Ellerhorst Elementary School

My son and my daughter both love Ellerhorst, it has a wonderful community feel and is a school that works very hard to nurture and care for all aspects of student's lives, even through distance learning. They are hosting virtual recesses and Lego clubs on Fridays via Zoom, the school psychologist is making regular guest appearances in their zoom classes to talk about social-emotional learning, their amazing teachers have set up multiple opportunities to pick up art supplies to do art projects together, there have been virtual field trips, and even an upcoming (optional) holiday bedtime story zoom for my 1st grader. The student council set up socially distanced drive through events for Kindergarten graduation, Halloween and the annual food drive, and others, and the principal is very available and responsive. He hosts a regular zoom coffee chat for parents who want to stop by. One bonus from my view is that the principal also has two children who attend Ellerhorst, so he really has some skin in the game! The ladies in the office are super kind and welcoming, and there is plenty of support for kids who need it. We are looking forward to when it will be safe to be together with our Ellerhorst family in person again, but until then they are doing a great job with the incredible challenges of distance learning.

Ellerhorst is such a special school within the WCCUSD. My daughter has loved all her teachers, loves going to school, loves the many, many opportunities to socialize and interact with her classmates outside of school, loves the opportunities to shine with contests, fairs, projects, spelling bees, and talent shows. She loves the movie nights hosted by the Dad's club, and loves the field trips. My only real complaint is that there seems to be an inordinate amount of junk food floating around, but that's a small price to pay for a kid who groans that February break is taking too long and she can't wait to start school again.

Great school. My kid has seen big improvements in her reading test scores on the Star reading test, so I'm not too worried about the overall test scores. Teachers have been wonderful, principal is great, and the PTA packs the schedule with a ridiculous amount of fun activities. Solid after school program run by the Boys and Girls club, and a huge array of after school enrichment programs, including chess, Lego, cooking, dance, and martial arts. Really a hidden gem of a school!

My son attends this school and it is his second year and we love the sense of community everyone has here, and how very involved the parents are with their children and school.