraging to my students!

Although we had an experience with an awfully rude Kindergarten teacher last year, my oldest has made so many strides. Coming from Lemoore School District, where it felt like she wasn't grasping anything, and that there wasn't enough help to get her learning, I am just amazed. She went from not receiving any academic awards in previous school years to being presented with 4 or more awards at award ceremonies. She had a wonderful teacher last year who pushed her & motivated her! They offer after school tutoring and a daily workshop to work more one on one in a small group setting, as opposed to the whole 25 kids in a class. They take their time and make sure your child is not left behind!

I'm so disappointed that this is suppose to be one of the best schools in the area and they have proven to me that it was the worst mistake to have even enrolled my children at this school. No one seems to know what happens here when an accident occurs. Some not all staff are awfully rude.

Kindergarten teacher would NOT tie my son's shoe. Told him to "tuck it in". He tripped over it for hours and it fell off causing him to step in thorns. Next day (day two of the school year!) she left him on the schoolyard and took the children back to class. He had to yell for help until someone on a golf cart came to get him. HE IS 5!! We have yet to hear back from the teacher and no one in the office seems to know or care about what happened. We only know that our sweet boy was terrified when we picked him up and wanted to go to a different school. We also witness a 4 year old transitional kinder student looking for her teacher, knocking on the class door with no one to help her. This would not happen if they would simply keep kindergarten separate (like other schools do) from the rest of the children. Pure chaos at this school.

EXCELLENT school. I attended this school from k-8th grade and now my children go there. We moved back to the area when my son was in kindergarten and had previously attened private school. After seeing both the private schools available to us and this school, I chose Kings River over all the privates. I chose it for for its cirriculum, mostly... They have an amazing music program available to all students, art, physical education, and many other "extras". The school is not perfect, but it is a great school. I have only had positive experiences there with both parents and staff. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. -Kylee Henderson, parent and past student