Joseph Arnold Elementary School

4100 West 227th Street

School District

Torrance Unified
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:22
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 10, 2023

I have one child currently attending Arnold and another two on the way. The teachers are experienced and have been great to work with as they send out frequent updates on my child's educational progress and schedule meetings with parents. I respect the variety of homework and projects assigned and can see steady improvement in my child's math and reading. My child has made several new friends this year (fairly diverse class) and the teacher has been effective at moderating conflicts and encouraging personal responsibility and social skills. Parking too close to the school parking lot can be a pain given the traffic jam but I do live close enough to walk my kid to school and most parents have learned to park a bit further away. The workers (volunteers?) do a good job of making sure it's safe to cross the street for parents and kids who walk to and from school through the residential neighborhood nearby. Overall very pleased with Arnold.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2022

This place is great if you want your child to go to school in an artificial wind tunnel. Make sure your child is at least 100lbs or they will fly away. Wear goggles to protect your eyes from potential debris.
Submitted by parent on February 13, 2019

Over all its been good 2.5 years at Arnold for us.
Submitted by parent on October 21, 2013

Great school! Sent all my 4 kids here and they all got really great teachers! Wish there was more parent involvement. It seems about 50 or so parents do everything there. It would be great if we had more volunteers.
Submitted by parent on October 01, 2013

This school is all about punishments from day one...they treat children like factory made products who should all behave alike..no patience..they scream negative about your child in front of all the parents...and treats a 5 year old as teenager branding them good or bad..horrible ..good if you want your kid to get demotivated and become stressed and start thinking that they are good at nothing from the word Go...irreparable damage to small minds..teachers should take training on handling kids from parents..AWFUL...
Submitted by parent on August 22, 2013

This is our fourth year at Arnold school and so far we are very pleased with quality of teachers here. Principle Tasker and counselor Michelle Kaliper have been superb in providing open dialogue for our girls and their services has been exemplary. We are very pleased with their efforts.
Submitted by parent on October 11, 2012

This school is all about Green Ligh/ Blue Light /Pink Light and Red Lights. I feel as if teachers get paid extra for giving all these lights to kids rather than being an influencer and being a role model for the kids. Teachers need to learn a basic thing that when you point a finger at a kid, there are 3 finger pointing towards you. Punishing and humiliating kids is the solo motto followed here. Your kid was not listening, she was talking to much, kid was not following the rules so we gave her yellow/red light. Now my question is what light should a parent give to the teacher who is not able teach the students how to behave ? This model of mental punishments is from 1960s. This is 2012. Please learn something new to discipline kids and try some influencing techniques.
Submitted by parent on September 14, 2012

Our recent experience with this school has been very disappointing & disheartening. When my husband & I dropped off our 4 year old son to his assigned Kindergarten teacher, she didn't acknowledge any of the parents. She was not friendly, welcoming, or warm nor did she at least introduce herself. Right off the bat, I knew that this teacher was not the right teacher. A few days after school started, my son was not himself. He usually is very bubbly &happy, but since he started attending her class, he was not himself. We were then called by the school & reported that our son was hitting the teacher & was "very upset". Our son has never lashed out like this before. At his previous preschool, he's never had this type of behavior. In fact, our son is known to be social, friendly, affectionate, & loving. My husband & I have come to the conclusion is that this teacher does not know how to deal with children my son's age & so he's acting out because of his experience. Teachers, especially elementary school teachers, should not be allowed to teach if they are not patient & who don't know how to effectively communicate with children. Their principal also was not very helpful or understanding
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