Leonardo Da Vinci School

4701 Joaquin Way

School District

Sacramento City Unified
Grade

K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:22
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 08, 2024

Excellent school with parent involvement and wonderful field trips. My two boys are in grades 2 and 4, and have been here since kindergarten. Their teachers have been incredible and care deeply about the students. We’ve received help and support for speech development. The school has many opportunities for students to participate and be involved in a variety of programs. The school district has a lot of problem and poor leadership and arguments with the unions. But thankfully LDV is a strong Community and works hard to support the students despite the district’s issues. Parent involvement is a MUST since there are so many programs and field trips.
Submitted by parent on January 09, 2023

Excellent teachers, excellent leadership and a school that cares about your involvement. I’m a full time working mom that sets time aside to participate in my child’s school because it is so important to me. The years go by fast and every minute I get to spend being apart of their development is so important to me and my children. Wonderful community and deep friendship with parents make this such an incredible experience. Feel so blessed to be apart of this school.
Submitted by parent on July 16, 2022

I love this school. Everyone is very nice and my children love their teachers and this school.
Submitted by parent on February 25, 2020

Academically good, especially during the 3 years when we had a really good teacher. Outside the classroom, the experience has been far less than adequate.
Submitted by parent on February 04, 2020

If you have a high-achieving child who is able to sit still and pay attention all day during class, who loves doing homework (because there is A TON of it, even in Kindergarten), who is "gifted" or academically motivated and has no behavior issues and who listens and follows directions well, they will do very well at this school. If you have a child with ADHD or any kind of nuerodivergence or learning difference, they will be quickly labeled, alienated, and given lots of punishments for not behaving in line or talking out of turn (which is very difficult not to do for ADHD kids). They provide IEPs and academic supports for kids with learning issues (after all, it's the law), but there is absolutely zero social-emotional support for kids who struggle in those areas. They seem to only care about test scores and academics. The administrators really need to read the research on homework - that especially in the younger grades, it just isn't that effective! 20 minutes of reading is all that should be given after a long day of school and getting picked up at 6pm. And that brings me to my next point- I would only recommend this school if one parent doesn't work or has a very flexible work schedule. They expect a lot of volunteering and will guilt you into it. I am all for parent participation, but please don't harass parents several times a day because a teacher needs help with centers at 11am the next day. Bottom line... it is a very high pressure environment, for both the kids and the parents.
Submitted by student on March 16, 2017

My experience here was amazing and I am so sad to leave this year I really want to cry because all my friends are her, all of the sports teams I was on, all of the plays and being in half gate really helped me realize who I really was
Submitted by parent on January 10, 2017

My daughter has attended starting 4th grade and is currently in 6th grade. Great school for young helicopter parents but for parents who work or who expect their child to work independently, forget it. The parent volunteer hours, an illegal policy by the way, is rammed down your throat through a combination of threats and guilt-tripping. Administration, in particular, the principal and vice-principal, are extremely unprofessional, to the point of lying to parents and manipulating and undermining teachers. Many teachers have left and most parents pull their children out, especially in the upper grades. The middle school program is a total disaster, unless your child is one the few, "model" (i.e. blond, GATE) students, they will be discarded like trash. Avoid the upper grade levels at all costs.
Submitted by parent on April 13, 2016

Fun interesting projects, great parent involvement and friendly staff. Our kids are thriving and love their teachers!
Submitted by parent on August 13, 2013

This in response to the July 8th response... Thank you for proving the point regarding elitism. And please note that nothing was mentioned about social class. Furthermore, you may be of the opinion that ITI is too rudimentary for older students, but the entire program proclaims ITI, including the middle school. It is one of their selling points; thus, for it not to be provided by most of the ms program is important to note. Yes, traditional learning does work for some, again linguistic and auditory learners. Interestingly, education has moved toward the belief in instruction for ALL types of learners, including through college.
Submitted by parent on July 08, 2013

In response to the June 16, 2013 post: I don't think it's a terrible thing to transition the ms students from ITI to a more traditional method as this will prepare the students for high school and college. The ITI is a wonderful way for students in elementary grades (eK-6) to learn in terms of grasping concepts and applying these skills in various subjects; however, I believe it's not necessarily a bad thing to move away from ITI as the student becomes older and should learn to compartmentalize, as required beyond elementary/middle school. With regards to the class warfare comment, it would be easy to jump to the conclusion of unequal treatment of the students based on social status because it's low-hanging fruit; however, parental involvement is a serious matter and if those so-called "have not" students are perceived as being treated unfairly, maybe there's a correlation between parent under-involvement and student treatment. No school or district is perfect and there's no such thing as a "one-size-fits-all" education. For most LdV parents, this school provides an opportunity that wouldn't be attained in many of the student's neighboorhood schools.
Submitted by parent on August 16, 2012

great school i m glad my daughter goes to it . its always good to see parent on campus