School Of Engineering & Sciences

7345 Gloria Drive

School District

Sacramento City Unified
Grade

7-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:25
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 02, 2020

Great. Teachers are so friendly to explan what I asked
Submitted by parent on September 24, 2019

Very grateful to teachers and staff for all their help and support. My sons attended SES 7-12 grade.
Submitted by student on December 14, 2018

Over all I give this school a 0/10. From my experiences, most of the faculty doesn't seem to care about whats going on unless it threatens the reputation of the school.
Submitted by parent on October 06, 2017

So far it has been an amazing journey for my twins!! They love it there!!
Submitted by teacher on August 25, 2017

Proud to teach at a CA Gold Ribbon School.
Submitted by parent on April 23, 2015

I have an absolutely once in a lifetime experience with the School of Engineering and Sciences where my son has been a student for three years. Just thinking about the people there gives me a very warmhearted feeling. I have never encountered a sad soul in that school. Everyone is cheeful. The administration and the instructors seem to have a sense of mission: they start their day with the commitment to enthusiastically shaping and changing lives and positively build the leaders of tomorrow. The environment there radiates joyfulness, a spirit of impartiality, total inclusion and unconditional acceptance. The safe and responsible ambiance fostered in the school allows my son to have a very fulfilling life, to mature and to strive to reach his highest potentials. My sincerest thankfulness goes to all the teachers, Mr. Turkie, Mr. Bowman, Mrs. Sanchez, Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Brown (I do love the candies you gave to my son :-) ), the counselor (whom I just met earlier this week and who gave me a very generous smile while saying hello). They all cannot begin to fathom the extent to which they have impacted my son's life as well as mine. My gratefulness is beyond words. Thank you!!!
Submitted by parent on October 25, 2014

This school is becoming a night mare! Our child loves it there but, really does not see the whole educational values. A few of the teachers teachers and the principal are the biggest bullies there. talk about favoritism. Never seen it so open. The teachers are picking on some really good students. I have seen it first hand with my own child and a few other children that are not being heard, or have no one to speak for them. Things have to change her or we will be removing out child next year.
Submitted by parent on July 31, 2014

I am so disappointed. This school is awful! The principal has no idea how to run a school. He treats parents with no respect. My son will be attending JFK this school year. My son was so disappointed in the engineering class. No one seemed to know what they were doing. The principal does not seem to have any experience in education. Just a very, very sad experience! Many unhappy parents. Communication and leadership are both terrible. The school is very, very broken! Schools should have principals who are actually educators. This individual clearly has no prior experience in an education system. This school is defiantly the worst school in the region!!
Submitted by parent on July 31, 2014

Very poor leadership!!!! Poor quality of teachers! No respect for parents who ask questions. Test scores are falling! Math and science instruction and prep is nonexistent! I would not recommend this school as an educational option!!
Submitted by parent on July 31, 2014

This school has become a low performing school! With the current principal there is no leadership know-how to improve. The students at SES are not exposed to the curriculum needed to help them excel in the areas of math and science. These are the two areas that have the weakest performance by students. Test scores are abysmal! Very poor model for student assistance. Teachers seem to believe they do not need to communicate with parents or attend meetings with parents. The school counselor was the only staff person willing to meet with me on numerious occasions. The teaching staff and admin do not return phone calls. The only assistance I received was from the school counselor and the attendance lady, both women were dynamic and honest. Thanks to them, I have found a much better school that is a perfect match for my daughter to further be able to explore her goals toward engineering. SES was just a really dead end for a bright, motivated kid. It would be a relief to see the school closed due to lack of performance and ongoing complaints regarding the administration.
Submitted by teacher on July 31, 2014

As an educator, I cannot recommend this school. The internal inexperience, lackadaisical attitude and dysfunction of the administration prevents the school from moving forward. AP, SAT and ACT scores reflect the lack of course content delivery to students. If you have or are a student who wishes to have a strong foothold in A-G requirements, this school would be a hinderance to a positive college experience for you. Safety and communication are also major concerns expressed by students and parents.
Submitted by other on April 01, 2014

This school is the worst school to possibly go to. First off the engineering, ha it's a joke to them, you can barely call this a school of engineering and sciences (and on a side note the science is the same as any other school so this is the school of engineering). The staff, terrible. Is your child missing a day of school and has a doctors note? Not excused. They never verify absences so beware getting a truency because you were in the hospital. Not even the students seem to care. Ask every student here what they want to be and you'll be told something completely different then a scientist or engineer. Also they force beliefs on your children, when I say this I mean global warming. And some people are skeptical about the topic, but they teach this to you as if it's a pure based fact. Fights and other things do start at this school, students cussing at teachers, destroying the restrooms and writing with markers. And for such a small school it is filthy. Beyond filthy at times. Only one language class, Spanish. Education you get? Pretty average. This isn't a special school, now if you want to go to a science or engineering school I advise to go somewhere else.
Submitted by other on January 13, 2014

This school is not a good place to be at. The leadership is terrible. Staff members are extremely rude and students are unhappy. I would not recommend it to anyone
Submitted by other on December 12, 2013

this is an awesome school and it is very fun to be at and i am glad that i am here
Submitted by parent on January 17, 2013

SES has a new principal and vice principal this year - and they are doing a great job. Yes, the Zangle program was not workig properly at the beginning of the year - but now I can get on and feel up to date as to how my child is doing in class. I believe this school has great potential and offers a strong engineering and sciences curriculum. They now offer GATE classes for middle school, and AP classes for highschool. I would like to see more parental involvement - that is my only gripe so far.
Submitted by parent on November 20, 2012

My son is currently an 8th grader at SES. We moved him from a K-8 to SES in hopes that it would better prepare him for high school. As soon as he started SES his grades began slipping. The Zangle program that was touted so much was not being used properly by the teachers, making it virtually impossible to keep on top of my sons slipping grades. This year is even worse- the teachers don't seem to care about their students grades, there has been virtually no communication from his teachers, and I am at the point where I will either be pulling him out to home school him, or put him in another school. I am that desparate to get him out of SES. We were also looking forward to the supposedly strong engineering program, and that has also fallen flat.
Submitted by other on August 11, 2012

I am beginning to believe that this school is treating their kids like 2nd graders and not young adults... I was looking throught the parent handbook and it would say things like "Parents should be checking the assignment planners and monitoring homework daily" or "Their planners have a green and red side, they put the red side up if they don't understand the subject". I'm sorry but I thought this school was giving college credits to the high schoolers.... Personally I think they should make this school a middle school...
Submitted by parent on January 10, 2012

Small enough for your kids to get individualized attention. If you're kid loves science and math and you haven't bought in to the "GATE" business...you should look into SES. Great administrators, probably have the best principal in the district...can't complain about teachers at any school when new ones and old ones get transferred or pink slipped for no logical reason.
Submitted by other on January 08, 2012

This school doesnt have very good teachers, or enough extra curricular classes. no sports, or any electives. i think that this school should really be just for middle school and not highschool because its just way to small to be both.- an 8th grader who is planning to leave the school next year
Submitted by parent on November 09, 2011

As with any SCUSD school there are certain limits, but the principal does a good job of working within those confines to attempt to offer students an excellent education. After school tutoring and clubs are available, most of the staff is approachable, the campus is great and the school community is one of high expectation. This school has much more to offer students in the SCUSD than any of the other schools I am familiar with. Students here are expected to achieve at higher levels and become professionals, going on to college and careers, rather than dead-end jobs, maybe trade school or college, as seems to be the expectations at other schools. The teachers are good about responding to parent emails, although I have had trouble with a few of them not communicating with me or my daughter. The office staff is friendly and helpful.