St. Joseph Elementary School

1200 West Holt Avenue

Pomona, CA 91768

6 Reviews

School District
Grade

K-5
Type

private

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 09, 2024

St. Joseph’s is a diamond in the rough! Don’t judge the school by it’s surrounding area; physically there is room for improvement but the new principal is on it. We were looking to enroll our TK student in a dual language program and we came across St. Joseph’s. The only private Catholic DL program in the area. Public schools don’t even offer a TK DL option! The principal and faculty are very welcoming and willing to work with your family to provide a private education to your child/ren. Having been at St. Joseph’s before Covid and now we have always loved the community of families. It has been a struggle keeping good quality teachers, with the exception of a couple, in the last 3 years because of administrative issues. We were even thinking about pulling our student. A new school year, a new (experienced) principal, progress, and plans for updating and expanding the school to two language tracks later (one English only) and we decided to stay. The whole school (currently TK-5) is dual language English/Spanish and will continue expansion to 8th grade. Being a (newer) DL school there is definitely room for improvement in the caliber of Spanish curriculum, the teachers who teach it are fluent and are receiving continuous training and development for it. St. Joseph’s has even participated the last two years in a national Spanish Spelling Bee facilitated by Notre Dame University placing in the top ten both years. Promising progress. We love the fact that both TK and kinder are full day programs, 8a-3p! The students here seem so mature, most likely because of the full day program exposure at such a young age. There is a student council that collects items to donate to local charities and nursing homes, and visits local government offices. The student body is exceptional. We would love to see expanded music (I.e. band), art, after school programs and sports, of which the principal has discussed specifically, added next year. The school even has its own Girl Scout troop. St. Joseph School attends mass once a week at the church on the property and although the mass is not catered to the student body specifically because it is part of the community daily mass the students do get to sing as the choir. Our child does get daily religious education and loves the fact prayer and intention is part of daily morning assembly. We do see room for improvement and are positive that this school will be an educational bright spot in the region, as it should be, in the future.
Submitted by parent on February 17, 2024

Love the school, but the area is not the best. The school offers a lot of family events for the whole family. Also, the school offers dual language and challenging material.
Submitted by parent on November 10, 2013

Son graduated with honors last year. The curriculum is challenging , but with hard work and the instruction of the teachers your child will succeed and be well prepared for high school. Now my son is taking honors classes at a catholic high school and is doing well. Daughter is graduating this fall and we have no issues academically. If a child is not doing well in a public school, after receiving honors at St. Joseph, it might not be because of the school, you will not get them to grade level in a few months if this school did not prepare them . My son had issues with math and was tutored after school with other children that wanted the extra help that St. Joseph teachers give to their students that want it or need it. Thank you, Mrs. Gor.
Submitted by parent on July 30, 2013

Great school when it comes to teaching catholic religion. Lacks greatly on academics, was pretty disappointed to find that while my daughter was getting honors and student of the month at St Joseph, yet did public school assessment and was found to score way below average. took a lot of work to get her up to grade level ;[
Submitted by other on July 29, 2010

Amazing School. I graduated Class of '09. This school has changed tremendoulsy for the better. I know this so because I have heard the horror things they did to my uncle in '64. Now they have astound teachers ( non-nuns) who really care about the ed...ucation of the student. The children there have grown to be more than just classmates, but also family. I had some prodigious, precious memories while attending here. No doubt, I will be taking my own children to my alam mater.
Submitted by parent on July 22, 2009

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