Ada W. Harris Elementary School

I went here and have been lucky enough to send all three kids through, too. All three have different learning styles and personalities. There is a teacher and style for all the kiddos regardless of these traits. Most notable is the attention given to one who has needed reinforcement most. He was at a first grade reading level in second grade. The intervention by the school all of third grade year has just returned CAASPP testing results of a 4 (Standard Exceeded). I'm not a big one on test, but this says something. The improvement is credited to early intervention by K, 1 & 2 teachers and 3rd grade language arts help. Really incredible. The staff and admin are just wonderful people in general. Can't beat the support of parents either...raising and funding teachers in music, Spanish, PE, science and technology among so many other things. Love our community and school. First one off to college this year and her love of learning started here.

This school has been awesome! Our child has attended 3rd-6th. Teachers are great and staff is always a pleasure to interact with. Compared with other schools along the coast, this one has been the best about everything: i.e. keeping costs of lunches practical, fund raising within reason, fun after school activities, and music is still being taught! Best of all our child is excelling in all subjects. No complaints here!

I have had a one child attending for almost 10 years now. I've been heavily involved in the PSO/Cardiff SEA and not involved at all. We've gone through ups and downs, IEP testing, disciplinary issues, and just like a family, the staff, administration and especially the teachers have always worked in my kids' best interest. Every aspect from the people, the academia, the healthy options food, the playtime, the technology, the fund raising events, and the district's policy to focus on the "whole child" are greatly respected and always a work in progress. The community's and parents' participation to keep these kids aware and provided for abundant. People just care here. Of course, there will be grievances and discrepancies, it's a public school, and no one situation is always a good fit, but there's no other school we would rather work with or have my kids attend. They are safe, well educated and nurtured to be themselves. I am lucky enough to have just lived here for so long and we know it's hard to move to Cardiff at all because of soaring home prices, but if you do, you will be as blessed as we are to attend this school family.

This is an awesome schools. The teachers are great the principal is great and even the office ladies are great. The have schools activities, and the classrooms on have twenty to twenty four students , besides the 4-5 class. The school only goes 3-6 so they have more areas to learn that they can control. The principal is awesome and the teachers let you know about everything that is going on in class. It is just so open. They never get mad at you if you have to be out for the day. I love that. All the equipment and iPads are nice, plus every classroom has a patio. If you are looking off a school this is deffennetly the place to go. I would deffennetly give it a thumbs up.