Echo Mountain Primary School

1811 East Michigan Avenue

School District

Paradise Valley Unified District
Grade

PK, K-3
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on December 12, 2023

This school gives me an uneasy feeling. There are just too many sour faces amongst the staff for comfort and it seems as though concerns of bullying are taken with a grain of salt. I always become wary when my intuition starts to speak to me, especially when dealing with such delicate variables, because my intuition is often accurate. Hoping for the best, sensing the worst.
Submitted by parent on February 06, 2019

One of the worst schools I have ever dealt with. Some of the problems are out of their control, low income, transient populace, English as a second language but I do know of other Title I schools that do a much better job. It starts at the top and I have zero confidence in the principal.
Submitted by parent on September 11, 2017

My son has been going to this school for 3 weeks now. This is the worst school environment I have ever experienced or witnessed. The teachers here are very dramatic. I have been called down to the school at least five times since my sons first day of school. I'm 7 months pregannat and every time I need to meet with his teacher need to walk at least a block from my house. My son has a short attention span, they do not attempt to work with him at all. I highly recommend no one enrolls there child here. These people will not teach your child anything. As far as the only ones having something negative to say being the parents of children with behavioral problems, that is a very broad statement, and very untrue. My experience has been a nightmare, wish I could give 0 stars.
Submitted by parent on March 23, 2014

EMP- What a joke, make your day is just an excuse to abuse children. Make them carry around loads of guilt and feel completely unsuccessful if they step out of line. Its not accounted for by teachers so they can just continuously dish out negative remarks and their own problems on kids. If you cant keep children focused you don't need to bully them into submission find a new direction or a new job. They wont tell you anything unless you ask specifically your more likely to get information out of another child than a teacher or principal.
Submitted by parent on March 09, 2012

I love everything about this school except for the parent lack of respect while driving before and after school. They don't pay any attention to the kids trying to cross the street and fail to stop at the stop signs and they speed threw the crossing none. They need a crossing gaurd by where the people turn out of the parking lot!
Submitted by parent on July 02, 2011

I think parents need to visit the school not just the website. Funding has been cut very drastically for education. Echo Mountain is an awesome school, with a very hard-working staff who truley care about the students. Don't let a website turn you off, take the time to go to the school and check it our.
Submitted by parent on June 30, 2011

I am placing my boy in kindergarten and was looking for information. I went to the Echo Mtn (and PVUSD) website to look for registration dates and information and found little. Neither website had dates available for registration (Fall 2011 semester) and I ended up calling district office. PVUSD also list some schools as having kinder pre-registrations but district office had no knowledge of which schools were participating. The Echo Mtn. website had registrations forms last updated from Feb 2010 while the ones on the PVUSD website were from Oct 2010. NOT very impressive right out of the gate.
Submitted by parent on February 04, 2011

Great School. I am very happy with it! I am glad my child is enrolled in Echo Mountain. I love the teachers.
Submitted by parent on June 22, 2010

I agree.. This is the US. And we can't stand back and just let this keep going in the schools. I would like to see the school teach english as a first lang to all students. I incouage you as a parent to write letters to who ever will lisson. Its a small step to make change. I am glad to see some one else is waking up.
Submitted by other on June 21, 2010

From what I am reading, it seems like at this school English is a 2nd language. Last time I checked we lived in America and if you cant speak the language than go back to your own country and let them pay for you!!
Submitted by parent on May 04, 2010

Teachers at Echo are very hard working. Parents who complain about Make Your Day likely have children with behavior problems that they would like to blame on someone else. In Make Your Day, the child reviews their own behavior and effort. Any minor issues are simply addressed and discussed briefly. Children are more likely to take responsibility for these behaviors. A student would need to have 7 problems in the day for parents to be contacted. Parents only are required to come to the school if the student is violent, threatens violence, vandalizes, and the like! When I go to evening events, and there are many, it is a crime how few parents even bother to show up! Those poor teachers/staff members are there late into the evenings to provide assistance and fun learning activities and maybe 150 of the 600 students even show up! When I am on campus I
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