As a parent that has had 2 kids in public school before coming to BV, I can say it is such a…read moreblessing to have my child here. Many of the teachers and coaches are personally invested and involved in the development of their student's into young adults that will live their lives for Christ and be successful responsible citizens in the future. I do contend that there are still some class issues among the high school students. (However, not uncommon in any high school) I think the staff and the parent leaders need to focus on inclusion of all kids no matter the background and try hard to invite in new parents and children into their smaller circles. Staff planning should also consider that some families have both parents working in the home so including all kids and parents means considering working hours for special events or people will be left out.

Big valley has been apart of my life starting at tk all the way through 12th grade, I'd like to…read morejust start off by saying, this is not a school that will take care of bullies, I was bullied starting at 5th grade all the way to my 12th year, not once has anyone done anything about it, rather than fixing the issue they would rather send you to counseling instead, I begged my parents to pull me multiple times due to bullying and the lack of discipline in this school, the principal cindy alvesos was not helping students rather just harping on students about education, the teachers awful, one Spanish teacher would touch the girls, female teachers took highly of the male students, they hired people who had issues, and took great responsibility of being too friendly with their students, some previous teachers said they did not want to work at big valley, most students hate it at big valley, not once did anyone look out for the Students that were bullied, in my opinion this school should not be a school, instead of helping students learn the bible they forced it onto us, this school makes public school look so good, and when I have my own children I will definitely not be sending them to this school, this school is honestly weird and not clean, I would not send any more children to the highschool.

Ustach Middle School has staff members who CARE! Being able to interact with them, you can tell how…read moremuch they want their students to succeed. They provide before and after school clubs, rewards for positive behavior with the PBIS Store, school fesitivals and many more ways for students/families to connect! Not every school is perfect but this school tries to make an impact on students and families. The culture at this school is improving every year and they are making a positive impact thanks to the hard work of staff and students.

Office staff not helpful. Joanne Valencia - is the first contact in the office. My son forgot his…read morejacket, first rainy day. He asked me to bring it to the office, but he doesn't have his phone so no way I could get ahold of him. I come in and she tells me to just put it on the table with his name. The sign above the table says 'staff is not responsible for the items- and they will not call the student to let them know it's there.' I ask her to call for him because he doesn't know I brought it- she tells me he won't hear it because he's in the cafeteria, but calls anyways. Another mom comes in with a laptop- she just tells her a name and asks to make sure she gets it. Joanne calls out for this student and immediately the student comes for the laptop. (Didn't tell the mom to place it on the table with a sticky note like she told me). I didn't leave because I wanted to make sure my son got his jacket. I waited 30 minutes. Finally she called a second time and he came up immediately to get it. Had I not sat and waited I don't believe she would have helped at all. He had to be at recess for a full 30 minutes without a jacket. - and as a mom I could never do that to another kid. I find her extremely rude and unhelpful and not a good fit for the very first person point of contact in the office at the school. Had I come in for a doc appt or something they would have had him come to the office immediately. I know there are systems in place to get ahold of the kids and she just chose not to help and wasted 30+ minutes of my day.

Okay first of all, this school calls home for the dumbest things. I am sick and tired of my child…read moregetting in trouble for the most STUPIDEST things ever. Second of all, the PE teacher, Ms. Kanaly or whatever her name is I do not care at all. Do I have a fat bone to pick with her. She recently called home to get my child in trouble saying that he was not dressed out for PE. When in reality, his butt crack was just showing slightly. And he is pretty chunky but that shouldn't be a reason to call home. Yesterday, they called AGAIN. This reason was because my child finished state testing early. Can you believe they got him in trouble because he finished early. My daughter works as a substitute paraprofessional, she came home to me after working at the school for the first time telling me how the school gets kids in trouble for silly reasons. If they keep calling home, I will call MCS and put a huge complaint. I am sick and tired of my kid getting in trouble there. Also, the so called PE teacher has parents phone numbers on hand to call whenever she wants because she thinks she has the upper hand. DO NOT and I can not stress this enough DO NOT tell me to deal with my child with his behind. If I hear that again, coming from a school staff employee I will not hesitate to call the superintendent.

This school sucks do not go teachers cuss at you call u stupid the school will always turn the…read moreproblem onto you a teacher put a hand on me and they got me introuble

Very friendly staff! I came to meet with the Band director. I was impressed by her dedication to…read moreher students and the time she took to show us around.

This school was great for my kids. They graduated all 4 years with good grades and much support…read more They give out lots and lots of support and whatever extra help that you or your child may need.

I truly love our school. The staff is outstanding and are very caring . We moved here a few months…read moreago and I was hesitant about the type of service we would get based on some reviews. Maybe some people are just biased and want to get special treatment but .. as for my family , this school and all its staff have been amazing. I highly recommend them and also if you are thinking about enrolling your children's , you can tour and have a meeting with the faculty. It's not your typical or traditional school but that's the entire point.

Do not enroll your kid/s here. Without going into too much detail. They are dishonest and not…read moretransparent. They lack integrity and structure. I was denied rights as a parent, like access to her school information- I was never informed that she started even though I reached out to the school PRIOR to her starting stating I wanted to go over the curriculum and I wanted a walk through. I was also denied access to sign up who I wanted to add onto the pick up list because her dad was the one to sign her up and not me. They tried to intimidate me by saying their "lawyer" read over the child custody order and there was nothing I could do about it. But when asked for their lawyer info so my lawyer could contact them they lied and said it was a "friend who did a favor for them" and wouldn't give me any information. Which is illegal. I have filed a formal complaint and they lied to them as well, good thing I kept all the emails and had proof. One day, They allowed her to attend, even though I informed the staff, that she has been sick and has a doctors appointment that day, (her dad decided to take her to school and skip the appointment- during COVID) but was sent home a month later for "COVID regulations" yet stated she did not have to quarantine for the proper amount of days because it could be allergies. If you are notified that it is allergies, then why send her home in the first place? More has happened and I have documentation of it all. Do not trust them with your kids. My daughter attended maybe 2x a week for a month and all this happened in that time span. If they are dishonest to my face, I can't even imagine what is happening behind closed doors. If it was up to me, I would have never even chose this school. But her dad was allowed to take her to where he wanted on his days.

Our daughters started here when they turned 2. There is a separate classroom for 2 year olds and…read morethere are other classrooms for 3-5 year olds. We had nothing but good experiences here and highly recommend it. The teachers are very patient with the children, older children help younger children settle into routines, and the school even helps with potty training when the time comes. When our daughter started Kindergarten at the local elementary school, we found she was far beyond her classmates in math. This school prepared her well. Your child will take time to settle into the new environment. It took my oldest nearly six weeks. The school will work with you, so be patient and don't blame the school if your child isn't ready.

Let me save you the headache! This place is a freakinnn' mess…read more After essentially being pushed out just two days in, I was told I'd get a full refund, minus the two days my son was "in school", yeah.. ok. What I got instead was several weeks of back and fourth emails, and a check that was finally recieved via snail mail aka USPS. I thought: "FINALLY", cause... hey, we're talking a little over $1,800. I go to deposit it and lo and behold.. IT'S NOT SIGNED. Yes, seriously, they sent me an unsigned check. From there, I went back to the email thread, going back and forth a million times with accounting and random people who never introduced themselves. An aggressive email from a random staff member named Patricia, who never introduced herself or her role in the whole situation. I didn't receive any phone calls, no apology, no accountability. Weeks go by, and I don't receive another check, so I filed a dispute with my bank after attempting to resolve this for over a month. Guess what? I finally heard back from accounting. They tried to get me to cancel my dispute so that they could issue a check again. I said nope! Thankfully, a week or so later, my bank was able to refund me the entire amount after literally faxing them our email thread and the unsigned check. Please do not bring yourself or your children here. The staff here is unprofessional and incompetent and needs to brush up on their customer service. Avoid. At. All. Costs.

First time to this very well manicured and clean high school and I and my associate were treated…read morevery well and super respectful and welcomed. For additional parking, at Ceres High School there is a dirt floor area to park directly across the street from the school's "office" whose front door is located on the Central Street side of this street. For COVID-19 precautions the front office where you sign in with your name, time in and out, and the teacher you are there for. Masks are required indoors. They took our temp created a day pass for the event we were presenting for, along with a user-friendly paper map of the campus. Love all of this attention to detail. I and my associate were there on this beautiful Wednesday in November of 2021 to speak in front of classrooms with seats full of students to present our personal stories & journeys of what it's like to live with a mental health condition. It is a healing experience for the presenter and hopefully helpful, encouraging, and enlightening for the young students. The students were immaculately respectful and treated their teacher and us both, with the same kindness and respect. It was a really great experience all the way and one that is free of cost as NAMI Stanislaus is a non-profit organization in Modesto and reaching the youth to let them know they are not alone and busting open the stigma that unfortunately at times plagues us, is an ongoing commitment for NAMI Stanislaus. #ThankYouThursday2021

those office staff are rude and won't help out and all they do is give attitude and Ceres High are…read moreonly school making difficult to accept the students even the student had a straight A's and good behavior just because the students live Modesto side but never has problems with elementary and junior high in Ceres district in all his life until high school

Appears to be a nice Middle School. Grounds were clean & maintained. We were in the gym for a…read morewrestling match & it was nice. Appears to be an older gym but it worked well.