Kalapuya Elementary School

This school is a Dual-language immersion program which facilitates bi-literacy in English and Spanish. The school has done a beautiful job of developing my child's Spanish. And my kids love the strong community they have built! The staff is amazing with my children and have really made an effort to get to know them on an individual basis and cater to their needs.

The curriculum and small class sizes are great. The overall environment is another story. Many students are railroaded out of this school for not fitting their mold, which is perfect appearing on the outside but lacking character and morals on the inside. There is no authenticity here. We watched it happen many times over. For a Christian school there is a serious lack of Christian behavior and attitudes. Some teachers are great while others are not, but the real problems are with the administrators. They have no tolerance for anyone or anything different and set a tone that creates an atmosphere of bullying from the top down. This school has a corrupted sense of Christianity that highlights the worst of human nature. I’m sorry to say it but we’ve found more Christian love and welcome outside of this school than in it. While you will not see much in the way of physical violence in this school, the discrimination and bullying from staff and administrators is echoed in the favored students. If your children complain of bullying from staff believe them and move on.

We enrolled my daughter in their 4/5's preschool program. This past year has been great and the teachers and school have gone above expectations (regarding curriculum and fun little field trips). From what I've seen, the older grades are no different (through 5th).My child has loved her experience and the friends made here. No complaints at all! Thanks you staff of CCS for your hard work.