St. Patrick Elementary School

School has high teacher term over. Several teachers quit mid-year. Teachers are poor quality and don’t seem to like teaching. My son was always the best student in his class and suddenly started to get bad grades this year. School gives Fs indiscriminately to students. It also appears that school is no longer WASC accredited.

Our 2nd grade son moved mid-year to Laurel Hall from our local LAUSD top rated Charter school. He was miserable at said school; bored & unchallenged. He LOVES Laurel Hall and thanks us everyday for moving him. He is a very bright, gifted child who needed a teacher who understood him and would work with him and that is exactly what we have found at Laurel Hall. His 2nd grade teacher is absolutely lovely, loving, kind, flexible, attentive, engaging and fun! She makes learning wonderful. The music program is outstanding, he loves the art studio, and all his enrichment classes and teachers. The PE and sports program is amazing and he can’t wait to compete in the sports program that starts in 4th grade. The kids were all SO welcoming and kind to a new student mid-year. He made friends quickly and easily and fit right in. There is a huge emphasis on kindness and building character. The school bumper sticker says “Be Kind” and EVERYONE truly is, from the amazing admissions director, to the wonderful vice principal and principal, the welcoming receptionist, cross guard, valet line guys, the full time school nurse and of course ALL the outstanding, dedicated teachers. Literally the entire staff is amazing. The fact that the kids have chapel on Fridays is icing on the cake, the Pastor is joyous and all the kids seem so happy when you walk through campus. The homework is perfect, not endless busywork like at our LAUSD charter. The classes are small, no class goes over 20 students. We plan to move our twins over in the fall to start Kindergarten, and can’t wait for all three of our children to thrive in this loving, nurturing and academically challenging environment. Thank you to absolutely everyone at Laurel Hall for welcoming our family with open arms and for being such a truly amazing school.