Kirtland Elementary School

If you want to send your child to a school where they will get bullied, then this is the school for you. The principal ignores your phone calls and emails and reroutes them to the dean (who seemed to be the only person that actually cared about my student at the school). The teachers get away with making inappropriate comments towards students, including telling the entire class about my daughters past prior to being adopted(without her permission), and the school claims to be "non punitive" in order to excuse the bully's behavior. She was made fun of for her appearance, for having two moms, for having short hair, for being adopted the list goes on and on. There is zero accountability, and my student was choked by another student in which I was not notified of. She came home crying almost every day and was told that people were mean because it was her fault. We moved here from another state where she was excelling in school, her grades dropped severely the first grading period here, she was told she was ahead of all the other children, but her grades did not reflect that. When we asked for homework to work on the subjects she was struggling with the teacher told my student "That homework was stupid and that her mom's wouldn't be able to teacher her the work anyways" If I could give this school -5 stars I would.

We switched our child out of this school after a terrible 1'st grade experience. Our opinion of the principle, Ms. Weihe, is that she lacked integrity, and we felt she tried to bypass accountability for our child's welfare while gaslighting us. Our child's teacher was teaching a classroom of over 20 students without a secondary teacher helping them. There were multiple children in the classroom with clear emotional issues, and there were frequent reports of children fighting with each-other. Her methods of dealing with children were consistently punitive. Almost every week it seemed like something went wrong in our child's classroom or at recess. One day a child cracked his head open and was bleeding from his head. Ambulances came to the school to take the child to the hospital. Not a word about it was said. The teacher only expressed that the children had "a tough week" and she wanted to give them a pizza party at the end of the week. Our child started hating school and even expressed suicidal language early on in the school year. We wanted to get our child moved to a different classroom but were told it was not going to happen despite all of these things. The classroom reached temperatures of 90+ degrees early in the school year. This year we have found a much better school, but we are still dealing with the fallout of the damage caused by last year. There are so many things that were wrong about MVES that I couldn't possibly put them all here. There are 'some' great teachers at the school, but unfortunately that doesn't make the school better as a whole.

The school has made a huge turnaround since the last comment was posted. In the last few years a new principal has come in that is extremely data focused. I see her message replicated in the teachers now. Students are making huge improvements in academics. Genius Hour is the most fun my child has ever had and she enjoys picking her new classes every few months. The teachers all seem very qualified or almost over qualified for their jobs. The school just has such a creative, caring and welcoming staff. I am super sad we will start online because I have been looking forward to seeing them all and enjoying the wonderful opportunities afforded to my child.

This school was so awesome! Shame on the Archdiocese for closing this school. The principal was amazing….staff teachers & students were great! The whole asking for money is the Catholic religion. Any Catholic Church & Archdiocese all they want is money. It’s sad that they closed this school and not letting anyone know in advance. 2nd and 3rd grade yes was combined but obviously you didn’t know how it worked to think 3rd graders were being taught 2nd grade curriculum.

This school has a strong academic program. Our daughter just graduated from St. Charles and is well prepared for her several honors classes she will be taking at her high school next year. The middle school teachers not only prepared my daughter academically, but helped her grow in her faith.

Realmente estoy muy satisfecha de haber escogido MÁS para mi hijo ha sido una buena escuela y tiene muy buenos maestros

Finally, a New Mexico school that cares about its students and staff. Students enjoy coming to school and staff is friendly and helpful.