Luigi Aprea School is one of the best elementary schools in CA and the definitely the best in the…read moreGilroy area. Excellent teachers Excellent parents participation Excellent facilities Excellent extra-curricular activities State API Scores 9 out of 10

Recently had 5th grade students from Ms. Marshes class to Camp and other destinations. Greatly…read moretreated well by teacher, parents and students on my bus. They did an Excellent job. You all must be very proud of them as I am Had a wonderful time being their driver, made me feel very welcome and comfortable, even cleaned up the bus. HATS OFF to all Pleasure serving you John Joseph (JJ) Reele, Motor Coach Operator, Quality Assurance Travel however now with VIA Adventures, Merced, CA

My personal experience with this school has been fabulous! Everyone that I have interacted with has…read morebeen both friendly and helpful. I am a nanny for a family and I drop their children off and pick them up everyday with no problems. The yard duties are very sweet ladies. I have no complaints only a recommendation that their should be more help in the cafeteria for breakfast.

We simply love Rod Kelley school. This is our second year and it just seems to be getting better…read more The staff is friendly, both last years and this years principal have been phenomenal! The playgrounds are well kept, and the parent club organizes some of the best fundraisers I've ever experienced. They want every child and every parent to enjoy the involved family experience. And they give you plenty of opportunities to help or just enjoy your time.

Very beautiful mission. It seems like every-time we go it's a gorgeous day. There are a variety of…read morerestaurants to choose from and a very good local ice cream shop. There is an amazing small flower garden that has a variety of different flowers. The masses are lovely.

Micro tiny town that has huge history!!…read more I think the population is like 1500. This town is cute and quaint. The locals take pride in their city. It's very clean and nice landscaping. Most business are family owned. You won't find many commercial businesses here. This city is known for the mission San Juan Bautista and also for the San Andreas fault line. Both are located in this city. This is a nice place to visit. It's simplicity awesome and appreciated

So grateful for the Pac Point Schools…read more I feel incredibly fortunate to be part of the Pac Point community. This school has exceeded my expectations in every way. From the moment we joined, we were welcomed with warmth, professionalism, and a genuine sense of care. Both of my children have a few unique needs, and something I value as a parent is having responsive teachers. The teachers have not only been responsive, but also insightful and supportive. One of my children has a hard time sitting still, and the teacher provided a recommendation for a special 'wiggly' seat. It instantly helped with focus and staying seated. My other child was struggling in a subject, and the teacher took the time to assess the challenges and helped me better understand the learning needs. The staff genuinely go the extra mile. From the front office staff to the P.E. and academic teachers and yard monitors, everyone seems to genuinely care about the children. When we started two years ago both my children were in elementary school. This year one transferred to the Jr. High, and I can say we are just as happy with that campus. I spent time researching this campus to make sure it was right for my child. The new principle is amazing and was more than happy to meet with me and answer any of my questions. The campus and class sizes are small, which has been ideal for my child. They have interesting, modern electives, and are always looking for ways to add activities for the kids. I took the time to review the academics and was happy to find they put a lot of thought into making sure it is rigorous and prepares the students for the next academic level. I couldn't be happier with our experience and wholeheartedly recommend it to any family looking for a nurturing and academically strong environment.

Wonderful caring staff who support each child's education, listening to needs of students and…read morefamilies, and supporting their growth and character and Christian faith.

I personally feel guilty about how much paperwork and forms, emails, communications, and phone…read morecalls we forced onto the school staff and Principal Codiga. Emily is enrolled at programs this summer and next academic year that require feedback from school. Principal Codiga always helped Emily, encouraged her, and got back to us even on her personal time. Mrs. Richardson and Principal Codiga would respond to us on weekends, early mornings, late nights. They really gave us the feeling that we were a family together and Emily really prospered from the extra and personal care from the administration and teachers. Las Animas has staff that really cares for and loves the community. They have a mission of raising a successful generation. This shows in the progress of students and in the administration's caring behavior. You can do your work because you have to to make a living. Or you do it because it's your passion - and Animas has so many staff that are there because they really want to nurture the students. Schools, administration, teachers are all underfunded in general. They could have many good reasons to ignore us. They could have waited until they had time at work. Honestly, there's nothing we could do to force anyone. They already had too much on their hands. Instead, they were patient with us and always went over and beyond to help. Every time another form had to be signed, I thought, "Oh no, I have to bother Mrs. Monica and Principal Codiga again." We actually started out having another 2 schools help with forms (so three could take on the weight of the paperwork), but the other institutions rejected helping further due to red tape / bureaucratic reasons. Or the Summer and Fall programs specifically asked for Las Animas info. So everything fell on Principal Codiga to help Emily and she really did. The Principal also took many opportunities to encourage Emily on extra-curricular pursuits. She took interest in Emily's successes and this was incredible motivation for Emily. Mrs. Richardson is amazing at communication and feedback, getting back to both parents and students. She arranged for her class to have extra games, coordinated with Holiday Drives for material for students. Despite how busy she was, she took time to contact and thank every donor that gave resources to help her class. She even shared extra material with other classes. Emily's teacher taking her personal time to thank the community helped me so much because I met all the people who donated. Getting a thank you from the teacher herself meant so much to the community, and encourages them to donate more to help kids year after year. Mrs. Richardson also helped so much with aiding parents to become volunteers, so the students could have more positive parents around to help them or have fieldtrips, dances, celebrations, etc. What Emily's mom and I really appreciate about Mrs. Richardson is that Emily was often ambitious with her academic work. Instead of discouraging her or saying something was too hard or difficult, she encouraged Emily to try. When she succeeded, she congratulated Emily. When Emily failed, she never had the attitude like "I told you so." Mrs. Richardson was always positive and Emily has left Las Animas with confidence and a willingness to both try and fail. I'm a believer that success does not occur without failure. Thank you to Mrs. Monica, Mrs. Hortencia, Mrs. Isabella, and so many other administrators and teachers whom I have a hard time remembering their names. (I have documented brain damage / injuries - so I have issues with memory). If I forgot to mention your name here - please contact me. Thank you Las Animas To the District: You need to give the staff I mentioned raises. If you have teachers and a principal that have the heart to spend their personal time getting back to parents, studying and signing extra paperwork, looking into how they can help, fundraising or coordinating donation drives, being positive to students - you pay them enough to stick around. Otherwise, the school loses irreplaceable resources. You need to fight to get teachers and admin the pay they deserve. It's your responsibility and you do it before they look to other careers or schools.

Ok from a former student from las animas I have things to say, don't do yearbook because sometimes…read morethey give out free ones, please sign yellow notes one time my parents did not sign it and I went to the principal office, don't use the bathrooms cause kids look over the stalls to just hold it only use the bathrooms if it's an emergency, I'm 100% sure they serve the same food since I left. I would pack a lunch in stead of getting hot lunch the only reason I would get hot lunch is for holiday cookies or chocolate milk.

I have to say, I love Calaveras K-8 school and the entire staff. Recently the district rezoned and…read morethat meant my child after only attending Calaveras was to go to a new school. I was not in favor of that; nor was he. No longer having bus transportation, we drive him everyday so he can continue his education at Calaveras. The principal, Christine White and Resource Coordinator, Andy Parra are excellent; extremely helpful and very approachable. All Calaveras staff; office, lunch, maintenance, etc. are stellar; and the teachers, well, I can't praise them enough; all have been excellent. My daughter just graduated from 8th grade at Calaveras and my son is attending the Achievement Academy this year and loving it. I wouldn't change anything. Thank you CALAVERAS.

Four years ago when I moved to Soledad, Ca I never fathomed or envisioned sending my children…read morethrough a public school. Many life experiences have taught me so much about the world since moving there. I can honestly say the staff here has gone above and beyond many times for my children and many others. They are dedicated, devoted, overworked, and still care so deeply. Criticisms of this school probably come from people who do not take into account all the uphill battles teachers face at this little country school. They face language barriers, underfunding, and overcrowding, and yet through their hard work students excel here. The children have also worked hard and this site was nominated as a blue ribbon school. So amazing when you see their past academic ratings!!! The faculty, including office staff work so hard, and try their best to be personable, and helpful. Having moved away I miss the close knit environment, love, and effort shown by the staff at Frank. However, count it as a blessing my children left with life memories, and improved academic abilities thanks to all the staff at Frank!

I went there about 11 months ago now I'm going to Main Street Middle School.I really miss it,my…read morefriends,teachers.The memories I made there were incredible and I really learned a lot.

This is an excellent school! It's small, which means that your child doesn't get lost in the…read moreshuffle. It goes from preschool to 8th grade and the students get to know all of the teachers well in advance of being in their class. The teachers are fantastic! Ultimately, this school is a hidden jewel tucked away in a charming little town. We are very fortunate!

St. Mary is a family to us. Kinder grad was so sentimental. Faith formation was invaluable with…read morereligion classes and First Communion. The teachers support our children intimately and the environment provides so much security and growth. We have grown to love the other students and families. It's hard to describe how special this school is. We knew it the moment we stepped foot in the hallway. To hear children singing Christian songs in the morning, to morning prayer during AM assembly to children re-enacting Stations of the Cross. Every school mass has children leading. To hear their angelic voices in unity during mass is more precious than gold. Our children pray fervently and with full faith. I can't thank St. Mary enough for the intentional care each faculty and staff member pour into the children. I highly recommend St. Mary

When Student was 11 and got A's in her college courses. We had actually informed Student that since…read morethese were college courses (and no other options were available that semester with Covid) getting F or D's were perfectly Ok - even expected. When I saw she had near perfect scores, I was impressed, but I also felt burdened. I knew I had a child that was going to need excess resources and there wouldn't be a clear roadmap. Normally I would teach and coach her in math, chess, homework, computers, tech etc. But I feel the roles got reversed really early. I don't know if it's a national or international issue, Santa Clara or Gilroy, but I've seen a trend recently a lot of students have been leaving SC schools: eg students getting pulled out for homeschooling (so much so that CA agencies are aware of this trend). Other Asian families in the Gilroy area complained the local schools were racist, prejudiced. Unlike some nearby schools, whether it was a student like ours that needed special academic challenges, or other students with diverse or difficult backgrounds - (I want to make clear that most "trouble" students are actually extremely bright. I also think many, many students are capable of college level study early. Just the logistics can be really difficult) - St. Mary's welcomed both the students and families, parents into a large family. Now Student is 14 and mom purchased a brand new race motorcycle for her. She plans when she turns 15 to ride legally (as CA DMV allows). So it's really a matter of months that she'll have her own vehicle, and riding motorcycles on her own. There was this really narrow window of opportunity for teachers and staff, administration, other families and parents to help Student. St. Mary's really was (not just saying; actually) formed a village and gave the guidance, help, teaching, discipline, love and faith needed - really very badly needed - to send Student and Family in a good direction. It's difficult for me to recall names, but... Thank you Principal Ervin, Mrs. Dowd, Mr. Williams, Ms. Layman. Thank you staff Mrs. Emily, Mrs. Karen Moreno, Mrs. Tanaya. Dawn for constantly reaching out to us, late night urgent text msgs to get media / projects we missed; including Student in all the media presentations. (I'm getting help on this comment so will be adding names). Thank you St. Mary's staff holding up an entire school travel bus just to take Student on board. Any other school would have just left Student behind. We completely forgot about the huge school trip. With my background, I really thought I'd be the last person having no idea how to parent. God, Jesus operates in and within St. Marys. God makes good better, and those in difficulty - healed. We were so blessed to have their Love and Faith; we watched not just Student, but many students taken in - regardless of challenges - improved, cared for, and sent to High School with Blessings. I remember multiple times really wishing St. Marys had a high school. I felt really insecure about us having aged out / graduating from Marys. We really appreciated the positive feedback from staff, teachers of our parenting. I'm not an expert, but I feel a lot of students this age - they're happy to get the dress they want for Prom / dance, the top-of-the-line GoKart, the best cell phone. But often, Student was very very disappointed I couldn't quickly get her a McLaren W1, the HP4 race bike equipped with "straight Akrapovic pipes"... I had to write emails to Service departments asking them not to take instructions from Student, as she had a $32,000.00 "mod order w/ rush" she put in herself on my vehicle; calls emails from MacLaren on the "new vehicle" I was apparently about to purchase. (She has admits having all my banking info and self-taught computer programming; went from creating AI entities / avatars on Roblox straight to hacking my accounts). Even though I knew Student would need to get a career and make her own money one day to buy McLarens, I did often feel I couldn't give Student the resources she wanted to pursue her interests / passions. St. Marys had that Holy Spirit or just kind-heartedness to compliment us on ways they saw good parenting, and that gave us a real sense of relief and satisfaction. Especially for me, I'd never been a parent before. (There's no reddit for this kind of stuff). Ideally, God is always in our lives, whether we have everything figured out or not. If or when you can't handle things, you need God. Whether your student / kids are already good, or facing challenges, God is the best option and St. Marys has God's presence to improve the students and families that go there. I recommend you do everything possible to have your child at St. Marys. Divine guidance / school is available in Gilroy.

We are entering year 4 at this school. I'm very happy we decided to enroll our daughter here. Her…read moreSpanish has improved and is able to change from English to Spanish on the spot. Whether reading, writing or speaking. All her teachers have been great. The administration is very responsive to any inquiries I've sent their way.

I can't believe there are only poor reviews on here. San Martín/Gwinn is a fabulous school! My…read morekids have learned so much and I am still in awe that they switch seamlessly from English to Spanish in their lives (and we don't speak Spanish at home so it's all from what they learn daily in school). They feel safe, cared for and happy about school (I mean my middle schooler probably wouldn't say she's exactly happy to go to school, but she does love it because she had great friends and good teachers). They love to go to the after school activities! I'd recommend this school to anyone interested in giving their kids access to dual immersion!