I love this school. My daughter is special needs and started here in kindergarten December 2021…read moreafter realizing that she could not cope with regular kids at a private school with limited resources. Her first day was rough because of the new environment, but after that, she loved this school. She gained confidence, her speech and vocabulary skyrocketed and her social skills improved tremendously. I'm so proud of her and am very grateful for the thoughtful and loving care all the teachers and staff show all the students. From the office manager, Luz, to the lunch team, to the nurse...everyone shows such empathy and care to all the kids. The principal, Erin Fish, is amazing! She really gets it! She very much understands and empathizes with all families who have special needs children and the challenges we face. She is a champion for all the students, whether in special ed or not. I applaud this school for being so exemplary in the way they have shaped the culture of the school and how they support all the students to strive to do their best and to learn from their mistakes and failures. This school is a hidden gem. Any child would be lucky to be here.

The Maxwell staff if wonderful,however the Headstart program really sucks! The teacher has very…read morebroken english and my son was more confused than anything. She would say, When you cross the street you need to look at both sizes of the street hello sides.Head sounds like hat,zipper sound like sipper..Ughh this really upset me they have no control of children. I took him out for the fact of them evaluating my child wrong because of their language barrier. The headstart program is seperate from Maxwell School my complaint is for the headstart program only!!! How on earth are they teaching our little ones. Time to go to the District Office on this one!

Great teachers make a great schools. My children love their school. Thanks to the hard working…read morefaculty, my children school experience is a wonderful one. Thank you Central Elementary!

Great school, great community and great efforts to keep school at a great standard. Feels safe and…read moreschool morning rush is smooth.

am a former employee at this school. The school is clean i give them that, but there's no fence to…read morestop intruders from trespassing. Not mention, they do not care about bullying my daughter briefly attended this school. Another girl kept calling her lesbian and spreader rumors. Playground aids knew of this, but nobody mandate reported the abuse. She also made threats to harm my daughter in the bathroom. Then I worked in special Ed, poor kids because they were pushed to do work like the general Ed. I'm talking about writing full essays, multiplication when they barely knew addition, the work load his extremely heavy why is why so many behaviors would occur. One kid threw chairs across the room, because he was frustrated and the teacher couldn't even handle him. Not to mention, there's no sensory room for these autistic kids, not enough music, fun stuff, and the teacher never wanted to listen to advice. I got fired for getting sick, I was bleeding on myself soiling my clothes at work and wore pajama pants a couple of times to hide my problem. My punishment was extreme, I'm no longer allowed to work at any monrovia schools. Also, I went above my job by actually playing with the kids, I made progress that even the teacher didn't cause I got autistic kids to play, I bought coloring books, arts-crafts, my student didn't even have book fair money I paid for his stuff, his family loved me, and so did the other kids I inspired them through art. Their loss!!! Please do not send your special needs children here they don't know what they're doing!

Former student here. I graduated in recent years and figured I'd write a review about my…read moreexperience. First of all, this establishment claims that it "empowers students to be innovative and creative problem solvers." However, this statement completely contradicts what I went through. When I was a freshman in high school, I was placed into an honors math class and felt that I was prepared for the year ahead of me. This honors class was one of the hardest classes I've ever taken even though I had taken the exact same class in eighth grade. My math teacher would often say that "You guys have seen this before" or "You guys should know how to do this from middle school." I didn't. I had no idea what I was doing when I got to high school and felt incredibly behind from all of my peers. The fact that the subject I felt the least prepared in was math coming from a self-proclaimed "STEM Academy" was beyond me. I know my limitations and math was not it. I had all A's in math while attending this school. One of the biggest things I NEVER learned in Algebra I at IC was mean/median/mode. I remember that everyone of my peers in that freshman year Honors Algebra I class already knew this from middle school.

I am truly grateful to Immaculate Conception School and all it has done for the growth and…read moredevelopment of my daughter. My daughter has been a student here since 2015 and I am so proud to see the young lady she is becoming. My daughter is a happy student and succeeding academically. She is also in sports and other key clubs that the school offers. As a strong leader, our principal has brought forth many new programs to IC like STEM and empowerment classes for our kids. I know that our principal always acts in the best interest of our students and strives to continue to bring great success to Immaculate Conception School. Being part of the IC School family motivates me to be involved because I enjoy the IC community and all that it stands for. I am definitely a proud parent of IC. Lastly, I look forward to my little one starting TK in the fall. The TK/ K teachers a hard-working team who are experienced and provide an outstanding program.

I never add reviews for anything let alone a school but Mrs. Beverly deserves a recognition award…read more She's beyond kind and helpful, she's been there for myself and my family for the many years we've been attending this school and she's just overall a well rounded Woman. God bless her

Quality! Mrs. Beverly, Mrs. Wilds the principal, Lena, all teachers and staff are amazing. Always…read moretake the time to listen when you have a concern. They take care of our kids as if they were their own. Most importantly whenever I've had concerns about possible bullying they have always addressed it immediately, professionally and in a timely manner. This is what I love the most about this school highly recommend, teachers are so easy to get a hold of even after school hours! Thank you California Elem School!!

This is a wonderful school and of course if your child goes to this school it's a good school! The…read moreteachers are all so caring and appear to have a good relations ship with the students. There is one teacher who really appears to bond just a little better than the other. Not sure what his name is but as the kids where walking up to get their promotional certificates for graduation yesterday 6/4/25 he did special gestures with each and everyone of his students which was a treat to watch. Thank you to that awesome teacher! My biggest complaint was that the promotion was exceptionally long! I attended a college graduation and a HS graduation both within these last 3 weeks and this 8 grade promotion by far was the longest! Maybe if the principal hadn't gone on and on and talked so much it would have made it much shorter and more enjoyable. The video at the end was absolutely great and as each one signed off made it even more special. This is the second promotion I have attended for this school. Maybe next year make it more about the kids and not the principal and shorten it. Congratulations to class of 2025! Go little sharks and become big sharks!

My son is now in 7th grade. SJCA still continues to exceed my expectations. The teachers have all…read morebeen amazing and my son feels very comfortable in his classes. He has grown so much academically and is now participating in an after-school program called STREAM. This is a coding class which gives students the upper-hand in this technology-growing world. We could not be happier with San Jose Charter Academy, not to mention, Mr. Tang is an amazing middle school teacher! We highly recommend SJCA!