Ohlone Elementary School

Please consider having your child attend Ohlone Elementary. Once upon a time I attended this school as a student and now I am honored to have been given the opportunity to teach at this beautiful, new and modernized campus. Hercules is still my hometown and the diverse, patient staff here care about all of the students. Let us know what your concerns are and we will do our best to assist them.

Semi ok public , parent need be involved

My daughter attended Ohlone for kinder and I'm happy she ended up Mrs. disbrow's class. Granted we ll have different hopes/expectations for teachers, she is an amazing and dedicated educator. Her style is very aggressive, assigns thick packets of homework, lots of accountability- but this made a huge impacted on my daughter and family. We all pitched in to ensure that she was engaged and kept up with the heavy load of work. And it sure paid off! She is reading and writing at a first grade level. We are so thankful that this was her teacher. The school itself is pretty dates but the new campus opens this semester so I'm sure all the parents are looking forward to that. The new principal is a godsend. She gets it. I saw her in action once and was quite engaging, the students were at attention quickly and she didn't even need to raise her voice. The PTA is a great group of dedicated parents. I will be joining this year! Lots of great activities/events put on by them. Hoping for a similar experience for the first grade or we are moving her!

Ohlone Elementary has provided my son with a great foundation for his education. He has been fortunate to have some terrific teachers who really care for their students and the school. He has flourished and exceeded my expectations with his education. He is now in the GATE program at school which was made possible through the support of his teachers. The new school building will provide the students, staff, and parents with a much needed improvement. The students are excited to be in their new environment and I wish that my son would be able to enjoy it too but he will be attending middle school next year when the new building opens. The dedication that everyone has to this school and the students has made this a wonderful experience for me and my son. Parental involvement is of the utmost importance in a child's education and this school encourages the parents to be active participants in all aspects of the educational process. During the almost six years that my son has attended this school there have been three principals yet the transitions from principal to principal has been as easy as possible. In my son's opinion with each principal the school is improving.