Private Schools

LJCDS is a terrific place to be a student and to be a parent of a student. We've had two kids there for 9 years and couldn't be happier. Fantastic community, really feels like an extended family. We've experienced warm, caring and inspiring teachers from K through 10th grade. Fantastic leadership starts with Head of School Krahn. Go hear one of his (free) Learning Lunches and you will be sold on LJCDS for your kid(s).

My son attended pre-school for two years and is now in Kindergarten at CTCA. The teachers and staff maintain a loving, caring and safe educational environment and you can truly see it with how the students interact with their teachers and how the students interact with each other. You can feel the happy education vibes as soon as you walk into the school. The small classroom sizes allows teachers to give each child individual attention. There was one review that did not talk very highly about the day school. My son has been attending this school for the last three years and I volunteer often. I have never experienced anything similar to what my fellow reviewer experienced. I do agree that teachers set expectations of their student but they are very much there to guide them to excel beyond those expectations. When my son excels at something that he once deemed impossible it gives him the confidence to keep going to keep trying more challenging things. I personally welcome the challenge and expect teachers to set certain expectations of not only their students but also the parents.

My grandson, Jim, told me to go here, but there are no Jimmy Dean sausages. I even asked, and they didn't give me any.

This is the worst school I have attended, the only thing keeping me here is the baseball program. They have no respect for their athletes, even though we pay thousands of dollars a year to come here we still pay hundreds of dollars to play sports and are required to buy your own iPad. This is my 1st amendment constitutional right to state my opinion that was given to me by my founding fathers.

Great school

Newbridge is an exceptional school that creates a caring, nurturing and safe environment to support and encourage each child to reach their maximum potential. Newbridge enables children to learn strategies that can be used through out their lifetime. This is accomplished by a small student-teacher ratio with specialty support (e.g. speech therapy and occupational therapy) and more importantly by the culture of the school leadership. My daughter learned how to tie her shoes in second grade to learning strategies she utilizes in high school that enables her to excel and be in the top tier of her public charter high school. We attribute her success to the foundation she received at Newbridge and her diligent hard work.

I will be an incoming freshman in August and I will be the class of 2020. I am so blessed by God to come to this magnificent school. I am proud to be a Don!

I have attended The Grauer School for 7 years and have come to recognize the school as a learning environment that reaches beyond the classroom. The Grauer motto of "learn by discovery" is not just a saying, it is the means by which the school educates its students. In 7 years, I have traveled to world conferences in Australia, written and performed music in Idyllwild, and attended poetry slams in Manhattan. All of these were accomplished under the premise that a student learns more through experience than lectures or tests. But Grauer does not fall short on academics. We pride ourselves, and I take comfort in knowing, that our students are sought after by colleges. In fact the graduating class of 18 that preceded mine, received a whopping $4.8 million in merit-based scholarships to their choice colleges. I know that this school is one that has, and continues to, prepare me for college.

When I was in this school I was bullied... badly. Not only did the teachers know about it bit they encouraged it. On one occasion I was forced to sit with the rest of the girls at lunch while being ridiculed to the point of tears. Also don't think your kids aren't thinking about sex. I remember one of the girls bragging about making out with one of the boys in a closet and being pressured to go further, at the ripe old age of ten.

Great school

Great school, awesome teachers!

This is our 5th year at CHA. We initially chose the school as we wanted to give our children a strong Jewish education – we wanted them to know more than we knew or could teach them. We have been so pleasantly surprised by not only the Jewish education but the high level of secular education, the constant stimulation and challenge, the warm and nurturing environment teaching our kids the love of Yiddishkeit and the love of learning and discovery. They are at advanced levels of reading and math and give us constant joy knowing they have a strong connection to their roots, their history and where they come from. We highly recommend the school as being welcoming, having an open door policy to all children and parents, a high standard of both secular and Judaic studies and building confidence and good values in each child

Both my 3 year old and 6 year old attend Legacy. We love the school a lot. My older daughter went to two other famous preschools before including Mission Bay Montessori. I feel Legacy is the best of all. I am truly impressed by the high quality of the teachers. They are very caring and loving. There are strong bonding between the teacher and the kids. Very strong in acdemia. My 3 year old started to read her first book last week! My older daugter is learning the stuff which is taught to grade 3 or 4 students at public school. The tuiton is very reasonable. Very effecvtive communication between the teachers and the parents. I am really happy for my girls since I know they are in good hands.

Grace, Grace Grace that's what it's about in life. #loveoneanother