Excellent school and great engagement with students, families and the community. Love this church…read moreand school

My Grandkids transferred from another Catholic School in Los Angeles where we had some serious…read moreconcerns..They now attend St Jerome and they are having a wonderful experience.I am a former teacher and Principal in LAUSD.I say that to say I know a good school when I see it.

Your child will get a private school education for a public school price at this school. The…read moreteachers actually care about the kids learning and improvement. If you are lucky enough to get into Open School, take it up. It's really worth it. We are sad to leave this year, we've been there over 7 years with sibling years. We know that we had an amazing experience there. My middle schooler has thrived after going to Open. I wasn't sure how she would do since Open is constructivist and doesn't subscribe to traditional schools, she did amazingly well. She has learned to be a "thinker" at Open. thanks!

Although my son just started this year, my husband and I are extremely grateful and appreciative of…read morethis incredible school, teachers, and principal. The community has been extremely friendly and welcoming. Besides a free public education, he also has private drum lessons from the amazing music teacher. We could't be happier.

The staff is very loving, and treats the kids as their own. Definitely a top tier school for those…read morewho want a lot of focus on their child's development and character!

Total Atmosphere is amazing! I definitely felt like I was at home. Teachers and administrators made…read moreme feel very welcome and at ease with leaving my child. Wonderful safe campus . Felt very warming knowing the campus has been open 20 years now. I have brought all four of my children here and they are all attending universities now. I give it all to CCA for giving my children a great foundation at such a young age.

Second Review on Harmony Elementary School…read more Nice school on the outside and there are some nice teacher's but very few. When one covering for an Assistant tries to reach out for help. One has to deal with teacher's and personnel covering up "sketchy" situations when one tries to relate a concern on a student. The personnel of this school finds something to blame on one. And let's one eat whatever the school finds and doesn't care on the wellbeing of one if the teacher and personnel covering their own "sketchy" situations causes the one who is an outsider to be "Separated." The personnel of this school only cares about the school's spirit and the fanciness of the school. As far as some of the teacher's go, there are very few who give the time of day and actually care about their student's. The Assistant's, Sub Assistant's, Recess Aid's, Helper's, Volunteer's and as well as one's to whom ever else that I might have missed on this list who work or cover at this school suffer because of Personnel and certain teacher's trying to maintain an image. REGRET BIG TIME COVERING FOR THIS SCHOOL!!! All those who are about to take on a job here. Please be aware. Oh, and anyone who post's review's for this school is alway's the first to review because either websites that are Linked for this school don't want others to find out the truth.

Best school ever no homeworks in Friday no uniform any food allowed no candy no sodaread more

This historic campus has beautiful wooden floors on the main building classrooms. There are caring…read moreteachers and staff, both old and new to the school and they all work very hard to make it a comfortable and cheerful environment. The Counseling staff members awesome often taking on duties beyond their own. Students are offered a variety of academies from sports, leadership and Stem or Arts. With the inclusion of music in the coming year this is an outstanding place to send your students to thrive in all subjects and the arts.

Well, let me take you all back 35 years ago or so when I attended Emerson Jr. High School from 1987…read moreto 1990 when I graduated. There were never any racist teachers here when I attended. We had the best Principals and vice Principals. Alan Shear was a good and tough principal that kept our school in line. I do not know now whom is running or supervising the school now. I see they changed their name. Campus still look the same from the photos I have seen. Yes, fights broke out when I was going to school too. But they were not happening everyday. Many kids are bussed here to Emerson that do not live close in the area. So, the school in not in a bad area. I loved all my teachers that helped me graduate too.

I am making another review, I am so glad I graudated here a month ago. So now I feel safer to…read moreexplain more in detail. At this school, the school cares more about their image than what they actually do. They have little ''events'' but they mostly put it on their instagram even when there's a cellphone ban. They do attendance challenges where if you show up consistently for a couple days you could get a 10$ Starbucks gift card. It's stupid, I know. They never clean the inside of the classroom building, they treated the cellphone ban as more important than students vaping, since they knew students smoke and smoke at that school but they dont do a single thing to stop it!! There was a burnt tampon found in the toilet - (no one knows why they were burning the tip of a tampon) someone reported it to the duke, and no consequences were given. The only people who actually care (In my opinion) are those at the wellbeing center. They let you come in and they welcome you even if they're going everyday, they actually care about mental health. Teachers like Ms. Ishii, Ms. Mitchell and Ms. Monge will put you on your last brain cells since their work is so hard, they will expect much out of you and I would warn against them unless you like teachers who are old school, would make you cry once or twice or close to crashing out, hesitating on respect for students, and having a spirit which made school less enjoyable due to their dark/ mean demeanors. The lunch is a dissapointmemt, instead of it being like an al you can eat buffet, they just throw food into being heat up and it's never handmade / cooked. Sometimes the cafeteria food is moldy or rotting, and it's open food where flies are flying around it. The theatre program was amazing, and we will sure miss Ronnie Sperling as our diretctor as he had decided to leave us after this year. As well since in Highschool a lot of students want to go to college, Uni doesn't really mention college to you until Junior year (Teacher wise), but I would recommend the college center since they just started that as we became seniors and It can be really helpful towards those who want the best academics. The dress code policy is stupid, Ms. Tucker Jones has a nasty attitude, I dont know if its because were both black and she's jealous I carry myself better than her, or she feels that she had to keep things in lock idk she just pissed me off. Also everyone booed the principal at graduation (Claudia Middleton) Anyways, If you end up bringing your child here it up to you. Goodluck, and be prepared to offer extreme emotional support, and money especially for senior year. But out of all the negative, here are some positive things I liked about this school. I mentioned being a black teen girl, we have a BSAP Counselor- Ms. Johnson. She took us to field trips for hocus, to go see a movie about being black, and watching a black play nutcracker. She also offers scholarship opportunities. I like this schools after school program educare, they offer a lot of snacks after school, tutoring and homework held ! :) Mr. Sabbagh had an excellent music progrgam- and if you wanna sing the national anthem for graduation go to him and try out even if you think youre not good enough do it try your best!!! As I said earlier the theatre program was good, so is the sports selection even tho this school is broke. And now, thats it. thank you so much for reading even though this was very long, I am finally done with this school. Peace out! -June, class of 2026

Great amenities try the stream on a sunny day. History of…read morehigh academics sports and educational innovation .The Collins/Katz YMCA is a big bonus

Girls Academic Leadership Academy easily the worst school I have ever attended. I attended GALA…read moreduring 6th and 7th grade, and while I hoped it would be an empowering, supportive place for girls, it turned out to be anything but that for me. I was indirectly bullied often by people in my own friend group. They made fun of my skirt length, my shoes, my hair, and even my social media posts. Even those I considered close friends ended up talking behind my back. GALA loves to preach about "leadership," but where's the leadership when it comes to protecting students? They have a real problem holding people accountable. Even when someone causes repeated issues, they refuse to expel or discipline them properly. It's like they're more worried about keeping their record clean than actually creating a safe environment. People like me end up leaving while the problem students stay. And don't be fooled by the word "leadership" in the school's name. If you're not accepted into the very limited leadership elective, you basically get no real leadership opportunities at all. So unless you're handpicked, you're left out of what they claim to be all about. Oh, and this is supposed to be a STEM school? Then explain to me why for half the school year, we didn't even have a science teacher. That's not just ironic--it's unacceptable. Advisories are another joke. They try to brand them as "your family," but I felt completely out of place in mine. I asked to be moved and was told I couldn't because it was a community. I being forced to stay in an uncomfortable environment every morning for 7 years. Yea, no. The only teacher I had any respect for was Mr. Hale, Mr.Mulka, and Ms. Roque, the computer science teacher, my math teacher and my PE teacher. They were the only adults in the school who made me feel seen, safe, and supported. I'll always be grateful for them. GALA is great at hiding all of this for sure. And I was fooled and I was excited to go here. But the reality? It gave me anxiety so bad that even the color purple reminds me of how terrible it was. Sure, there are a few nice people at GALA, but not enough to outweigh the toxic environment. This is just my story. I know some students love GALA and have had positive experiences but that simply wasn't the case for me. If you're considering this school, I strongly encourage you to take everything I've said into consideration and go in with open eyes and mental preparation.

Update: A few months after she transferred to another high school in the second semester of 9th…read moregrade, she was diagnosed with ADHD. GALA refused to help her get evaluated when she was a student there and they even blamed her for her difficulties.

I attended Mark Twain middle Between 2021 and 2024 when I graduated there and I've been harassed…read morebefore, and if you got a problem with bullying don't talk about Dean as they will either do nothing or try to downplay the situation, however the rest is good like the campus, I honestly won't put fighting as a problem as all schools have fighting problems, anyway the school has some good administators like Assistant Principal Kerrie Egerton helped a lot with the harassment I've got being there.

You guys need a better buss driver for the 6th and 7th graders she is extremely rude. She also…read morescreams at the kids when she feels like it. She takes forever to get to Shenandoah. She NEEDS to be fired