Adventures in Learning

Hearst was a very good school during the first two years, despite the principal being completely cold toward the students and caring only about meeting district goals. My son is now in 4th grade, and it has been a nightmare since the beginning of the school year. The teacher has no emotional control, yells, and doesn’t seem to know how to deal with children (which I found interesting, considering she’s been “teaching” for 15 years). I’ve had numerous issues with this teacher and had to reach out to the principal, but she simply doesn’t seem to care about the students’ well-being at the school. There are also many problems with bullying, which are completely ignored by the principal and many of the teachers.

Very negative experience with the current principal Kristina Brown.

The rating system is broken, great school! Good teacher, very good neighborhood!

Kids enjoy the school - amenities and staff are very good.

My daughter attended this school from Pre-K to first grade and her experience here was fantastic. In all the three years, we found the school and teachers to be very supportive and they instilled the joy of learning in her. The school not only values academics but also good character. This was important to us. Her first grade experience in Mrs. Cavanas's class went beyond our expectations. Mrs. Cavanas is an excellent teacher who cares deeply about her class's kids and works with them to bring out the best version of themselves. She uses several positive reinforcement techniques that encourage kids to learn more, make good choices and win rewards. She organized book sharing events that exposed kids to many different books and inspired them to read more. What touched me the most was that she went out of her way to accommodate my daugther's remote participation in this event since we were traveling just because my daughter didn't want to drop out of the contest halfway. My daughter adores her and so do we. Thanks to her and the school, as working parents we could be almost hands off with our daughter's academics. I highly recommend this school and especially Mrs. Cavanas.