Longfellow Elementary School

This was a great school and thought your opinion (as a parent) was important when it came to your child’s academic future but our opinion does not matter to the principal, Mr. March, who cares less. Because he has the authority, he refuses to take in consideration your child’s personal needs. He refuses to meet with you(parent) even upon requesting an appointment with him. Our children have delt with substitutes since last year (pre-k), at least 6 substitutes, which affects our children academic progress. This year (k) they are dealing with the same thing, 30 kids for I substitute and an EA. They have to stop lecturing to deal with other children not following instructions. These girls and us(parents) have had a lot of patience. Our 2 kindergartens have been through all this together and have been supporting each other since nice Pre-K, now they are separated and the principal refuses to even meet with us (parents) to discuss this situation. He is not profesional and has attitude and also intimidates you and of course because “ he made his decision, he is going to move forward” his own words. Even APS says he has the last word on this. I am now looking for a different school for our children. We are not comfortable with our children being around this principal who shows no compassion and consideration for our children needs. With a new principal this school would be a better place to enroll your children.

Run....don't walk...to another school. We had the unfortunately experience of being forced to attend the school secondary to a court order. Most teachers were parents of other kids at the school. The lack of training was evident. This is radical right wing evangelical Christian church which is attended by the president of the national right to life group. If you're of the ilk, you'll get on fine with the sub par teaching and Christian nationalist philosophy. But if your are not, run (don't walk) somewhere else

I toured several day cares and preschools around Albuquerque, and Escuela del Sol's toddler classrooms were simply the best classrooms I could find for my toddler and I recommend the school to all of my friends. When you visit the classrooms, you see that the classrooms are beautiful and the children are very engaged with their work. In addition to activities in the classroom, the children have 45 minutes of outdoor play time a day and they walk around the beautiful campus and visit the chickens and the gardens and the surrounding community. The kids also have access to music class, cooking class, and Spanish class once a week. The kids share a hot lunch every single day. They serve themselves, they clean after themselves, they arrange flowers at the center of the table before eating. The kids learn to put on their own shoes and their jackets and they are supported in their potty training journey. The guides are caring and warm and do a great job of communicating with the parents. There are two guides per classroom. One of the guides speaks Spanish, which I really appreciate. Overall, I highly recommend Escuela del Sol to all parents who are looking for a great school for their little ones.

This is such a wonderful school! The administration and the teachers genuinely care about the students and work very hard to ensure the students receive quality education. This is my son's first year at this school and he's learned more this years than in all the years at his previous school. I wish this school had a high school because we would stay through high school if they did. I would highly recommend this school to everyone wanting a quality education for their children! I cannot say enough good things about this school and their teachers!