Kids Garden

I love Los Amigos! I have had the best experience as a parent and my kids love going to school everyday. I had my doubts about my kids going to this school when I read the initial reviews. Now, I can honestly say that since my kids have been going here, I've never been happier with the academic decision to send them here. The staff and teachers have been nothing short of the ideal models of what and how a school should be ran. I hope that if anyone is reading this with the question of "should my child go here" that they read this review and send them. I wish I had the support system and involved staff as my children do. Thank you Los Amigos! GO DRAGONS!!

Valle Vista to us was a bare minimum school for us. Throughout our whole experience at VV, (even before covid) we were only invited to 1 singing performance. Never did I see my kids perform in any play or performance otherwise. It felt as if they did everything to the bare minimum and preferred not having families on campus. Never had a science project. Science is based on an online program, called Mystery Science and does not cater to those STEM driven students with many hands on bigger projects. My child was into STEM/Science/Art/Music and VV provides minimal support on these subjects. Music at this school consists of no musical instruments, only ukulele as of 2022. Most districts in the area, provide a variety of instruments for their 4/5th graders. It was also very disappointing on the lack of patriotism at this school. My child would tell me that they 'sometimes' do the pledge. Our neighboring district, promotes flag assemblies, assemblies dedicated to our veterans, have students help raise the flag, say the pledge on the intercom daily. This blew my mind when I realized how much the school was missing out on these important items. PTA seems to be held back on a lot of items due to the lack of principal wanting any events/programs on campus. Fall Festival is always so wonderful. (They will not however, allow any costumes or do any costume parade on campus during school hours- like other districts) Events have been very 'minimal'. I hope that family engagement changes in years to come. Unfortunately, it seems as if there is some favoritism with students and how disciplining works with each student. The compassion from the principal unfortunately was NOT there for our family. The social-emotional support wasn't there either. However, the teachers are absolutely amazing. I will say, we had the best teachers. Their compassion was always shown. Always had the best communication and did everything in their power to help students and my children succeed.

The main problem about this school is the people.Most of the people in this school (mostly the middle schoolers) are racist, rude, homophobic, ableist, etc. Everything else like the food, teachers, homework, etc, is whatever.

I have had two of my children attend the school over the past 12 years over the years there has been changes I have been detrimental to the schools success in teaching the curriculum necessary with each and every student. Teachers, after the covid pandemic have slowed down tremendously on the curriculum and have dumbed down all the children. No longer teaching in the same way they did 7 years ago. Current motto for the school I would say is.. "Let all the bright children slow down and be dumb down to the slow ones to then catch everyone up." Disappointing to say.

This is my 2nd review, and I realized it replaced the previous one several months ago. Unfortunately, I cannot do it a second time.this is the truth, and it's 100% real. Our principal is the best and hardworking. All of the teachers are highly rated. All of the parents of the students in the class look good. My child has been attending from Step-Up Preschool and is now in kindergarten. The kindergarten hours from Monday to Friday are from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm, which is longer than in other cities. I am not sure about elementary classes yet, but from Step-Up Preschool to kindergarten, we are extremely satisfied. My child is the only Asian girl in this Class, and there are few or no Asians in this school. What are you afraid of? Searching for schools just by numbers is not right. I have been in the e-commerce business for over 21 years, and I do recognize what is true or fake. I think it all depends on students' abilities, parents, and students' behaviors. If I rate my girl, she is at level 5 to 6 because she is an English learner and has a long way to go. We also emphasize teaching our girl a lot of behaviors. If I rate this school, it's at level 8. (Preschool ~ Kinder) , I have always wondered why it's so underrated. The Upland School Unified system is really satisfying, and the police station is right next door, making the area very safe