Valley Oak is an awesome school with teachers who care about your children and they want the very…read morebest for your kids. Great school activities, it's a small school, family oriented and the school programs are amazing!

It's an amazing school with amazing teachers and staff. Anyone who attends can absolutely find…read morethemselves blessed.

My experience is based on a 30 minute tour only. While we are big fans of the facility, the…read morecleanliness, and the programs they offer - Roxanne (the owner i came to find out) seemed... off. She didn't ask our names, our relation (there were four of us), she didn't introduce herself. She had an incredibly difficult time providing explanations, would give vague detail, followed by "you can read the handbook", and an overall condescending tone when i tried to follow up. The disconnect was very apparent, as my party agreed separately that she was very slow and disoriented. We found her demeanor to be questionable. After discussion, we concluded if we sent our daughter to Bluff View we would be concerned with her stability as owner & admin. Overall, we will be crossing this off of our list for good. Strong recommendation to all new parents to take a tour and go through that.... interesting experience before handing over 250$ for application fee.

This review is purely based on the unsettling experience I had during my "tour" at Bluffview. It…read morewas given by Roxanne, who is the director of the center. The place is 10/10 based on external appearance and facilities only. However, the affect/discussion I had with Roxanne was the reason why we decided to pursue a different childcare center.

I have had two of my children educated by Carden, and I couldn't be happier with the quality of…read moreeducation they have received. We moved our middle daughter to Carden for 6th grade, and I was thrilled by the challenging curriculum put forth by the knowledgable and empathic teachers that work there. The school prepared my middle daughter for the challenges of University High School, and she will graduate from UC Davis as a double major with honors this spring. Additionally, our youngest daughter has benefited by going the whole route from kindergarten through 8th grade, and has really thrived in middle school. I couldn't be happier to have paid for the education they have gotten, and I hope other who really care about their child's education can benefit from this school as well.

Our child loves Carden School of Fresno because the teachers are caring and passionate about their…read morestudents and the learning environment. The Carden method of teaching also includes physical education, music, French and art which leads to well-rounded children. The small campus also creates wonderful lifelong friendships amongst the students. If you are looking to prepare your child for high school and college, I am not aware of any school in Fresno / Clovis that better prepares them than Carden. After graduating from Carden your child will thrive in their next level of education.

My daughters attend La Petite and they love their teachers. They always have arts and crafts for…read morethem to do and sing songs with them. My school age daughter gets walked to school by staff and walked back to daycare. I would recommend this daycare to anyone looking for patient teachers that love their students. Office staff is always helpful and supportive to their families.

My children have been going here for about 5 years and I have absolutely loved it! They've both…read moregone through the infant room up to one now in twos and the other now in school age. I know that my children are in good hands when I drop them off. I especially like having Sprout about for all of the notifications and photos! Ms. Monica and Ms. Sandra are wonderful as well as all of the other teachers who are so kind and understanding.

Great school, rude staff. One of the ladies in the front office is nothing but rude. Some teachers…read moreare bullies aswell.

The campus sure has grown since my kids went to school at Dry Creek! I was there recently for my…read moregrandson. Everyone was so nice, caring and helpful. Located on the northeast corner of Armstrong and Nees. Busses stage in the north parking lot and parent pickup/drop off was smooth.

I think parents should be informed that if they drop off water for their child, they may want to…read morepersonally take it directly to the classroom instead of leaving it at the front office. I dropped off my son's water thermos at 9:00 AM, followed instructions to leave it at the office and email his teacher immediately, and he still was not notified until after lunch that it was there. Since many students bring their own water instead of using the drinking fountains, this was very frustrating and disappointing.

We just good knew that it wasn't everybody else Playing was are good sports fans Amp Morning and…read moreAfternoon McSwain TopSoccer was is that good Game on time.

PARENTS BEWARE! PLEASE READ PRIOR TO ENROLLING YOUR CHILD(REN):…read more Prior to enrolling my child here several years ago I did a lot of research on this schools and the districts and found only positive feedback regarding McSwain Elementary. My daughters first years here under a previous staff was beyond amazing! Sadly, within the last couple of years, this school's administrative staff and new principle: Lauren Lanum/Vice Principle: Hector Perez and especially the Superintendent Andrew Kersten have completely lost sight of safety and responsibility for the children who attend this school. My child has experienced both discrimination for medical reasons and had been bullied a total of 8 months within one school year. When dangerous situations occurred and death threats were made upon her life nothing was done to stop it even though adults in charge were notified. My child was told by those in charge to ignore the bullies. My child became so traumatized to the point of wanting to take her own life because of the constant torment. I emailed, called & visited for various administrative help about the dangers and suicidal feelings my daughter was having due to the bullying and no one batted an eye except for the school counselor Vanessa Granados. (Thank goodness for her!) The principle Lauren Lanum could care less. Both she and the superintendent Andrew Kirsten hung my child for a situation they stated they had no malicious proof of. They simply used her as an escape-goat. A Teacher who was supposed to be responsible was never held accountable because thats what the adults do here; they protect one another. The female Coach at this school: Heather Perez allowed bullying and even became involved. Parents over-heard/saw her talking negatively about my child and contacted me to let me know she was involved. When I brought up the comments to the principle she made excuses. This school is like a boys club. If you are a "favorite" you get special attention and privileges. If you are new, bullying is a huge problem. I'm not the only parents child who's been emotionally tortured at McSwain. I'm simply the one who is willing to stand up against bullying and speak my truth and experiences. All other positive posts after mine are simply to throw off the scent of the lies and deception that this school is so wonderful at performing. Guardians Beware!

I have honestly no idea if it is a good school or not, but it seems like a clean and well…read moremaintained school for the area. Plenty of decent sized shade trees and a large grassy soccer / baseball field for the kids to play on.

I honestly wish that that I could rate this elementary school at ZERO stars. There is continuous…read moremiscommunication, and a extremely unprofessional attitude when it comes to the principal, Tracy Cassina She cares more about getting her "Likes" on the "Blooms" App, than she does about real concerning matters when it comes to the children. Not to mention the favoritism when it comes to students and parents. Even the communication between the principal, staff and district office is always inconsistent. The district office seems to have more realistic, and accurate information, yet the principal is always on a different page, or a page of her very own while she leaves out her own school staff, or chooses to snap at them as witnessed on multiple occasions if they try to have an opinion. It's extremely obvious that she is way in over her head with the current position she is holding as principal. Her number one priority should be the children attending the elementary school and their overall well-being whatever that may be. Yet as a parent when she is spoken to in regards to a bias situation she simply tells you straight to your face that she doesn't have time to discuss it, and you have to take it up elsewhere at a later date and time. There has been continuous situations that have arose, and each one of them have been taken just as serious as the last, which is not serious at all. I have learned that the overall approach for the School District is to ignore the parents, leave matters unaddressed, and eventually you will just shut up and go away. Leaving your child/children with whatever scraps of dignity and respect that they want to throw their way.

If you are serious about academics, send your kid to UCS. If music matters more, Liberty.read more