Avalon Elementary School

Sunrise Elementary is an excellent school with outstanding teachers. My son currently attends and is in 4th grade. My daughter attended, Sunrise K-5 and was thoroughly prepared for middle and high school. As a tenth grader at Timber Creek HS she takes many AP classes including pre-calculus.

When my child initially started attending Camelot, I was worried about something going on in school that I didn't know of. He would have anxiety attacks, and he would cry almost every single morning before school. My child was becoming sick because of this, and I almost took him out of school. Thankfully, the next year was different for my child. My child's teacher was Mona Abomoelak, and my child immediately fell in love with the school. He would get himself ready for school and be excited to be dropped off at school. My child would always run towards Mrs. Mona whenever he saw her, and we even noticed that our child started speaking more. Based on how my child and his classmates reacted towards her, I knew that she was an amazing teacher who truly loves and cares for her students. She went above and beyond, especially when my child started attending virtual classes. I would recommend anyone who has a child with special needs to have Mrs. Mona as their child's teacher! Unfortunately, Mrs. Mona is not going to be at Camelot elementary. It is truly heartbreaking seeing her go, as I know that my child adored and enjoyed having her as his teacher. She is an amazing teacher, and I hope that other parents can see how truly amazing she is too!

Sunshine Elementary is well below average and this school would benefit from a Principal that truly cares to work with children. My experience goes with having a child who has a learning dissability and behavioral issues. I was hopeless seen the behavior at home and receiving constant calls from the school. I asked for help over one year ago. The staff back then were pushing to get someone to help us out. Still, it took over one year for someone to start evaluating my son. I also did my job and took my son to the neuropsychologist which also took about one year to get in since they are the specialists. In the middle of all of this, I kept getting notices about my child, calls, texts through the app. While I want to know what is going on with my son, I also think that the staff lacks empathy. The staff should be trained to deal with different types of behaviors. It is already exhausting at home and then the school is making a big scene about every little thing that happens. I just asked for comprehension and emphaty. No matter what happens, it doesn't matter who saw or didn't see. It was always my son's fault. While my son also comes home hurt from other kids hitting him but nobody says anything. I guess because they consider him "the problem child," they don't bother to investigate. Ms Peña, the principal, calls me today and tells me my son is suspended for the 2nd time this year because a substitute teacher said she tried taking something away and he smacked the teacher's arm. I reject any bad attitude and behavior, but the lack of understanding here is a joke. He has BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND A LEARNING DISSABILITY. Your school psychologist diagnosed him. BEHAVIORAL ISSUES: patterns of problematic actions that interfere with a person's ability to function daily and get along with others. This type of behavior is expected but she decided that writing a referral and suspending him will do it. Ms Peña, shame on you!!! Do better! Find good solutions and don't go the easy route. It is such a shame that the kids with special needs are treated this way and don't have the oportunity to grow but instead they just want to get rid of the problem.