Grizzly Hill School

Grizzly Hill School is a small rural school, where the staff knows the names of all 90 students! Don't let the test scores fool you, with such a small population, one or two bad test scores can bring down the entire school's score! We still have small class sizes, classroom aides, laptops for each student in grades 5-8 and a great computer lab as well. There is a new playground that is fantastic and fun, P.E. and other electives. The school is installing solar power, has its own green house, and serves organic food made in the on-site kitchen. The staff truly cares about the students and their families. The campus itself is beautiful! We are partnering with Sierra streams Institute to provide environmental studies for the upper grades. Grizzly Hill school has a lot to offer! The staff is committed to making this school one of the best in the county!

We enrolled our child in a private school near by, then tried out Grizzly Hill. Although he loves both school, he is thriving at Grizzly Hill, and in ways that are beyond our dreams and expectations. In addition to excelling in every academic subject, he loves school, his teachers, and friends! He wants to go school even with a severe flu or cold, which to us, says a lot!!

Grizzly Hill is a good school, struggling to be great. The staff and teachers are all talented and trying hard, the problems are mostly in the community and parents. Most of the parents in the area who care about their kids education are driving them into town to the charter schools, leaving Grizzly Hill with only a handful of parents who are actively involved in the school. We have small class sizes and competent, caring teachers as well as a dynamic new sup/princ. We also have a very high percentage of kids with learning difficulties and emotional problems, probably from a lack of attention at home. The ridge is a difficult community and that is reflected in the school and it's low test scores. However it is entirely possible to get a great education here and if more of the parents and community were envolved it would be even better.

My son loves Grizzly Hill! He is in second grade and has been there for almost two years. He excels academically, loves school and his peers! He has received so much love and care from his teachers and the school staff. We are very grateful!