Viewlands Elementary School

Every single person working at BT, teachers and staff, are giving 110% effort, no question. This school has an EXTREMELY diverse population (racially, socioeconomically, ELL, culturally, etc), which, yes, is going to affect the test scores, as you'll see here. However, I would say that the skills my child is learning, both academically and socially, are as good as he would get in most public schools, and in some areas much greater.

My son is a Kindergartner at North Beach and also attended Pre-K there. I honestly have only wonderful things to say about our experience.North Beach is a small school (around 300 students), which creates a strong, close-knit community. Just a few months into the school year, I knew most of the Kindergarten students and parents by name. A group of parents even runs a weekly “bike bus,” where kids ride bikes to school together. The PTA hosts several fun, well-attended events throughout the year such as the Harvest Carnival, Movie Night, and Culture Night. I got involved with the PTA early in the school year and have been really impressed by the level of parent engagement and commitment to supporting the school. The PTA also runs a robust after-school enrichment program with activities like chess club, basketball, theater, drawing, and more.Academically and socially, our son is thriving. We love his teacher, Mrs. Niemeyer. She sends a detailed weekly newsletter and regularly invites parents to volunteer in the classroom. She’s also been very clear about how our son is progressing with reading and math. We haven’t done a lot of reading practice at home, and very little math, but thanks to Mrs. Niemeyer’s teaching and the strong parent and volunteer involvement, his reading skills are developing right on track.We’ve been thrilled with our experience at North Beach and truly can’t imagine our family being anywhere else.

horrible it has gaven me ptsd and i have been bullied many times.

CKS is a great school where kids feel safe and valued. We came from a big school where it felt like no one had the time for our kids and have found a welcoming community at CKS where the administration knows our kids and the teachers are amazing. The challenging academics are taught in a way that makes it fun to learn and they have a great STEM program. These are opportunities that we did not have at public schools. Our kids are so happy!