Aspen Elementary School

2182 33rd Street

School District

Los Alamos Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:16
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on September 19, 2021

We moved from Europe and my daughter made a seamless transition thanks to a welcoming and caring team of teachers and students. Teaching is stimulating and high quality, she is excited to go to school every day. So grateful for Aspen!
Submitted by teacher on July 21, 2019

Excellent school! All staff make decisions based on what's best for students first and foremost.
Submitted by other on June 22, 2014

I just finished going to ashen and all I can say it's AWESOME! The band program is amazing and there is almost no bullying.I really loved it there! :)
Submitted by parent on October 01, 2013

We have truly enjoyed having our student at Aspen. The principal, teachers and staff were very welcoming when we moved here three years ago. We had came from another good school district so our expectations were high and we have not been disappointed. Highly recommend Aspen to anyone. M Smith
Submitted by parent on September 27, 2013

amazing group of teachers and the office staff is astounding!! Right now the school is under construction but the staff really is making the best of it.
Submitted by teacher on July 28, 2013

Aspen is an amazing group of professionals dedicated to providing a rigorous, challenging academic environment. It is a caring, safe place where parents, teachers, and students work together to achieve student success. The staff is continually striving to seek new,cutting edge strategies to improve instruction and empower students in their own learning. I have never worked in a more fun, encouraging, yet challenging school in the more than 15 years I've been a teacher.!
Submitted by parent on July 18, 2012

I disagree strongly with the post below (June 26, 2012). Aspen remains an outstanding school with an excellent staff. While specialty subjects are important (art, music, etc.), it is the classroom teachers that make the difference at a school, and in this regard Aspen remains strong. I feel this school is the only school in the district that truly has a community feel. All the teachers know all the children, as they see them growing up, and "moving up the hallway" as they advance through the system. Transitions naturally occur within a school, it is happens all the time, and though Aspen was challenged by the loss of several well-loved teachers, it was/is neither a reflection of the quality and morale at Aspen, nor has it affected the quality of my children's eduction. I moved own children from Barranca to be at this school and I am so glad I did.
Submitted by parent on June 26, 2012

Outstanding art, music, band, library and gifted teachers all left Aspen midyear this year (most of them transferred within the district), and students were stuck with sub after sub after sub; projects were started only to be abandoned by replacements. Shame on the district administration for allowing this to happen. Shame on the principal for failing to communicate with parents and students. And shame on parents for their indifference or defense of the transfers as career moves. There is little sense of community at this school privacy is guarded like a badge and new and out-of-district students are given the cold shoulder by their peers. As long as the district's only goal is to teach to the tests, students will keep getting good test scores. However, some of us want and expect vision and leadership that engages and inspires the students, broadens their perspective and supports character and community building from a district that is touted as one of the best in the state.
Submitted by parent on August 21, 2009

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