Gethsemane Baptist Christian

6095 Orange Avenue

Long Beach, CA 90805

13 Reviews

School District
Grade

PK-10
Type

private

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Submitted by parent on October 21, 2024

Good price for a Christian education. You have to be very involved to make sure they treat your child fairly which is true about any school. Free time is limited bc it’s all pavement no equipment but old balls. Only volleyball as a sport. Would take my child elsewhere if I could afford it. I feel there’s some favoritism for church members.
Submitted by student on May 26, 2023

I would recommend this school through my experience
Submitted by parent on March 10, 2023

The school here is great! The teachers have committed many years here instilling a biblical world view to their students. All staff is wonderful and supportive of their students' needs.
Submitted by parent on March 04, 2022

This school has lots of bullying, and lacks values, integrity, and kindness. The staff and students are extremely rude.
Submitted by teacher on November 11, 2021

Gethsemane is a great school. I graduated from there in the late 90s and was well prepared for my years in college and grad school. The staff was and still is wonderful. They were and still are very caring and are sincerely concerned about the educational and spiritual well-being of the students.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2019

This is an excellent school. My son is able to do his homework during school & is able to participate in athletic leagues outside of school. They believe in a balnced life for the kids.
Submitted by parent on September 02, 2018

This school should be shut down. The teachers have the students working to make money in the cafeteria. The principal is terrible, he doesn't know how to run a school. Racial slurs have been used in class. Teachers will drop off students in the street to pass out flyers for church with no supervision. A teacher claimed that girls are the downfall of church leaders, that they must cover up to not entice the men. There is lots of disrespect from the teachers who are not happy with themselves. The students are even worse, and are disrespectful towards each other. There was lots of instances where the boys were touching each other in the locker rooms, and women teachers had to go in, and stop them. When a school is not run correctly these things occur. It is pretty sad to have things like this happen in a church. There are many other occurrences of stuff that happened at this school. Parents should be advised to never take their children to this school.
Submitted by parent on October 01, 2017

Terrible school, with no work ethic. Students don't listen, and teachers have no control. Teachers are rude and believe they have a right to tell your child rude things. They allow other students to bully each other, and argue. They also make students wear ridiculous uniform that is extremely expensive. I wouldn't recommend this school to anyone I know. Teachers can kick out students if they believe that the student did something, but have proof. The teachers also are quick to blame, and treat students like they are always wrong. The Principal does not know how to handle any kind of situation either. There is only two kids in almost every grade, and there is hardly no students. There is really nothing to do, but be judged by rude teachers/students. Apparently the teachers can walk out of classrooms to do whatever they want for almost the whole class time. So students are left unattended constantly. The teachers claim they have other jobs, and things to handle, which is definitely not ok in any circumstance. Based on how the students act it is obvious the school is not running correctly. This is supposed to be a christian school.
Submitted by student on June 22, 2017

This school has lots of bullying, and lacks values, integrity, and kindness. The staff and students are extremely rude.
Submitted by student on June 22, 2017

No activities or anything to do in this school, it is very boring.
Submitted by parent on June 20, 2017

Not a good school, don't know how to teach.
Submitted by parent on June 20, 2017

I would never recommend this school to any parent at all. The school is terrible in ethics, and the staff does not know how to run the school correctly. The staff incorrectly deals with bullying, and instead blames the person getting bullied. The teachers leave the students unattended in the classrooms for a long time. And the teachers also do not help to teach the material correctly. Not only are the staff terrible, but the students are bullies, and treat other kids horribly. But you can not tell the staff anything, because if you do not admit your child is wrong, you the parent gets blamed. The school is also very boring with no activities to do. The teachers are mean, and will name your child for everything. I'm surprised that they get new students, because of how badly the staff and other students treat new people. The experience at this school taught me that there is christian schools that are corrupt.
Submitted by parent on November 06, 2014

Im so happy that my child attends this school. They support teaching children to respect others and themselves. The classes are small which allows all of the children's individual needs to be met. I get complements all of the time about how smart and well mannered my child is. All of her standarized test scores are above average.