My children attend this school Our experience at St. Peter & St. Paul Catholic School has been deeply disappointing and, at times, alarming. I am sharing this so other families can make informed decisions. There is a serious lack of support for students' well-being. My child experienced ongoing bullying and harassment from both peers and, shockingly, her own teacher. This was brought to the attention of the principal, Mrs. Armenta, yet no meaningful action was taken to protect or support my child. The situation was also escalated beyond the school, but nothing changed. Even more concerning, there were instances where a student made repeated threats about bringing a weapon to school, and that student continued to remain in the classroom without what appeared to be appropriate intervention. As a parent, this created an environment where I did not feel my child--or any child--was truly safe. The school culture among staff also raises concerns. There appears to be a lack of cohesion and professionalism, with visible cliques among teachers and a general sense that student well-being is not a priority. Academically, the standards are far below expectations. My child entered 7th grade only to find herself repeating material she had already learned the previous year in public school. Instruction in some classes was minimal to nonexistent. For example, one teacher relied almost entirely on handing out packets, offering little to no direct teaching or engagement. Classroom management was also lacking, with students frequently out of their seats and off-task without correction. Ultimately, my children did not receive the education or support they deserved. Multiple families, including ours, chose to withdraw their children mid-year due to these concerns. I cannot recommend this school based on our experience. Families deserve a safe, supportive, and academically enriching environment for their children, and unfortunately, that was not what we found here. If you want a safe environment, staff with integrity, academic enrichment, a true Catholic spirit, this is not the school for you. read more

Prior review from February 2024 was removed or lost. As I stated on my prior review, my son has been attending St. Peter and St. Paul school since he was in kindergarten. We have had good teachers and not had an issue with communication. Every school has issues and challenges from time to time. However, we love the small class sizes and this school. If you are interested in having your children grow in the Catholic religion I would recommend taking a tour of St. Peter and St. Paul. read more

Do not recommend! They don't care for the children. All they care about is money. The teachers lack kindness and patience especially the physical educational teacher. Please please do your research. read more

I went to this school for preschool. At the time I had semi-diagnosed ASD and ADHD. The education itself left me ready for kindergarten! The school itself? Nope. I am in 8th grade now, and I can clearly remember that kindergarten was the WORST year of my life because a Catholic school left me unprepared for public school. So yeah, thanks, you made a school year that would've been hard for me harder. read more

If your looking for a welcoming large Catholic Church with loving patrons and priests this is the place. I've been going here since I was 5 and I still love it just as much at 21. This place is beautiful! They decorate for the Catholic holidays with such grace and beauty. I'm not sure if I'm the only one but I need a lot of visual stimuli and this place has it. It has gorgeous stained glass windows where the mountains can peak in to say hello. They have all sorts of masses as well to accommodate all types of people. read more

Our children attended their preschool and elementary school. Preschool was great. The elementary school had high teacher turnover and combination classes, because they did not have enough children enrolled. The advertise small class sizes. The actual church was not strongly envolved with school. The priests were barely visible at school activities. We transferred to another school a few years ago because the school principal and teachers are racist against Latino and African American children and families. Principal and teachers were reported but nothing was done. Academics are below standards, especially for math and science. read more

This is a review for the Catholic school since the church has a different yelp review page. My husband and I enrolled our daughter in pre-school in 2018. I wanted her to have a chance to go a Catholic school and the services at church were very welcoming to kids. She was enrolled in the 3 year old class which only had 4 other students. Our daughter's teacher was very young, probably straight out of college which meant she really didn't have much teaching experience, but I tried not to think of that. I knew that teachers at private schools don't need a California teaching credential and she had soccer coaching experience. Soccer coaching is very different than teaching in a classroom. Well on the second day of class my daughter ended up in the emergency room. I won't go into details but it involved the police and other specialists. I really hate writing this review but I think that other parents need to know that they should tour as many schools as they can. My daughter, who was a very verbal 3 1/2 year old told us that her teacher was inside the classroom gathering papers while the rest of the students were outside playing. This is when the accident happened and I later found out when I picked her up from school. We had a meeting with the principal and teacher and resource officer the next week and of course they all denied any wrong doing. We didn't go in blaming anyone, we just wanted this mistake never to happen again. We were refunded our tuition money, but had to pay a pricey emergency room visit. The horrible outcome about this incident was that my daughter was traumatized of boys and of going to school. Whenever we passed by a church she asked if she was going to school and would cry and scream that she didn't want to go. She always talked about the bad boy at her preschool. I wondered if she would ever get over this trauma. She eventually did but it took a preschool in a totally different state on the other side of the country! We felt that she was ready and I toured a preschool in Virginia Beach that I liked. The differences were night and day and even the coordinator at the Virginia Beach school was shocked about how my daughter's old preschool handled some situations. One such situation was that the teacher at St. Peter and St. Paul told the parents at the parent meeting that if a student had a bathroom accident they would have them stand outside until they could get someone to help them change the student. Imagine that embarrassment for the child. The bathrooms in the preschool area at St. Peter St Paul were outside the classroom so if one student had to go to the bathroom then the teacher has to take all of them. At the preschool in Virginia Beach the bathroom is in the classroom and the students are free to go anytime they want. Plus the toilet is toddler sized, as it was not at St. Peter St. Paul. The school in Virginia Beach has video camera in every classroom and outside the building. This protects the student and the teacher in the case there is an accident. My daughter's teacher at St. Peter & St. Paul let me know that my daughter was following her around on her first day of school and that would have to stop after a few weeks. I said sure. The teacher at Virginia Beach could see my daughter was very apprehensive about starting school and one of her teachers let her walk around the school helping her get her work done. There are two teachers in every classroom at the Virginia Beach preschool, one that teaches in Spanish and one that teaches in English and both teachers are warm, welcoming, and have a lot of teaching experience. They gave my daughter a hug and didn't mind when she was crying at the start of the school year. It's just a total different environment which I never knew existed. I could go on and on. I always felt we could have sued St. Peter and St. Paul school but we didn't want the school and kids to suffer. This is just a heads up to other parents. I'm sure lots of kids and parents. have had a good experience at this school. This was just my experience. read more

In the living across many states, areas and countries I have been to many churches. This is very welcoming Parrish, has a baby room if you got the little ones and ushers are always friendly and helpful. I love their holiday celebrations including the Virgin De Guadalupe celebrations. This one feels homey! read more

Beautiful church and the priests are very welcoming and give amazing sermons. I love this community.

I went to this church just last week but I loved it so much. Very beautiful church with huge windows surrounded by lovely shade trees, I loved the service and the message and all of the people we very nice. I am new to the catholic religion and am in the adult class at Sacred Heart but mass at Sacred Heart while very nice is so huge and I find this church a little more intimate and the father is easier to understand. I am very grateful to this church and am looking to being confirmed here. read more