Shelton View Elementary School

23400 5th Avenue West

School District

Northshore
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 01, 2023

This place is wonderful. They make you feel like your at home
Submitted by parent on June 18, 2022

My 8 years old then had the best experience in Shelton View and thanks to SV especially 1 absolutely amazing home room teacher, my son could able to ride through the pandemic with zoom and in-person. It is a friendly neighborhood and super quietly situated. Although the campus may not be super nice, it is the people in it that made it matters. Kids are friendly with nice diversity. I wished we could stay but since they don’t offer EAP advanced program, we need to move to a different school.
Submitted by parent on December 19, 2019

Our daughter attends kindergarten here and she LOVES going to school every single day. The school is in a great location tucked back from the road in a forest like setting. The teachers are great with their communication and there always seems to be something fun planned going on in the classrooms. We love this school!
Submitted by parent on June 26, 2019

A small school with seperate buildings (wings) for different grades, great teachers, caring and very knowledgeable front office staff. We as a parents and our daughter all like it so far.
Submitted by parent on June 21, 2019

Not a fancy big sprawling school, but a smaller campus nestled next to a forest with a family-like environment. Diverse student body, caring staff and educators who want the best for the kids and the school.
Submitted by parent on September 17, 2018

Great school and great teachers with lots of education
Submitted by parent on March 15, 2017

Lots of bullies on the busses, playground, etc. Not academically challenging, my kids had to wait in class for all the other students to catch up to them. Didn't seem to be any Science, History curriculum; just math/reading. No lunchroom, kids just eat in their classrooms. No pledge of allegiance... only when there's substitutes... apparently they didn't get the memo. Not enough homework. Some teachers wouldn't let my son read WWII books in class... censored the content he was interested in. Always seemed like there was some bully or playground issue that I had to deal w/; playground supervisors were either indifferent or not attentive/engaged.
Submitted by other on June 02, 2016

We are new to this school this year and have had positive experiences. The best thing this school does is provide a level-based, small-sized skills group for reading/writing every day, for all students in 1st through 4th grades. If only they could differentiate teaching for math, as well, I would give them a 5 star rating. Most of the staff is friendly and the principal, Mr Santos, is very accessible. The school is overcrowded and does not have room for any of the K classes next year so we'll have children in two different elem schools, which is unfortunate, but Bothell has opted to grow at a rate much faster than the schools have been able to accommodate.
Submitted by parent on May 14, 2016

Shelton View gets its 10 out of 10 score from the EAP program. The principal is great. Stuff is AWESOME and teachers are very responsive. HOWEVER, its regular program curriculum is VERY much behind (I am a Professor but not a helicopter parent) and it's frustrating for both the kid and the parent. Kids won't play an instrument until 3rd or 4th grade!! They still do a kindergarten program in 2nd grade. Field trips are very rare. The pace is with the kids who are behind, not the kids who are advanced. They were not very good at having a differentiated curriculum that takes into account kids with different skills/levels. They promised to do better job next year... Crossing fingers on that ...
Submitted by parent on March 15, 2016

nobody listens they dont put your kids needs first I've had my kids come home crying over and over and over from bowling and it happened numerous of times not with just one of my kids but with two and it seems like they care more about I don't know I really don't know what they care more about but it's obviously not the kids and I will be changing in the next couple of days because this is horrible and in the beginning I moved purposely so that way they could go to this specific school and we have now moved so they can go to a different school and it makes me sad and it makes them mad because they don't want to move because of their friends but they do want to move because they don't want to be bullied and be around the mean teachers and anyone else thanks for reading
Submitted by parent on September 12, 2014

Not very impressed with the interactions I've had between staff and parent volunteers since starting this school year. I had high hopes as I had heard very good things about this school prior to moving to this area.
Submitted by parent on May 23, 2014

This school has been getting crowded over the recent few years. This, however, is not the case with just school but is happening everywhere inside NSD schools. At a recent meeting between parents and administrators, some solutions were proposed but the key problem seems to be unavailability of FT Kindergarten seats. Not sure if there are plans to solve this yet. Teachers are accessible. The PTA is working hard with limited resources. Chess Club is a success story at this school. Parents are helpful. Go Sharks!
Submitted by parent on May 02, 2014

This is a good school. So, I would not like to give it anything but 5-stars, and I feel sad to give a 4-star because of one place that requires improvement. PTA Volunteer coordinator program. The one place that requires dire improvement is the Parent Volunteer coordinator program conducted by PTA. My kid goes to 2nd Grade, and the parent coordinator has been less than fair. She does not communicate openly, and there is no global list of volunteer needs in the class. When good volunteer rolls opens up, guess who gets it? The select few!!!! My suggestion to the PTA is to be open and democratic about this. Solicit parent volunteer coordinators by sending letter to parents carried by kids. That way, ALL parents get to see it. When selecting volunteers, give the opportunity for every parent in the class to VOTE. Don't force a parent volunteer down our throats that has a history of being partial to her own kids.
Submitted by parent on October 25, 2013

What could i say about this school that has not been said? One of the best schools.
Submitted by parent on October 16, 2013

This is a great school with a great Principal and teachers. This school maintains a small school environment. The School District's Transportation plans when school started was lacking because they selected a hub center that was being used by just 2 kids. Some parents from 39th Ave location did an awesome job of showing the Transportation department that there are many kids from 39th Ave location that are not being serviced. Guess what? The Transportation department were pragmatic engough to review their plans and change the bus route. Kudos to the Transportation Department and School Administrators. Today, this bus transports close to 30 kids. Goes to say that parents need to connect with the School District directly instead of working through ineffective groups such as the HiCap Parent Committee who want to lobby for their cause and their kids and ignore the needs to larger parent community.
Submitted by parent on October 13, 2012

My daughter has just been accepted into the EAP program and I have to say my initial impressions of Shelton View and their advanced learning program is exceedingly positive. The campus itself is beautiful, nestled back in the tall pine trees. The EAP program is also fantastic. My daughter is now with other kids who share some of her bookish and painterly tendencies and her teach is able to keep her and the class room engaged with a wealth of books and reading material to supplement well thought-out lesson plans. The PTA is also active and recently contributed $30k to build new playground equipment to help complete what is a wonderful learning environment.
Submitted by other on September 21, 2012

I went to this school for 3 years (4th-6th), when my mom moved us I completely utterly hated this school in 4th grade. I didn't have a good teacher (who thankfully moved to a different school the next year), but in 5th and 6th grade I loved it. I had wonderful teachers both years, they helped everyone from my 4th grade class catch up with what they missed or wasn't taught. They both prepared me very well for junior high, I now have got it down...all the moving/changing classes and the work load is about the same as in their classes. I think that they are very fair in disciplining students and the work load for 5th and 6th grade is reasonable for preparing kids for jr high. The only thing I didn't like was that in 4th grade I was bullied for being new and the teacher (the bad one so I don't really reflect it on the school) only talked to them and gave the warnings never took action or told the principal. And in 6th grade there was girl drama (but that is bound to happen in any school so again i don't reflect it on the school) that was happening our teachers took care of the situation and it was put to rest. I loved that the staff was so caring for my well being. It is a great school
Submitted by other on October 11, 2011

I graduated elementary from this school, which I went to during the school year I was in Kindergarden and for the about the last five months of sixth grade. Well, of course I enjoyed Shelton View Elementary in Kindergarden, but I had a bad time in sixth grade with adjusting and bullying. I was being pushed to hard by my teacher, who had doubt I would do well in junior high and had told my parents so. I happen to qualify for advanced English. Many children treated me differently, but I will always remember the few who were nice and are still my best friends in eighth grade. I was never really welcomed there by parents, staff, and students, unlike the elementary school I was new to ten months before. I've been to school at two other elementary school, both in North Shore School District, and I've liked Shelton View Elementary the least. For some reason I've never met the principal at Shelton View Elementary when I was in sixth grade, but he sounds pretty nice.