Indian Creek Elementary School

If I could choose all over again we would have chosen to stay off base and take our chances with another school. Out of the four schools we have dealt with, this one is the worst and is at the bottom of the list. If bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment are a concern for you, do not expect this school to abide by their handbook/policy and do what they say they are going to do. We've experienced many teacher's not taking the time to get to know the students. In kinder our child was reading fluently, and the teacher had no clue. Also beware that many of their teacher's don't utilize the resources in their toolbox to improve as teachers. If your child having a voice and speaking up for themselves is something you teach your children, almost most teachers at this school will discipline a child without having the full story of what happened. If you aren't 'keen' on testing scores for school funds, don't worry, your child could be a straight A student but still 'recommended' to attend tutoring because they tested low. Imagine what that does to child that thought they were doing well in class and trying to explain to them why they need testing. Not an ideal 'most if not all' children will understand. There's also this whole thing with the dress code that feels very 1950s, so there's that. Overall, our experience has been horrible and I don't recommend this school at all based on our personal experience. I do know others that love the school and haven't had any issues.

Looking for a new school for my kid. They like to change stuff with out telling parent. The kid are never learning they always have parties extra activities or they don’t have school at all . If you are not Hispanic or Latino they don’t treat you the same.

When I went to pick up my son the teacher gave him 5 dollars

This school was the worse. First they did a whole bullying investigation on my 6 year old without my knowledge. How do you investigate a child. I found out when a letter was mailed to my home. Secondly I was out of the county on a work trip. They call to tell me my child did something on Friday. Remind you it’s Tuesday. And he can’t catch the school bus home. I had a teen watching my children who don’t drive. My thing is if my children are doing something wrong why not contact me so I can correct the issue or involve me in what’s going on with my children. My son teacher said she advocates for him a lot because he was the only black child in her class. I feel as if my children were being singled out because of their race. I’m involved deeply in my children education and life. So for me to be left out of things made me very upset. This the only neighborhood school. The worse. I sent my kids to idea and everything from homework to issues as well as my son being in special education got addressed immediately. The staff here are horrible

My children have gone to almost every elementary within a 5 mile radius of Sky Harbor. This is the first school they’ve loved to go to school to every single day. They haven’t been bullied like they have at every other school. They have a ton of family engagement events and lots of clubs for the kids to partake in. The community is so strong in this school and I absolutely love it. I transfer my kids yearly from their home campus to this campus. I can’t say enough about the teachers at this school. They’re so great with the kids and meeting them where they are daily. Even the principal is on the ground and knows the students. Last year my daughter’s teacher taught economics by selling crafts to students, the community and parents. They used the profits to buy the entire class snow cones on field day so no student was left out. The special needs and ARDs are respected and they keep you updated with emails and phone calls regularly. I haven’t experienced that with other schools either.

My community is considered low-income, including myself as I am a college student and single mother taking care of my kids by myself financially. With that being said I do not appreciate an employee of Hidden Cove Elementary making unnecessary comments such as my house looks like no one lives there, looks ABANDONED, no one answered the door, hmm no one answered the door is probably because I was at school furthering my education or work to provide for my kids that I'm doing alone! I know what the house looks like, why do you think I'm going to school?! To graduate, get my degree, make the big bucks, and move into a bigger, better house that we can call home and my hard work will pay off! You work with kids and are an adult so you SHOULD know not to make those kind of comments. That's not the worst part, the worst part where you messed up is saying that IN-FRONT of my child! Okay, you obviously have a decent income since you completed school and working at one to pay your bills and live in your nice house, but technically rubbing your income in peoples faces is something that you just DON'T DO. When I was in elementary school, I was taught "If you don't have anything nice to say than don't say anything at all." HELLO, we as adults are supposed to be that leading example. I hope when you get home and are eating your steak and potatoes, slip into your luxury nightgown, put on your expensive cream, watch Netflix on your big-screen, while sitting on your big comfy sofa, you are thinking about what you said to a low-income family!