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June 2022 by Elias F.
Great school. Amazing experience and staff, really great school. The staff knows what they're doing and are very professional.
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September 2019 by Melissa S.
I have 2 children who went to Coeur d Alene since Pre k. The pre-k to 2nd grade were great. Above those grade levels wouldn't expect anything more unless you have the privilege to get certain teachers like Mrs Neri Muniz, who goes above and beyond for her students and makes the school look great. My son was very lucky to have her for 3rd and 4th Grade. Now he is in the 5th grade and has Ms. Jessica Alberi who is an AWEFUL TEACHER and needs to go back to being a student aid. In the beginning of the school year I told her about my communication concerns. I've reached out to her and she never communicated back to me. Not once was I given an opportunity to have a parent student conference with her. I asked her for one and she said I was to late to sign up for one. I have her phone number and she has mine. I've text her numerous times. IGNORED. Ms. Jessica Alberi is there to just get a paycheck. As for the overall school my first child who went to Couer d Alene, was no way prepared for middle school. I had to teach her to multiply and divide. She was not prepared for the homework load because all Coeur d Alene requires is that your child reads for 20 min. Coeur d Alene is only concerned about there fund raisers. Might as well home school your child cause that's what you are going to have to do anyway if they are a student here. This is an update: My child who is in 6th Grade now and struggling because in no way does Coeur d Alene prepares there students for middle school. If your kid goes to this school they will fail your child. This common core math that they are marketing is BULL!!! I am having to hire tutors to have my child relearn how to add and subtract. Multiplication and division forget about it. Coeur d Alene wastes valuable time of your children's lives.
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August 2019 by Chelson S.
The kindergarten at this school is not a good place to put your kid in. I wanted to believe this school was best we could find give it that majority of LAUSD schools are rated very low in multiple categories. I was wrong. Safety is my biggest concern at this stage of my child's learning experience and that is certainly not the case at Couer D Alene. My 5 year old not even a week into the school year has been bullied by the same problematic child during recess and has now come home with his face bloody and scraped after being scratched and hit on for lord knows how long before another child had to go inside to find a teachers assistant to help him. My son told the teacher mrs. Mackalavoy several times and she wrote him off as if it was just an unfortunate event before it got worst. When I went to speak to mackalavoy about this, she sent her assistant in her place and I was told to email her and the insensitive principal, Mr. Jenkins who also showed little care of the situation. I was told it's only 3 helping hands for 50 kids on playground and what do I think they can do under those conditions. So basically during the recess, there's no one who's paid enough to care about the safety of 5 and 6 year old children. This school is not a safe haven for your children at younger ages. Do yourself a favor and keep searching! I know it's hard to find a good public school in LA but for your child's sake and safety, keep searching! Don't bring them to this school
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August 2018 by Louise J.
We are starting our second year at Coeur d'Alene. I've been impressed by the close knit sense of community at this school. Principal Jenkins knows all the families and greets the children by name (which is impressive considering how many kids he has to remember)! The parents help out at the school when they can, either with time or money, and we are all happy to contribute to the education and health of our kids. It takes a village! Perhaps the best perk here is the free play time for the kids. When you drop off your child in the morning, she can run and play with her friends on the playground for a few minutes before the bell rings. Parents are chatting, kids are getting the wiggles out, teachers are preparing for the day. They have several recess breaks during the day, several vegetable and flower gardens to tend to, a butterfly garden, a nice library to visit, and they still have PE and music classes. My hope is that our tax money will someday go back to the public schools instead of being diluted by charter schools. Our public schools would be even more successful, and therefore our children more successful, if the financial resources were available to pay for teachers aids, maintenance staff, equipment, and manpower to decrease class sizes. I believe it is better to have superlative, well funded public schools rather than a multitude of mediocre partially funded public and charter schools. I wonder what Thomas Jefferson would say?
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July 2018 by C W.
I live two streets over and have my niece and nephew for the summer. Why do I pay taxes to support this school and the kids can't play in the playground????
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May 2018 by Aimie F.
We love Coeur D'alene!! The teachers and principal are so involved and supportive of our kids growth and education
